Ball Crashers

I have found out that I am living in the same house as a few ball crashers! I have asked them about their adventures and it all sounds fairly exciting and interesting. This is May Week and there are so many Balls being held at the different colleges. So, it’s the busiest week in the year for the ball crashers.

The first interesting thing that I found out is that there are many groups of ball crashers working during this time of the year. There are some famous crashers that my friends have called the professionals. They are the people who go about crashing as many balls as possible and have all the necessary information to do so.

Information, that is the most important information that one needs to crash a ball. I was surprised to find that there are so many back doors into a ball and that these information were passed down from one generation of ball crashers onto the next. My friends had passed on some information to what they called noob crashers. You can always identify the noob crashers by the fact that they’re dressed in white.

Another tip that my friends told me was not to crash a ball with girls in tow. I can imaging how it might be difficult for a young lady in a beautiful ball dress, to climb over the walls and fences necessary to infiltrate a party. It may also involve trudging through the bushes and trees in order to avoid the ever vigilant guards who are working security on the grounds.

And the guards can get rather sneaky at times. My friends told me that they met a guard last night, who actually turned off his torchlight and tried to catch them in the dark. It was only when they heard the sound of someone moving through the bushes and decided to retreat, that the light came out. Then, my friends ran away as quick as they could.

The only punishment for getting caught crashing a ball is a quick escort off the grounds. This makes the punishment as £0 and the pay off, potentially worth more than a £100 per ball. This is no wonder why the ball crashers actually bother to try. It is a challenge with no risk and a decent pay off of more than £1,000 if they crash as many balls as possible successfully. However, there is a possibility of injury. A friend of mine hurt himself last year, as he was trying to escape from a guard. While running through the bushes, he tripped and fell. As a result, he hurt his leg.

I actually gave my mates a few ideas to crash a ball and they may try it tonight. I even told them that they should actually formalise this activity, have an underground ball crashers society or something. Information is the most important commodity when trying to infiltrate security. Inside information would be even more valuable. If you have a few friends who are on ball committees, the information gleaned there could be invaluable.

My friends said that the knowledge pool is a two-edged sword since the people working security could also use the information to plug the holes. My argument is that this is good. It is just a process of evolution which will result in the ultimate ball crashing strategy coming on top. You will end up seeing more elaborate schemes being hatched to defeat an ever improving security.

Exciting.

PS: According to my friends, Google maps comes in really handy when you need to scout out the location.