What the hell Ozine? (Ozinefest 2016)
Posted Monday 18 April 2016 // 13:22

This is the first time I'd be adding so much gifs to my post because I'm really angry about how the Ozine Fest management handled the FLOW event. This post is mostly for ranting about this so as to separate it from the actual FLOW concert event report.

This is for the April 16 2016 Ozine Fest.

Let's start shall we?




First, they have announced that FLOW will be featured in their event. At first I couldn't really believe it because hey, why is a big name band coming to a CONVENTION? Like, seriously but I verified it and sent an e-mail to their ticketing person so I can receive details how to pay. I literally sent an e-mail 2-5 minutes after they posted the announcement so I can get the GOLD ticket right away since I know there'll be a lot of people who will be buying it.

I didn't get a reply for 2-3 days.

My friend who sent an e-mail HOURS after they posted the announcement got an e-mail earlier than I did.


Sure, that's fine. I could just ask my friend to include me in her payment (which I did) but the fact is that, WHY THE FUCK AREN'T THEY USING AN AUTOMATED REPLY SYSTEM FOR E-MAILS. Like jesus christ, it's so easy to set up google forms so that everyone who inquires for the tickets gets an automatic response and I'm sure as hell you can monitor the number of tickets with the use of forms too.

Next, the ticket was being sold for a limited time BUT there were always NO announcements as to how many tickets are left since it's pretty given that if you have "ticket rankings" it means that the higher tier tickets have limited slots since the perks are pretty exclusive (included entrance, free meet and greets etc.) they kept saying "it's still available! don't worry!!"

But one of the most crucial things was that when my friend deposited the payment for our tickets there was a MISHAP with the account name of the account to be deposited at. Like, what the actual fuck? Are we being tricked? 


They apologized for this and still continued to sell tickets my friend and I still paid because of course we really wanted to see FLOW lol

April comes and the end of the ticket selling comes (April 7) but a few days after it they suddenly announce that there's more tickets being sold? What the fucking hell? I would be fine if it was just bronze (and maybe silver) because it's basically the "general admission" ticket and there aren't that much perks that come along with it BUT NO THEY WERE STILL SELLING "EXTRA" GOLD TICKETS TOO???



But whatever, as long as I got mine I guess? And by this time I was waiting for a Meet&Greet (M&G) announcement but there was none. Days pass and my friends who weren't going to the concert are getting impatient with the lack of ticket information for the normal con. I didn't mind too much since I had my tickets already (thanks to the concert tickets) BUT it was already just 2-3 days before the first day of the convention (was supposed to be april 15) but there was still no announcements regarding the normal tickets?


AND THEY ALL OF A SUDDEN ANNOUNCE A M&G FOR FLOW?? They announced that there's going to be a CD SIGNING **AND** a M&G. LET ME STRESS ON THE FACT OF AND you will know why later.


Look at that poster. LOOK AT IT. It says you basically you need to spend A MINIMUM of 2800 to get both a ticket signing and a meet and greet. And what the fuck is it with the "first to e-mail gets priority"? Like I never got this so I'm still fucking upset about this. You HAVE to e-mail them first WHILE lining up to get a CD? Like what the fuck is with their vague ass instructions?! In any case I'm not that huge of a fan of FLOW to be honest but I love them but not enough to shell out 2800 just to see them.

A DAY BEFORE THE CLAIMING OF THE TICKETS THEY ANNOUNCE THIS FUCKING PIECE OF SHIT OF AN INFORMATION


LOOK AT THAT FUCKING EARLY BIRD??????? "LINE UP EARLY"???? LIKE FUCKING SERIOUSLY?? IF THAT WAS ALL WE HAD TO DO TO GET FREE TICKETS WE WOULD HAVE FUCKING GONE FOR THAT INSTEAD OF FUCKING PAYING 1200 PESOS FOR A SILVER TICKET????? WHY THE FUCK ARE YOU ONLY ANNOUNCING IT NOW?????


 Sure, I paid for GOLD but If I could have had silver for JUST 300 PESOS WHY THE FUCK WOULDN'T I LINE UP?

