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im not sure if you realize it, but saying  a thing like 'i see giant subs under the stage' to a soundguy while you are on stage isnt being kind to him. that is being confrontational and the kind of thing i mean when i speak of punishing the soundguy. its possible that you dont realize it. you are not the one who uses his equipment night after night or knows their board and its capabilities, you dont know whether or not the stuff is even functioning or blown up. you dont know the guy or how he likes (or has to or is told) to mix, or if he is new to the board or to the club, or even if he has confidence in his mixing abilities. these are just a few factors out of many that can end up not working in the favor of the crowd, and i say the crowd because ultimately they are the ones who either benefit or suffer.

you said you dont care about a pa being mono when that was the crux of initial question, so if you are not sensitive to these types of details that can be an issue when every club is a different and often complicated setup, you might be best off actually making it as simple as possible. clearly its a concern if you havent made yourself some mono mixes yet. come prepared with a mono mix that you have on an ipad or another .wav capable device. obviously dont use 128kbps mp3s. i used to prefer using minidiscs because of the digital grit i could get off them and how it translated to a pa. take a look at what kind of setup a club has both speakerwise and ampwise when you first walk in and take it from there in choosing which mix to use as you prepare for soundcheck. whether or not they have a setup that can benefit from a mix that has different eq, or even a more flat mix if the place has great gear. take advantage of the potential of what is there at your disposal with your mixes and make a few of them to use in different spaces and test in a soundcheck, and certainly make them all mono. these are factors that helped me a lot when i played solo shows. ditching the gameboys altogether and mastering the stuff in a way that everyone benefits from in doing it live might end up being your best option. an ideal mix isnt gonna be running the stuff off a gameboy.

your wording tells me that you hold reservations of what any random soundguy is capable of. perhaps it would work in your performance's favor and in the favor of people hearing the music to consider these things instead of being dismissive or being baffled by the details on the other end of the stage. there is more often than not snakes and spaghetti and boards with people who are new to them or 9 times out of 10 dont even know what a chiptune is and who knows what other kind of stuff inbetween you and it. and every club is going to be different. you cant ever hope for john peel quality of mixing in a live setting with music that can potentially blow lots of other peoples equipment up, above all else, thats probably the most important thing to keep in mind. i know this isnt what you want to hear, but it is what you should hear.

where is that thread about what people put on their carts that dont save? i started in unsigned driver mode. it is writing stuff to the cart now

As a weird hippie who releases almost everything for free, I don't mind my music being on this channel. It doesn't bother me that he didn't ask either.

That said, it's entirely reasonable that someone would feel that they should've been contacted first. Not really that outlandish. Both opinions are valid.