Grinder happened.

[triadruid]

Holy crap was that fun. Holy CRAP was that a lot of work.

A full write-up is still forthcoming (we didn't get audio/video for those playing along at home, but there are transcripts of a sort, coming as soon as we fill in the blanks where we were laughing too hard/moving too fast to write).

The highlights, though:

• Saturday Morning Cartoons are infinitely better without the fun-squishing influence of Standards & Practices.
  
• Too many episodes, especially if they're going to be that combat-heavy. Next time, maybe fewer episodes with longer time frames (an hour and a half was probably unrealistic, at least for 3.x).
  
• Yes, I did say next time. But not soon; Jaysus Christo Jones that was a lot of work to put together.
  
• Moral ambiguities/branching points have no real place in Saturday Morning Cartoons.
  
• Six laptops + 15 people = at least a 10° temperature differential between the main room and the thermostat. I'm surprised we didn't develop any weather patterns...
  
• We still have Mountain Dew left over. How is that even possible?
  
• The unicorn lived, amazingly (though that may be because he scarpered on several episodes entirely).
  
• Best. Death Scenes. Evar.
  
• Tiamat Piñata at 1AM, in the yard, with swords. Brilliant!
  

Now, shower, lunch, church, and the rest of my life back.

Thanks everyone for playing along!

Comments

[leiandra.livejournal.com]

I was hitting reload on the episode page off & on all day yesterday.

osh and I think y'all had WAAAAAAY too much fun without us and that if there is a next time, we'll have to fly out. I'll even help cook & clean up!

[triadruid.livejournal.com]

Sold!

[matchgirl42.livejournal.com]

We still have Mountain Dew left over. How is that even possible?

Dude, even though I was only there for 20 minutes, I did my part by drinking a glass of it!!!

Heh. Wrong crowd, maybe? And how is *that* even possible?!?!

[triadruid.livejournal.com]

I appreciate your assistance in this matter. :)

How did Pirates go?

[matchgirl42.livejournal.com]

*grin* Always glad to help, man. :)

Pirates went rather well, considering grmrefr and Mr. Melodrama were the only two players that showed. *sigh* We still had a lot of fun though, and Mr. Melodrama, even though he lost, gave grmrefr a real run for his money - and if it hadn't been for some sucktacular d6 rolls, he would have beaten grmrefr!!! I continue to be impressed with the playing strategies and techniques and skills that both have...

Ya'll should come out sometime, if you have any interest in playing. :)

[ruisseau.livejournal.com]

I didn't see much Mt. Dew being consumed. It's possible that more people were drinking water and non-caffeinated drinks. Also, the candy was ample for sugar rushes (says she who had one then got the crash later).

We had a blast! Thank you guys for putting all that hard work in. :)

[triadruid.livejournal.com]

Glad you had such fun! I'm sorry I didn't catch your 'close combat casting' issue earlier, I was watching the whole room and didn't realize you misunderstood that mechanic...

Gazebo

[rfunk.livejournal.com]

After reading the summary last night and this morning, I just want to know whether the Gazebo is related to the Luggage.

Re: Gazebo

[triadruid.livejournal.com]

The movement method of the Gazebo was extremely similar, but it was actually 'based' on this story.

[gamera-spinning.livejournal.com]

It was a stonking good time, thanks!

[triadruid.livejournal.com]

Glad to have you there and let you 'play' the game once again! Maybe we'll be able to play with you sometime as well, in some system.

Things actually sped up later in the day as people got more used to their characters...

[geekatlarge.livejournal.com]

That was tons of fun. One of the best times I've ever had. I'm still marveling over how I made it through that whole day with just the one caffeine drink at 8:30am.

[triadruid.livejournal.com]

I think I had three caffeinated drinks all day, and two of them weren't until 8 or so...

I'm glad you had such a good time, and it was a pleasure to (re)meet you and battlefish! A question - do you just play 4.0 right now, or are you running the system? Sometime (i.e. not soon) we'd like to get a chance to mess around with it, and you seem very familiar already.

[geekatlarge.livejournal.com]

I'm playing only at the moment, but I'm looking to run it as well. I just picked up the Dungeon Master's Guide and I should have the Monster Manual by tomorrow or Tuesday.

[battlefish.livejournal.com]

Yes I had lots of fun watching everyone play and playing munchkin with Jamie. Maybe next time I'll get in on the gaming action. lol Thanks for hosting such an event!

[celticwhistlin.livejournal.com]

Are you Jack?

They so should have introduced people by LJ name... it would have made it much simpler.

[geekatlarge.livejournal.com]

Yes, I was Jack.

[celticwhistlin.livejournal.com]

Hehhehehehehehehe

I'm so friending you!! It was so much fun playing with you (and everyone) on Saturday. I haven't gamed in so long!

[triadruid.livejournal.com]

We did name people on the Google Site (I just didn't know the name of his new character)! I'll go update a bit now...

[celticwhistlin.livejournal.com]

Yeah. I was just putting LJ name to face. ;-)

[triadruid.livejournal.com]

I keep feeling like there was a third person playing Diana at some point before Jeff took her over, but I can't remember who...

[celticwhistlin.livejournal.com]

JP and Jeff are all I remember... was it gammeraspinning?

[zylch.livejournal.com]

friending fury... so what's Jeff's LJ?

[celticwhistlin.livejournal.com]

He doesn't have one... yet.

I'm working on him! ;-)