Haha looks awesome!
Thanks for the pics Jared
Videos were awesome as well train.
Sad I missed it, maybe the next one?!

Yes, do a party number 2!!!

You only planned for one slice of pizza per person? People must have been starving by the end of the night.

How about this:

Jared's Epic Party Remix 2014 now with more Pizza Power!

The little lights aren't twinkling Clark.

Good one.

Yes, how could an average person be expected to go 4 hours on only 600 food calories and 2000 drink calories? Someone think of the poor, starving Dallasites!

I live here. Ain't nobody in that place close to starving.

I thought it was around 8 hours. Hopefully people ate before coming, but if its advertised as a pizza party one might expect more than one slice. But I wasn't speaking about the people that got a slice, I was talking about all those that didn't because as Jared said, people were piling on the slices on their plates.

Bloody ----- this is the truest thing that's ever been said on this thread.

And I'm fat.

You should have directed that vendor to the amishrakefighting.org/gfy site. (NSFW)

Especially since they did not provide the pizza.

Marcus

*Tickets redeemable for slices would have remedied the problem. 1300 people X 2 slices = 2600 sliced of pizza = 2600 tickets collected.

*Tickets should have been sold and mailed out immediately. No will call, none of that shit. Physical ticket gets you in. I know you wanted to prevent scalpers but in my opinion it shouldn't of been a concern. Physical tickets collected would have made the line go quickly once the doors were finally opened.

* I was told that the games were going to be set up in one room with security watching them. I was also told that I would be able to pick up my game on Sunday. The games were spread out over 4 rooms with no one watching them. Anything could of happened to them. I would have been LIVID if I had actually shown up with my game not being watched with half drunk people. People not being able to pick up their pinball machines until Monday would have been unacceptable for 90% of those people that have jobs. I don't have a job at the moment so I would have just let off a big sigh and picked it up on Monday.

^^^^^^^^^^All of the above is what you need to work on. It is not a personal attack and it is my opinions.

Sole reason I did not attend was that I was very sick with the flu. I was going to bring a 1967 King of Diamonds pinball machine against my wife's wishes. Then I was like "screw it" I will buy one of the last remaining 100 dollar tickets that were still available. I only wanted to show up and support you Jared because you are my friend. I am not going to sugar coat it but the above problems would of irritated the ever loving crap out of me. If I had been doused by Vanilla Ice with water I would have been pissed because frankly I am too old for that shit.

All this being said I hope the next party you have I can attend and be apart of, and actually even help you out with some of the headaches of planning.

Congrats, Jared. They say smooth seas don't make skilled sailors, so take what you've learned the hard way from this and grow.

I would have enjoyed meeting fattrain and hanging out with fellow pinsiders. I would have enjoyed Digital Underground and maybe some boxing with hassel and cidco. I looked through all the pictures and liked most of what I saw. It was great seeing your face (Jared) when you were onstage. Hopefully you can get the 1000 dollars back to remedy some of the money that you went over budget on. You could have paid the salary of an event planner to have curtailed some of the headaches. *shrug*

Where's the Mobb Deep pic's ??

...................Still not addressing what was not delivered to VIP ticket holders. I spent over $600 to your event. Not including hotel, gas, and travel expenses. And I got the same perks that any guy off the street got. Maybe most people won't say they were unhappy about the VIP treatment, but I will. It's not right.

I thought Mobb Deep was closing the show. That's what my ticket said.

My hat, good sir, is off to you, for hosting one epic party.

Sadly, the pizza was all gone by the time the wife and I managed to get through the door; about 9:00. Luckily, we ate at Red Hot and Blue before hand. Which was the best chain BBQ place I've ever had. I always plan ahead when it comes to food.

Make it a metal concert and I'm there next time

The VIP lunch was an hour and a half wait by the time we got in to the restaurant, and there was nowhere to sit. Definitely not an exclusive meet and greet. And eating pizza while standing in line outside is not what I would consider a VIP lunch.

Early entry to the party. We came early (about 2:30) and everything was opened up. I briefly spoke with you and you were very short with me. However no big deal i'm sure you were stressed. If I hadn't had to leave to go to get the 'will call' tickets at Serious Pizza, I might have been able to enjoy the arcade games, retro games, etc. But the way it was structured once we were let back in, the concert started. When it was over it was almost 2:00AM so we missed out on everything else.

You told us while at Serious Pizza that VIP could go to the front of the line and go right in. Didn't happen. I know this is Vanilla Ice, but it still sucked.

