Not too many people see things from my perspective when it comes to this topic.  I’ve been networking at trade shows since the very first adult webmaster show, IA2000.  Many things stay the same while most things have changed.

Here’s the same old shit:

Private dinners, parties in rooms, people pretending they remember each other, newbies, hot chicks and the Westin Diplomat in Hollywood Florida in August.

Here are the changes:

No rain this time.  Everyone can thank D$ for this.  If I would have decided to throw the Players Ball outside by the pool (again), it would have rained for sure.  But I moved it indoors and it was beautiful outside.

Not as many private dinners.  Seems people are a little more discrete about going to an invite only affair.  Back in the day, RB, Joe E and Fantasyman would fight over who picked up a big dinner check.  People used to try to show off their player status by making sure people knew they were going to the Epoch dinner by saying, “so what are you doing now?”   Obviously the response answer back is, “what are you doing?”  Then that moment comes that they baited, “I’m going to the Epoch dinner”.   These days it seems people aren’t showing off their dinners, which is way more player like.  Personally, it’s hard for me to show up to lot’s of dinners when I throw an event at the show.  I’m usually in the room ordering room service and taking care of the sound, lighting and other bullshit.  The sacrifices D$ makes to provide high end entertainment for webmasters.

Parties have changed, but the Players Ball remains the same.  I’d say the best parties at this show in no particular order were, GFY’s Warm Up, Silvercash’s Bikini Competition, Adultrental Wet T-Shirt, The Boat Party and of course the Players Ball.  You can’t really compare any of these events since they are all so different.  It’s good to see the party scene get back on track during a summer Internext show.   The super high budget events are done, though the Players Ball still keeps the same budget as always.  I didn’t make it to the boat party since it was right before my event and I didn’t make it to the Wet T-Shirt competition but I saw Lia’s video footage, looked like a super dirty good time.

There are too many employees and not enough owners at the shows.  I’m old school, so I know most owners.  It’s hard for me to go through the little people because most of the time they’re too busy thinking they’re big time players.  It’s also a little difficult to find everyone at this summer Internext show.  So many people are split into different areas of the pool, conferences or sleeping in. 

Video companies are finally catching on to the web.  It’s good to see that they see a future in working with us.  It’s kind of sad that it took this many years but content will always be king and it’s never too late to make money on the web. 

It was only my 5^th Ball this year.  Each Players Ball or Rock The Ball has one common thing, the vibe is always fun.

Of course the show would never happen if we didn’t have sponsors to pay for it.  So first I’d like to thank the sponsors.

Main Sponsors:  PussyCash & CECASH

2^nd Level Main Sponsors:  OC3networks & KBeechContent

Co-Sponsors:  RageCash, Interclimax, SexDateCash, HornyMatches, D-MoneyShow, AVNonline & RealityCash

HornyMatches gave away $10,000 in the raffle, everyone was eligible to win.  Trustcash gave some cash to Trisha Uptown for winning the Ms New Booty competition during the Ying Yang Twins performance.  TopChoiceCash, thanks for your help as well.

I’d also like to thanks my crew, the Ju Tang Clan.  We host the event every time – DJ Evan, J$tyle$, myself D$ and my brotha KB.  These events wouldn’t be as fun for me without them behind me.

I can write a monster list of thank you’s, but it would be too damn long.  So to all of those that have helped even in the smallest of ways, thank you it’s always appreciated.  You know who you are.

Thanks to Farley, Monty, Chris, Renee and Darren for the extra support, couldn’t have pulled this one off without you.

Jonesy, thanks for the sound company hook up, we thumped pretty hard.

Sunny Lane & Trisha Uptown – You’re both exactly what we need more of at every Ball, so keep coming and we’ll keep lookin’.  At one point during the show, only KB, J$tyle$ and I had a private view of their asses shaking to the same beat and it was one of the hottest memories I’ll ever have from one of our events.  Man.

I have a ton of videos shot in HD, so it takes a little longer than normal to encode, but I’ll get EVERYTHING updated on the D-Moneyshow.com site by the end of this week.  Be sure to read my new blog, D-Money.com if you want more of the full experience.

