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So after some silence, I asked "hey, am I GMing at the Nationals?" and apparently I am.

This time I'm sure people had fun. Or were so sugared up and caffeinated we couldn't tell.

Despite me and another GM in my category putting the representative from Stirling at the top (which was totally not motivated by location, for reals!) they were beaten to second due to a third place in the final category, by Cardiff.

"Cardiff, huh? You could totally do a Torchwood tour while you're down there..."
"AAAAAAAAAAAGHH"
"AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"
"... Win."

I'm done.

With printing stuff, at least.

Which involved going to work and using two of their computers and three of their printers because mine decided today was a good day to die.

(twitch)

Next time this updates I should have tales to tell. Wish me luck.

Now one short of completion, Buffyverse Trailers

Nice little snapshots of each season - tending to a minute too long and spoilery to show to people who hadn't seen the season in question before, although the Buffy and Angel S1 ones would work, and I like the varying tones from Buffy S1's bouncy comedy all the way to the no-fun-at-all-except-the-last-gag fantasy action drama of the new Angel S4 one. Because, hey, Angel S4 is pretty much no fun.

Something to think about as I slowly bolt together Nationals Buffy characters. How much do I rely on the players to bring the funny and action and heartache in response to an otherwise horrible world of monsters and stuff? Back in the day, the answer in TWH was "quite a lot", with me providing setups for heroic smackdowns and feedlines for gags, and the odd funny line from friendly NPCs, because I knew they could and would. Not a luxury I have here, of course. So I load on relationship issues and sample hopefully amusing lines on the character briefings...

I've been asked for my fourth and fifth category picks for the Nationals. Which is odd.

The Nationals has a forum. It's not exactly buzzing at the moment naturally, but Sheffield folk are starting to look at what people signed up for it want. I suggested some hint of games that might actually run in a given category, where practical. (A&A 2010 was pretty much set by December 1st, and given a deadline I could have come up with at least a system of choice earlier.) Which got me thinking, which Nationals games would I have gone into based on game-specific blurbs a la Conpulsion rather than going in blind due to the choosing categories...

( A line or two about twenty-odd games. )

So, on the whole, yeah, I'd like to see the premise of a game or at least a system rather than going purely by category.

Of course, this isn't always possible or practical if, say, you have three groups and three GMs. I can well imagine Game A filling up while Game B languishes, and prepping a second adventure probably ain't gonna appeal to every GM...

Neither game went as expected, or as the other had. Neither was a catastrophe. Both ended with half an hour to spare and still had the gratuitous death trap scenes. Steve won A&A. Sheffield won overall. Charity stuff on Friday and Saturday alone raised £5000 for FACE (Fight Against Cancer Edinburgh) including sixty quid for Gar's signed Paranoia book. Yay! And also hello Eternally Lost Zeppo!

More later. Tired now.

Meanwhile, an American high school production of Dr. Horrible will be at the Fringe this year.

As you may guess by the timestamp, I didn't sleep well before GMing at the Nationals. Wheeee.

Nationals prep is all over bar the last of the printing.

Although I'm currently swithering on whether to have three named villains on the ground or four. Hrm.

My Nationals character sheet

And I've caught the "ful" typo.

Now to fill out six of them, and a character background/personality page to go with each.