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[itowlson]

[Jenni]

That's how I understood it too, and I totally agree.

I'm guilty of this in-jokey shout out stuff too and thinking back to my first Kapcon experience I do remember being pretty confused by stuff that was being shouted out. It didn't put me off, personally, it just made me dertermined to get into the 'in crowd' but then I'm a freak

I will not do jokey shout outs or heckles this year.

Morgue = win.
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[sophmelc]

[morgue]

Ivan, you say it better than me even. Thanks for the elucidation.

Cheers all.
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[NickPitt]

[itowlson]

[TazzyD]

Would have loved to meet you guys tonight, alas work had me serving people, rather than being served. Finish work around 5ish tomorrow up at kapiti coast, so hopefully will be at the school around 6:30ish, prolly just milling about watching people playing their games.

[Stephanie]

I have to say: I miss the March of the Ducklings. I don't think it took very long, and I think it worked well in getting each group psyched and ready to jump into the game. (Trimmed admin announcements are otherwise a worthy thing.)

[Mashugenah]

I, in contrast, loved just being able to go directly to my room and let the players worry about finding the game and getting there. That few extra moments of stillness at the start really helped focus my mind and leap in straight off.
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[sophmelc]

[Paul]

me too, I miss the duckling walk as a tradition, but we are too big for it now.

there were a few problems with extra players in a game due to name mixups but this is normal and the benefits were that there was less people hassling the desk staff at the start of the round.
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[Confusion]

As a player and a first time Kapcon attendee, I liked not having to duckling walk.
On the other hand, because there weren't timetable copies on every floor, I found myself getting to the 4th floor, forgetting what game I was supposed to be in, and heading backup to the 4th floor to find out where I was supposed to be again.

I do this because I'm forgetful, I think every game I joined was met with a "Hey, is this the game I think it is?" when I entered the room.

As for meeting people, I did manage to feel a bit like an outsider, not due to the admin (they were mostly the people who had learnt my name) but because as a Chch gamer, I kind of ghettoized myself into talking to the other CHCH or former CHCH people at the con.
Which is my own fault, but I just didn't know a lot of people, and except for people I'd played with, I didn't get the general vibe of "I want to talk to strangers" from the 4th floor lounge area between games.

I think this is more a personal failing than a general failing of the con, but I'm not really sure how to solve it either way. Right? I fully understand that meal-break time is time people want to catch up with friends, and it's not like I didn't have people to talk to.


Wow, that got really rambly.

[Jenni]

Another vote here for not missing the duckling walk thing. It was always a struggle to be heard when calling out names and I kinda hated it. The way things worked this year it was much more relaxed and awesome
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[Liam]

Yeah I hated the whole reading names etc....not needed. Not having it reduced the stress, improved my prep time and with the pre-selection of games for GMs I didnt need to get my act together to do game selections while also trying to prep games so my stress levels were a lot lower than in previous years.