Harlequin Games
2nd February 2008, 11:23 AM
>Whats with all those pub meets ? I've been trying to find out some info
>about G34 (ie when did Clint first talk about finding people willing to
lose
>to us Aussies), but all i'm finding is talk of pub meet after pub meet.
*** You can always check the archives for this list if you want but I am not
sure how (having never done it b4).
>
>I'm starting to think your beer isn't as woeful as the rest of the world
>thinks it is. That or your English/British/is there a difference :)/
>standards are 'different'.
>
*** Well it is quite amusing - once got a player to play under the
influence - my did he regret it later on... :-)
>Lets hope with G34 due on the 13th that our free opposition will be sober
>enough to work out what way is Mordor (1).
>
>Actually in OZ we have our biggest gaming convention this month. Can-con
>will be held in our capital city on 22-24. While the standard of
conventions
>in OZ are going downhill (PBM companies i've talk to claim the net allows
>them to advertise, so they don't have such pressure to attend conventions
to
>get new players), its still good to put faces to your enemy.
>
** We have always like to put names to faces - the biggest shock was seeing
this 7 foot tall guy built like the proverbrial brick s... house who had the
most calm and passive voice on the phone - sounded like he was 5'5" tall
(his girlfriend is around 5' tall which was a tad amusing - not that we go
to pubmeets/cons to laugh at our players - of course not - that wouldn't be
British...)
>The other common thing we Aussies do at conventions is pretend to be
someone
>else, so we can get the GM to give us the turnsheet instead of smailing it
>out to us. Making false ID are taught in our schools as part of our Aussie
>(criminal) history.
Had someone steal my turnsheet once for Serim Ral - two turns later 6
players jumped my main castle - nasty....
>
>p.s. while some aussies PBM games have met the GM nights, its either pizza
>at the GM place (we all chip in some money - ala Dynamic Games). Or dinner
>at some fancy place (so we have to put away the thongs and try to remember
>how shoelaces work - ala Midguard).
>
Tried this at the last pubmeet - as a social drinker at best a meal is a
great idea!!! Of course the players popped over a few more shorts... Ah
well... :-)
Cya
Clint
>about G34 (ie when did Clint first talk about finding people willing to
lose
>to us Aussies), but all i'm finding is talk of pub meet after pub meet.
*** You can always check the archives for this list if you want but I am not
sure how (having never done it b4).
>
>I'm starting to think your beer isn't as woeful as the rest of the world
>thinks it is. That or your English/British/is there a difference :)/
>standards are 'different'.
>
*** Well it is quite amusing - once got a player to play under the
influence - my did he regret it later on... :-)
>Lets hope with G34 due on the 13th that our free opposition will be sober
>enough to work out what way is Mordor (1).
>
>Actually in OZ we have our biggest gaming convention this month. Can-con
>will be held in our capital city on 22-24. While the standard of
conventions
>in OZ are going downhill (PBM companies i've talk to claim the net allows
>them to advertise, so they don't have such pressure to attend conventions
to
>get new players), its still good to put faces to your enemy.
>
** We have always like to put names to faces - the biggest shock was seeing
this 7 foot tall guy built like the proverbrial brick s... house who had the
most calm and passive voice on the phone - sounded like he was 5'5" tall
(his girlfriend is around 5' tall which was a tad amusing - not that we go
to pubmeets/cons to laugh at our players - of course not - that wouldn't be
British...)
>The other common thing we Aussies do at conventions is pretend to be
someone
>else, so we can get the GM to give us the turnsheet instead of smailing it
>out to us. Making false ID are taught in our schools as part of our Aussie
>(criminal) history.
Had someone steal my turnsheet once for Serim Ral - two turns later 6
players jumped my main castle - nasty....
>
>p.s. while some aussies PBM games have met the GM nights, its either pizza
>at the GM place (we all chip in some money - ala Dynamic Games). Or dinner
>at some fancy place (so we have to put away the thongs and try to remember
>how shoelaces work - ala Midguard).
>
Tried this at the last pubmeet - as a social drinker at best a meal is a
great idea!!! Of course the players popped over a few more shorts... Ah
well... :-)
Cya
Clint