fuck avn
 

and the goat they rode in on :321GFY

just got off the phone with them and no rooms at internext will be allowed to have more than 20 people in them otherwise they will call the cops

to hold any type of 'party' you have to have a booth at the show or they will call the cops

tough shit i wont be blackmailed into buying a booth when i dont need one

keep an eye out about a party at one of the clubs in the area i would rather pay extra and get a high class location for an event rather than be extorted into buying something that i dont need from avn :321GFY

AVN is down for me:(

yeah tahts what i was told too.

i have a bigass corner suite reserved & i cant do shit with it.

they called the cops on us last year because of "fire hazards" and that kinda crap. but its just avn trying to control every penny at that show.

:BangBang:

party is at room 112 this year. where the players parlay at:)

a gay player. if you want to play gay boy games w/ this pornstar2pac goto room 112. if you want hot bitches surrounding you goto 104. fuck the 112

IF ANYONE HAS A extra corner suite we could use it, we have several sponsors ready to throw a party just need a dam room

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no worries - all the cool private parties are off premisis these days.

Might as well put my two cents in.. got a corner suite, not planning on having a party and no booth this show, but if we want to we should be able to do that we want.

Secondly got an email today from the Westin wanting us to sign a cc authorization form but whould not tell me for how much. Having numerous rooms would be nice to know what they wnated to charge, when I called them got several different reason for why this was.

1. they have always done it, not so, never in the past at this hotel or any other Starwood we have stayed at.

2. because it was a suite and "they the hotel" required it.

3. AVN wants all the suites PAID for in advnace.

FYI Last year when I was checking out I had a $95 dollar room service for the morning I was checking out, 7 am, well I was not up, did not eat and did not order so they took it off the bill. About 2 monts later they put it back on the american express I guess hoping I would not notice.

SO CHECK YOUR BILLS not that I think they would try to steal from any of us : )

i agree. avn shouldnt be allowed to tell me i cant have friends in my suite for drinks. thats fucking lame.

yeah they sent me a prepay form as well... said it has to be paid in full no later than 10 days before checkin.... didnt say how much it was for tho... gonna call starwood tomorrow. i stay with them enough, they should be kissing my ass.

Whats a man to do, it sucks either way.

We have sponsors lined up, a booth sponsor as well for a party each day, money for everything I don't mind prepaying I just need a freaking corner suite....

Again here is waht we need and what we are offering:

If anyone has a cornersuite for internext, we are trying to throw a little get together and cornersuites sound like they are booked solid and we need a room. Maybe we can compensate you or something in exchange for a room.

Person is welcome to the party and access to plenty of alcohol, food, etc

Hell we will even throw in 250.00 for it which would cover a grand deluxe room for a night or paypal'd to spend as you wish.

Hit me on icq 104463163

when we booked rooms today, they still had corner suites.?.

if you want to have parties, just bribe the security when they come looking for a hand out. some things will never change.

its not security that will come a knockin' though it will be the local PD

i agree with what said above AVN are trying to make sure they dont make a loss on this event

i wouldnt be surprised if next year the show was held at a different hotel

sounds like a threat to me- plan your party and go nuts anyway. they'll send the security a few times before any cops show up and you can see how long you can push it for. the over/under depends on who else is near your room. i had a whole floor moved at the venetian to keep my parties going til 9am when karl bernard would show up with 10 hungry canadians. don't believe the anti-party hype imho. the new generation of webmasters has a responsibility to throw some sick in-room parties.

AVN for years would not review a studio's video, talk about that studio or even give thenm a free plug if they didn't advertise in AVN. this was over two years ago when they had the old CEO.

:2 cents:

You could try the new club that Tommy Lee just opened "The Rok Bar" or there's a couple of strip clubs down there. One is really close to the hotel and it's called Tootie's or Tootsie's. One from last year was the Solid Gold Club but it was really crowded when you got all the WM's shoved inside...

