{"id":328173,"date":"2018-02-12T18:11:31","date_gmt":"2018-02-12T23:11:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/admin.aws.dancingastronaut.com\/?p=328173"},"modified":"2018-02-13T11:54:15","modified_gmt":"2018-02-13T16:54:15","slug":"okeechobee-attempts-ban-rail-raiding-third-annual-event","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dancingastronaut.com\/2018\/02\/okeechobee-attempts-ban-rail-raiding-third-annual-event\/","title":{"rendered":"Okeechobee attempts to ban camping the rail at third annual event"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;Nobody likes a railer,&#8221;is the common attitude towards the usual group of die hard fans who &#8220;camp the rail&#8221; all day in anticipation of their favorite headlining act.\u00a0These people often wake up early (or don&#8217;t sleep) on the holy day, wait for the main gates to open, then rush the stage to set up up shop, laying out clothing and tapestries in order to\u00a0reserve their front spot on the rail. These &#8220;railers&#8221; are\u00a0often associated with negativity and\u00a0consternation.<\/p>\n<p>This is why Okeechobee Music Festival will be taking preventative measures to stamp out\u00a0railing culture at their third annual event, held March 1-4.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-lang=\"en\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">the rail is cleared between sets. its only fair.<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Okeechobee (@okeechobeefest) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/okeechobeefest\/status\/960911701813219330?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">February 6, 2018<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>The details of just how the festival organizers plan to go about enforcing this measure remains unclear. Some attendees want answers.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-lang=\"en\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">They REALLY need to answer this question&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 KENPATHY (@ColorstormKid) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ColorstormKid\/status\/961727751949639681?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">February 8, 2018<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" async=\"\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Of course, there are a number of ways to go about reducing\u00a0the amount of railers at any given festival set. <a href=\"https:\/\/dancingastronaut.com\/tag\/electric-forest\/\" target=\"_blank\">Electric Forest<\/a> has gotten better each passing year about\u00a0implementing\u00a0crowd control methods to prevent excessive rail-riding. At <a href=\"https:\/\/dancingastronaut.com\/tag\/hulaween\" target=\"_blank\">Hulaween<\/a>,\u00a0the front of the stage\u00a0is usually roped off each time\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/dancingastronaut.com\/tag\/the-string-cheese-incident\" target=\"_blank\">The String Cheese Incident<\/a> was set to perform.\u00a0But somehow it is <a href=\"https:\/\/dancingastronaut.com\/tag\/bassnectar\" target=\"_blank\">Bassnectar<\/a> fans who get constantly maligned with despicable rail-riding practice \u2014 and for good reason, as bass heads have satirized the\u00a0negative press surrounding the rail riding culture that permeates their community.<br \/>\n<center><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/laZdxZEpECY\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/center><br \/>\nThe unfortunate\u00a0inevitability is that aggressive rail-riders are a part of festival culture, according to one Reddit user.<\/p>\n<div class=\"reddit-embed\" data-embed-media=\"www.redditmedia.com\" data-embed-parent=\"false\" data-embed-live=\"false\" data-embed-uuid=\"c9da09b5-1a7d-45de-91b8-aacd8dd27456\" data-embed-created=\"2018-02-12T15:53:37.516Z\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.reddit.com\/r\/ElectricForest\/comments\/7w7617\/a_request_to_efhq_follow_the_trend_and_clear_the\/dtyhhts\/\">Comment<\/a> from discussion <a href=\"https:\/\/www.reddit.com\/r\/ElectricForest\/comments\/7w7617\/a_request_to_efhq_follow_the_trend_and_clear_the\/\">A request to EF\/HQ &#8211; Follow the trend and clear the rail!<\/a>.<\/div>\n<p><script src=\"https:\/\/www.redditstatic.com\/comment-embed.js\" async=\"\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>The answer to the problem of rail-riding does\u00a0not lie in increased security.\u00a0The answer lays\u00a0in educating festival goers on proper etiquette and mutual respect for others.\u00a0Cultural problems require cultural solutions, not policing; the burden\u00a0lays\u00a0on artists, fans and especially rail riding fans, not the organizers. If you don&#8217;t like the culture, <em>change<\/em> the culture.<\/p>\n<p><script src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" async=\"\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-lang=\"en\"><p>\nif u are a bassnectar fan, please do not camp out at the rails. please love &amp; respect other artists &amp; treat others how u wanna be treated :)<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Bassnectar (@bassnectar) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/bassnectar\/status\/689181210371702784?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">January 18, 2016<\/a>\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" async=\"\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The details of just how Okeechobee plans to enforce the measure remains unclear. DA delves deeper into the cultural problem of rail riding. 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