JollyDoc's Shackled City: FINAL POST [Updated 11/2!!]

[Neverwinter Knight]

Yes and no. But mostly no.

Could we be in store for a happy ending? E.g. Entropy and Adimarchus really hit it off, become King and Queen of Madness and live happily ever after in a castle in the far realms...

Too far out?

 

[Lela]

Entropy can't share power so intimately. If she's aiming for Queen of Madness, Adimarchus has to die first.

 

[JollyDoc]

Greetings from GenCon, where the lingering aroma of Funions and stinky feet fills the air. Just a quick update to track our progress. Joachim, me and the rest of Aqua Teen Hunger Force played in the preliminary round of the RPGA open this afternoon, and were one of four teams in our block of about 25 to make it to the semis! First round was reasonably tough, but our band of champions was more than up to the challenge! We'll post more details as the weekend unfolds. Saturday afternoon will be our next event.

 

[Neverwinter Knight]

Entropy can't share power so intimately. If she's aiming for Queen of Madness, Adimarchus has to die first.

OK, but she could then animate him and keep him as consort & my story would still check out...sort of...

Joachim, me and the rest of Aqua Teen Hunger Force played in the preliminary round of the RPGA open this afternoon, and were one of four teams in our block of about 25 to make it to the semis! First round was reasonably tough, but our band of champions was more than up to the challenge! We'll post more details as the weekend unfolds. Saturday afternoon will be our next event.

JD, we expect nothing less than a total victory from you guys! Are you also participating in the single player competition like last year?

 

[gfunk]

Sorry guys, but I don't have time to update this weekend due to travel. See you next week!

 

[JollyDoc]

OK, but she could then animate him and keep him as consort & my story would still check out...sort of...


JD, we expect nothing less than a total victory from you guys! Are you also participating in the single player competition like last year?

No, there is no Toughman competition this year, but Gfunk has given me the great idea to host one at next year's GenCon, so any of you who plan on attending, look for me, Joachim, and hopefully G to be bringing our collective creative genius to bear on all of those unfortunate gamers!

Also, just moments ago found out that Aqua Teen Hunger Force has advanced from the semi-finals of the RPGA open to the final round once again!!!! The final round will take place at 8 am tomorrow. Wish us luck!

 

[Graywolf-ELM]

Like you need it. But anyway. Good luck to you guys.

GW

 

[Neverwinter Knight]

Yeah, kick some DnD butt!

 

[JollyDoc]

Alright guys, here is the official word...Aqua Teen Hunger Force finished.....


























2nd out of 125 teams in the Open!!! Let it be known that no one has EVER finished 1st in the Open in 25 years. I'm willing to be no one has finished 1st and 2nd consecutively either.

 

[Joachim]

I believe that JD meant to say that no one has ever repeated as champions. And we were very, very close. 3rd place was distant to us, and I found out that it came down to one friggin decision (not by anyone on our team) that lost the repeat for us. Most of the judges were rooting for us to pull off the repeat (except one !#%@head judge who told us, "Good. I never repeated as champion, and I didn't want you to have one up on me." Jerk).

If you had said to us on Thursday (before tourney started) that we were going to come in second place, I would have jumped on it HAPPILY. When the dust settled, however, to come that close to a repeat was, in a word, disappointing. I should not feel this way. Humility aside, I believe that our team proved that our win last year was not some kind of fluke. Placing in the top 3 is fantastic, and we did it 2 years in a row! But for some reason, it feels somehow hollow...

The GOOD news is that we made off with over $200 worth of D&D stuff, including th Dungeon Master's Guide II, Champions of Ruin, Waterdeep: City of Splendors, Sharn: City of Towers, PHB embossed with a silver 2nd place stamp, Eberron Character Sheets, box of Angelfire minis, 3 Underdark pre-release minis (Gwenwhyvar, Dark Naga, and Elminster), and 2 paperback Eberron fiction books. Not bad for a $4.50 investment at the beginning .

Afterwards, the guy with RPGA who was in charge of the Open Championship came up to us with his condolences/congratulations. They even took our pictures with both PHB's (this years 2nd placer and last years 1st placer) and they are going to print one on the website and talk about our near repeat. We ended the conversation with, "Don't worry, we'll just see you here next year."