IIRC Steez has been around before Badass Raves. The group that runs Big Dub now has/had Badass alums that wanted to stay involved with those events after Chad left.

Badass grew up as an underground bass alternative to Steez. Steez could line up bigger acts and schedule tour stops at Peabody's, Soundcheck, Baltimore Soundstage, so either you play with Steez or you get locked out of some of the larger EDM playing venues.

They don't treat Richmond as a high priority market, and as much as I like who they bring, they end up sucking the life out of Richmond EDM throwing a few shows and then disappearing for months while the artists that Steez has all skip Richmond.

Liquid Stranger is going to be a big show. It's just there hasn't been a lot of dubstep at the National, Steez locks up many big dubstep artists that tour the Mid-Atlantic, and Steez would rather schedule artists for other venues outside of Richmond.