I have gone the past few years and this year was definitely different in a not so good way. The curfew thing is what pissed me off the most but the security line on Sunday was just plain stupid especially the re-entry line during the day. I also missed Speedwolf and did not find out about the second set they played at 8pm because there was no real announcement. I wouldnt have missed Sleep for Speedwolf anyway. Last year there sets cut short but mostly because of equipment problems prior to the band starting and at least they were able to gracefully end their set before being cut off. That was the worst thing about this year. They even cut off Bolt Thrower during the intro to When Cannons Fade and though at least they got to say good night. The lack of the inside stage caused several of these problems and the audio in the "inside" stage this year sucked throughout most of the weekend. Last year the security was essentially a non problem and there were no holdups at the gates for initial daily entry or re-entry.
Sucks that you had to miss Bolt Thrower and I hope someone recorded the entire set. The tent was a fucking sauna during BT because of how many people were crammed in there on top of the insane pouring rain outside. Either you were soaked from the rain standing outside to watch or you were soaked with sweat inside the tent. I hope that next year when they finally move the fest to a new location, they have these things sorted out and it will be more like last year (literally one of the best weekends of my life).
