It wasn't just unsuccessful because people couldn't get in after 10. There were a lot of fucked up things this year, a lot of them had nothing to do with Steez. A few things I wanted to get off my chest as well;

1) Too many people were too fucked up. 2011 SS and 2011 Fall Massive I rarely saw people who were too fucked up. This year SS there were super fucked people left and right. I saw security carrying out more people than I've ever seen before. SS is claiming no one died and I don't believe them. I had a friend working security who said people were dropping like flies before the sun even went down due to heat. This is probably a dehydration thing, not a drugs thing, but at night, it was definitely a combination. There are way too many entirely inarticulate people posting on FB about this "epic party" and how "fxed" they got and it's not a fucking party, it's a music festival, it's about the music, not about partying and getting fucked up. The crowd last year was great. The crowd this year fucking ruined it for me.

2) As a result of this security, police, and EMS all looked extremely stressed out, over-worked, and in complete disbelief. I can't blame them.

3) People complaining about there not being free water are idiots. I don't think there is anywhere at the park with running water and it's not feasible to bring in water tanks; what happens if those run out? I went at 7PM because it was way too fucking hot Saturday, brought two liters of water to put in my CamelBak, and I didn't even finish all of the water by the time I left. It is not that hard to plan around needing water. Where was all the fucking outrage last year when water was $6 a bottle? I was just thankful they toned it down to $3 this year.

4) People complaining about litter; there is going to be litter. And the litter was just as bad last year as it was this year. I saw plenty of people throwing away their trash, there were more than enough trash receptacles, even if some were overflowing they were changing out bags through the night. Plus, they pay people to clean up the park because they know it will end up a shitshow. It's not the end of the world.

5) All these fucking hippies saying we need to "take care of our brothers and sisters." No. Fuck no, and fuck you. What they were referring to specifically was helping fucked up people; no, if someone does not care enough about their self to take proper care of their self, fuck them, it is not my responsibility to make them better. Preaching shit about "the body is a temple" yeah, well clearly, THEY don't think their body is a temple or else they wouldn't look like a fucking idiot right now from taking too many drugs. It is not my responsibility to take care of someone who clearly wants to destroy their self. I sat on a curb next to a girl who had her head resting on her arms/ knees and I said hey, are you okay? She looked up and said yeah! I'm okay, just a little light headed. I asked her if she wanted water but she had a bottle so I said okay cool, just making sure you're okay. But if someone is walking through a crowd, being a huge jackass, or isn't even cognitively functioning to know people are talking to them? No. Sorry. I am not security or EMS, it's not my problem. Tell me that's a shitty attitude, I don't care. I'm sick of kids going to these things and getting too fucked up and not being there for what it's really all about.

6) I am not in any way shape or form against drinking or drug use. But there is a huge difference between having responsible fun with those things which is most of what I saw at SS in 2011, and taking bad drugs from strangers at a festival and OD'ing or being out of your fucking mind. Why pay $82 for a festival you're never going to remember?

I don't think I will be returning to another Steez festival which is unfortunate because they run all of the festivals in this mid-Atlantic region and I can't really afford to travel elsewhere.

EDIT: I forgot other things that were specifically Steez that pissed me off. The dance tent was shut down for about an hour while Kill the Noise should've been on. When I went to see Zedd, KTN was on. When I went to see if Zedd was coming on late, the tent was shut down again. THEN somewhere along the line, Zedd actually played, and I missed it. Fucking blown. That was the #1 person I wanted to see that night.

And from the main stage when the dance tent was working, you could hear it - and also the fucking dubstep from the beach stage. Totally ruined the main stage sound for me. What. The. Hell.