June 2011 Week in Life

Since I only got to show up for 9 hours or so on Saturday, I thought I start this out real quick.

Highlights...
1. The nice weather. No sweltering heat. A constant cool breeze. It was perfect.
2. Getting to see all my friends... it's been too long.
3. The Alisandria Steak house & State house... the former is always great to have & the latter is coming along nicely.
4. Getting new Vassals! Now we have 2 Lady's-in-Waiting. Yay!
5. Patrolling the lands & playing tour guide. Shows it's been a long time since I played that I forgot character names & had to be reminded who's who. Also it's nice to see how James has made many changes to the camp.
6. Fighting Imps.  Why are we chasing them? Let them run & tire themselves out then grind them.  That, or Nail & then hit'em with a Slay.  I chose the latter.
7. Feast was nice & I usually never eat Feast.
8. Getting Squire'd.  HOLY $%&*!!!!111  Big surprise.
9. Patrolling the lands again.

Lowlights...
1. Bugs... I hate'em.

Edit: forgot 1 more thing... huge thanks to Terry for driving me home.  Made my return trip home so easy.

That's it.  It was a great 9 hours for me.  I'm glad to have made it.

Had a great time Weds eve thru Fri am. Very long trip.... but so worth it.

-I really appreciated those of you who tried to keep me busy. And were worried i was getting bored because the NPCs were pretty low Key. Having "been there done that" to the 4 am attacks by endless mobs in the 35 degree pouring rain, I was really enjoying the low key atmosphere. It allowed me to do what I do best... mingle, observe and.... be a Purple Bard!!

-I really enjoyed the Field and Tent sights. I can't wait to see the Buildings develop.

-Feast Hall and both Taverns were awesome.

-Reigning over Kingdom Table at stupid-thirty on Thursday was a blast. TY Porshe!!!

-Free form Jamming with Derelith was a lot of fun. Hope to make feast next event to do some more.

-Gypsy wagons!!!!

-Hopefully I can get the Gypsies Dancing when I show next event as well.

In MY humble (heh..yeah right...) opinion. Knight Realms has EVERYTHING it takes to be THEE best LARP in the US. The Land, the Building(s), a Marshal Staff that looks at the small details ...and most of all... People who want to Role Play. Because when you strip everything away...if you don't have Role Play... it's not a LARP.

And remember... things are NOT black and white... they're Shades of Purple

Part One (Wed-Fri)
Highlights: COW MOD 1&2!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Joining the Light Clergy officially
The look on EVERYONE'S face to see a Galladell symbol on my crown and me not running around on fire
(NPC)The 3 stooges invade the Bloody Stump
meeting many new people
not having to run around answering calls for help every 3 seconds
Father Zahir's return
Lowlights: NONE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Part Two:
Highlights:
Main Mod was deviously clever... damn you dopplegangers
Politics, Politics everywhere
JimBob's way to "un-bore" the PCs
The Glommite deluge, resulting in many heretics being burned

I think if I attempted to fully explain every little thing I did over the week, I could very easily quintuple my usual length of post... I'm going to try to keep this short. I'd love to go into more detail on any of them, if anyone is curious.

The Bloody Stump, the Carnivale, and the Feast were all well prepared and fantastic, and all involved deserve hearty cheers.

Reading lesson. Didn't stick, but was a lot of fun, as were all my lessons.

Liars' Dice. My Hat. Amnesia. Yosefarian. Cute Fire Mage. Kaladonian Mage's Guild. Death Knight Mod. Rosh and Regel. Charlie Norris and Jack Chen.

Playing pirates and the escaping traveler with Jim Bob (two mini-mods). Excellent story-telling that gave me wonderful opportunities to improvise.

Walking in the proper alone and feeling reasonably safe, during the week. Finding lots of hidden and lost treasure, and returning a good deal of it to its proper place.

Fighting with silver weapons. For reals, this time.

Stabbing a ninja for the Romani. Talking with the Brood Master. Facing down a fire elemental alone to save Aquene. Buddying up with Leandra and saving both of our lives. Taming a pair of gnolls. Keeping the Corsair's date from disruption.

Introducing Clait McArren, despite only one person (so far) understanding the introduction. Getting to have some real, up-in-there melee action against elementals and cultists who could, if they connected, drop me in one or two hits. Realizing I'm one of the few, if not the only bard who can and does wield a two-handed sword. Strength training and learning Bardic lore from a non-bard, after finding a lack of Tobar. Just means I've got more people to meet. And, of course, seeing my old friend Seamus, not over a drink as one might expect, but by meeting back to back in the in hemmed in by the aforementioned elementals.

Pretty much everyone I just randomly hung out with during the week: Barbarians, clergy, Celts, Gypsies, Stump patrons, newbies, veterans... yeah.

I'm paying for it in aches and pains... but the week was unbelieveable, even if I don't remember a lot of it. Must have had too much to drink down at the Stump before I left.

The only lowlights were kinda silly... I can no longer say I've never been bitten by a tick. Even then, thanks to those who helped me with it. I was a little freaked out at the time. And... I probably have forgotten half the things I did. Remind me if you want, and I hope you all had as much fun as I did.

P.S.: Funny story... On the way home, I hadn't had a chance to change... so I actually walked around inside a rest stop in full garb for Clait. Hilarity ensues.

I wasn't supposed to make this weekend... at all.  I got to stop by Thurs. night on the way down to Philly, and then a phone call Friday morning at my mom's house changed plans drastically - meaning I could make it out for the regular portion of the event!

It was great to see everyone, especially after not making the May event, and missing the first portion of this one.  Nothing can top that - KR's community is THE reason I keep coming back.  The RP and such are good, too... but the people are what make it.

Other Highlights:

* "Father Weaveforger..." "Huh?  Oh, right, I'm a priest now."

* More lessons with Marcus.  Brendan, you're an awesome teacher, especially when you're the student.

* Good RP with Marius as well!

* Doppelganger ID games.  When I went out as DoppleGideon, Steve & Liam asked if I had my old Circlet on me, which I did, and I switched into.  Only ONE person caught on that I swapped it... and that was a new player that had only met me in the past 24 hours.

* HUMMUS!

* Baklava and Ginger bread!

* Shield Bash lessons on Sunday morning.

* Brazenite Mass.  Chris, we forgot to hand out the benefits for that mass...  And I hope to be doing more in the future!

Can't wait until July!

The first half of this event was so relaxed.  I seriously think that we should send out more RP encounters like the first half of the weekend. And now, in no particular order...

-James as the Count and his "Wall of Ice Dance"
-Finally becoming a priest
-Arguing with Dopplegangers
-My last warrior lesson in a LONG time.  Teaching Crit, Parry, and Florentine all in the same lesson.
-Clergy lectures
-Clergy parties
-The Bloody Stump.  The food was nothing short of amazing.
-Walking to the Stump with drinks for a party only to be corralled by Elizar and Apollo who promptly bought ALL of my Blackbird Ale.
-Stealing my old glow sword briefly during main mod to try to give a beacon for people to move to, only to be violently assaulted by two were-creatures.  Then promptly getting rid of it.
-Fighting Erdrick and Antrim.  Plus, holy crap Solomon again.
-Brogan's zealousness and his Glommite funeral pyre.