Paxr0mana said:
Oh man, 5-6 hour games? Every WEEK?? I would kill to enable my gaming group to do that. Although, considering that we are all still in high school, and have lives, I suppose there is a good reason for us not coming together as often as we could.
Yep. We're old men with no life. You whippersnapper!
Funny tho, just last night my wife ribbed me along those same lines. I mentioned that we used to play most weekends in middle and high school. She said something along the lines of "until you got a car and a life." Ouch, honey! Of course, that's pretty much spot on.
Puppy Kicker said:
It sounds like a fun group! While we're in this Q&A session, do you record all the games while you're playing with the tape recorder or does Old Drew just have a photographic memory for all those fantastic quotes?
We began taping with Episode 2, though many of the quotes in Episode 1 were straight from the table. That said, DrewId has an excellent memory for how combats ran. Good thing, since it's hard to tape combat. Since we tend to go crazy with the minis and terrain, combats come across on tape as "Ok, I move here and shoot that guy." (Me transcribing three months later:
Wait, wait - where and what guy?!? Argh!!)
Puppy Kicker said:
I've been thinking of hiring one of those courtroom stenographers to sit with us and type for a few hours while we game so I don't miss any clever and memorable moments. (OK, by thinking I mean "wouldn't that be funny if..." once.)
Ya, that'd be nice (if a bit weird - "Ms. Weathers, please read back that last section." "Ahem- 'I'm gonna split some wigs. Yo.'" "Thank you, Ms. Weathers"). As it is, I transcribe the tapes and pass the transcriptions along to DrewId. It's pretty gruelling, but the end result is satisfying. I've considered trying to automate the process using some kind of voice recognition software, but haven't gotten motivated enough to do so yet.
Puppy Kicker said:
Also, did the group start out this witty or has it been a long time getting comfortable with each other before they good RPing really started?
Both.
Actually, DrewId, ledded and I have worked together on and off over the past ten years and were good friends before we started playing. Flu & Eyas have known each other since college. Then Flu & DrewId worked together for a year or so. And that's how we became the Brady Bunch. (
Altogether now!)
We've been playing now for just over 4 years and while someone misses every now and then (work, vacation, car wrecks, etc.), I think we've only ever
cancelled a session two or three times. If memory serves, those were around the holidays and it wasn't possible to reach a quorum.
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