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ErrantVenture:


How do you guys feel about the rules of courtesy in a mosh pit? I go to a lot of hardcore shows, sometimes people follow these rules zealously, other times they're completely ignored. Do you follow the rules when you're moshing and how do you feel about people who don't?

ackblom12:
People who don't follow Mosh courtesy are dogshit assholes.

Snuffletrout:
They should be followed religiously.

David_Dovey:
I don't mosh anymore because even a "courteous" pit is far too distracting from actually watching a band play that it's not worth the bother. This might make me old or something but fuck it, I'd much rather actually be able to pay attention to the band than have to avoid getting knocked on my ass and trampled. Maybe other people are better at it than me, and it might have something to do with being smaller than the average mosher but when I'm in a pit I'm not focusing on the music, I'm focusing on remaining upright.

Seeing the Stooges at ATP was the worst example of this, and it really bummed me out because it basically meant I missed out on getting up on stage when that point in the show came. I still had a good time dancing (actually dancing) like a spastic towards the back of the crowd, while still being able to see what was going on onstage at the same time.

I'm not going to begrudge people who do enjoy moshing that enjoyment and I'm OK with standing behind or off to the side (it's better when venues have tiers or something) but one thing I do begrudge people is fucking stage diving. That shit can go fuck itself quick smart. Especially because it's usually the same three douchebags doing it for the entire show, over and over and over again, and the rampant egotism of the whole thing just makes me want to strangle the fucks. If you wanna be the star of the show, go get a guitar and learn to write a song. Otherwise, I don't wanna see yr drunk ass up on stage and I definitely don't want yr boots in my face, cunt.

Jace:
Easy mode
>Drunk dude who still has beer in hand when he goes into the pit
Normal mode
>Shirtless dude who probably has sweat gland problems
Hard mode
>Drunk shirtless guy who doesn't really know what is going on in here, but I guess these kids want to fight
Final Destination
>Jackass who doesn't take his glasses off then fucks up the whole pit when they fall off and he has to find them

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