That sounds fabulous, I would love to see those places at night!
A larp would be good too 
That all sounds awesome! I lived in Wellington for almost my entire life, and never did any of that stuff. Itāll be nice to have a group of friends to spend time with, and meet more of the Wgtn crowd.
I would love to tour around Wellywood. Te Papa is on my list of āTo go to somedayā. Iāve never actually seen anything more than the inside of the airport or an aerial view of Wellington.
[quote=āAnna Kā]Thank you for sharing your preference with us Adam. Since youāve not stated that youāre coming, Iām not sure what impact your preference has on this discussion, but thank you for sharing with the class regardless.
Me, personally, would rather not spend 10 hours on a train each way when I have a long and action-packed gaming weekend in the middle and will be flying instead. If this reduces my geek cred, so be it. I will have to do something supremely geeky (like, oh, I donāt know, organise a larping convention) to gain some of it back 
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Donāt make me bite youā¦
I agree you get an extra 9 hours or so in capital city.
Te Papa, The New Zealand Film Archives, The Embasy Theatreā¦I think I can suggest a few ways for the group fill 9 hours in wellington[/quote]
Actually, given that the train is 10hrs each way you get an extra 18 hours by flying. So 20hrs travel vs. 2hrs?
Also the Maritime Museum and the botanical Gardens are both worth a visit.
Incidentally FYI for Kapcon11 - AirNZ start flying into Paraparam from April next year.
Meh - what can I say - 10 hours of table top gaming sounds like a laugh to me - seems iām the only hardcore nutter here
I for one prefer to be comfortable when gaming - and having travelled on that train, it does not meet my standards of ācomfortā.
I for one prefer to be comfortable when gaming - and having travelled on that train, it does not meet my standards of ācomfortā.[/quote]When was that? Thereās a chance that after the Wellington-Auckland route got taken over by the government again as Kiwi Rail the route has started to improve (note that thereās a chance thatās the case, it isnāt necessarily true).
When was that? Thereās a chance that after the Wellington-Auckland route got taken over by the government again as Kiwi Rail the route has started to improve (note that thereās a chance thatās the case, it isnāt necessarily true).[/quote]
A couple of years ago. It may have improved, but even if theyāve raised it to the standards of the Capital Connection carriages (tables between the seats etc), they still have the problem of bad toilets, indifferent food, background noise, and smelling of disinfectant and vomit.
After youāve spent 60 hours on a Bolivian bus, those are luxuries! (Oh, and 10 hours in Peru on a bus next to a woman who had chronic food poisoning. Not. Hot.)
Iām for flying, though. Social trips in confined spaces can turn pretty nasty at the drop of a wrong word, and ten hours is a looooong time.
[quote=āIdiotSavantā]A couple of years ago. It may have improved, but even if theyāve raised it to the standards of the Capital Connection carriages (tables between the seats etc), they still have the problem of bad toilets, indifferent food, background noise, and smelling of disinfectant and vomit.[/quote]The food is better - I think they gave the contract to Wishbone or someone like that. Same old carriages, though, which means the only tables are in the Observer car. I usually like travelling by train, but I have awful memories of taking the overnight train, back when they had an overnight train, when some other train had derailed and they couldnāt clear it in time so we were loaded onto buses, except not quite enough buses so some people were standing and noone got two seats to stretch out in. I got very motion sick and had to plead to be able to sit up in the front where theyād reserved seats for some of the later stops. It was not a good night.
Yeahā¦Iāll pay my $100, save my 18 hours of travel time and just get my ten hours gaming in at KapCon.
Snap! Same thing happened here. The Auckland to Wellington train is hopeless.
Fail, I guess im also too used to the UK rail networkā¦ 
Hi guys,
We have started putting up some information about the Saturday night Kapcon Live Roleplaying Game.
More information to follow including a character questionnaire to match people with characters theyāll enjoy playing.
Cheers,
Bryn.
[quote=ābryn-jonesā]Hi guys,
We have started putting up some information about the Saturday night Kapcon Live Roleplaying Game.
More information to follow including a character questionnaire to match people with characters theyāll enjoy playing.
Cheers,
Bryn.[/quote]
That page seems down for me. 
The page is back up, and it looks like it is made of epic win. The six different alien races look like heaps of fun and while I am invariably drawn to the one that gives me an excuse to wear Victorian, I might talk myself out of it in favour of something new by the time character questionnaires open
Looks great, guys. Canāt wait.
[quote=āAnna Kā]The page is back up, and it looks like it is made of epic win. The six different alien races look like heaps of fun and while I am invariably drawn to the one that gives me an excuse to wear Victorian, I might talk myself out of it in favour of something new by the time character questionnaires open
Looks great, guys. Canāt wait.[/quote]
Great, looking to drip feed some more information shortly.
Cheers,
Bryn.
Bring on the questionnaire!
Excited