The local PD is pretty damn kewl from my experience...
..in fact, they have a mini lotto at the PD station to determine who is going to work INTERNEXT

.. they are not just gonna show up in your room.. they are summoned. Usually after the hotel security found troublesome parties....



also, last year the hotel security was on FRS radio channel 4
<hint hint>

BIG B

Are you bringing the good stuff???:stoned :smokin :rasta

Jedi, I've never seen bad stuff before. so yes it's the purple hairs

Well that pretty much sucks !!:mad:

The seperate reservations absolutely kill me. Apparently it is a Hotel policy. I can't see why they will not allow you to book all the rooms under one reservation ID with one name. Last year, they screwed it up. I called to confirm this year, and guess what? Screwed up. They need to condense that deal.

As far as holding parties is concerned, I agree with XPays. I also agree with Sleazy about most of the action occurring outside the Hotel premises. Our party is at a strip club.

Looking forward to seeing everyone.

Don't be an AVN hater. They run a business. They have to cover themselves liability-wise with the hotel so don't blame them for actually needing to have rules.

Yeah, they make you pay up front but that is only because they are used to people flaking... go figure...

Pay some respect to the fact that they put on such a huge show for the benefit of the entire industry. The fact that they put on the show means you have a place to come and do business face to face with tons of potential prospects in the first place.

No one is saying you can't throw your own party. They are just saying that if you want to do it in the hotel that they arrange and hold responsibility for then you have to play by their rules. What is so unreasonable about that?

hater :1orglaugh

Stay at a different hotel!

dude, they are in it ofr the money and nothing else. they have been blackballing adult studios for over 15 years now.

AVN is in it for the money? There goes their non-profit status!

Which studios have been blackballed?

Have you been in the adult industry for 15 years?

No but I been a porn fan for 15 years. if studios didn't buy an ad in AVN Magazine(not AVN online) they would never get a mention on nothing. also the AVN awards only goes to those that advertise the most.

How long have you actually done any business with them? We have been doing biz with them for about 15 years and I am glad to continue working with them because they are professional and passionate about supporting the ENTIRE adult industry.

They are a trade magazine not a charity. They do more for this industry in a single day than I bet you will do in an entire lifetime.

Besides... How would you like it if someone gave you shit for making money?

You mae some really good points.

ok, i see where you coming from. I should have said they take full advantage of the monopoly they have

Gonna throw my :2 cents: in here ...

We had this problem last year ... AVN told us no-go on the in-suite party. Called the hotel. They said the same thing.

After actually getting to the hotel and checking out the corner suite vs. the rooms we actually had the party in, I can see why they said no.

There isnt really enough room in these suites to throw a party ... a small gathering, sure ... but a party ... no way ... the room would get destroyed, the furniture, the rugs etc etc etc and people would be crammed in like sardines.

I think that making you have a booth reawlly sucks, but, if thats what you want to do, then you should def. go offsite ... gives people a chance to get out of the hotel anyways :)

twinkley

For sure - If you do not like it, don't go!

Z

Sorry but this statement shows that you have absolutely NO CLUE what you are talking about!

Anabolic didn't advertise for YEARS... they got reviews, they won awards. Plenty of other companies have come in and benefited from press too, so there goes that conspiracy theory.

Success will always produce contempt in the market place of the unsuccessful. Don't buy into the rumours are you will always get damaged goods.

why is it then that Ed Powers has 5-6 of his videos in the top 60 every month. I'm talking about the days where they only had 1 top 60 list.


don't tell me his videos are good either

They don't have a monopoly. They are just the biggest and the best at what they do.

I think his stuff sucks but it does sell still to the bookstores which is how they generate those lists. True, the lists are not scantron generated but it is the best anyone can do with the cards that have been dealt under those circumstances.

dude they have a trade magazine that goes out to EVERY retailer and adult video store. If a studio wanted to survive in the biz(2 years ago and longer) they would have to advertise in AVN or they would never get noticed from the retailers who orders videos every month.




you know Mike South?

For AVN To Promote This Garbage that he is spewing forth is indicative of the depths to which they have sunk. They want to make a push into mainstream publishing, they won't go anywhere with this type of journalism, Luke Ford has more integrity. Hell, Gene Ross has more integrity than this.

If AVN wishes to make an enemy out of me so be it. My integrity speaks for itself. I challenge Mark Kernes to fill in this chart

Since 1993 (The year I started in porn)

HIV contracted on one of my sets ZERO HIV contracted using AIM TESTING ????

