We all envision the perfect party. A cool crowd consisting of people you know or people you want to meet, sprinkled with fine liquor, special treats and more importantly – amazing music. Unfortunately, this conceptually brilliant proposal is often much easier said than done, with more parties running off the rails than making it into the history books. Whether you didn’t get enough people, your mum got drunk and punched a girl in the face or your house got trashed by a bro from Mexico living with your ex-boyfriends new girlfriend, there are plenty of ways a party can go wrong. Just ask these people:

Sarah Ruscoe (18th Birthday, UK)

Sarah had invited around 300 people to her parents 20 acre, 21 bedroom manor house for her 18th birthday. The party was intended to be one of those super cool gatherings that ‘everyone talks about for the next year’. After a heavily intoxicated party goer decided to call up BBC Radio 1, Pete Tong went on to announce the party live on air to thousands and thousands of listeners. The resultant effect was over 1000 gatecrashes in a mere hour, with the house eventually being completely trashed. After mirrors were smashed, furniture was tossed around and everything with a ‘right way up’ was turned over, the mother of Sarah Ruscoe threatened to sue BBC Broadcasting for costing them tens of thousands of pounds in damage.

Name Withheld (16th Birthday, Germany)

After a girl sent out an invite on Facebook and forgot to change the privacy settings to ensure it didn’t go public, over 1500 people turned up to her house. In what was Berlin’s biggest house party to date, the thousands of revellers were accompanied by over 100 police officers, most mounted on horses. After the party was shut down before it could even begin, the parents began to total up all the damage. In the end, 11 people were detained, 1 police officer was injured and several barefoot girls were taken to hospital with lacerations on their feet. Guess they didn’t properly prepare for mayhem.

Cory Delaney (Who knows, Australia)

This idiot decided to see how big of a party he could throw in suburban Australia. Unfortunately, not only was his house relatively small but everyone was bored enough to actually come. A thousand plus people later and he made national news headlines, perhaps because of his stupid sunglasses and ridiculous attitude towards the havoc he had caused his seemingly responsible parents. I don’t know if he’s woken up to just how stupid his antics were, especially given the fact he went on to start up his own party planning venture that disappeared off the face of the earth a year or two after launching. We all said he would fall as quick as he rose, so pat yourself on the back for being right.