Remind me how you convinced my character to marry yours? 
It was because he was a hot Pumician from a planet that has lots of free love 
Remind me how you convinced my character to marry yours? [/quote]
If i remember correctly, he didn’t have to ask too romantically 
It’s not his fault everyone else in the universe is insane!
Well there was that and you were carrying his not baby
It was really funny when Jet/Jordan/Helikaon got dragged out of the line to be searched for his ‘pocket blaster’ and then skipped to the front of the queue and got let in before the rest of the Pumice delegation
Tanya
Cool story bro…needs more dragons
Cool story bro…needs more dragons
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I laughed at this…
So we murdered her for nothing? 
She was still a really evil woman, just maybe not as evil as the actual System Skurge whom she was posing as. I’m pretty sure that an Alien invasion of two may not get far, but its the threatening to that counts
One Night in Heaven: Beating back every competitor and winning all fights bought against me (as Thor) when others were attempting to get hold of the horn that would destroy the world, or was it destroy the leader of their pantheon, or was it something else? The rumours flew everywhere, and despite the confusion as to what it did, I was glad to be in possession of it! Other great moments included slugging Zues in the face, taking the apples of eternal youth back from the traitorous Idunn, threatening Loki and having him come through on his promise.
Colonel Rawhide’s Circus of the Spectacular: Tricking everyone that I was on their side, taking the Grimoire, stealing the ‘prince’, and other general deception and nastiness as one of the worst villains on the scene.
OOC: Catching up with a bunch of awesome Auckland larpers who I haven’t seen since last Chimera, as well as meeting some awesome new people. Thanks to everyone who make the weekend so awesome!
[quote=“Tetrajak”]One Night in Heaven: Other great moments included slugging Zues in the face, taking the apples of eternal youth back from the traitorous Idunn
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Traitorous? She just knew a good thing when she saw it.
So we murdered her for nothing? [/quote]
Yup! After the larp i spoke to Anna, who confirmed that Earth was WAAAAAYYYYYY to far away to actually pilage. So she wasn’t going to bother.
Of course, shadowing Anna for 5 minutes waiting for the blue haired smiley girl to initiate the “distraction” so I could put 6 shots into her back was quite a heart pumping! Then we couldn’t find the metal, but we did find a deadman switch… THAT Made us run away. Lucky they both had to die and I wasn’t taking a chance at the armoured dude!! .
I liked teaching Mani the robot dance after getting the mother of my child to give her an upper, although I still think the best line I came up with was when I was asked what colour the baby would be (human & blue alien) - I replied with “Baby Blue”… Yup. CORNEY!
^^^^ enjoyed learning it
So we murdered her for nothing? [/quote]
Couldn’t have happened to a nicer lady.
Also I had to actually deliberately let it go off. I wish you had killed him as well; their ghosts would’ve been shocked to see the resounding lack of explosion…
[quote=“Adrexia”][quote=“Tetrajak”]One Night in Heaven: Other great moments included slugging Zues in the face, taking the apples of eternal youth back from the traitorous Idunn
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Traitorous? She just knew a good thing when she saw it. [/quote]
I’m not denying that, but she did up and leave us with those very important apples that we needed to stay young.
[quote=“TazzyD”]
I liked teaching Mani the robot dance after getting the mother of my child to give her an upper, although I still think the best line I came up with was when I was asked what colour the baby would be (human & blue alien) - I replied with “Baby Blue”… Yup. CORNEY![/quote]
I did feel unaccustomedly sorry for the poor little crying girl. My favourite bit was giving her a forgetter instead of an upper. Because remembering her parents were dead completely killed my buzz.
Baby blue sort of made me crack up too.
Firstly, the sheer emotional buzz when I pulled in to Motu Moana, and hopped out of the car, was fantastic. Haven’t felt that good in some time, and if you’re a friend or person I talked to this weekend, it’s because of you. Now, onto the character moments.
