photos by Dakota Fine, Mike Danko and Ben Droz, polaroids by Erik Loften video by Chris Keener
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Thanks to everyone who came out, we had a great time and worked our asses off on this party. It was everything we dreamed of; multiple rooms with all our favorite DJs, robots, 3 moonbounces, balloon creatures, great food, break dancers, a sparkle motion dancefloor, crazy costumes, psychedelic lights everywhere, and laser tag. And what 2000 person event in a unique venue isn't without a few hiccups, like long bar lines early in the night and broken elevators. We thought having no cash option at all would speed things up, but I guess you people are bigger alcoholics than we thought. Although judging from the amount of paraphernalia I cleaned up off the garage floor in the morning, it didn't seem like you had any problems having a good time. Again, thanks for supporting us and happy new year!
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Some shots from Ben Droz...
God loves a cheerful giver.
How did I not notice NASA/sunglasses guy at the party? H-O-T. Wish I had waited 20 minutes to creepily flirt with him. Blue guy's still my favorite (probably not worth $50 though).
Preciously awesome. This was such a fun party. We had a great time (what we can remember of it). Thanks BYT!
^^ I dare say the man who posted my missed connection has just outed himself??
This was a horrible event. The lines were incredibly long for will-call since the ticket people were taking their sweet time, slowly doling out wrist bands and checking id's. Also, completely oversold the event! Why would anyone think that 1,800 people would comfortably fit into that hotel? and to have one bar on the main floor, staffed by 2 bartenders?! What were these people thinking? We left after waiting in the will-call line for 40 minutes and then waiting in line for 30 minutes to get one drink. Last time I go to an BYT event. Should've known not to trust a bunch of stupid hipsters to know how to run an event...
Just to clarify, there were 3 bars/5 bartenders on the main floor plus 2 bars/4 bartenders in the garage.
xmon - official complaints lodged here: http://www.brightestyoungthings.com/misc-awesome/breaking-nye-ticket-info/
Keep in mind that the HOTEL is responsible for staffing, not BYT. Also remember that there are a handful of complaints v. 1800 people who attended.
You should have gone to the LNS event at the Building Museum. I heard that was a rager.
Xmon sounds so hot!! Everyone loves a little bitch. This event was so fun. Yes, more bartenders next time. My BF and I had a blast.
Drink lines weren't BYT's fault... I had an amazing time playing this event, many thanks for having me. Fingers crossed to do it again sometime.
i had no trouble getting drinks. just ask my date....
I don't get it. If you had such a piss poor time and hate BYT so much why are you still going to their website and monitoring their picture pages? Get a life. I'd like to see you throw a better party then the shit show that was BYT NYE. If you can't make the best of the situation you're in, then that's your problem. That party was out of control fun!
Amazing photos. Looks like the New Year started off right!
I wasn't Bucket's date but I will verify that he had plenty of drinks.
Interesting to note that there aren't really pictures from later in the night. Those are left to our hazy memories.
This WAS SO MUCH FUN!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
What kinds of cool government/PR/lobbying jobs do all these cool hipsters have?
What?
I can't believe that there were two guys (gay guys? Dunno...they had nice bodies) dressed as Avatars. That would have made my night except that I forgot to take a picture with the two of them. =(
Waking up with 4-days-of-drugs low self-esteem this morning and looking at photos of me in that outfit is not helping the situation, lol.
I still can't believe there were two women wearing the same shirt as me.
Photos look great. Had an awesome time. The thing I liked the most was the eclectic mix of people. Later hours next time! YAAAAAAAAAAAAAAY!
Wow, these look truly amazing. BYT rules supreme.
seconded- great time. maybe one more moon bounce in the future, though the one on the main floor looked a little stressed by the end of the night. great party, byt!
I think I'm in love with half of the women in these pictures.
Holy dark patches of memory, Batman!
The parts I remember were the stuff of legends. The parts I don't, must have been better.
Despite lines at bars, I still managed drink enough to look like I was walking around the party after huffing ether. Thank you to the BYT staff. F*ck the haters.
Haters are amateurs. Bring a flask and show up early. This thing was a masterpiece. The talking robot was worth every penny!
U-S-A! U-S-A! U-S-A!
I had a great time too. Thanks so much for putting in all the work into crafting a crackin' party. Hope you guys fared better fiscally this time around.
Wow, those two astronauts on winter break from the National Tallahassee Space Exploratorium Academy Center are pretty awesome. Thank god I didn't try to f*ck with em in Lazer tag. My friend got a packet of dehydrated space curry (spicy) crammed down his throat and several lazer bullets to the head execution style. PLUR!
I'm sad that I was out of town for this. The reports that I have got back are AMAZING.
This party was horrible! There weren't enough bar tenders, and when you finally got a drink you had to guard it to be sure some under age punk didn't steal it! A BIG thumbs done!
We just rolled right up. Drinks were a snap.
Great event, the garage killed it.
just sounds like you BYT organizers need to coordinate better with the management of the place to ensure there will be enough bartenders on staff and if not then help them get more..I'm sure there are plenty of people on here who would have volunteered for a one-off to make some nice extra cash!!It sucks going to a dope-ass party like this and have to be waiting a long time for a drink when you should be enjoying the party.