That being said, the next day (15th) it was the day of ticket claiming. The tickets were supposed to be claimed at 2pm during the Ozine event (since it was supposed to be 15-17) BUT some shit happened and it was just 16-17 (as seen on the previous screenshot). That issue wasn't cleared up until hours before the 15th. My friend came at around 3pm to claim the tickets and choose our seat but (of course) Ozine had some trouble and started a bit late. My friend was pissed at how slow the line was going and decided to go somewhere else for a while but when she came back the line was still long and she still ended up waiting for around an hour to get her ticket (we got like the last row seats tho hahaha). BUT LET ME JUST STATE THAT, SHE WAITED FOR AN HOUR. AN HOUR BECAUSE THE LINE WAS MOVING SO SLOW.

MY OTHER FRIENDS WAITED FOR SIX, S I X , SIX HOURS TO GET THEIRS. Some people went as early as 9AM for a 2PM ticket selling. Like what the fucking hell? They don't even respect their customers. I also heard that the silver/bronze line moved way fucking faster because they didn't have to choose seats and there were more people handling them unlike the GOLD ticket holders.


So for the people who kinda told me "we have to line up extra early to get our tickets" GUESS WHAT? WE DID TOO!!! 

Well, we got in the convention extra early thanks to the gold tickets but that's still something that I actually paid extra for so I BETTER GET IT

FAAAAAST FORWARD to the FLOW event.


I'd like for you to look at that. This was the original announcement. 

THIS is is the REVISED announcement.


They revised this on the 15th WHICH IS UNCALLED FOR. There are a lot of people who came by from nearby provinces to see FLOW so they budget their time when choosing to buy the tickets. Some of the concert goers are minors too so they might have curfews so THEY COULD HAVE AT LEAST ANNOUNCE IT EARLIER. But, whatever we already got our tickets right?

I asked a friend who's also going if was already lining up and he told me that "What? they aren't going to follow the seating arrangements anymore right? And the show will be cncelled?????" IT BROUGHT ME TO A PANIC so I asked one of the staff. The staff said that the GOLD ticket holders would have their seats adjusted FORWARD since they got a bigger venue and the event is still a go. So yeah!! yay!! Crisis avoided!! GOOD JOB FOR BIGGER VENUE!

We ended up lining up at around 5:30 since we didn't want to get tempted to buy anything anymore and it was pretty much fine. But at around 6pm I went up to one of the organizers since the line was kinda stagnant and it was just kinda weird for me to line up in a straight line for a concert--and since we have gold why the fuck are we lining up TOGETHER with the silver/bronze people since we ARE entitled to enter the venue earlier. So, they say that the'll announce row numbers and stuff so I just went back to my place and accepted that. 

But then a friend told me that he was in front of the line since he KNOWS that they'll call out to people so there is no point at staying at the back ahaha I went there with him and he told me that went to the M&G. I asked how it went and he said "I just had to buy the CD, there was no more m&g just a CD signing" 



LIKE WHAT THE ACTUAL FUCK? WHY WOULD THEY EVEN ANNOUNCE A M&G /AND MUCH LESS PRICE IT AT 2000/ IF THEY KNEW AMUSE WOULDN'T ALLOW ONE IN THE FIRST PLACE?

It's pretty much standard for Japanese events to only sign a CD and talk a little and shake your hand. I know. I went to one.

I'm not even mad at the fact it was cheap, I'm mad at the fact that they TRIED to pawn money off people for a m&g ugh. 

Moving on, It was already around 6:30 and they still haven't started calling people out. We all guessed that there was some sort of problem so it's kinda okay if they decide to extend a bit. At around 7 they started calling rows but they were so fucking dumb to start calling without a megaphone on their hands like HOW THE FUCK DO YOU EXPECT PEOPLE AT THE BACK TO HEAR WHAT YOU'RE SAYING??? So the people were nice enough to echo it out but they stopped calling people after row 2. My guess was that they tried to get a megaphone but they were gone for a pretty long while and the next thing we know we were being transferred to the hall next to the concert hall. 

