July 2010 Highlights

Highlights

+Being there! and seeing everyone. KR is like one big dysfunctional family that has a reunion ounce a month. I definitely play the part of the cousin who only shows up to random family events. Now that things are looking up! I most assuredly will be there more often!

+Bring my Awesome friends! The twins. Kate(feign), Rachael (Dahlia) and watching them have a good time.
+Getting to see all the McBane boys.It was awesome seeing how they have have grown in and out of game<3
+Chilling,Eating and, smoking hookah with the Yhatzi's in Kaladonia made for the most stress free weekend I have had for a while.This is Both In and out of character.
+Traded collard work shirts for no shirts.And argyle socks for bare feet and  Running in the woods with no shoes,slacks for kilt and computers for MAUL! sounds like a great way to spend the weekend.
+It was amazing to see  Adam run a Larp plot. After playing in his epic D&D game for years. I Thought him and Liz did an amazing job. I look forward. For more Adam Plots in the future.
+Oakroot casts jump to rescue people. Then I cast jump to end up right next to him. While in the hold every says "hear comes papa bear "
+Getting to take part in my first clergy meeting.
+Teaching is always fun for me!
+The Tellinghast crew is doing an awesome job with the Hibernians  plot. As a lover of all thing Celtic in nature. I look forward to learning more.
+ Seeing the game grow and expand Has been so awesome. It made me feel good that new people will be experiencing all the cool stuff I have.

                                                                                       With great love and respect
                                                                           And respect to all the weekend warriors
                                                                                          Josh Yoder
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One more thing
Toravisu Paralyzing strikes an NPC. Looks at him for a second and then says "unforgivable".
Travis you a BAMF just thought you should know.

Event Highlights -

+ Shannons portrayal of a gypsy.  The story that went along with her hit so close to home for Paetros that the character was willing to accept death if it helped her out.  When she died, Paetros was sort of broken... however it did make one of his biggest life decisions a very simple one.

+Family time.  Most people couldn't imagine the interactions the romani have with one another when the Gadje are not around.  Makes for fantastic character growth and RP.

+Shisha, food, and company.  While it's great to save the world, sometimes role playing and interacting around a shisha pipe with tea is all you need to make a weekend.

+ Superstitious Romani staying in the same cabin with a Sylph = circles of salt, bread with honey, lots of wary eyes, and uncomfortable conversations.  

+ Amused watching people treat me as if I were made out of glass and needed to be protected all the time.

+ Well designed plot.  I enjoyed watching it unfurl slowly over the weekend.  I even had more fun taking sections of it and handing it off to other people to run with.

+ Lightning storm.  Nature working for dramatic effects during a plot is always a huge plus.

+ Having the following interaction :

"Player: Paetros, this is serious... this is not a time for jokes!

Response: 'Two family members died, some of my ancestors gave into the demonic ways, and each and every demon I see this weekend tells me that I am destined to be like them.  I am about to go off with the plan of myself and my family dieing to curse these things if nothing else works...  If I do not focus on the good things in life, I begin to wonder why I bother living.' 

Player: Oh.  Um... go have a drink"

AND...

"Paetros, you really shouldn't taunt that thing..."
"Why not?  When they get angry they make mistakes... like chasing... me... into... the... woods... (said while running away and dodging angrily thrown spell packets).

+ The portal being opened pre-main mod.  I love watching fantastic RP, and the scene set made me smile as an ST and a player.

+Hearing about things going on that I had nothing to do with.  When you read other peoples 'good memories' and you wonder 'what game where they at??!!' it means there is a ton going on... and if people will just take a risk and go, they can be involved in it.

Highlights:
-Hookah bar with Paetros, Solomon, Maylc, Zahir and all the others that came in and out during the night.
-Paetros's super strong smelling Shisha! Thanks so much for sharing it

- Group: "OMG TOBAR IS DEAD!" *wail*
Magnus, Solomon and myself: Monsters dead? Yup all killingblown. Okay cool lets go back to the cabin.
Group: *still weeping over Tobar*

-Battle above was fun, I ran into one of those benches though and got a nice bruise from it haha
-A troll trying to attack through the tent if the hookah bar lol nice try buddy
-Rasha getting to interact with more people and get to know them better.
-Seeing green lights in the distance, Ilona, her sister, Brogan, Solomon, Tobar? Magnus and myself staring and watching them move through the woods..

