Comments on: MOOP Map 2012: Day 2 Results

By: The Hun

The Hun — Fri, 12 Oct 2012 17:27:07 +0000

VicW – Wow, thank you for going to that level and getting all the fibers. Good news bad news: Carpet fibers are not on my list! So you cleaned that up beautifully.

It sounds like the red zone was wood chips. Mostly firewood chips, mixed with some other small stuff. Does that sound accurate?

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By: VicW

VicW — Fri, 05 Oct 2012 13:43:58 +0000

To The Hun and gang, thanks for doing what you do!

I was camped at 7:45 and Esplanade (Baal-Mart). I was part of the loadout crew, stayed til Tuesday, and I can tell you, we went over that patch several times. What I found personally was a bunch of greyish or light tan fibers, like a loose-pile rug had been shredded and dumped on our campsite. Pretty sure no one in our camp had a rug (not like that anyway).

I can see a red square on the 8:00 side of our green location, hope that’s not ours as we worked our butts off to clean that space up. There was a lamp post there that seemed to be a common bike dump location. That was disheartening to see. We’re on our hands and knees, picking up shreds of fiber, while people are walking along and just leaving their bikes there like it was no big deal…

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By: The Hun

The Hun — Thu, 04 Oct 2012 22:50:25 +0000

Jered – You’re welcome!! Sadly I’m still waiting for the Esplanade reports to come in. Sorry to make you wait, hopefully I’ll get that info soon!

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By: Jered

Jered — Tue, 02 Oct 2012 19:07:03 +0000

The Hun: Oh, and, thanks!

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By: Jered

Jered — Tue, 02 Oct 2012 19:06:46 +0000

The Hun: The Hive, 2:30 and Esplanade on the 3:00 side. I’ve also written to our placer to try to get more data, but haven’t yet heard back. (Sorry for the delay — forgot to check back here for a response!)

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By: The Hun

The Hun — Wed, 26 Sep 2012 20:28:16 +0000

Beemah, thanks for tackling those greywater spots. It’s okay that you didn’t smooth them out; we don’t make note of disturbed earth unless it’s a big hole dug into the surface. What we do mark down is general MOOP, and sometimes that MOOP can get buried when the surface is loose. Rakes are your friend!

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By: The Hun

The Hun — Wed, 26 Sep 2012 20:25:48 +0000

Bryan – Thanks for the tip on that hi-res map, I made it go away.

As for the wind. Yes, in previous years there has been a HUGE amount of MOOP blowing around the playa into other people’s camps, and when that happens, we definitely take the wind into account. However. This year there was rain right around the end of the event, and again during teardown, so all the MOOP pretty much got cemented into the dirt exactly where it fell.

Great job getting a green!

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By: The Hun

The Hun — Wed, 26 Sep 2012 20:24:00 +0000

Pete Lee, Pinga Loco — Sorry friends, the map is not finalized and officialized and not even finished yet. Hi-res version to follow.

As for naming names & whatnot. The Theme Camp Placement team works with camps and assigns real estate, and one of the things they take into account is how a camp scored on the MOOP Map in the previous year. Trust me, if a camp did poorly, they don’t just hear about it — they can lose their spot. So you don’t need to take their reputation into your own hands, though I certainly understand why you would be interested to know more. I hope that helps.

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By: The Hun

The Hun — Wed, 26 Sep 2012 20:18:05 +0000

Mr. Peeps, that’s good to know! All we have is the official placement map. That’s definitely something you’ll want to talk to your BM contact about, so they know you may not have been responsible for all the red area.

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By: The Hun

The Hun — Wed, 26 Sep 2012 20:16:17 +0000

Todd Gardiner – Haha, we have trouble sticking to three colors sometimes. Sorry. The green and yellow stripes mean that the zone was kinda greenish, kinda yellowish. Chartreuse, if you will.

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