Access to celebrities - can you tell me who was in the VIP lounge, and when? If you came to watch the concert, you missed out on seeing the celebrities. Not only that, you had to guess when they were available.

I don't drink. Now I know this one is on me so no biggie there.

I did have a mind blowing time. I think the entertainment was great, and I think it was a memorable experience. I'm not disputing this. My beef is with the perks of the VIP tickets, lack of information (which apparently was on FaceBook but not everyone hangs out on FaceBook), and scheduling.

The Digital Underground vids made me smile. It sucks that only like a handful of people knew "Freaks of the Industry" Wrong crowd for Digital Underground I guess. You gotta figure that crowd that would like them are pushing 40 and over like me.

That would have been the highlight for me

Jared seems like you did all you could and that is really anyone can ask of you. Vanilla Ice messed up so much of your timetable and who could have saw that coming. Easy for anyone to criticize but in a similar situation what would they have done. Doubt they would have told Vanilla Ice to "hurry up" or "this is not acceptable" so as they say "you live and you learn". I am sure if you do this a second time (hopefully, closer to the east coast which would bring you many pinheads from NY, Jersey, PA, MD., VA and Carolinas) you will improve on what appeared to be a GREAT TIME with some "unexpected issues".

For a young man your age you should be VERY PROUD OF YOURSELF. Also, not many seem to understand that you spent everything and then some.....which I doubt many would have done which tells me a lot about your character and this had nothing to do with the money. It is understandable that people were not happy as some it appears feel they did not get their "moneys worth" but truly it seemed like you gave them A LOT for their money to begin with even at $200 for a VIP ticket......I spend at least $150 per ticket for most concerts I go to (most of the time closer to $200 or slightly more) and truly this seemed "EPIC" and even at $200 for a VIP ticket it wasn't overpriced that much even if they didn't get a couple of slices of Pizza......personally, I would raise the prices a little if you do something like this on the East Coast as $100 for a regular ticket is dirt cheap for everything you provided (probably why you lost money).

Do this on the East Coast and you can count me and my wife in !!! For all you provide it is a BARGAIN and don't let anyone tell you differently (just ask the people from NY what a night out costs them and I doubt they would have half the fun you provided !!).

Happy BELATED birthday and truly you can't put a price on the memory you created for yourself. I rarely get jealous but you "did it right" and as most of us older people will tell you the "memories are more important then the money".....most of us on pinside I am sure will be buried with a lot more then the $3K or so you lost but will NEVER HAVE THE MEMORY YOU HAVE so I would gladly trade $3K to have done what you did !!!

YOU ROCK JARED and don't let anyone ever tell you differently. You are one cool dude and if it was me I would put every newspaper article in a big frame and display them proudly for the rest of my life......how many of us can ever say we had an "EPIC BIRTHDAY PARTY" like the one you had....plus, you had your whole family support you which is really special....your wife rocks as well !!!

Also, I got to see a side of FATTRAIN and he really seems like a great guy and loves having a fun time (his picture with Ernie Reyes was too funny) !!! To fly in just to party is very cool in my book as well as Tiger Law.....hats off to both of them. To me, there reviews say it all.....they spent tons of money to come and they both seem to have NO REGRETS so it most have been AWESOME !!!

Will the kick starter to recoup the 6k lost on the party cover everything? The 1k pizza debt alone is such a huge chunk.

I know, Art. Thanks for noticing.

Bring it on to Jersey....and Rock Music.

Problem with the Pizza company from what I can tell is they are going to say "they made the pizzas" so if they refund the money they will lose money. If I was Jared I would ask them for a 50% refund (even though he truly deserves 100%) and that way it covers their cost of ingredients and time to make the pizzas. I am sure they are going to somehow blame Jared but they should have delivered them regardless of the parking situation. I am sure for the $500 or more profit (probably $600-$700 after time and ingredients but at least $500 !!!) they could have been inconvenienced some.

I would threaten to take him to small claims court and truly I feel that Jared will recoup some of the money. Doubt any judge would say they "did their job" so he might even win the full $1K but if I was the owner I would give him back $500 just to "put it to bed" and move on.

GOOD LUCK and definitely don't let this guy get away with it.......if it was me I would sue him for more then $1K (I know I wouldn't win) by including some "damages" (i.e. unhappy customers that didn't get pizza).....that might scare him and make him settle !!!! Sure one of the pinside lawyers can give you better advice but you definitely have a shot at winning if you take him to small claims court !!!

GOOD LUCK JARED !!!!

