ECC Post Mortem

Quote Board:

Corrigenda:

JP, after failing 4-5 comms rolls and 6 failed
penetration rolls in Carnage Con Queso (early in the game, JP entered a
boggy ditch) - "It's the goo."

Jerry Han (after using a geiger counter to detect the Fissionable Mass Atomic
Sheep)
- "Gentlemen! RUN!" >>>CHRIS<<<
(referee, in a dry tone) - "And will you be
speaking to the French as well?" [note: Jerry WAS the FSE...]

Addenda:

> From the event that never happened and

Jerry? "I think I will need a lot of expensive therapy."

Someone else: "I don't think I'll ever be able to get this out of my mind."

A third player: "I don't even *understand* what happened....." (in a dazed
voice)

Me: "That's good. That's the effect we were shooting for." Pause. "Anyone can
move figures around the board and roll dice. We Canadians come down here just
to &%$* with the minds of the Americans. That's really what this is all
about."

Vendors: Thanks Carl, Bill and other contributors and prize support guys. May
your cups runneth over!

Organizers: Thanks Jon, Jerry, Indy, etc. May your houses be blessed with
great good fortune!

Events: Thanks to Rick for Con Queso (and beating JP and Adrian at almost
every Comms Roll!). Thanks to Aaron for the B5 scenario! Thanks to JP and Jim
for giving me something to shoot at! Thanks to Adrian for a wonderful SG2
game! Thanks to Jon for everything except that accent (and for agreeing to
place behind me in Formula De)! Thanks to Laserlight for being such a great
inspiration, although clearly nothing happened and there was in fact no game
in that Saturday night slot (*grin*). And thanks to everyone for coming out!

All the Canadians are getting ready for
JonCon-I in Albany. Anyone else want to
come? (Jon, we thought about asking you to supply a date, but we don't trust
that you won't bail out. So we're arranging a secret date. Just stock some
spare food and pop, that way you'll be ready when we show up).;)

I'm still in shock for winning an award for a game that had, as of awarding,
yet to be run. Though, in retrospect, it did suggest prescience. But, since
nothing happened, I'm not sure it really was appropriate. Though, despite
nothing happening, I'll be in therapy for years.

PS - Indy, great job winning that 15mm
competition! Stuart is a great painter. Beating him is really impressive! (And
you know, you may even have managed it *without* the organized conspiracy....
*heh
heh*)

PPS - My thanks to all who came out.
Especially the new folks.

PPPS - The biggest thanks to those who
missed this event for national service: Schoon, Los, Magic, Ted and John A.
(As a tribute, a couple of these definitely weren't represented in the game
that didn't happen, obviously not including one Rabbi Makowksy and his flying
carpet (shotdown in sheep transport while flying to close to the mosque) and
an Atkinsonian sheep)

PPPPS - Can't wait for the next one!

PPPPPS - Roger, was good to meet you,
thanks for coming over. Next time, we'll have time for more beer and chat! And
Noam, pleasure to meet you in the flesh!

Tomb

> On Mon, Feb 24, 2003 at 04:49:39PM -0500, Thomas Barclay wrote:

> Jerry? "I think I will need a lot of expensive

> From the event that never happened and

That was Jerry, yes.

> Someone else: "I don't think I'll ever be

<grin> TomB may have some confusion about who is Canadian (I'm not) and whose
minds were being messed with (which included Roger, Adrian and Jerry). For
example:

"It's time for initiative--pick a color!"

and later on, as Adrian was being shot at by a nameless Arab civilian: Me:
"He's got a red turban on, so hand me a red quality die. <pause, just long
enough for the civilian's Elite status to sink in and Adrian to start to turn
white> Okay, now hand me a green quality die instead, these guys are only
nameless Arab civilians after all."

> On Mon, 24 Feb 2003, Thomas Barclay wrote:

> Me: "That's good. That's the effect we

Tom, next you're going to be telling the Yanks about the Orbital Mind Control
Lasers... ooops. Nevermind, those don't exist, just like that event. And next
time you're out of doors for, oh, about 15 minutes or so, you'll forget all
about Orbital Mi... what was I talking about again?

I am, as usual, insanely envious of the fun had by all on the far side of the
continent. Especially in events that didn't happen, involving sheep that
weren't there. Or something.:)

It's not nice, making a guy giggle insanely in front of the computer while
reading email, where his coworkers can hear him!

Hmmm... maybe the Fultons & I can all plan for ECC X; I should be slightly
more solvent & better employed by then!