The Official 70000TONS OF METAL 2015 Megathread - Page 15

by **DragonLordJones** » Fri Apr 18, 2014 9:09 am

so is today gonna be a real good friday? ....... will the easter bunny be nice to us and drop us a few easter eggs?

by **meshuggah** » Fri Apr 18, 2014 9:41 am

DragonLordJones wrote:so is today gonna be a real good friday? ....... will the easter bunny be nice to us and drop us a few easter eggs?

Hopefully they won't be goose eggs

by **Lala** » Fri Apr 18, 2014 12:44 pm

The Liberty sails in January 2016 from Galveston/Texas for 7 Night Caribbean Cruises. Sounds like we get another Ship in 2016....

by **DragonLordJones** » Sun Apr 20, 2014 10:13 pm

no eggs in the Easter Basket

by **ironhorse** » Mon Apr 21, 2014 3:49 pm

good news..... we are down to an average of 1 band announcement every 6.25 days, on this, the 1 month "since we`ve heard anything" day

by **KDibildeaux** » Tue Apr 22, 2014 9:07 pm

DragonLordJones wrote:no eggs in the Easter Basket

Does this surprise you? Did anyone really think UMC would change their MO?

by **LadyBlackfhyre** » Wed Apr 23, 2014 7:46 am

KDibildeaux wrote:
DragonLordJones wrote:no eggs in the Easter Basket

Does this surprise you? Did anyone really think UMC would change their MO?

Nope, this was exactly how I expected it to be!

by **Max_Rockwell** » Wed Apr 23, 2014 6:54 pm

This should be expected, and I'm excited to be going again after a few years!!

Although, considering there are more bands on this boat we might either get more bands announced in bulk or when we get closer to the date they might give us one daily or two per week.
Who knows, but I'm pretty sure we'll all still have fun.

by **KDibildeaux** » Wed Apr 23, 2014 8:37 pm

LadyBlackfhyre wrote:
KDibildeaux wrote:
DragonLordJones wrote:no eggs in the Easter Basket

Does this surprise you? Did anyone really think UMC would change their MO?

Nope, this was exactly how I expected it to be!

Sad but true

by **LadyBlackfhyre** » Fri Apr 25, 2014 7:53 am

we never really get announcements on holidays, sometimes close by them but usually not on exact holiday dates...

Either way, I am just counting down the days....272 Days 2 Hours 7 Minutes 13 Seconds!!!!!

by **deathmetalpat** » Fri Apr 25, 2014 2:11 pm

LadyBlackfhyre wrote:we never really get announcements on holidays, sometimes close by them but usually not on exact holiday dates...

Either way, I am just counting down the days....272 Days 2 Hours 7 Minutes 13 Seconds!!!!!

Last year Easter was 31 March 2013 and the eggs where pre-booking announcements.Once booking begins announcements are few and far between until summer is over.

Website · by **Azazel101** » Sun Apr 27, 2014 7:28 pm

by **LadyBlackfhyre** » Mon Apr 28, 2014 6:59 am

We had gotten 3 announcements on pictures of eggs around easter last year.

Summer months are definitely slow for announcements as Andy goes to a lot of the festivals... Once summer is over we will get more!

by **X-Thor** » Tue Apr 29, 2014 4:33 pm

LadyBlackfhyre wrote:We had gotten 3 announcements on pictures of eggs around easter last year.

Summer months are definitely slow for announcements as Andy goes to a lot of the festivals... Once summer is over we will get more!

But summer hasn't even started!!

by **deathmetalpat** » Tue Apr 29, 2014 6:20 pm

X-Thor wrote:
LadyBlackfhyre wrote:We had gotten 3 announcements on pictures of eggs around easter last year.

Summer months are definitely slow for announcements as Andy goes to a lot of the festivals... Once summer is over we will get more!

But summer hasn't even started!!

Beltane is The First of May ! 16 bands so far ,last year 16th band was October or something .

by **DragonLordJones** » Tue Apr 29, 2014 10:54 pm

deathmetalpat wrote: Beltane is The First of May ! 16 bands so far ,last year 16th band was October or something .

but this year we have an extra 20 bands, and last year the first 4 were already announced .... this means we are at least 8 bands behind ............... so where's our announcement Andy

by **LadyBlackfhyre** » Wed Apr 30, 2014 7:59 am

267 Days 2 Hours 2 Minutes 36 Seconds!

by **xman1102** » Wed Apr 30, 2014 5:56 pm

Vader! Vader! Vader!

Website · by **Azazel101** » Thu May 01, 2014 9:01 am

xman1102 wrote:Vader! Vader! Vader!

YES!!

by **Dutchguy-Tim** » Fri May 02, 2014 4:12 am

i don't think my dad will be going along...

by **cowboy71** » Sun May 04, 2014 3:23 pm

Seeing Gloryhammer 3 times in three days, and getting to hang out with them all so much as they were always wandering around the venues was fun. Almost like a 70k vibe.