It's a union thing. Will be better next time, trust us.
looks like a pretty successful party. well done.
how was the laser tag? can we organize more laser tag events?
there is a laser tag arena down the street from my neighborhood.
laser tag!
I did not get a chance to actually have any fun at the party cause I was running around like crazy dealing with issues and doing lighting and effects and what not, but the couple times I checked there was a line and it looked like people were loving it. We also had this great moon bounce game thing where you raced against someone else attached to a bungee chord. We figured it would be dead all night without us forcing people to try it, but again, there was a line. Was really proud of the participation of this crowd.
That's the last time i'm letting lucy leave the house in a NASA suite without me around to get inside it
I think this party ruined me for all others. Awesome.
I didn't realize the hotel had a NASA suite, I totally would have booked that one. Does it come with complimentary space ice cream on your pillow?
To add on to the pile....
1 - NYE is amateur night. If you really expect to go out to a sold out event with open bars and *don't* bring your own booze you are one of said amateurs.
2 - It was a bit over crowded. I don't say that in a hating way but clearly the hotel was overrun at various times of night. I had a room and it took 30 minutes to get an elevator. (Learned the stair trick too late.) Bars and bathrooms were the same way until 12:30 ish by my recollection.
3 - It would have been a tad less crazy if the "second set of rooms", aka the garage was warmer. I'm not complaining that it was cold - It was a garage - but I bet Cale and co expected more people down there when doing the math.
4 - It wasn't the Late Night Shots mess. http://dcist.com/2010/01/arent_you_glad_you_didnt_go_to_the.php so be glad you didn't end up at that shit storm.
You can thank the hipster-raver alliance from Summer 2009!
I really have to wonder if the whiners have ever been to a party before. Where are these magical NYE open bar massives that are not complete clusterfucks at midnight?
I want me a BYT Avatar sandwhich!
Laser tag was awesome
I should have waited one more week...
BEST. NYE. EVER.
BEST.
NYE.
EVER.
the nye party to be at was at the harman center. they did not run out of alcohol and people got so f'd up, they had to shut it down.
this is going to sound weird, but i kind of liked the grumpy folks; it was like living on a sitcom episode. this one chick, in particular, seemed to spend her entire new year's eve stomping up and down the 7th floor hallway in a tizzy, talking to herself about the miserable time she was forcing herself to have. i know it's not polite to laugh at the [willful] misery of others, but it was so hilarious! to this chick - thank you! your woeful night was not for naught.
Who was that cute Guy who was wearing the white/cream furry sweater and matching hat? Holla!
Sorry it was more like a Beanie and he came by himself
I was so drunk at this party that I have no idea if I had a good time or a bad time. Thanks BYT!!
The moonbounce was so fun. I didn't expect that, but we got some great snapshots of my friends and I on it.
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Before you laugh at the "willful" misery, you might want acknowledge that people's circumstances may be different than yours. Was your purse stolen? Were you, therefore, missing important meds and your wallet and phone? Fuckface.
bri - well if your purse (and meds and wallet and phone) were stolen, then there's nothing you could have done about it - so stomping around in a tizzy did absolutely nothing for the situation.
Should have resolved to salvage the rest of the night, unless, of course, they were Anti-stomping around in a tizzy Meds.
Yeah, mocking mental illness is really classy.
logic ≠ mocking
bri. you didn't state that the meds were for mental illness. for all we knew it was your preparation H or your Valtrex or your Viagra.
stop being an asshole.
Damn, sexy women in these pics.
Here is my snapshot of my music in the garage from Midnight - 1am.
I had an AWESOME time. Everyone was going nuts, for better or worse! You all rule!
God, these pictures are beautiful!
I had a great time..best theme ever. My only complaint was the bartending staff. At one point, a girl in front of me asked for rum on the rocks. The bartender had no idea what that meant, asking her several times until the girl finally explained: Rum on Ice cubes. From my interaction with the same bartender seemed completely incompetent. BYT-hire bartenders next time! and more of them!
you know i'm always down to bartend for you guys. however, maybe, he/she was probably just partying as hard as the rest of you. no hard feelings ya'll, it was NYE!!!
Oh, Legba. You should have totally tucked the tie INTO the sparkly tank-top.
What??? I'm just now waking up from this party. =)
I stopped hitting up NYE parties years ago because they seldom meet expectations and are way over priced. From what I'm hearing I made a mistake this year by missing out on this party. BYT is now on my list of party superstars!
I love those polaroids.
that's whose mentor...
Actually jeff was quite a gentle and dedicated lover, tho I was disappointed that he didn't make up the 5 questions game on his own
Peter -
imagine a cube...
I'm just now looking at these photos. Awesome pics and awesome party!
I decided at the last minute with no ticket to drive two and a half hours to go to this party and I'm so glad I did!!! I loved it. Where would I find the actual DJ line up for down in the garage. The music was so good I had a hard time stopping dancing to play on all the toys!!
This was the best BYT party yet.
I.Am.Still.Recovering. This was fun. I'm staying home for a month.