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Good bitsx-posted from Rule 7:Cracking event all round I thought. for me the best bits were. -Being a Gunshark and beign Bar. Who knew being horrible to people would be so popular. -Hooch: some of the best and most enjoyable roleplay I have ever had which considering it was with a mute says something about me I suspect. Seriously cheers Dan if you are on here, cracking fun. -Hearing bar described as "a great big surly bear of a man with a spanner" -Watching Tiny and his "pursuading knife" in action -Hearing people enthusiastically lay bets that the wildman could take tiny in a fight whilst drunk. -Hearing some serious welshing on those same bets the next morning when sober. -Picture-mans tank. -"What happened?", "he shot at me", "really? idiot!", "yup". Thanks cap -The Jein Ho crew as ever, you folks are awesome. -Team Rum. -Team Gin. -Team Sugar. -Captain Fayes reaction to having the rules of "shirts or skins" explained to him. -Shirts or skins? -Mrs Wang. Ritch/Bar/Fatelf |
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| flannelcat |
-Hearing some serious welshing on those same bets the next morning when sober.
IC: Send me a wave and we'll meet on a planet that isn't *snowing* to bring a half-naked wildman out. It'll be good. 
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| Capt Tom Crowson |
Again x-referred from Rule 7
Highlights for me include:- Chatting to May Lou and Pheonix (the drunken chav office girls) and blushing lots at some of the comments (OOC and IC) Having to avoid May Lou the morning after when she stumbled down to the camp. Thinking Im so clever in unravelling stuff then then finding out right at the last minute that I did some thing "real stoopid" cos I didn't have all the facts The horror of agreeing to do a poetry reading and not realising exactly how many players and crew would be there spectating. The dragon & demon dance was cool. The chinese song was v cool. Adding to that..... Laying bets on which of the Gunsharks and others would get shot up first on the Sunday morning I think the welching on the bet was more to do with the fact it was freezing cold and snowing on the Sunday, so I'd have felt really guilty about making Ian S get into his loincloth. |
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| Sonza |
Woohooooo!
That was fantastic. My first time crewing an event and I loved every minute of it. Highlights include:
Mrs Chow and Mr Yardstaff's final faceoff and ensuing hysterics Frog racing! The dragon dance Learning to sing in Chinese Playing a drunken Chav office girl, and then playing the same Chav office girl the morning after... Drunken chav office girl freaking out due to being told that there were people after her with guns and my mind racing OOC because this was a random NPC that was not connected with the plot, only to later discover that it was a case of mistaken identity. Wonderful coincidence that the name I plucked out of the air was so similar to one of the players - totally unintentional! Will's balaklava face Mr Fong and the pink files Sushi, and actually getting angsty about chopsticks PCs getting freaked because all the locals were being too nice to them and smiling too much Mother-and-teen-brat conflict A great deal of fantastic RP and characters from players and crew alike. I have severe mental scarring from:
Jolly Jelly sticks *shudder* Matt P's character The fact that I was up, showered and dressed and with a half-drunk cup of tea in hand by 8am on Saturday, which is just too weird. Black snazz. Oh gods. It gets everywhere. Wait, that came out wrong... er... Feeling very guilty because everything seemed far too much fun to be crewing and felt more like playing. Big Woop to the refs and to the rest of the crew for being very lovely people indeed, and to everyone who ended up doing my share of takedown etc in addition to picking me up off the floor a lot when the adrenaline finally wore off. Looking forward to doing it all again. |
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| XavierYu |
Highlights? Gosh, so many...
The tea party with Wang, Yardstaff and Chow struggling to eat the devilishly hot noodles of the Chang'E. Good old cultural "oh yes, this is a delicacy" to play on foreigners 
The workers. So. Much. Fun. Fag Break! Fag Break! Pointy Hat Man! Shaft 13. That was ace. Smoke and gaffa tape = fun! The gorgeous stew the carnies made me. Mmm, best cargo ever. Being thrown into complex top secret head-hurty discussions suddenly, throwing me totally off course and making me terribly confused Discussions with Xian, and trying to work out a way to afford a companion... Need to start saving for next time! Chatting to the singers Port, rum, wine, sake, green stuff, pink stuff, regreaser... The philosophy of poontang Reeling Listening to the same three chords being repeated constantly, from 4-5am Carrot & Stick with Xavier & Javier Basically, meeting all you terribly nice people. Seriously, it was ace and everyone was so friendly and wonderful. I had so many great conversations with such a range of brilliant characters. I'll definitely be returning. |
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| Jeff Milhaven |
You think that's scarring? Try unexpectedly encountering those same crew members shambling through the darkness towards you. And due to the fact you are watching in infra-red, they are paler than usual, and have glowing green eyes... 
