I got a nifty card from my Fiber Godmother yesterday. She made it herself, the crafty thing!
Lookit! she stitched the fabric to the card! Clever, eh?
Thanks, Fiber Godmother! I’m psyched!
Okay, my Dragonrealms Secret Santa never mentioned that she got her gift, but I’m going to assume that she got it and that it’s safe to post, since it was sent Priority Mail on Jan 3rd. The bulk of this post is copied from the knitting community, where I posted earlier.
I love festivals.
I love the way everybody backstage works steadily for months, but there’s always more to be done. Everybody gets into a controlled and focused frenzy near the end, being sure everything is ready, and there’s always something that’s not, and then something breaks, and everybody says “okay, what can I do? Who needs help?” and pitches in to get that baby back on the rails.
I love the way players get so excited by all the new stuff, to the point that I’m standing there as a merchant talking to them, and mention that something else has just opened, and they go “OMG WHERE!?” and then take off at a run to check out the new shop.
I love the way we all get so excited seeing players go “THIS ROCKS!” about our stuff, and there’s also the “THIS SUCKS!” about our stuff and even that’s exciting.
I love seeing, at this fest, an entire room full of players in hard hats, pounding girders and generally being giant Doozers, all working together.
I love all the planning and hard work that goes into the lead-up events, and the ways GMs are forced to improvise and change as the players shape the history of the virtual world around them.
I love the rush of altering and managing a list and a room full of people all whispering to you, “excuse me, but…” because they want to be polite, and they are, but they’re also so excited.
I love the sense of urgency, and I even love it when stuff screws up in amazing, unexpected ways and we have to adapt on the fly.
I love the adrenalin surge behind events like this. It reminds me of why I love GMing in the first place.
Dragonrealms, you’re the best, baby.