Syphilis contracted on one of my sets ZERO Syphilis contracted using AIM TESTING ????

Gonnorhea contracted on one of my sets ZERO Gonnorhea contracted using AIM TESTING ????

Chlamydia contracted on one of my sets ZERO Chlamydia contracted using AIM TESTING ????

HPV contracted on one of my sets ZERO HPV contracted using AIM TESTING ????

Herpes contracted on one of my sets ZERO Herpes contracted using AIM TESTING ????

Crabs contracted on one of my sets ZERO Crabs contracted using AIM TESTING ????

Hepatitis contracted on one of my sets ZERO Hepatitis contracted using AIM TESTING ????

In other words in over ten years shooting regularly in this biz nobody has caught anything on one of my sets, luck? maybe a little but theres a lot more than luck at play here.

So My Final Word To Mark Kernes and the Brain Trust Over There At AVN:

Don't you people have enough problems right now? why are you idiots concerning yourself with me? Is THIS the best you can do? Personally if AVN were my magazine I would be embarrassed

This is kind of silly. It was the corner suite that I reserved for the Gay Webmaster Parties that was shut down by the hotel and the Hollywood PD. it was not as a result of a call from AVN. It was because I had over 100 people in a room designed for 20.

Chad Beecher from AVN actually saved my ass and got the hotel and PD to leave us alone for the remainder of the evening. Prior to his intervention they were telling me I was going to jail etc.

so this year the hotel made the rule about parties in suites, not AVN. so we are renting larger hospitality suites for the purpose and everything is cool.

No conspiracy.

yeah, his stuff sold well back in 94-95. not in mother fuckin 2004

LOL....

We created the monster known as Mike South... Giving him his first break in the biz with a series called "southern belles"... after seeing his submittal to HOMEGROWN VIDEO

What are you really pissed about? Their coverage of topical events or the fact that they make money, or the fact that they are doing those stores a favor to try and give some perspective on the HUGE GLUT of products being offered?

I stand on the other side of just about everything Kernes has said for years. I still respect his right to an opinion. I still respect the publishers for running the business the way they do.

no I look out for the small companies out there. I don't hate them cuz they make money. They have a monopoly and they take advantage of it. that's all

I have to agree with on kearns. he's the best thing that could have happened to AVN. The old CEO was bad IMO

The cloest strip club to the hotel is Cheeta's on Hallendale. Scalrett's is just west of them also on Hallendale and is one of the best clubs in S. Florida. There's a small club whose name I forget, further west and Tootsies is on 441 way west :). Solid Gold is south, and Pure Platinium is north in Forth Lauderdale. There's also Miami Gold and I think the new club Diamonds is not too far, further then Scarlett's but closer then Tootsies.

Not like I've been to any of these or anything :1orglaugh

If they have a monopoly then how do you explain Clicks Magazine?

There is no monopoly. They just were the first to the game and have done it better, longer, and bigger than anyone else.

Bottom line, they bend over backwards for "the little guy" every day. Unfortunately, time and time again, those "little guys" bite the hand that feeds them.

Ok I understand the "rules" set forth by the hotel. However, from what I can gather, it's ok to break these rules if you have a booth? Correct me if I am wrong here. And if that is the case it really does suck!

And please, they are making money off of it just like anyone else. It may not be much, but they are not walking away empty handed.

see, you sound just like them. Clicks Magazine? it's Klixx magazine BTW and they are a great internet magazine. Not a wholeseller and retailer trade magazine for adult studio videos

Sorry...won't be the first time i made a spelling mistake...

I have very public record of my criticisms and compliments of AVN so don't play me as a shill until you get the facts straight....

In any event, wouldn't you say Klixx competes fairly directly with AVN ONLINE and that it is not owned by AVN? That dispels the notion of any sort of monopoly, doesn't it? Anyway, just because no one else can do what they do doesn't mean they have a monopoly.

dude, I've been talking about AVN magazine this whole time. nothing have I said relates to AVN Online magazine except the same company. when I say monopoly. I mean in adult video retail, not internet

Duderrooderotomy....

The point is... You are still talking out your behind.

Do you even know what a MONOPOLY is?


Get over it. Go make your own business as successful as theirs. My advice... spend less time dickering with me on this or on any other inane threads.