Meanwhile, here’s the videos I have so far in WMV format.

http://www.d-moneyshow.com/videos/2007_internext_playersball/morebooty.wmv
http://www.d-moneyshow.com/videos/2007_internext_playersball/msnewbootypart2.wmv
http://www.d-moneyshow.com/videos/2007_internext_playersball/msnewbootypart3.wmv
http://www.d-moneyshow.com/videos/2007_internext_playersball/sponsor_thanks.wmv
http://www.d-moneyshow.com/videos/2007_internext_playersball/shakeitlikeasaltshaker.wmv

and a bonus D$ Show clip of KB, Cory, J$tyle$ and myself.
http://www.d-moneyshow.com/videos/2007_internext_playersball/cory_kb.wmv

What’s a Players Ball without some beautiful booty?  During the Ying Yang Twins we had a little competition during their hit single, “Ms New Booty”.  Trustcash was nice enough to pay the $500 cash prize to the winner.  Pimpin’ aint easy, neither is picking this winner.  Sunny Lane shaked it like a salt shaker and so did Trisha Uptown.

 In the end, it was the crowd that picked the winner.  Want to confuse the Ying Yang Twins?  Tell them they have to pick the winner.  It only took about 15 minutes to pick it.  I’m so glad Trisha has been a part of the Players Ball vibe since the very first Players Balls back when she was featured in Busty-Amateurs back in 1999.  She’s still as hot as ever.  Sunny Lane also brings that vibe alive, she’s been to 2 Players Balls this year and somehow found her way to shake it on stage both times.  We throw this Players Ball to celebrate our industry for a night and salute the Players.  This time, we paid tribute to the BOOTY!  Mark my words, both Sunny Lane and Trisha Uptown will receive a Big Woody Award at the Ball in January.  Their ass shaking was legendary!

Booty booty booty booty rockin’ everywhere!

We did it!  We broke the summer internext curse!  After years of throwing these events, it becomes more of a science.  Go above and beyond for sound and lighting, hire a superstar act that’s still current, place candles on all tables, have my official Players Ball DJ behind me (Evan), KB & J$tyle$ helpin’ me on stage and we’re good to go.  No cheezy script to read, just thank the sponsors all night and talk to the crowd.  Have fun. 

Of course there’s the other factors. 

How many passes do you print?  How many do you give to AVN to issue to each attendee? Signs placed everywhere in the lobby (inside and outside and through the hallways), get the sponsors their Players Cards, handle the sound requirements, the electrical, the lighting.   Get the booze for the Ying Yang Twins (2 bottles of Grey Goose, large bottle of Hennessy, 750ml of Patron, 12 of Bud and 2 packs of Swisher Sweets.  Have water and mixers chilled, deli plates, fruit plates, chicken wings, glasses, etc.  People don’t realize how much detail goes into events like the Players Ball.   It takes months of preparation and still you have last second glitches.  This time, the sound had a loud hiss during the sound check.  After spending almosr $2k for just electricity for the room, these “professionals” realize that the sound and lighting are on the same circuit box which creates the buzz.  So we needed to get an additional circuit box to split them up.  Sounds petty, but believe it or not, you have to handle these issues yourself and not depend on the “professionals”.  Glad I had the Ju Tang Clan with me during the sound check to help.  I can’t throw a party with a hissing sound while we thank our sponsors!  Everything worked out, just pointing out that these little details are to be taken super serious.

With all that being said, thanks to our sponsors, the Players Ball was one of the best ever!  We had the CECASH dancers behind the Ying Yang Twins all night, the best back drop you can possibly have.  The Ms New Booty contest was about 15 to 20 minutes long, hosted by the Ying Yang Twins and Ju Tang Clan.  Trisha Uptown won, the Twins were so confused they couldn’t decide.  It was close though, Sunny Lane shaked it like a salt shaker too.  But in the end, Trisha’s ass and the way she handled it won over the crowd so the $500 prize (from TrustCash) went to the old school Players Ball vet, Trisha.