The Bell
I think the best moment for me was at the beginning of Interlude 3, where Prema and I wake up, and we are both looking directly at each other. That look in her eyes of intense hate, oh, it was chilling. Fantastic work by Prema, because that set the tone for the remainder of that game. I can only hope I was as good an antagonist as her expression suggested.
Asterix and the Council of Carnutes
My favourite game, albiet by a slight margin. Everything in the game was just so Asterix it was magnificent. The costumes, roleplaying by everyone involved, it was like being part of the world. For me, as Bombastix, a non regular cast member, it was very easy to get into the world, and I loved every minute.
The back and forth I had with Gaffy as Vitalstatistix was great fun, old friends teasing each other, giving each other no end of grief, but when it came to battle, having each others’ backs.
Mid-council, standing up and finally accusing Dianetix (TK) of murdering our old friend and chief, and rallying all but one of the gauls into an anti roman frenzy, was fantastic. Did not plan to call Dianetix out like that, it just happened, but TK took it in stride and the roleplay was great! Soon Gaul will be free from Roman Rule!
Finally, though I guarantee I did not do nearly as much scheming as Impedimenta (Prema), I really enjoyed try to marry off my two (three) daughters, and the ending of getting Asterix and Obelix as sons in law was quite satisfying. High Five for Impedimenta!
I could go on, but huge thanks to everyone in this game, I had a blast!
Stop That It’s Silly
Ran this game with the aim of it being stupidly silly and fun. Success by players’ accounts, phew. Best moment: end of game, singing “Always Look on the Bright Side of Life”, arm in arm with the entire game, kicking in time to the music. Can’t wait for the photos of that. Thanks again for playing!
Colonel Sebastian T Rawhide’s Circus of the Spectacular
Being the villain is fun, as was last year’s Chimera theme for me! Of course, playing the villain who actually gets his comeuppance, that’s always fun to play, especially as it adds to the game. Loved my foils, Tetrajak as the secret evil, and Dave Agnew as the rival circus owner.
Great roleplay with Dave, we improvised so many insults it was fantastic. “Sergeant Rawhide!” “That’s Colonel, Mister Bungling.” “Old Seb” “Jackie Boy” etc. You are quite the man Mr Agnew.
Making Ellen (as the lovely Daisy Belle) lose her character with the eyebrow waggle, hilarious and unintentional, but fun.
Jade Empire: Makato Fort
Second favourite game. Died Twice, but still feel like I won.
Dueling Jackie, both with bokken and words, was super fun. Being an evil blacklander spirit possessing people, fantastic. Discovering Hamish, lord of the fort, was really the other blacklander possessor, exciting, and it led to an epic duel between Fraser and I, in which the spirit passed into him.
Playing a person in a coma, and then playing a corpse, it was actually quite enjoyable, especially with Jackie’s character’s sorrow at my loss.
Good work by all, and yes, though I was on his side for half the game, Hamish still got to do the traditional stabbing me in the back. Always a pleasure Mr Meads.
TLDR indeed. Chimera was awesome, even more so than last year. Here’s to everyone making it a good year next time!
Can you belive that damned rabbit still tried to gnaw my neck during the show-stopping finale? That, and Gaffy conveniently droped the Holy Hand Grenade down my hood, blowing me up just as the song finished. Bloody army lot…
I’m finding it hard to pin down a favourite moment for Chimera 2011. There was, to be quite honest, a whole bunch of fun to be had. I had a bunch of challenging roles (for me) and of all the Chimera’s, I feel like I learned the most from this one.
For someone of 12 years LARPing experience but very limited “social” larping experience (but admission I am a live combat junkie), I felt this one was definitely the best for me.
Of course, Asterix was awesome to see come to fruition, I was very nervous about running a hybrid of live combat and “social” larp, something I had never really done before. And I’ll be damned it freaking worked.
So from this year, I doubt I will ever approach LARP writing the same again.