THEY FUCKING FINALLY ASKED US TO LINE UP BY TICKET TYPE and started sorting the things. After 20-30 minutes (around 7pm---THE CONCERT SHOULD HAVE BEEN STARTING BY THIS TIME) they again asked us to move according to our ticket numbers (for GOLD) the rest was free for all.

After a long hour of waiting and getting pissed, this announcement came up. 


To give a summary, the organizer said "Since the SM Management has forced us to make an announcement, here is an announcement. The situation is basically that our supplier hasn't paid the supplier of AMUSE so we are now negotiating a way on how to resolve this. Would it be alright for you to wait?"

OF COURSE WE WILL WAIT WE HAVE NO FUCKING CHOICE RIGHT? I ended up buying dinner and eating it CAUSE WE WAITED ANOTHER 45 MINUTES. 

AND THEN FINALLY, FINALLY WE WERE LET IN!!!!!!


There were a bunch of un numbered seats so I kinda went to ask where the fuck was row 31 and do you know what the staff said to me

do

you

want

to

know??????????????????????????

DO YOU??????????????

"You can sit wherever you like.
There's no more seating arrangements."



WE FUCKING PAID 1500 FOR NOTHING, WE WAITED 6 HRS IN LINE FOR NOTHING???????? THIS FUCKING MANAGEMENT WHY THE FUCK DID YOU EVEN CHARGE US

I HAVE HAD IT WITH THE MANAGEMENT so I went up to the organizer (cause one of my friends already went and she looked exactly like this gif ↓)

My friend let out her anger and I didn't really say everything I wanted to say but I did manage to get my point across that "What the fuck is wrong with you and why the fuck aren't you telling your fucking customers that you CHANGED THE SEATING ARRANGEMENTS"

I KNOW IT'S FUNNY WHEN I CURSE AND SHOUT CAUSE IM SO SMALL BUT THIS FUCKING ORGANIZER HAD THE NERVE TO STIFFLE A FUCKING LAUGH TO MY FACE??



U HAVIN A LAUGH THERE M8? ILL KNOCK YER GOBBER OFF YER FACE M8 IF I DIDN'T FUCKIN WANT TO WATCH THIS CONCERT

He said he PROMISED to announce what the fuck was happening "but not during the concert" what THE FUCK IS WRONG WITH YOU YOU HAVE NO MORE REPUTATION TO PROTECT EVERYONE FUCKING HATES YOUR CONVENTION ANYWAY

That aside, I had to calm down and go back to my seat but I continued to rant to my friend (who went up) and her brother got pissed at us wwwww but to be honest he had a point but YOU KNOW THESE STUPID HEADS

OK all that aside I now want to complain about the concert proper. FLOW itself was SUPER GREAT but I have a complaint on the technical side.

The sound system was kinda bad. It hurts my ears, like you know I have been to a lot of concerts and it's pretty natural for them to hurt but this time it's not because it's loud but there was really SOMETHING WRONG with it. I guess it's with the supplier thing since they did have an error and maybe the acoustics too.

My friends who were in the front row also commented that the lights were swinging. They look like they were about to fall any minute on top of the artists and that's really fukin dangerous. Again, might be the fault of the suppliers.

Another with the sounds , I think the vocalist (Keigo) was having a hard time with the volume of his mic so he as to sing extra loud so that he could be heard but THIS IS THE ONE I CAN NOT FORGIVE I mean come the fuck on the guy NEEDS TO BE HEARD at least do something about it.

EDIT: THE MIC THING WAS SO BAD I couldn't hear the harmonizing between the two vocalists. I could only hear one voice at a time UGH

Lastly, THE STAGE. THE STAGE WASN'T ELEVATED ENOUGH FOR EVERYONE TO SEE SO EVEN IF WE PAID FUCKING GOLD WE COULD BARELY SEE ANYTHING. I KNOW IM AT THE LAST ROW BUT COME THE FUCK ON EVEN THE SILVER PEOPLE WHO LINED UP EARLY GOT A BETTER VIEW THAN I DID!!!!!!!!

also some asshats got in for free



look at this fucking trainwreck

im not even gonna sign out properly

im just so fucking mad

*MIC DROP*

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