We had about 700 to 1000 people at the party, it’s hard to say for sure since we didn’t need to use a clicker sicne the ballroom and lobby area could handle much more.  The entire room filled in at one point and it’s a big ballroom.  The vibe was perfect, people came with the right frame of mind.  They were STARVING for the this party.  The other parties we great, boat party before hand I heard was great, the GFY warm up was awesome, but a Players Ball is just a different event.  It truly caters to the entire show, there’s room for everyone.  We want our people to let loose and have fun.  It’s like a player trying to pick up a hottie.  Any true player knows you don’t have to try.  You just do.  Go do your thing and have fun and you’ll end up getting laid.  Same thing with the Ball, go and have fun, you’ll probably walk away with a major business deal.  It’s when you’re not expecting to do business that you end up bonding with others.  What is a Players Ball?  The Ball is designed for the industry to have fun, meet people, be entertained and end up stoking someone out with a round of drinks or reserved table seat, front row view on the dance floor with your hands in the air.   Maybe even a pic with the artist or getting a prop on the mic.  I want my crowd to walk away with a fond memory every time.  I also want them to know it wasn’t all me that made it happen, it was mostly the sponsors money and the people who help me during that evening.  Even an old school contact, Jonesy, helped out by hooking me up with his buddy who owns a sound company.  They were the real deal and they gave me the bro rate.

I have some new D-MoneyShow.com footage coming very soon.  When I get home, I’ll start editing the performances and behind the scenes.  I’ll report more details later, but for now, just know that the Ju Tang Clan Aint Nuthin’ To Fuck With!  We come with the real.  Oh yeah, Ace walked away with $10k from HornyMatches.com thanks to their raffle open to all attendees.  Number 445 was the winning ticket.

Tonight in the 3rd floor ballroom near the trade show floor, the Ying Yang Twins are going to tear it up!  Everyone attending is eligible to win $10k in cash complimentary of HornyMatches.com.  Thanks to our sponsors, we have incredible lighting and sound, which is one of the most important elements of throwing a big event like the Players Ball.  Do it right, or don’t do it at all.  The room will have over 20 reserved tables and another 20 to 40 cocktail tables for everyone else, each will have a candle to add more of a lounge vibe.  The monster size movie screen will pay tribute to the last 9 years of Players Balls, featuring the webmasters that have attended through the years and the Ju Tang Clan.  For those who don’t already know, we’re like the Beastie Boys of MC’s, but different.  It’s a white party, so the cool people will dress the part.

I think there’s about 1200 people attending the show which means we should have about 1000 people in the house tonight.  The party starts at 10:30 pm with the Ying Yang Twins performing at midnight.  I want to see some asses shaking, so we’re doing a Ms. New Booty competition sponsored by TrustCash.com, 500 dollars to the winner.

We’ll be taping in Hi Def tonight, so look for some new D$ Show footage next week.

We haven’t thrown a Players Ball for the summer Internext show in 3 years.  Before that, we did it 2 years in a row and BOTH got rained on.  Fortunately I’m a strong believer in “the show must go on”.  We still had both events, it was just moved into their ballrooms at the last second. 

Third World performed the first time, totally sucked to move a legendary reggae band INDOORS! 

Then we tried Too Short the next year.  Right as we were just getting started, DJ Evan was spinning, the rains came down hard.  Only about 50 people followed us to a meeting room where we set up the equipment and still had Too $hort perform.

So now we’re back.  The game plan is simple.  Don’t throw it outside.  I believe we will pull it off with a maximum turn out.  Ying Yang Twins will be off the hook. 

But still, things can go wrong and it often does. 

Many say that was our best Players Ball.  We had over 4500 adult industry players that night in Las Vegas at C2K in the Venetian.

Jenna helped us host the Big Woody Awards in 2001.  This is one of the hottest pics I’ve ever seen of her.  Later that night, she got on stage and grinded on Snoop Dogg.  A memory neither one of them will ever forget.  Believe dat!

This photo was taken on June 21st 2001 when we had Digital Underground and Snoop Dogg perform.  KB, D$ and J$tyle$ held it down at C2K infront of 4500 adult industry playa’s and playettes.  This venue had 3 levels.  We later added a DJ to the Clan, DJ Evan.

The Ju Tang Clan will be hosting the Players Ball in Hollywood Florida during this summers Internext show.  DJ Evan & the Ying Yang Twins are performing at the hotel.