A Change of Pace: Event Review

[Victor]

Hey all! 
This here is the event review thread for our most recent event, A Change of Pace, in which you may put your very own review of the event.  So there you have it, folks.  Review it.  Then put it here.  Because this is where it goes.

[Wizwik]

All in all a great weekend event, rain sucked but we all know that but cant control the weather

+ Got to see friends turned Aether's
+ Aether's camped with Wizwik
+ The downtime to have some honest roleplay with character's was refreshing and enjoyable
+ Wizwik learning Poker from Drakkon and enjoying the game
+ Giving Mintha* fire resistant gel to help her out
+ the rp with the Aethers was amazing (Love you both <3)
+ Getting to hang out with Viv for the Sunday, super happy to see her again
+++ Saving Shamus (Stone Aether) from a 25 Elemental Massive Lighting bolt which could have killed us both with a Gnome device 'Absorb Lightning'. I know I may have said that a bunch but not every day I get to save another with a device and have the visual effect be awesome. Wizwik sitting on the Stone Aether in Golem form and then get hit with a massive blast of lightning for Wizwik take the hit for his friend and give a huge cheer for it working XD

[Melody]

What a great game you guys have! Seriously had a wicked awesome time.

+ DragonCabin having that option really was superb. Viva la Cabin!
+ Lord What's-his-name-again Sheridan. "Can any of your guards even tell us your name?!"
+ Camp breakfast and my rotating umbrella holders.
+ Roland "Hey, this is Melody, she's gonna live here now. Right Melody? Right." Best King of Ralinwood.
+ The wizard riddles and all the shenanigan solution ideas.
+ The main area by the Tavern, really nice to have a rain sheltered area to keep rping under
+ The Poker game that never ended.
+ Song of heroism moments. "Melody the fights over... you can stop... please stop Mel...." *Mist Marauders * "...Well...you were right...."
+ All of the lightning that kept just narrowly missing me during the final mod Sunday. Good Rp times!

No negatives really, felt like you were hurting for NPCs and that there wasn't as much stuff as there could have been going on, but you guys prioritized and utilized as well as you could!

[Maximus]

pros: *Got my Henge!
*Got to spend time with the friends I made at Warcry!
*"The fuck!? Way to go, but The Fuck!?"
*Me and "Good luck Adventure friend" Finding an insta mod
*Me and "Good luck Adventure friend" Finding an insta mod on our way out of an insta mod
*Me and "Good luck Adventure friend" Finding yet an other insta mod on our way out of the last insta mod
*RP time with people Maximus has not gotten to see much of
*Love that we had to fine the mod sight and it had a real timer! This to me made things way more fun
*Almost running into a group of frizbie golfers because we thought there canting was the cult

[Roland]

Had a great weekend all around except for that tiny bit of rain we had =) Shout out to all the shapers and npc's that just keep doing a great job.

Pros:
* Friday night stealth/not stealth mod with lord 'what's his name?'.
*Rajani and her new claws. Always fun to rp smithing something in game when I get the chance.
* Saturday morning dragoncamp breakfast.
* Getting to know a certain wild elf bard so much better, realizing how great she is and how right Ralinwood is for her.
*King of Ralinwood. OOG I love how it is spreading. IG Roland hates how it is spreading.
* Drakkon's poker game. Always fun.
*Mist Maurauders and the Vampire lord. Still scary as hell even when the town sticks together
* Sunday morning crows " Pop in the eye!" These have become my favorite wake up creatures!
*Lightning during the final mod. Thought it was a cool effect and kept everyone on their toes, even us support people.

Cons:
* Nothing major I can think of.

[Dr. Moran]

Had a really solid weekend overall! I mean rain sucks but it was still a lot of fun, huge thanks to all those NPCs and Shapers who didn't get to hide under shelters during the downpour.

Pros:
- RP in the tavern, particularly the "diplomatic solution" to chess that quickly evolved into a dramatic re-enactment of Warcry and then later Ursel nearly getting banned from the tavern for drunkenly trying to shoot an arrow backwards
- Running around petting the werewolves and watching Zaydesh howl
- Getting invited to Lady Aminata's wedding shortly after assassins (sent by the groom) invaded my tent and very nearly killed me and Demetria was a fun case of mood whiplash
- the only squire who can't read or write took the notes for the first (un)official squires guild meeting (that whole meeting with the juice and cookies was great)
- the fight at the diamond. in game I was livid and ready to punch a man in the face but out of game that was some of the best combat I've had and it was really intense if not slightly frustrating
- getting struck by lightning. I mean i should have been mad but to be brutally honest I'm pretty oblivious to flying packets so I'm surprised it didn't happen sooner. Now I can say I got struck by lightning and sort of survived!

No big cons. Sometimes it felt like we had no hope of stopping the rituals unless certain players happened to be present but that's just bad luck I guess. You win some you lose some.

[Lilith Caia]

I'll probably add more to this as I remember more things. I really wanted to have constructive criticism to give, but I couldn't think of any. Which is very weird.

