stock event proposal - 2008/06/17 03:23I had this idea about a party to commemorate my upcoming tenth year in Amtgard, and I want you all to join me at our normal stock event site for:
Zumat’s tenth year anniversary mega celebration super extravaganza once in a lifetime festival, a not to be missed event, a turbo gala of premier excitement and entertainment… stock!
The idea is a simple event, scheduled to do the things in Amtgard that I love to do. After having pitched this idea for months now, and after having asked people such as Kat Superrrrwow (make me piñatas) and Cruz (get me site contact info) to do shit for me for this thing, it occurs to me that I have overlooked one major factor in setting this silly thing in motion. I actually have no idea how to put in a bid for an event… However, I was never one to be daunted by the facts, and I figured that I would put my bid up here so that you guys can help me work it into something correct.
Anyway,
Zumat’s tenth year anniversary mega celebration super extravaganza once in a lifetime festival, a not to be missed event, a turbo gala of premier excitement and entertainment… stock!
I’m not sure about the exact date, but I was thinking either the third or last weekend in august. I’m not sure when school starts, or the proximity to other events, and I would like some feedback about these dates from you guys.
Schedule would run like this: First a summary, and then an explanation.
Friday noon: Gate opens and “The Most Ninja Assassin Game EvAr!” (more on that in a second) starts Friday 6:00pm-ish: Food Friday 9:00pm-ish: ‘smores and bullshit Saturday 9:00am-ish: Breakfast Saturday 10:30am-ish: Three-way (possibly more ways than that) boat battles. Saturday 1:00pm-ish: lunch! Saturday after lunch: ditching, duh… Saturday 3:30pm-ish: Shinobi Rice War: The Battlegame Saturday 6:00pm-ish: Dinner, and Amtgard fundraiser “Beat Dragoons ‘till they break” Saturday 9:00pm-ish: “The Most Ninja Assassin Game EvAr!” (more on that in a second, really) ends. And we start hanging out. Sunday morning: go the eff home, get a shower.
Gates open Friday at noon. I figure that the Zumat’s tenth year anniversary mega celebration super extravaganza once in a lifetime festival, a not to be missed event, a turbo gala of premier excitement and entertainment… stock! event is a two-day affair, so people only got to take a Friday off, and can reasonably pry themselves out of bed in time to do some ditching in before dinner. After gate opens, “The Most Ninja Assassin Game EvAr!” (I’ll get to it, I swear) game starts, other than that, it’s just set up and ditching time. Dinner will be sixish and will be something like burgers from the grill and hot dogs and shit. Simple meals are my favorite. There’s always more daylight for ditching after that. So ditching (and assassinations) until the sun goes down, at which point, we’ll either get us a fire going (assuming no fire ban) or we’ll use a camp stove and we’ll make some damn smores. Jazzel and the CD kids were making them at ‘rakis, and I want to do it again. We’ll maybe sit around that fire (or in the ‘goon pavilion if no fires are allowed) and talk shit at one another, tell some lies, swap some stories, mock rafiki, try not to get assassinated… you get the idea. Saturday, I’ll have a breakfast laid out. I was thinking something nostalgic like cereal and a banana. Then we’ll play those old triangular boat battles I love so much. Depending on the number of people who want to play, we may switch the configuration a little, but I love boat battles. At 1:00ish, we’ll have a simple lunch. It may be something as simple as PB & J’s with chips and apples. Mmm that actually sounds pretty good right now. After that? Ditching of course! How could I be at Amtgard without it? At 3:30ish, we’ll start Shinobi Rice War: The Battlegame. think of every bad ninja movie, ever. There’s your game. I’ll explain more on it after the explanation of “The Most Ninja Assassin Game EvAr!”. (However, this is getting long, so I may do the game explanations in a different post.) 6:00 is dinner, and as we eat dinner, we’ll do the piñata fundraiser “Beat Dragoons ‘till they break”. Where you’ll be able to see Dragoon shaped piñatas broken and dashed apart viciously for a good cause. And when it gets dark, we’ll award something to the winner of “The Most Ninja Assassin Game EvAr!”, though I really think that playing in that is going to be its own reward. Party out the rest of the night, get up Sunday, go home.
Anybody got anything else they’d like to see?
I was thinking like, a five dollar gate fee. (which I might even waive, depending on how much the initial cost of the event hurts me.) cheap events are good things, and I’d like to see as many people there as possible. I do want to do the same stock event site, pawnee or whatever its name is, (and cruz is already getting me contact info) so be sure to plan for it.
Yeah, that went long. I’ll post Shinobi Rice War: The Battlegame and “The Most Ninja Assassin Game EvAr!” as soon as I get more time. (but i will get to them both, very soon)
Let me know what you guys think, though.
z
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Re:stock event proposal - 2008/06/17 07:51As I understand it for the stock event you put in a bid to the current NH monarch and it goes from there, will double check on that and let you know. Looks like fun to me. (Aug 22-25 is all that will work for me tho) Riddick is the current Baron with me as regent. Will have more info shortly and get it to you then.
