Traveling from North Carolina to Accelerant games
As my friends are no doubt aware, I have to drive 14+ hours north if I travel by car to make it to Mirror Mirror. I traveled by plane to the most recent Mirror Mirror for the first time, and it looks like it will become my preferred means of making it up there (assuming that I can afford it on my grad student budget).
I've noticed that having to travel such a long distance changes the way that I approach playing the game. I'd like to play Mirror Mirror indefinitely, but my plans to travel north are held together by duct tape. I have to take a lot of time out of my schedule, I'm reliant on others being available to give me rides form the airport, and I have to be able to afford the plane tickets. I have to play each game not knowing for sure if I will be able to make the next.
Thus far, when playing Kiala at Mirror Mirror, I've felt much more of a cosmic sense of urgency when I play my character. A lot of this might also be related to being more able to articulate my goals and having many more things to do than I used to in NERO, but some of it is not being sure that I will be able to put things off to future events. In a way, it's refreshing to have an underlying force pushing me to be active as a player. I'm used to playing very passively and letting Kiala fade to the background.
At both Numina and Mirror Mirror, I'm one of only a couple of players from North Carolina. There are a lot of cool people involved with those two games that I'd like to get to know better, but it's hard to make friendships when you only get to see people about four times per year. I'd like to put a little more effort this year into getting to know people before and after game, simply because I don't get much of a chance to see people outside of the games.
I've noticed that having to travel such a long distance changes the way that I approach playing the game. I'd like to play Mirror Mirror indefinitely, but my plans to travel north are held together by duct tape. I have to take a lot of time out of my schedule, I'm reliant on others being available to give me rides form the airport, and I have to be able to afford the plane tickets. I have to play each game not knowing for sure if I will be able to make the next.
Thus far, when playing Kiala at Mirror Mirror, I've felt much more of a cosmic sense of urgency when I play my character. A lot of this might also be related to being more able to articulate my goals and having many more things to do than I used to in NERO, but some of it is not being sure that I will be able to put things off to future events. In a way, it's refreshing to have an underlying force pushing me to be active as a player. I'm used to playing very passively and letting Kiala fade to the background.
At both Numina and Mirror Mirror, I'm one of only a couple of players from North Carolina. There are a lot of cool people involved with those two games that I'd like to get to know better, but it's hard to make friendships when you only get to see people about four times per year. I'd like to put a little more effort this year into getting to know people before and after game, simply because I don't get much of a chance to see people outside of the games.