Cangames and other recent events

[ironphoenix]

Well, I took some positive time off last weekend, and am feeling somewhat refreshed thereby.

CanGames occupied Friday, Saturday and Sunday. My RoboRally games went very well; I had 11 players for the first running, and 12 for the second, and the durations were almost exactly right. I always appreciate the players' enjoyment of the chaos and carnage which accompany my games. The only trouble is that I come out so wired that I can't sleep until around 2 or 3 AM, and then have to get up at 7 the next morning for more gaming! The crowd was good; there were distinctly more people with Lives(tm) than in many previous years, probably due to two factors: first, there is more provision for children at CanGames than there used to be, so the married w. kids contingent comes out; and second, the really antisocial elements play on computers and avoid face-to-face interaction.

I also saw Revenge of the Sith. I enjoyed the movie a lot, particularly Palpatine's character; Lucas should be forcibly restrained from writing dialogue, though.

My in-laws are visiting this week, so after CanGames, I've been doing the social thing with them, going to museums, the casino, restaurants, my parents' place, etc. They'll be here until Monday, so this weekend promises more such activity. I'll also be meeting with ms_danson to talk about a new character for the RPG.

Next weekend is looking active too: there is an aikido seminar with Claude Berthiaume, Shihan, so I'll be spending much of Saturday there.

Even for an extravert, this is a lot of concentrated social time; fortunately, I'm currently up to it. There will be quieter time in a month or so, when I go on vacation to the Outer Banks.

Comments

[m-danson.livejournal.com]

I also saw Revenge of the Sith. I enjoyed the movie a lot, particularly Palpatine's character; Lucas should be forcibly restrained from writing dialogue, though.

I agree on all counts.

Draco got a bit disturbed as I quietly mumbled to myself that "yeah... that's what I want to do to my players" as I watched Anikin get manipulated. *innocent look* I don't know why. :p

[lord-greymist.livejournal.com]

I sometimes think that Lucas should be restrained from more than just dialogue. The next novel in the EU (revolving around Lord Vader) is probably going to bring to light many more of Lucas' attempts to force continuity by strangling what should be simple concepts into extraordinarily strange shapes.

The man has a pathological inability to admit that he's made a mistake, and feels the need to explain away every minor inconsistancy ... creating more inconsistancies as he goes ... though he's not the only person I know of with that flaw.

(As a very minor example, how is Leia supposed to remember her real mother now? Thanks to EpIII, we establish that Padme dies within minutes of Leia's birth. How is Leah supposed to think of her and say "she always seemed very sad"?)

[ironphoenix.livejournal.com]

The man has a pathological inability to admit that he's made a mistake, and feels the need to explain away every minor inconsistancy ... creating more inconsistancies as he goes ... though he's not the only person I know of with that flaw.

Fen tend to nitpick out the flaws and harp on them to such an extent that this is a natural way for authors to respond. GL is hardly the first to fall victim to his own popularity and acquire ego issues.