quite possibly the ONLY thing that makes me want to fight somebody at shows is when i see this. its not punk.. just stop it. throw your empties to your hearts content.. but throwing any object that fucking far that weighs like a pound into a crowd of people makes you an asshole and can cause some serious damage.

Agreed. You know who else can fuck off? Crowd surfers that don't know how to crowd surf. I crowd surf but when I do it: A. I only weigh 145 pounds and B. I am flat with limbs loose. But the assholes I'm talking about are the ones that kick their legs and arms when they are head level with the same people trying to hold them up. I saw some girl doing this and I pulled her out of the sky and down to the ground and screamed at her "What the fuck are you kicking your legs for? I just saw you kick at least 3 dudes in the head." Her response "I was just trying to have fun."

yep. dead on accurate man.. that is another one i cant stand BUT i never actually get angry like i do when i see people throwing full (especially un-opened) beers extremely far and heres why: even though crowd surfing like that is stupid and they might not be doing it to hurt people, when you realize you kicked 6 people in the eye and 3 in the nose and are still laughing about it..thats fucked up.. but i can still sorta move out of the way of all that.

same thing with the guys who think wearing very sharp spiked leather jackets in the pit is a good idea (when its 110 degrees anyway).. but again i can somewhat move away from that. not trying to justify either of these but people throwing full beers 100 feet in the air BEHIND PEOPLE and from the side of people i feel like walking up to and punching in the face. fracture someones skull with one of those when it lands in that perfect spiral you threw it and see how punk you feel about yourself then.

Yeah fuck people who throw beers into the crowd. Saturday at the venue some cockhead was throwing full pbr talboys into the crowd and nearly nailed me in the face with one. I don't even like PBR to begin with. Fuck that.

But the thing I hate more than anything is those asshole crowdsurfers that have seizures while you're holding them up. It got to the point where I would just jump up and bring them crashing to the ground. I don't care if that makes me a dick, it was either that or punch them in the balls as they went by. If you're going to crowd surf, do it the right way.

I got a pretty swift kick in the face during HWM from a "flailer" who was crowd surfing. I get it, its fun and cool, but don't kick your feet like you are swimming because your feet=head level to everyone else.

It kicked me off my feet and I was seeing major stars. Thankfully just a little swollen the next day and a small bruise, not like a huge shiner.

The exception: That Papst guy throwing out a full 2 18packs of PBR into the audience before Against Me!

sure, if done in a "here, audience have some beers" sort of way.. im talking specifically about people rocketing them as far and high in the air as possible into a crowded sea of heads.

yeah this includes the 200lb asshole guy that kicked me in the face during dead to me and sent my glasses flying into the pit. if you have to flail and kick your legs to be able to crowd surf you probably shouldnt be doin it

When I stage dive, I try to get back down to the ground ASAP.

And please don't throw your full beer cans at photographers (towards the stage). I almost get my gear ruined every year because of this. So fucking annoying.

I am Straight Edge and didn't give 2 fucks about beer being thrown. Everybody's got the right to do whatever they want and have fun for 3 days. Cuuuum on you guys haha

This so fucking much.

And dude from Red City Radio, I'm sorry but you can't stage dive/crowd surf for shit. Cheers for the massive kick in the head you gave me during LTJ.

you would if you got hit in the head with a full unopened tallboy at The Venue from one of the assholes throwing them into the crowd from the fucking balcony. this isnt about getting beer or any liquid spilled on you, its about sucker punching random people by proxy with ANY object weighing that much being thrown that far.

do i have the right to throw baseballs full force into the back of peoples skulls? would people stand by and do nothing while i was doing this? if the answer to that is no, then the same applies to any object weighing that much being thrown that far onto unsuspecting people not anywhere near the pit.

ive been going to shows for nearly 15 years and this sort of thing is not exclusive to The Fest - but i saw more of it at Fest than ive ever seen at any punk gig before. sure, you have "the right" to do shit like that - and i have the right to start the first fight at Fest ever. because i would argue you're already fighting by hurling heavy ass objects into the air to come crashing down on peoples skulls.

Good point!