And I'm thinking the possibility of Mr and Mrs Statsman attending 70k in 2015 has probably increased from minimal, to approximately 25%.......

by **Warphine** » Sun May 04, 2014 3:28 pm

I'm soooooooo glad we're going to get a big announcement tomorrow!

...For the Southern Darkness Festival.

by **klons** » Sun May 04, 2014 3:44 pm

Warphine wrote:I'm soooooooo glad we're going to get a big announcement tomorrow!

...For the Southern Darkness Festival.

And for Armstrong Metalfest! 8 bands at once, as if Andy would ever do that

by **cowboy71** » Mon May 05, 2014 6:32 pm

I'll know early July whether the possibility of doing 70k 2015 is real or not.

Wondering if there will be any announcements between now and then?

by **deathmetalpat** » Mon May 05, 2014 9:16 pm

cowboy71 wrote:I'll know early July whether the possibility of doing 70k 2015 is real or not.

Wondering if there will be any announcements between now and then?

Only if count an Kamelot type un-announcement or maybe another already announced band losing a member or two.

by **LadyBlackfhyre** » Wed May 07, 2014 9:20 am

cowboy71 wrote:Seeing Gloryhammer 3 times in three days, and getting to hang out with them all so much as they were always wandering around the venues was fun. Almost like a 70k vibe.

And I'm thinking the possibility of Mr and Mrs Statsman attending 70k in 2015 has probably increased from minimal, to approximately 25%.......

not fair! I want to see Gloryhammer 3x in a row ::whines::

by **Krys** » Thu May 08, 2014 11:38 am

by **LadyBlackfhyre** » Fri May 09, 2014 9:18 am

Krys wrote:

yesss!

by **cowboy71** » Tue May 13, 2014 4:47 pm

Will we get another band before 200 Days To Departure! ?

253 days to go, 44 bands to go.

That is a band every 5.75 days.

And the 53 day gap between announcements is the third longest in 70K history! Only got the 60 day break between announcements in 2012 from July to September, and the mighty 175 day gap last year to beat!

by **Memnoch** » Tue May 13, 2014 10:38 pm

I'm guessing we'll get another non-announcement on facebook next week to celebrate 60 days of no announcements.

by **LadyBlackfhyre** » Wed May 14, 2014 7:20 am

[quote="Memnoch"]I'm guessing we'll get another non-announcement on facebook next week to celebrate 60 days of no announcements.[/quote

I wouldn't hold my breath!

Website · by **doomguy** » Thu May 15, 2014 2:28 am

No announcements don't bother me, I'm just tired of seeing the "300 Days To Departure!" At least update the thread title. 252 days to departure.

by **Cardest** » Thu May 15, 2014 2:56 pm

250 days to go in two days!
Maybe, we'll see something!

by **Dutchguy-Tim** » Thu May 15, 2014 10:48 pm

just a non-announcement would be fine.
i miss those messages like, our scouting party is traveling through Germany......
give's people food for thought

Website · by **doomguy** » Fri May 16, 2014 4:38 pm

Cardest wrote:250 days to go in two days!
Maybe, we'll see something!

More likely at 200 days.

by **EpidemicReign** » Sun May 18, 2014 5:59 am

Paid off my ticket yesterday

Now just have to take care of flights, passport and booze money

by **DrinkMoxie** » Sun May 18, 2014 11:32 am

c'mon UMC and give us a handful of announcements please... I'm having some financial issues right now and don't wanna start viewing my booking as an asset to liquify... restoke the flame of excitement, please

by **ShoreSlayer** » Mon May 19, 2014 12:28 am

Dutchguy-Tim wrote:i miss those messages like, our scouting party is traveling through Germany......
give's people food for thought

Same here Bro!

If I get a chance to speak with Andy next cruise, the most important question I wanna ask him is WHO was it that came up with those great clues in year one. If it was someone who no longer works for UMC, he just needs to pick someone on current payroll with a creative mind and start coming up with gems like those again. If it was Andy himself, I wanna know what happened to the day-to-day/weekly passion he had for entertaining those who love the event he created. Much of the magic of this experience has been lost by the simple watering down of the build-up process that kept us all guessing and chatting about what/who to expect.

C'mon Andy! Whatever changed, dig deep and try to find it again Skipper!! We miss the greatness that you and your event exploded onto the metal world with!

by **Max_Rockwell** » Mon May 19, 2014 5:46 am

Does anyone know if there are any media sources that have interviewed andy about his strategy to band announcements? Or even the criticism he gets?

by **ironhorse** » Mon May 19, 2014 3:50 pm

Just made my 3rd payment. Although 2 months without any substantial contact, I know my fellow Canadian is organizing my hard earned $$$ the best he knows how.
PSSST.... Bolt Thrower is a 2 setter for me. Poland also has a terrific talent pool of death metal that will be a huge hit onbroad, just sayin

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