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| Xian Fei Kalavati |
The carnies! I love your cargo, XavianYu!
The way everybody, eventually, ended up discussing poontang, especially when Ryan WASNT there! Moses' new wife...what happened to her though? she disappeared Sunday night and never came back! Watching people take a sip of Tobias Riepers lethal alcohol! Discussions on ways to have theWild Man rip Mr Wang apart...and still make it look like an accident The two big comfy chairs in the lantern hut! |
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| Sonza |
*shudder* |
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| Tobias Rieper |
BRAIIIIIINNNNSSSSSSS! BRAIIIINNNNSSS! |
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| JennyScott |
The two big comfy chairs in the lantern hall were great for when my bed turned into a puddle. They were not great for when I should have noticed I'd had too much to drink, and would have if I hadn't been so comfy
I liked the fact there were linears. I didn't much care IC, what with one thing and another, but I liked that they were there. I also loved the way that combat managed to frighten the tzao-gao out of certain players, in spite of taking place on the other side of the planet. I loved "don't mention the 'R' word". I loved team rum, and the historical analysis of the political messages of old 'earth that was' movies. I hated the fact that it rained in my tent, but that was entirely not the game's fault, and so I can forgive it
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| flannelcat |
So - what a fantastic event!
Apologies to all those that Ben was smug / snide / Sihnonese at - you guys are all quite, quite lovely. Best bits - * Having such a high class of role playing from everybody, all weekend. * Meeting so many people from Maelstrom / other settings. * Making fresh sushi on Friday morning, and being able to cut and serve it on Friday afternoon / evening, and the reaction. * Saki, and the results. * The attention the crew paid to backgrounds and providing a beautifully orchestrated plot dump , without it feeling at all awkward. * The local dial-up system and the cards - access to bank accounts, local news and so on. When it worked - beautifully done, particularly when it was updated. * Politicking and gunfire, and such a nice mix of both. * Betty - and the polite order from the Ambassador to "Go and apologise." for not marrying her. * Mr. Wang, and the sheer smugness of him. * The Carnie's entrance as a troupe, in costume, with Wildman in tow. |
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| Sonza |
Grrrr! I am so gutted I missed that. When was it, anyway? S XXX |
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| Xian Fei Kalavati |
Surely its polite to feed the companion as well? Why didnt I get noodles?! 
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| Sonza |
I'm not sure they were actually edible. Food shouldn't hurt. Sushi was nice though, as was the tea. Where can I get some of that tea? S XXX |
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| Tobias Rieper |
sushi? Morrissons, in the fish section. tea? probably here - it's where i get my weird teas. http://www.cupoftea.uk.com/index.asp |
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| flannelcat |
The sushi was homemade. The tea was... erm - mainly fruit teas from the supermarket, I think - you'd have to ask Jamesbunni / xavier. What did it taste like? The noodles were done szechwan style - too hot for me, although it was out very out of character not to be chowing down. | ||||
| Earl |
Once again I had an awesome time so massive thanks to all involved. Despite the all round general level of excellence some of my highlights were:
- Using my persuading knife - The 8 primary uses every gentleman should have for his hat - Skirts and Skins - My R&R hat - Hiding in the rain while Picture Man drove a tank into a radioactive mineshaft - Communicating with Hooch Cheers, ANDY |
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| XavierYu |
The noodles? You couldn't handle the noodles 
They were a bit spicey. And not totally authentically Sichaun, mainly cos I didn't have any time or any Sichuan chilis (so just used regular ones). But it was about the right hotness, as in VERY... The tea was all just a selection of fruity Twinings, available anywhere. Stephen Fry chooses what he advertises well. |
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| Xian Fei Kalavati |
I like spicy
I think im gonna get something from that site Tobias posted for my companion brew...jasmine pearls, china lilac, china snow bamboo...all sound appropriate. Though Ive no doubt they will taste foul! |
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| Tobias Rieper |
in that case, might i recommend the "white tea". It really is quite nice, if a little on the expensive side. High praise indeed, considering that i'm not usually that fond of tea...... | ||||
| Shikoba |
I know I've not added to good bits yet but I promise I did have some. Sadly reality crept into my game play and put a dampener on the event for me, hence a crotchety and strung out Heth on Sunday. I apoligise to any who got caught by this.