A little on the inspiring larps I played-
The Doll Makers Wife - A brief brief. Minimal background. And and F-ton of player buy in. Just shows what can be done with so little. And run by a sometimes giggling young girl.
Asterix - durr, what I said before.
Chakta Peace Accord - Achilles Tor was a dick. I was doing ok with objectives but in the end I let go of the character sheet and went with it.
Gordian Knot - Cash - also a dirty a-hole of a character. But the game ran like it was like my own little murder mystery. Challenging and rewarding, it wasn’t until I reflected on just how well I ended up doing… just a pity Matrix Throne got away!
Pestilence and Petrie Dishes - Chicken Pox - What a nice guy. You bunch of child killing dicks for the most part. Funny that the STI’s (even though Syphillis jilted me) and the Common Cold were the only ones with any common decency.
Forgotten Gods - pretty much reminded me of the fun but also flaws of fantasy games. Got to be on time and organised. And then you can go a cavorting through the woods hooting like an idiot apeman.
SO see you all next year!
Heck yeah!
The Bell: New course - we’re going to the Horsehead Nebula! Yayy!
Also, there was this bit when the Revenants sitting around started up with a chained “Welcome to The Soul. Welcome to The Soul. Welcome to The Soul…” Goosebumps running up and down my spine.
I had a great time this year at Chimera (I tend to every year). Chimera is another opportunity for me to see all my Auckland friends which I enjoy as well. Breaking it down by round:
Round 1: Bad Dreams. I got to play a fun character who by all appearances looked nasty, who wasn’t quite there and sane, but was probably was one of the nicer people there. After finding the bodies I had a moment where I grabbed Ants and threw him against a wall, knowing Ants well, I knew I could get away with this. It added to the tension and really played into something Ants had been doing in character so helped him as well. Having searched the bodies and found Ben’s character’s CSI crime kit, seriously this guy had a hat made, an ID badge, syringes, camera, gloves, all sorts, I love seeing props and details like this. The scene in the kitchen where Norman and Kara kept pounding me into the ground with one cunning trick after another, and me not being able to get the upper hand. And then being turned into a zombie and stumbling around, especially when the women realised how protective Lars was of them, and started to cunningly turn situations against the men.
Round 2: Snow White. My second attempt at running 2 games at once. Once we got the rooms tidied, characters handed out and groups split, we got started. And then the mayhem began, every game I have run of this has gone differently, and it’s nice to see different characters get the result they wanted. I had a fantastic bunch of players though, and I’m just glad I wasn’t living in those kingdoms. The players seemed to have fun as well and that is the important thing for me.
Round 3: Free Round. I took this round off to help out around the camp, unwind, and get ready for the Gordian Knot, cause yes, it really does take that long. Thanks to the people who gave advice on the costume and make up btw, the little tricks here and there really help.
Round 4: Gordian Knot. Being part of such a fantastic group who had all made such an effort with the costumes. One of the funnier moments, was a conversation with Lucy’s character where I finally confessed my deep dark secrets (that I had killed someone – SO bad amongst the trees, and being forced by the government to sell our secrets), when she told me she had a secret as well, and blatantly asking me for a treesome with Walter’s character, I pretty much cracked up laughing.
Round 5: Knightshade. I admit, this was stressful for me, running someone else’s game, when it’s a big combat game. But I had some fantastic people helping me out and I think we pulled it off with people having fun. There was a bit at the end where most of the players decide to take on neither of the “bad” guys and walk away and abandon the village. Russell and I looked at each other and then shrugged and said well the whole point was what choice the characters made, so let them wander off.
Round 6: The Scummit. I was shattered before we started this game, asleep on my feet. But I had a great game, lots of subtle roleplaying opportunities. Andrew was great as the Rabbi, and the scene near the end where I was saying prayers over your body, and others were cursing you and flicking ashes on you was…interesting. Ellen was great as Eli’s wife as well, dodging around certain things, and really using emotions to pull him back from the brink. Much more craziness than I was expecting.