You mean WHEN you do it again
Good times my friend, good times!

I would like to see one post or statement that didn't self-promote, self-congratulate, make reference to the EPIC-ness of something, or otherwise comment on how awesome you, your Facebook friend total, or something else about you is. Such humble brag. Such look at me. It becomes grating on the nerves.

He pulled off a unique and amazing event. I think a victory lap is wholly appropriate, just my personal opinion.

Two different things. The event is one thing. The year-long victory lap of self promotion and constant "on" is another. Just my personal opinion, as a disinterested, but local party.

Add "Don't donate to your own crowdtilt pity party if you really feel THAT bad about it."

Sounds to me like if there had been actual contracts in place with these performers you wouldn't have had nearly as many issues money or otherwise. That sucks....but that's also the nature of crowdsourcing and why using it to do things of this nature is just a horrible idea. You're under an self-induced timeline to make things happen, but that also places a massive burden on things to get done quickly. It's not like you would've had the option to reschedule the thing after selling all those tickets.

Hopefully if you do another one of these, once you get everyone paid, you'll have the leverage NOW to say "Okay, look. We really had a blast last time, but we had some issues. Here's the contract, here's what I need from you to resolve these issues, what's your price? We're not going to play around with all this BS of changing riders and comps at the last minute, and I need to know what you want UP FRONT." So there's at least a positive on that front.

Tiger....your opinion told me so much about this event and I really feel like I missed something special. You travelled and I am sure spent TONS of money (plus your date came from another country to make the event if I remember right). If you were happy with the event my bet would be it was EPIC as your truly went way out of your way to make the event. It seems like it was a lot of fun based on the pictures and truly for Jared to put together "so much" really blew my mind. He had power rangers, teenage mutant turtles, Robo Cop, Ernie Reyes, the young kid spinning records and plus great musical acts......it must have been so cool to be involved in that. Truly, the only thing that I could see went terribly wrong was caused by something way out of his control (Vanilla Ice with the long sound check). Looking back he probably could have started the party a little earlier so people could enjoy the "other special guests" and it probably would have worked great if the doors opened around 4ish and the bands started around 7ish (so people had a few hours to drink some brews and get something to eat and enjoy the sights).

Jared in my book ROCKS and I never met the guy (plus he didn't even get to enjoy the night as much as he deserved to due to stress....so it cost him a ton of money and his biggest concern was that EVERYONE ELSE had a great time....speaks so much for the young mans character).

Tiger you and Fattrain rock as well (yes, even though FATTRAIN hates me and has me on ignore he still rocks as that picture of him and Ernie Reyes really was "classic"....lol). You guys both "get it" and just enjoyed the event and put the "difficulties" behind you and didn't let it ruin your evening and that is a great way to be !!!! Truly, I wish I was there and will really try to make the next one !!!!

Jared enjoy your moment......you pulled something off that most of us would never even attempt to do !!!! At least I know I wouldn't have as it takes a special person to take that kind of a risk and do something that EPIC !!!

You're getting soft. I like the back handed compliments better, more entertaining.

Yeah...jeez, the guy didn't even get to enjoy his own party. A little bragging is just fine Jared! If Tiger said the party rocked...it rocked!...'nuff said....

LOL, I saw that pinball reference you did there....clever

Oh, I have something I'm working on that I think you'll like.

Your opinion is correct and I agree. The sad part is this self promotion will go on and on. It just does not stop. The need of constant validation from the outside. Kinda like an Evangelist

Humbleness wins hearts. Self promotion and constant gibberish loses followers....

WOW. Sound familiar Jared?? It should. You can't script stuff like this.

Just let the guy enjoy his moment. I sense a lot of jealous people as the guy just wanted to throw an awesome party and he did. Nothing wrong with him enjoying some of the publicity he has received. For all the time, effort and money he put forth he deserves it if you ask me. Seems a lot of people had a GREAT TIME and nothing wrong with that. The people criticizing him should try and throw a party like this and I am sure they would find out it takes a lot of time and effort and "things will go wrong"....just too many moving parts for that not to happen and too many egos (i.e. Vanilla Ice with his sound check telling him he can't let anyone in.......what was the guy suppose to do).

This is his thread and he has every right to "enjoy the moment' on his thread.....people that can't deal with that should just avoid reading his thread rather then taking shots at the guy.....seems like a really good guy and I haven't seen him even get upset with any of the criticism.....he seems to be a HAPPY PERSON unlike some of the people who are trying to "get under his skin".