Lowlights:
-OMGHEATWAVE
-Having to leave on saturday and not getting back till the next day D;
-Magnus having a heat stroke. Wasn't there for it, but also wasn't happy about it when I was told about it when I came to pick him and the goblin up haha
-Missing main mod and Shannon's gypsy



Larry.

I thoroughly enjoyed my second event, despite the heat, which I didn't think was as bad as everyone was saying.  Although that could be due to me wandering about in naught but a kilt and vest over a muscleshirt.  Anyway, on to the highlights!

-Bringing one of my best friends OOG into the game and everyone making him feel extremely welcome.  Thanks guys and gals, Bran's cousin Seamus (as said in Charlie's highlights, the new one not the crazy one) shall be staying in Travance with Bran, and he's excited to be here.

-LARRY!

-Like a lady!!!

-Bran and Hamish hunting for ogres while dressed as pretty ladies.  Even though it got hot wearing the gypsy clothing, the looks on everyone's faces made it all worthwhile.

-Meeting Rion (sp?) and his family, then promptly being adopted along with Seamus.  You guys are a great bunch of players and are fun to rp and spar with.

-The food!!!  From meat mod (steakon and goblin burgers mmmm...), to the potlucks Seamus and I attended in Pendarvin and Kaledonia, to feast, there was a lot of delicious food about and i was glad to help feed and be fed.  And to all those who didn't get a chance to try my MacInnes brownies and highland cream cheesecake, don't worry, I'll be bringing more next event.

-The fun had by all hanging out smoking hookah, be it with Zahir the Hookahmancer or in Kaledonia with Paetros and his wonderful shisha blends, there's always something very special about sitting around the hookah rp'ing and generally having a great time.

-Drinking games in the inn.  I lost count of how many bottles we went through, but it was a wonderful bit of silliness that kept everyone involved well-hydrated.  That's a win-win scenario to me.

-Impromptu decision to join the drum and dance circle.  I had a great time, and even if my style of dance is a mite unorthodox, people seemed to like it.

-Having some of my quotes make the highlights of others, namely the ones regarding new Seamus vs. crazy Seamus, and the cursing of someone who slept more than me with death in a carriage fire that would result in me getting a baked potato.

Lowlights:

-It ended.  Whenever the event ends, I always feel like I want to keep it going, even though real life calls.

-My sword breaking during main mod.  Thankfully I was able to grab a spare, but it's always sucky when a sword breaks.

-No sleep.  Even though I'm used to running on little sleep, not sleeping at all still plays merry hob with my system.

All in all, a most enjoyable event.  I didn't hear many people complaining about things other than the heat and weather, which to me, is a good thing.  Kudos to those running the event and to everyone I had fun interacting with or who fed me.  

Lastly, a HUGE thank you to the kitchen staff who, throughout the event kept everyone hydrated as well as possible, put up with our rowdy shenanigans, fed us, cleaned up after us, and were generally made of win and cookies.  Thank you all.

Well, this was my first event, as Bran just stated. But, either way...


Highlights:

+ Newbie mod first thing after Lay on was rather enjoyable. Being one of the few fighters in the group (along with Rion and Trevor, and probably a couple others I am forgetting), especially one with a shield and armor, made me feel rather important.

+ The conclusion of said newbie mod the next day and the awesome RP/scenario that relates to it.

+ The potluck meal friday evening, despite almost being killed by true warlocks and a band of werewolves, thus delaying the meal FOUR HOURS past the originally intended time.

+ Killing one of said werewolves, for interrupting dinner and causing the unattended fire to die, as a level 1 warrior, despit being outnumbered.

+ The drinking game at the Inn on saturday. Especially when Ming Na brought in his "captured ice elementals".

+ Feast in general... So much better than ANY Amtgard feast I've ever been to.

+ Being the "best doorstop ever according to Colin MacBane, denying NPCs access to our cabin by being passed out with feet blocking the door.

+ Being adopted into Rion's family.

+ Bran and I's Dermott stories.

+ Paetros introducing me to the gypsy custom of "recovering lost goods after night of great battle" (That's Graverobbing to you and me folks.)

+ Kaledonia potluck breakfast. Enough said....

Lowlights:

- The heat, really, that's all I can think of. I am terribly pleased with how everything this weekend went. Best weekend of LARPing I've ever had.