I'm writing this as I'm trying to get one our cats to relax, so I can grab him and give him a flea bath...discovered the little blighters on two of the cats last night. Not good at all.
Anyway, KublaCon was freakin' awesome. I'm going to try to keep it all OOC for this posting.
I met a lot of cool new people, like Geoffrey, Kaht, Jessica and Lindsey. Plus formal introductions to people like Alan and Heather. I partied WAY too much, to the point that I think I got about 11 hours of sleep over three nights. Nowhere near enough.
The weather was too damn cold. I was a dummy and didn't pack anything warm and I kinda paid for it, especially on Sunday when a group of us when to Fisherman's Wharf. BTW, don't bother with Tarnatino's. Not the best food on the Wharf.
The room was good, Paul was a good roomie aside from his snoring, but hey, that's what ear plugs are for, right? Not like I don't snore myself anyway.
I did miss my wife and baby though. Had to talk on the phone and text a bunch over the weekend. Both were really happy to see me Monday evening.
But I had an awesome, incredible weekend. I'm really glad I went and even though I spent too much time awake and not enough asleep, I think it was worth it just for the great new people I got to meet OOC and play with IC.
Thursday, May 28, 2009
Saturday, May 9, 2009
Player's Privy to Private Plot
Okay. So there's a massive plot that Alan Pursell put before Council that would begin at KublaCon. It sounds awesome (no details until after Kubla!) But there are two issues, one Org wide and one personal.
On the Org side of things, apparently players who have NO business knowing about the plot, were jabbering away about it. WTF? Who is the dipshit on Council that leaked this information? It's supposed to be kept private on Council alone. Not supposed to go beyond our virtual borders. Whoever that particular dipshit is, they need to be slapped and kicked off Council. Then of course, the players. What the hell are you doing metagaming this? Can't you remember that this is a role-playing game, and it can't be "won?" The point of part of this plot is to surprise the shit out of the players. It's awesome, it's the reprecussions of the In-Character decisions of the player base. And there has to be a reaction. Why ruin it? Damn fools.
The other side is of course, the personal element. I can't be surprised by it now. That's kind of a drag. And of course, I have to make sure I'm not metagaming even by accident. I mean, I have some bad monkey plotting in mind, and it would benefit from this plot, but I have to be careful not to take too much advantage of it. Ah well. Should be fun!
Oh, and sorry for the overuse of italics.
On the Org side of things, apparently players who have NO business knowing about the plot, were jabbering away about it. WTF? Who is the dipshit on Council that leaked this information? It's supposed to be kept private on Council alone. Not supposed to go beyond our virtual borders. Whoever that particular dipshit is, they need to be slapped and kicked off Council. Then of course, the players. What the hell are you doing metagaming this? Can't you remember that this is a role-playing game, and it can't be "won?" The point of part of this plot is to surprise the shit out of the players. It's awesome, it's the reprecussions of the In-Character decisions of the player base. And there has to be a reaction. Why ruin it? Damn fools.
The other side is of course, the personal element. I can't be surprised by it now. That's kind of a drag. And of course, I have to make sure I'm not metagaming even by accident. I mean, I have some bad monkey plotting in mind, and it would benefit from this plot, but I have to be careful not to take too much advantage of it. Ah well. Should be fun!
Oh, and sorry for the overuse of italics.
Children's TV
So it's about 6:30 on a Saturday morning. I've been up since 6. That's when I normally get up on a workday. And the wife and I are going to the RenFaire today, so that's a long day normally. So what the hell happened?
Lorelei happened. She decided she wanted to be up and awake. So I sit here, having checked my email and whatnot, still a bit bleary eyed, listening to the Wonder Pets. Not a very good show, really. Okay, the diversity of animals and the message of teamwork isn't too bad. But Ming Ming, the duck, has a terrible lisp. WTF? Small children don't need a wrong example of how to speak properly, they have enough issues learning to speak as it is!
