NWO
NWO
This is going to sound a bit odd, and probably a bit pretentious - it is pseudo-LARP-geek waffle, after all. If thats going to bother you, I would bail out of my LJ now.
Still here?
That was the last NWO. There is no more and its only looking back that I realise how much I am going to miss it.
The first time I turned up to NWO, my sole objective was to do a good enough job of filling a vacant part that it wouldn't reflect badly on jimfer for suggesting me as a last-minute replacement and I would not kill anyone elses enjoyment by making a complete hash of interacting with them. A large pile of paperwork was dropped upon me and thus it was that Micheal Kannanainos went from being a belligerant bearded welshman to a disgustingly reasonable and somewhat smug clean shaven englishman in a borrowed monks robe. By some miracle, I managed to bluff my way through the weekend, and had fun, despite my nerves.
The next time I went to NWO, I was drafted with a few days notice to play Archmage Galen. I had just got the brief sorted and was contemplating what I was going to do on my nice, quieter weekend when the traditional physrep dropped out at the last minute. Another large pile of paperwork descended from on high and after a frantic 24 hours of cramming, once again Mikey K was back in the saddle - this time garbed in some clothing borrowed off one of the refs that looked a bit Eastern. This time, I was a little more confident and managed to achieve a little more - I was worried about messing up due to lack of briefing time but had a grip on how I thought I should be playing the character, which was a help.
The last event was a bit different. Since I had now played Mikey K more times than the guy I had replaced, I was offered the part from the start and to have it written with me in mind. I accepted. And so it was that Mikey K turned up to Constantinople fully prepared. He knew what was coming in detail and had a chance to think on it beforehand. He knew who was there. He knew exactly what he had to do. And for once, he actually knew what spells he could cast!
The weekend was fantastic and spent with my mind and heart absolutely racing whilst I was trying to retain as serene an exterior as possible, if only to irritate the Venetians and Remigius. Somehow, Mikey K managed to walk away at time out. If the news I hear is true, he also managed to survive the aftermath, much to popular disapproval. Unfortunately, I had to vanish prior to the debrief, so I missed all the scandal, which was a bit of a shame. I'll miss playing him - nothing beats having the certain and unshakeable knowledge that God is on your side and that you are far cleverer than everyone else. Except possibly the infuriation you can cause by being disgustingly reasonable at everyone whilst also being so smug that they want to claw your eyes out.
And now to thank some people, for no better reason than its nice to namecheck occassionally.
Thanks to a man named Brian, for weaving Mikeys tale in the first place.
Thanks to rebby for being my sidekick-come-concience-come-death-sentence for the weekend, although I still feel I owe her an apology for not doing the ritual.
Thanks to oldnick for providing a sinister presence in the corner to confer with and providing the feeling that a stabbing was never too far away.
Thanks to curlwomble for being the best holiday rep a crusader ever had by having so many ideas about places for them to visit and interesting heretics for them to disembowel once there.
Thanks to misterdaniel for enabling me to leverage my extensive network of agents and being really cryptic at me in the run up to the event
Thanks to pax_draconis for herding the necessary plot cats, for putting up with late payment and for ensuring that I will forever associate chocolate body paint with the Byzantine Empire.
Thanks to jimfer for getting me into this crazy mess to begin with.
Thanks to all the people I missed out but who made my weekend by chipping in to make some fantastic entertainment.
And, even though he will never read this, I want to thank the guy that played Constantine Vulpes. Its one of those strange things that happens at LARP - you spend three weekends conspiring and bantering with someone and yet you don't even know their real name. Although at least part of this is because I am too lazy to read the cast list again. I would say "So sue me" but I'm already 185,000 gold marks in the red...
Now, if you will excuse me, I have to find someone to froth with before I explode...
This is going to sound a bit odd, and probably a bit pretentious - it is pseudo-LARP-geek waffle, after all. If thats going to bother you, I would bail out of my LJ now.
Still here?
That was the last NWO. There is no more and its only looking back that I realise how much I am going to miss it.
The first time I turned up to NWO, my sole objective was to do a good enough job of filling a vacant part that it wouldn't reflect badly on jimfer for suggesting me as a last-minute replacement and I would not kill anyone elses enjoyment by making a complete hash of interacting with them. A large pile of paperwork was dropped upon me and thus it was that Micheal Kannanainos went from being a belligerant bearded welshman to a disgustingly reasonable and somewhat smug clean shaven englishman in a borrowed monks robe. By some miracle, I managed to bluff my way through the weekend, and had fun, despite my nerves.
The next time I went to NWO, I was drafted with a few days notice to play Archmage Galen. I had just got the brief sorted and was contemplating what I was going to do on my nice, quieter weekend when the traditional physrep dropped out at the last minute. Another large pile of paperwork descended from on high and after a frantic 24 hours of cramming, once again Mikey K was back in the saddle - this time garbed in some clothing borrowed off one of the refs that looked a bit Eastern. This time, I was a little more confident and managed to achieve a little more - I was worried about messing up due to lack of briefing time but had a grip on how I thought I should be playing the character, which was a help.
The last event was a bit different. Since I had now played Mikey K more times than the guy I had replaced, I was offered the part from the start and to have it written with me in mind. I accepted. And so it was that Mikey K turned up to Constantinople fully prepared. He knew what was coming in detail and had a chance to think on it beforehand. He knew who was there. He knew exactly what he had to do. And for once, he actually knew what spells he could cast!
The weekend was fantastic and spent with my mind and heart absolutely racing whilst I was trying to retain as serene an exterior as possible, if only to irritate the Venetians and Remigius. Somehow, Mikey K managed to walk away at time out. If the news I hear is true, he also managed to survive the aftermath, much to popular disapproval. Unfortunately, I had to vanish prior to the debrief, so I missed all the scandal, which was a bit of a shame. I'll miss playing him - nothing beats having the certain and unshakeable knowledge that God is on your side and that you are far cleverer than everyone else. Except possibly the infuriation you can cause by being disgustingly reasonable at everyone whilst also being so smug that they want to claw your eyes out.
And now to thank some people, for no better reason than its nice to namecheck occassionally.
Thanks to a man named Brian, for weaving Mikeys tale in the first place.
Thanks to rebby for being my sidekick-come-concience-come-death-sentence for the weekend, although I still feel I owe her an apology for not doing the ritual.
Thanks to oldnick for providing a sinister presence in the corner to confer with and providing the feeling that a stabbing was never too far away.
Thanks to curlwomble for being the best holiday rep a crusader ever had by having so many ideas about places for them to visit and interesting heretics for them to disembowel once there.
Thanks to misterdaniel for enabling me to leverage my extensive network of agents and being really cryptic at me in the run up to the event
Thanks to pax_draconis for herding the necessary plot cats, for putting up with late payment and for ensuring that I will forever associate chocolate body paint with the Byzantine Empire.
Thanks to jimfer for getting me into this crazy mess to begin with.
Thanks to all the people I missed out but who made my weekend by chipping in to make some fantastic entertainment.
And, even though he will never read this, I want to thank the guy that played Constantine Vulpes. Its one of those strange things that happens at LARP - you spend three weekends conspiring and bantering with someone and yet you don't even know their real name. Although at least part of this is because I am too lazy to read the cast list again. I would say "So sue me" but I'm already 185,000 gold marks in the red...
Now, if you will excuse me, I have to find someone to froth with before I explode...