OK, but two player space team isn't nearly as entertaining as four.
Yeah, I said that. Apparently they had connectivity issues that made the game a bit of a let down?
Also, apparently people are now talking about "buying" Spaceteam. I guess they don't know it's free.
I had to leave fairly early on, but the iPads were constantly dropping signal, or one guy didn't know to not hit the power down/screen off, one person disconnected their iPad's USB cable and it turned off, it was largely a mess while I was there.
Some of these people seem to be trying to treat the westin as a kegger. Whatevs, but I get kinda annoyed at the idea pax might get a reputation with the staff for this rather than all the good things.
Next year I'm thinking about getting a room with an attached parlor room for gaming. Scrunched tt and packed westin were rough at times.
They exist at the Westin. When we checked in they didn't have a room for us with two beds, so we complained nicely but persistently, and eventually they put us in a suite. It was really two adjoining rooms, one of which was sort of a parlor (couch, no bed). I'd imagine they have a bunch of higher-end suites, too.
The table was pretty small, though. If I'd been gaming in there I would've brought a folding table or two, and more chairs.
Well the first trick is that you don't yell. Basic theatre. Project and use diaphragm blah blah. Your throat shouldn't be the part that gives out first.
Well the first trick is that you don't yell. Basic theatre. Project and use diaphragm blah blah. Your throat shouldn't be the part that gives out first.
Somebody give this man a prize. The feeling your looking for is more like you're talking louder, giving your voice more presence and clarity over sheer volume. Don't use your voice like a bludgeon, use it like a chisel, yeah with power behind it, but aiming for cutting through rather than bashing down. You don't just want to make it loud, you want to make it ring. It involves rhythm and cadence, not just volume.
In lieu of a proper explanation, since it's half past one in the morning and I'm not confident that I'm lucid enough to explain it properly, watch the famous Barracks scene with R Lee Ermey as Gunnery Sargent Hartman. The only point he yells improperly is when he's yelling "AAAAAAGH" when demonstrating his war face. He can do that all goddamned day. You want to be R Lee Ermey, you do not want to be Recruit Brown, who will wreck his voice in five minutes flat and sound like Sylvia brown gargling glass and rotgut whiskey for a week afterward.
I'll be honest, it's easier to record something and chuck it up on soundcloud or some such thing, which I sure as hell can't do with everybody around me being asleep.
Lots of people don't know how to speak from the diaphragm. We should do a workshop on it some time. Might be a good thing to do at the beginning of a convention: Being Heard Without Ruining Your Voice, Friday afternoon workshop. Staff and volunteers strongly encouraged to attend.
I have had it with these goddamn Pennsylvanians and their goddam Pennsylvanian whoopie pies. They want you to think they invented the whoopie pie, but they didn't. It was invented in MASSABLEEPINCHUSETTS. I am going to open a can of Bay State Whoopie Pie whoop ass next year at Pax.
So, how many do I have to bring?
PS: Maine-iacs, you also claim to have given birth to the One True Pie That Matters -- why are you silent on this topic?
I have had it with these goddamn Pennsylvanians and their goddam Pennsylvanian whoopie pies. They want you to think they invented the whoopie pie, but they didn't. It was invented in MASSABLEEPINCHUSETTS. I am going to open a can of Bay State Whoopie Pie whoop ass next year at Pax.
Actually the majority of Pie snoobs associate shoo fly pie with PA and not Whoopie, no idea where you are finding these fakers.
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Also, apparently people are now talking about "buying" Spaceteam. I guess they don't know it's free.
Everyone, thanks for playing a bunch of games with me and just generally being awesome to spend time with.
The table was pretty small, though. If I'd been gaming in there I would've brought a folding table or two, and more chairs.
In lieu of a proper explanation, since it's half past one in the morning and I'm not confident that I'm lucid enough to explain it properly, watch the famous Barracks scene with R Lee Ermey as Gunnery Sargent Hartman. The only point he yells improperly is when he's yelling "AAAAAAGH" when demonstrating his war face. He can do that all goddamned day. You want to be R Lee Ermey, you do not want to be Recruit Brown, who will wreck his voice in five minutes flat and sound like Sylvia brown gargling glass and rotgut whiskey for a week afterward.
I'll be honest, it's easier to record something and chuck it up on soundcloud or some such thing, which I sure as hell can't do with everybody around me being asleep.
So, how many do I have to bring?
PS: Maine-iacs, you also claim to have given birth to the One True Pie That Matters -- why are you silent on this topic?
Also, you guys need to follow @vlambeer and get Luftrausers when it releases. Trust me.