Pos:
- Shaper/NPC team responds extremely well to PC decisions on the fly (with the Aminata thing, with the Robin/Dan Saturday night thing, etc.)
- Shaper/NPC team is also very friendly and helpful (eg: not giving me crap for writing out a new tag)
- I appreciate seeing the Shaper/NPC team trying to reward people for doing interesting things/putting in work, and allow them to actually do stuff rather than shut it down. It's very visible how much you care
- <3 Demons and everything demony. I felt so useful. ;.;
- The puzzles! There were actual for real puzzles and riddles! Oh my god! It was great!
- Brian's Mage's Collective mod is just... so hilarious. I cannot describe how hilarious it was. You are a gem
- Also I quite enjoyed the super super super literal "You must give these things to me" which made that mod take way longer. I loved it. Of course that NPC is literal as fuck
- Robin for being a great sport and Dan for catching that and fucking running REALLY FAR with it
- Everything to do with Aminata/Sheridan was super interesting. Political PC-driven intrigue! And nobody can remember his name. Hehehehe
- Leon: "I was going to take a piss." Everything about that. Love you, Pat. Please be with me always
- Being able to earn stuff with RP (Dan, Ivanna!). So happy
- The lightning during the final mod was really cool
- Thank you to Austin and Brent for reminding me to take my meds. I forgot almost every time
- Jannicka's beautifully repped alchemy
- "Man, I can't believe you're a nice person in real life!" ;.; Brings tears to my eyes
- Nex getting robbed by children
- NPCing at Ralinwood is always fun. There's little unnecessary downtime and every NPC is given some sort of motivation or RP, even squishies. Being told to act a certain way even as, say, a deer, makes it entertaining
- Playing chess and poker! Jaquir the Cockroach!
- Getting town to help me with my demonic cult ritual was the highlight of my game
- Dan in an RP role! Woah!

Neg:

- PCs going out of game. If you're aren't asking a rules clarification or adjusting for safety or something, there is no reason to go out of game. Even in cabins or tents. Stop it.

[Zaydesh Hakaar]

Pros:
+ Battle Armoured Zaydesh
+ Howling and getting a response from wolf NPCs
+ Were-Miahla, Were-Callum & Zaydesh non-verbal RP
+ Being asked to preside over the wedding
+ Getting really sad in-game that there was not going to be a wedding. RIP 1 hour of productivity.
+ Running off. Being found by Drakkon. Then finding the night ritual.
+ Discovering 2 of the shards required. Then discovering how to get one shard out of a bottle. I felt so useful.

Cons:
- 2 hours of absolutely nothing. Could not find any insta-mods when i returned from NPC shift, and the mods that were going on were exclusive. Not a single crunchie during that time.

[Viv]

So really the weekend turned into more of a day mod for me - I showed up Saturday afternoon, NPCed, then went to bed right after for reasons.

Pros:

+ The time-sensitive mod was pretty cool. Even if it seems like an unwinnable situation (or a situation that could be won under extremely specific decisions), I enjoyed the sense of urgency and the "need" to do it - that my reaction time can be critical and will affect tomorrow's events.

+ NPCing was extremely enjoyable. I enjoyed most of the roles I got, and the freedom to deviate or improvise to what was most enjoyable or entertaining. I like how quickly everything is organized and the balance between "this needs to happen" and "go with what works", and how the ratio of NPC to PC entertainment for the little RP roles was, and that I wasn't constantly "GO GO GO" to do things.

+ The depiction of lightning strikes was really cool.

Mids:

o Cabins take getting used to. Despite prepaying, there was a brief moment where I genuinely thought I wouldn't get a cabin bunk. A lot of this is IG and how I personally play Viv, which is more of a "me" than "game" problem. I fully appreciate the cabins and they are a HUGE convenience, I just wonder if I'm alone in fearing for my life there.

o If I make you uncomfortable, please tell me (privately). Elaine is not a physically-affectionate person, but NPCing I can be.

Cons:

- What is Ralinwood's safety light policy? Page 18 of the rulebook:

"Safety Lights: Must be diffused red, these are primarily hand-held flashlights. These lights are considered to be OOG when used. ... These policies apply to Jericho. Please check your local guild's policies for more details."

I couldn't find Ralinwood's, so I defaulted to Jericho's and Ashendael's policies. If Ralinwood doesn't use safety lights, I'm very sorry about this, and won't use mine the next time I'm in Ralinwood.

- Behaving like soldiers (NPCs). Marching back in formation would've looked a lot more impressive than straggling back.

- Please ask extremely personal, OOG questions privately. Not in front of a group of people I barely know.

Personal moments:

* Interacting with other Jericho PCs! Not that I dislike anyone in Ralinwood (from an OOG standpoint anyway - pfft, believing in IMAGINARY animals and relying on the MAGIC "THEY" gave you (but at least necromancy's illegal...right?)) but I like that connection between the guilds. Catching up on news between Jericho and Ralinwood makes UW feel like a greater game instead of individual worlds.
* Seeing all my double-sided tabards go into use. THAT RAIN, EH?
* Draping my pirate NPC all over Miahla. 
* Shane/Wizwik, I would've gotten my Gnome game together better if I hadn't slept so badly the last two nights. >< Always fun to talk Gnome stuff though!
* Making Ursel choke at the tavern. We're not good people.
* Poop in the eye.

Overall, I did enjoy what little I played; what I didn't enjoy was entirely OOG and not something under administration's control. I am unsure about my next attendance because of OOG matters, but I would like to try a full event in the future.

[Jasper Ironstag]

Pros!
-Feeling useful! I haven't ever felt useful playing my faun but this event made me realize I will probably be able to play her and survive a little better than when I was low level.

-Got some new items and interesting things while looting.

-Made new friends, new alliances and also new enemies!

-Got some fun plot going for me that actually has me OOG nervous!

-Miss Miahla's surprise!

-Got to hang with some old friends the faun hasn't seen in a long time.

-Playing a wakeup crow and pooping on everyone

-Chess games, a nice touch!

-I like your setup. Its nice to have shelter from the rain and an NPC section where costuming isn't going to get drenched.


Cons!

-Trying to volunteer to NPC on sunday was a tad jarring and frustrating. D:

-The rain. Don't you shapers control that? :U

-A few times things felt a little too lax. There was balance between lots of scary stuff and lots of down time, but maybe that down time could have had a few more crunchies or roleplay roles in it?