10-20-2015, 09:45 AM
This was my first All Hallows and a really good time. I played a new character and was surprised how much I enjoyed doing more extensive makeup. Orc's are really entertaining! I also played a non-combat support character for the first time and still had a lot to do and felt useful the whole event.
Pros:
+The mod with the oil bucket was fun. I'm playing a non-combat support character, but I was still able to employ the game mechanics given to both light a second torch and throw my alch light into the bucket so it was easier to find. Having the torch to light other peoples weapons really helped me feel like I was involved, and having to stay a healthy distance from the bucket at all times kept me on my toes. Great fun.
+Later that night, running for my life from terrifying screams for two hours. Ended up hiding in the Tree's with Roland and Van and didn't realize how much fun sitting silently in terror with a group of people could be.
+Banshee wedding! It was so surreal and awesome. I got to be a bridesmaid! ....The constant 'sense lifing' by the undead we were walking with skeeved me out in really awesome ways. Getting to have conversations with the Zombie groom was great fun. He was such a lovable monster.
+Holy crap the mist marauders were scary. I kept hearing 'sense wounded' and felt like peeing every single time. Thumbs up!
+Einish Science! I didn't understand anything that was happening but it was hilarious.
+Got lost in the woods and got led back to town by a talking cat and a flaming fire demon trying to give me whiskey.
+The final mod was also really fun. It had this whole feeling of complete hoplessness. We were constantly out of resources and having to struggle to get it all together. Actually doing the final battle and both succeeding and having everyone live through it was a huge rush. Awesome.
+Mourning our lost ones on sunday morning was really sad but touching. Losing Azura, Doyly, Sage, and Vianne, left a really lasting impression of tragedy. The last fairy door mod with the Kobolds was hilarious and the perfect lighthearted note for such a heavy event to go out on. After feeling like crying in the sad ways I laughed so hard I felt like crying in all the best ways.
Cons:
-There were alot of injuries. I tripped in a ditch with like four other people while running from spiders. I at least wasn't seriously hurt like many others were, but Holy crap it gets dark this time of year. I heard people commenting and saying that players should be using more safety or alch lights, but given the tone of the game holding a light will only draw npc monsters towards you whether it's an in game safety light or not, so almost nobody was using one. Don't know that there's a solution to this other then maybe have more tiki or glowstick torches planted around the property?
-The pacing of the last night was a little hard to deal with because of the attrition rate of the game. Either because of Injuries or leaving game early, so many people dropped out of game so fast saturday night. It was like barely midnight and it felt like there were way less then half of us actually playing.
-Going from tent to tent to wake people up and after going EVERYWHERE and only getting two or three people to go back into game was stressful and frustrating. I don't like bothing people and banging on a persons tent only to wake them up and they tell me they're out of game due to injury made me feel pretty lousy.
-I'll also say that while the Mist marauders were fun and scary, after a while it felt like the mod had gone on too long. People tried to make an effort to deal with them but they were super hard to kill. We had to wait for them to just give up and leave which took ages. The mod was really fun at first, but having to jump in the bushes for like the twelfth time it started to lean more towards being a boring gruel.
Conclusion:
I really enjoyed most of the mods I was part of. The whole game had a fun atmosphere of terror the first night, and then hopeless creeping doom the second. The pacing of the second night was a little rough, but it led to awesome roleplaying, including the impromptu wedding of Callum and Ash by fireside only moments before the last mod which honestly was the highlight of the whole weekend for me. It was a really emotional event overall and it covered the full spectrum of things I could feel. I had a blast and can't wait to do it again next year.
Pros:
+The mod with the oil bucket was fun. I'm playing a non-combat support character, but I was still able to employ the game mechanics given to both light a second torch and throw my alch light into the bucket so it was easier to find. Having the torch to light other peoples weapons really helped me feel like I was involved, and having to stay a healthy distance from the bucket at all times kept me on my toes. Great fun.
+Later that night, running for my life from terrifying screams for two hours. Ended up hiding in the Tree's with Roland and Van and didn't realize how much fun sitting silently in terror with a group of people could be.
+Banshee wedding! It was so surreal and awesome. I got to be a bridesmaid! ....The constant 'sense lifing' by the undead we were walking with skeeved me out in really awesome ways. Getting to have conversations with the Zombie groom was great fun. He was such a lovable monster.
+Holy crap the mist marauders were scary. I kept hearing 'sense wounded' and felt like peeing every single time. Thumbs up!
+Einish Science! I didn't understand anything that was happening but it was hilarious.
+Got lost in the woods and got led back to town by a talking cat and a flaming fire demon trying to give me whiskey.
+The final mod was also really fun. It had this whole feeling of complete hoplessness. We were constantly out of resources and having to struggle to get it all together. Actually doing the final battle and both succeeding and having everyone live through it was a huge rush. Awesome.
+Mourning our lost ones on sunday morning was really sad but touching. Losing Azura, Doyly, Sage, and Vianne, left a really lasting impression of tragedy. The last fairy door mod with the Kobolds was hilarious and the perfect lighthearted note for such a heavy event to go out on. After feeling like crying in the sad ways I laughed so hard I felt like crying in all the best ways.
Cons:
-There were alot of injuries. I tripped in a ditch with like four other people while running from spiders. I at least wasn't seriously hurt like many others were, but Holy crap it gets dark this time of year. I heard people commenting and saying that players should be using more safety or alch lights, but given the tone of the game holding a light will only draw npc monsters towards you whether it's an in game safety light or not, so almost nobody was using one. Don't know that there's a solution to this other then maybe have more tiki or glowstick torches planted around the property?
-The pacing of the last night was a little hard to deal with because of the attrition rate of the game. Either because of Injuries or leaving game early, so many people dropped out of game so fast saturday night. It was like barely midnight and it felt like there were way less then half of us actually playing.
-Going from tent to tent to wake people up and after going EVERYWHERE and only getting two or three people to go back into game was stressful and frustrating. I don't like bothing people and banging on a persons tent only to wake them up and they tell me they're out of game due to injury made me feel pretty lousy.
-I'll also say that while the Mist marauders were fun and scary, after a while it felt like the mod had gone on too long. People tried to make an effort to deal with them but they were super hard to kill. We had to wait for them to just give up and leave which took ages. The mod was really fun at first, but having to jump in the bushes for like the twelfth time it started to lean more towards being a boring gruel.
Conclusion:
I really enjoyed most of the mods I was part of. The whole game had a fun atmosphere of terror the first night, and then hopeless creeping doom the second. The pacing of the second night was a little rough, but it led to awesome roleplaying, including the impromptu wedding of Callum and Ash by fireside only moments before the last mod which honestly was the highlight of the whole weekend for me. It was a really emotional event overall and it covered the full spectrum of things I could feel. I had a blast and can't wait to do it again next year.
-Valna-
A wildelf in simple clothing that wields a spear and tends to get herself into more trouble then she probably should.
"This is a chance for me to get back some of what I've lost."
~Player of Yaya the Orc Doctor
~Emily 'Em' McGarvey
Email: mythicfables(at)hotmail(dot)com
A wildelf in simple clothing that wields a spear and tends to get herself into more trouble then she probably should.
"This is a chance for me to get back some of what I've lost."
~Player of Yaya the Orc Doctor
~Emily 'Em' McGarvey
Email: mythicfables(at)hotmail(dot)com