Stoopid real life, how dare it interupt my role play. good points, in no particular order: all players all crew all refs Team rum, Team suger Picture mans tank finding the one song to jig to and by dammit we were going to keep on jigging to it. The gut wrenching horror at the words "Reavers have the Captain" er sorry bloke I grabbed and shook. Gunsharks as ever you are awsome Meeting the very cool new crews The "Artifact" All the personal role play stuff Oddly enough the snow, definately felt like St Albans. If i'm going to be that cold the least I expect is snow. folks hanging out with us and the laughter. that's something I love about serenity there is so much laughter. and last but far from least My crew, you are all amazing. You work darn hard both, before and during time in, to encourage and add to the fun, From Lilies endless tea brewing and Logan's poker tables to Rio's doctoring and the the Capts Captianess , I am proud of you all. We love the floozy. |
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| J. Vaughan |
Well ithad to happen, but this event I got smacked with the plot stick so damned hard it hurt. It didn't happen the way I expected either, and I certainly didn't see the eventual ending coming, but the tension racked up all weekend
Fun points. -Team rum, team port. -The Gunsharks, who are the best bunch of people to roleplay with I have ever met. To say I will miss not being in that group is a massive understatment. -Fluid character interaction, even between a bunch of people who have retreated from wet/freezing tents indoors at five in the morning. -Walking down the road, with a grim expression, screwing on a silencer to my submachine gun, and seeing a small group of players hurredly get out of the way. -Convinced I wasn't going to make it on Sunday night and handing a certain person a gun. - Last, but by no means least "Welcome back, Captain Vaughan." |
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| Coben Dane |
Vaughn, any chance you can fill in some details about the "plot stick" for those of us who didn't make it?
Sounds like you had a great bit of roleplay there. And if you don't mind me saying, that moment you describe with the silencer sounds pretty damn badass. 
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| J. Vaughan |
Deliberately vague for a reason. If I didn't tell you IC, I didn't intend for you to know. It'll have shockwaves at the next event as well, and I think it will be a varyig degree of a nasty surprise for some people.
Don't you like surprises? |
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| Coben Dane |
Ah right. I assumed it was just being taken for granted that other people knew - maybe it had whole-camp effects like Event 2's guys coming looking for Alicia Minoring and shooting up some of the camp to try to get her.
And in answer, I personally like some surprises, but the surprises I like may differ from the ones Coben likes 
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| JennyScott |
Yay, I love surprises!
Coben, if you really want to know what you missed at the weekend you could always start an IC thread and ask IC? I'm sure someone who was there must have a clue what was actually going on. Some of them may even be prepared to tell you
I was far too busy with the plotstick beating and the inadvisable use of alcohol to fill anyone in on what else happened. Sorry... |
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| Coben Dane |
"Problem is, ma'am, I ain't been introduced to noone yet, on account of me bein' on Beylix fixin' up my first ship. 'Less there's some news report floatin' around the Cortex, I ain't got no idea anythin' out of the ordinary's happened on St Albans, or even what passes for normal there since it don't happen to be a world I've visited."
Translation: I crewed at event 2 so I know what some of the current players are like and am interested in what I missed, but I'm only bringing in Coben for the first time next event!
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| Tobias Rieper |
not entirely accurate - IC, Gonner Hendershot is on his way to Beylix, (presumably to join the crew of your ship?), having bought his passage to there, aboard my ship, the Vital Spark. Since he was on St Albans, and assuming your characters meet up somewhere before event 4, he can explain all - IC. otherwise, i could PM you the important details, as i remember 'em, and you can just pass it off as something Gonner told you on Beylix? |
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| Gonner Hendershot |
Indeed, but Gonner knows very little as Gonner spent most of his time gambling, drinking and being in the warm. I have a few ideas as to the plot, but not much as the plot was mainly in the inaccessible areas, i.e outside in the cold and wet. | ||||
| Jarhead |
Just to say I really enjoyed the event in spite of turning up late and was very impressed by the standard of plot, props and rp -especially when some of that rp seemed to be happening without an audience.
There were so many good things about the weekend but... I liked the poetry and tai-chi.
And the snow.
However, watching Ryan prove his coretexing skills while provididng continual commentary and banter was most awesome.
I hardly had a clue what was going on most of the time, I just knew that I had walked into a huge plot-dump on the crew I was joining. 
I spent most of the weekend claiming to be a tourist who had lost his luggage.
It's amazing what some people will tell a complete stranger who hasn't got a gun.
It was just embarrassing not to have a better costume: Crew member: You can go and get kitted up now. Silence. Crew member: Oh... |
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| Coben Dane |
So Gonner doesn't know much, but I assume Tobias does - maybe he could tell Coben a few stories when he hears that Coben's fixing up his ship to start captaining? |
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