I think I may have to do capsule reviews of all the shows Lorelei likes to watch. Dora, Diego, Jack's Big Music Show, the Backyardigans, Max & Ruby. I admit perhaps she watches too much, but there are times, like right now, that I'm not awake enough to play with the little one. That and it's rare for her to actually watch more than five or ten minutes of show at a time.
I think I need coffee.
Lorelei happened. She decided she wanted to be up and awake. So I sit here, having checked my email and whatnot, still a bit bleary eyed, listening to the Wonder Pets. Not a very good show, really. Okay, the diversity of animals and the message of teamwork isn't too bad. But Ming Ming, the duck, has a terrible lisp. WTF? Small children don't need a wrong example of how to speak properly, they have enough issues learning to speak as it is!
I think I may have to do capsule reviews of all the shows Lorelei likes to watch. Dora, Diego, Jack's Big Music Show, the Backyardigans, Max & Ruby. I admit perhaps she watches too much, but there are times, like right now, that I'm not awake enough to play with the little one. That and it's rare for her to actually watch more than five or ten minutes of show at a time.
I think I need coffee.
Sunday, May 3, 2009
And May goes crazy
The month of May is always kinda crazy for me. A big part of that is simply trying to get school all wrapped up. Our kids graduate June 4th, so everything has to be done and taken care of before that. Which means a lot of work has to be done to get everything all finished and taken care of.
This weekend we had a softball game to attend and had to go furniture shopping (no other time to do it) and then, since it's Ikea, assembly of said furniture. As a side note, the quality and style of Ikea furniture has much improved since I first purchased stuff for my college apartments many years ago. I really think the only difference in most of the Ikea stuff versus most of the stuff in a regular furniture store is the assembly issue.
Anyway. Next weekend is Mother's Day Weekend. The following weekend I have family from Tucson coming out for my Grandmother's 80th birthday. That's a whole weekend. And after that is Kubla Con.
In between all this, I run an afterschool program for students to make up missing credits. Normally cool. It's a few extra hundred dollars a month, which is always welcome. But my partner is out on bedrest and is due to give birth in a few weeks. And the counselors, the Grade Level Coordinators, are getting bossy with me, telling me how to run my program. The worst part is that they literally have no authority of any of the faculty, but they think they do. One of them in particular thinks she's Napoleon in Panties. She in particular needs to just leave and go be a principal somewhere else, because that's what she thinks she is anyway.
But I'm looking forward to Kubla Con. It should be a lot of fun this year. I've "met" so many more people "virtually" this past year between the Brujah and the Council lists that I think I really could spend this year with a mild to severe buzz the entire weekend. There's a week of school left, but the worst and hardest part will be done, so it will be a great weekend to just relax and have fun.
This weekend we had a softball game to attend and had to go furniture shopping (no other time to do it) and then, since it's Ikea, assembly of said furniture. As a side note, the quality and style of Ikea furniture has much improved since I first purchased stuff for my college apartments many years ago. I really think the only difference in most of the Ikea stuff versus most of the stuff in a regular furniture store is the assembly issue.
Anyway. Next weekend is Mother's Day Weekend. The following weekend I have family from Tucson coming out for my Grandmother's 80th birthday. That's a whole weekend. And after that is Kubla Con.
In between all this, I run an afterschool program for students to make up missing credits. Normally cool. It's a few extra hundred dollars a month, which is always welcome. But my partner is out on bedrest and is due to give birth in a few weeks. And the counselors, the Grade Level Coordinators, are getting bossy with me, telling me how to run my program. The worst part is that they literally have no authority of any of the faculty, but they think they do. One of them in particular thinks she's Napoleon in Panties. She in particular needs to just leave and go be a principal somewhere else, because that's what she thinks she is anyway.
But I'm looking forward to Kubla Con. It should be a lot of fun this year. I've "met" so many more people "virtually" this past year between the Brujah and the Council lists that I think I really could spend this year with a mild to severe buzz the entire weekend. There's a week of school left, but the worst and hardest part will be done, so it will be a great weekend to just relax and have fun.
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