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Re:stock event proposal - 2008/06/18 23:57i think Z-Stock sounds excellent."But right now I'm a little concerned about my pants, since I don't know where they are." - Valathina Nailo
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Re:stock event proposal - 2008/06/19 14:36And to help out, I promise that if Z's bid is accepted I will not show up or tell "that joke" at the event.
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Re:stock event proposal - 2008/06/20 02:10Ok. the date is set for the third weekend in august. thats august 22nd and 23rd (friday and saturday). thank god forest can't come. i was hoping for a good event.
now to the games!
if you've got any questions, post them or ask me via email jodydrake@gmail.com
Shinobi Rice War: The Battlegame
Two teams of ninja must fight to see who is the dominant ninja clan in the IM.
There will be two bases, enclosed, which will be the spawn points for the teams of ninja. There will also be a third point where special “ninja bombs” will spawn.
The ultimate objective is for one ninja team to blow up the other ninja team’s home base. Each team will get to choose one “ninja magic” user, and one “ninja enforcer” (a continuously berserk ninja) The “ninja bomb” takes thirty seconds to set up, and must be set up inside the opposing ninja team’s home base. The ninja who finally lights the bomb always dies… brave soul that he or she is Neither the ninja enforcer nor the ninja magic user may set up the bomb. Each opposing team’s home base destroyed nets your team one point. Game is played to best of five. Every ninja has infinite lives All other usual “Shinobi Rice War” rules apply.
That was the easy one…
“The Most Ninja Assassin Game EvAr!”
This is an assassin game where the use of fighting prowess is penalized, and the use of stealth, trickery, traps, and outright bullshit is rewarded.
Melee combat is to be avoided – it is inelegant, boorish, and totally opposed to the philosophy of a “true” ninja assassin.
Now, traps, poisons, and hiding out in a tent for six hours just so you can slit someone’s throat while they sleep… that’s genius. (and should make for an entertaining game.)
The basic rules are this: devise some safe, non-destructive way to simulate an instrument of unsafe destruction. For example, an Amtard-legal 18” dagger replaces a real dagger, and powdered sugar replaces, oh I don’t know, anthrax or some other virulent, deadly chemical. An alarm clock becomes a bomb, or a nerf gun becomes a firearm. No airsoft! (looking at you, Chuck.)
I’ll take this opportunity to stress how important safety to your target and your target’s belongings is. If you think your trap or stealth-kill might be unsafe or destructive, don’t do it.
This is a game of honor, so I do expect the people playing to be honest (at least to the reeves) about being killed. Ninja must have honor! You must announce your target (to a reeve) before you kill him or her. Kills are to be made one person at a time; mass kills are so not ninja! Innocent bystander deaths will not be tolerated, and will deduct from your score, heavily. Ah, the scoring! Yes, you have infinite lives, so you are not out when you die, however, you cannot assassinate anybody for an hour. If you set your trap up before you die, it still works. Myself and another reeve will keep point totals in a notebook. Scoring is done thusly: Just walking up and stabbing somebody – 1pt If that somebody sees you and you fight to the death – minus 10 pts. Cojones (bravery) in pulling off a kill – plus 10 pts. Decent trap – 5 pts. Elegant trap – plus 20 pts. Exceptional treachery or duplicity in making the kill – plus 15 pts. (it’s good to be a lying bastard) Killing a bystander, even if you kill your target – minus 40 pts. Acting like a douchebag/poor sportsmanship – minus 40 pts. Getting caught lying to the reeve – immediate forfeit, if we can’t trust you to play straight with us, you can’t play.
I will be acting as a reeve, so questions are welcomed. However, I will also be playing so there will be at least one more person (Grendel has volunteered, three reeves would be ideal) to help me rate the safety of your devices. (that way, you can still use them on me) If you have any questions, feel free to post them or to email me and ask.
The winner of this game gets the coolest mall-ninja sword evAr. It’s got a throwable ninja star on the crossguard, caltrops in the tip of the sheath, those little metal spikes that ninja use, and a climbing claw. It’s… amazing.
Lets kill some people.
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Re:stock event proposal - 2008/06/20 04:58Not to be a killjoy but I see two probs. The fourth weekend is the 22-24 (For me this is good. And the other is the NH monarch (Riddick) needs to approve. Actually I dont really see any prob with either as there have been no other proposals as of yet and with that one looking so fun I dont foresee any others being submitted. Riddick will be at the park on Sun. Will try to sell it then and post the results here that night. Looks fun to me.
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Re:stock event proposal - 2008/06/20 05:00Just for a heads up. Z's proposal with minor adjustments was approved by Riddick. Am sure Z will post details on any differences. Get ready for Z's extravaganza long name stock the 4th weekend of Aug. Aug 22-23rd. See you there.
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Re:stock event proposal - 2008/06/23 06:03hey Z would you like some powdered doughnuts??
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Re:stock event proposal - 2008/06/24 15:42Where are the bonus points for wearing a sweet t-shirt made ninja mask?!?
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Re:stock event proposal - 2008/06/25 05:01to answer the two above questions: yes, i would love some powdered doughnuts, and no bonus points for t-shirt ninja. bonus points for actual homemade ninja-masks, though... z
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