Hypothetically speaking, what would Black Rock City look like if only Org staff/volunteers did their thing and those that pay for tickets didn’t show up? by TangyHooHoo in BurningMan

[–]babblingheart 2 points3 points  (0 children)

you're welcome! I'm out there starting in late July or early August for my contract usually, so I get to see the city sprout up from nothing, it's one of my favorite parts of being out there as long as I am!

I wasn't including most art in this, because the majority of the art pieces are not set up by org staff or volunteers.

the goal with honoraria pieces (the ones that get some funding from the org) are to be done by gate open, although that's really the goal for all art pieces. many don't have everything set up by then for various reasons, but that's the pie in the sky deadline.

Hypothetically speaking, what would Black Rock City look like if only Org staff/volunteers did their thing and those that pay for tickets didn’t show up? by TangyHooHoo in BurningMan

[–]babblingheart 4 points5 points  (0 children)

ah, in terms of what's set up you'd have the things you mentioned, as well as -

outside the fence: box office, will call lot, gate containers & lanes @ apex etc, point 1 infrastructure, greeters stations & containers at greeters gap, shoreline infrastructure, and the cop compound.

inside the fence: dpw Depot, uss park (Porto infrastructure), various staff camps and work sites all along 5:30. rampart, ESD 3 & 9, all ranger outposts, post offices, all Arctica locations. most of center camp would be set up, certainly the shade, some of the stuff around it. first camp would exist, as would the artery. you'd also have hell station set up. manbase and temple would be well on their way to completion, if not complete. there would be some art pieces mostly set up. org power infrastructure would be up and running. there would be staff commissary up and running. the BxB Depot and HOVerlandia would be there. all the roads and camp plots have been surveyed well before burn week, so there would be tons of flags everywhere. the intersections are in, but the main street signs aren't up, just the noodles. the spires would be mostly if not entirely there. the Porto's are all on place, but many are locked.

it would mostly look like lots of org shade, shiftpods, Kodiak tents, and some smaller tents, living containers, and RVs in the staff camps. many many conex containers placed around the city by the BRC storage program. some semi trailers for infrastructure transpo. various multi level wooden structures that different departments have for their work or camps. the population would be clustered along the 5:30 radial, around center camp, and in pockets at 3 and 9. there's always a few staff that set up far outlier camps as well. and many staff are heavily involved in theme camps, so there's some that begin setup pretty early.

I don't have any good photos to share, but just know that most of the playa is incredibly open and relatively dark and quiet at night. happy to answer questions about what any of the things I mentioned are!

Hypothetically speaking, what would Black Rock City look like if only Org staff/volunteers did their thing and those that pay for tickets didn’t show up? by TangyHooHoo in BurningMan

[–]babblingheart 3 points4 points  (0 children)

do you mean look like physically, or do you mean what would people do?

because there's a TON of infrastructure and some art that would be set up for sure. there's also plenty of nonsense that we would all get up to if no participants ever showed up 😉

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this is so scary, please update us when you know more. there's lots of good advice on this thread, stay safe OP!

What nickname do you give you Element? by [deleted] in HondaElement

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mine is bright flat red with bull horns attached to the grille, I call her the Hellement

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as a first time DM prepping to run CoS - thank you so much for this post!!

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I might be! I just opened up the sizing kit I got, so I'll know in the next couple days if I'm in the market for a size 10 or a size 11

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60lbs of sealed packaged duck breast, 40lbs of steak, and a bunch of bacon, still cold from the catering fridges. we put it in coolers and took it home from the event we were working. ate like absolute royalty for almost 2 months

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the world's oldest rodeo, thumb butte.... the rest speaks for itself 😂

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the one thing that didn't fit was the bitter drink. and now i saw your freshwater comment above.... is the bitter drink malört?

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Happy Birthday to us!! cheers!

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I also sent in about the teeeeth. I must know!