Treasure Trap Oscars
j d mcgettrick
All,
A semi-serious idea given that the Oscars have just occurred in the real world [TM], I thought it
would be good to open nominations for the Treasure Trap Oscars 2004, to be awarded in a glittering
ceremony in the Summer Term. (aka on the balcony in Kingsgate with beers/soft drinks and a chocolate
reward).
--
Current categories are as follows:
Best Moment of the Academic Year 2003-2004 (anything TT related really)
Best Adventure (including mini-linears)
Best Ref (including both the interactive ref team and refs from adventures)
Best Character
Best Fresher Character
Best Monster/NPC
Best Fresher Monster/NPC
Best Comedy Accent
Best Costume
Best Make - up
Best Prop(s)
Special Award for Academic Achievement
Special Award for Service to the Society
--
Jimbob!
*hyperfluffiness is a state of mind*
daniel prebble
Needs categories for:
Most dedicated- defined by lowest exam results
Most drunk- Open-ended. Could be stupid noises, could be speeches.
Could just be Dunk
Biggest Downtimes- Always popular
Most Outrageous- Extremely open-ended, has to be stupid yet in keeping
with the society's core objectives.
Most Bitchy- Judged by amount of time spent on it, harshness of insults
and any known breakdowns/ crises of faith that have been caused.
Most Dan-like - I just want to win
Other than that, I really like it, although perhaps alcohol, not
chocolate. But that's just me. Or is it?
Dan
Amenable face of doom
d j d harris
A semi-serious idea given that the Oscars have just occurred in the real
world [TM], I thought it would be good to open nominations for the
Treasure Trap Oscars 2004, to be awarded in a glittering ceremony in the
Summer Term. (aka on the balcony in Kingsgate with beers/soft drinks an
a chocolate reward).
This is a bloody brilliant idea ( much better than your solution to
machine gunning )
Marcus Rich
> would be good to open nominations for the Treasure Trap Oscars 2004, to be awarded in a glittering
> ceremony in the Summer Term. (aka on the balcony in Kingsgate with beers/soft drinks and a chocolate
> reward).
Great idea! I think most of the nominations will be of stuff from recent
interactives/adventures due to poor memory, but yeah... nice idea...
Marcus
Official Cynic
---
"I'm not lost, I just haven't pinpointed exactly where we are at the
moment" - Belgarath The Sorceror
marios richards
> Best Moment of the Academic Year 2003-2004 (anything TT related really)
Tom Seaton
> Best Comedy Accent
Paul Townend (Heinz)
> Best Prop(s)
Sword (Duncan Harris')
> Special Award for Academic Achievement
Tom Seaton
> Special Award for Service to the Society
Tim Packer - Bringer of Mead
Marios
j d mcgettrick
Thanks. I'm particularly impressed that you didn't try to score any cheap points with your reply there.
Hmmmn. I might actually do them then...
j d mcgettrick
marios richards wrote:
> Dear Jimbob,
>
>> Best Moment of the Academic Year 2003-2004 (anything TT related really)
>
>
> Tom Seaton
>
Could you possibly elaborate slightly on 'Tom Seaton'. This sort of careless god-worship will only
inflate his ego. Was there something inparticular you wanted to nominate him for?
michael bold
j d mcgettrick wrote:
>
>
> marios richards wrote:
>
>> Dear Jimbob,
>>
>>> Best Moment of the Academic Year 2003-2004 (anything TT related really)
>>
>>
>>
>> Tom Seaton
>>
>
> Could you possibly elaborate slightly on 'Tom Seaton'. This sort of
> careless god-worship will only inflate his ego. Was there something
> inparticular you wanted to nominate him for?
>
I'm personaly thinking it's Toms promotion to Weapon Master via trial by
combat
d j d harris
>>> Dear Jimbob,
>>>
>>>> Best Moment of the Academic Year 2003-2004 (anything TT related really)
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Tom Seaton
>>>
>>
>> Could you possibly elaborate slightly on 'Tom Seaton'. This sort of
>> careless god-worship will only inflate his ego. Was there something
>> inparticular you wanted to nominate him for?
>>
> I'm personaly thinking it's Toms promotion to Weapon Master via trial by
> combat
>
i thought we had all agreed never to speak of that again
daniel prebble
d j d harris wrote:
>
For the love of God man, shhh. We were never going to bring up Tom's
crushing victory again.
daniel prebble
Jimbob-
>
> Thanks. I'm particularly impressed that you didn't try to score any
> cheap points with your reply there.
>
>
offerings. Nevertheless I do really like the idea, don't get me wrong,
I just couldn't resist. And was a bit drunk.
ora...@hotmail.com
> >> Could you possibly elaborate slightly on 'Tom Seaton'. This sort of
> >> careless god-worship will only inflate his ego. Was there something
> >> inparticular you wanted to nominate him for?
> >>
> > I'm personaly thinking it's Toms promotion to Weapon Master via trial by
> > combat
> >
>
> i thought we had all agreed never to speak of that again
i do not read this thread
and i am not bothered by it anyway
x
si
ps. next sunday - practice with metal weapons
Zoe Robinson
<Cut>
> Could you possibly elaborate slightly on 'Tom Seaton'. This sort of
> careless god-worship will only inflate his ego. Was there something
> inparticular you wanted to nominate him for?
How about being able to break weapons through unpulled blows? Proof
that weapons practics does not equate to safe.
Zoė, crossing threads
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Marcus Rich
> that weapons practics does not equate to safe.
First time I've heard of it happening, it makes for a fair safety record,
one broken weapon in the last couple of years (broken by a blow rather
than just falling apart that is)...
Weapons practice equates to safer than never going to one and thus not
learning how to pull blows in the first place...
Marcus
Zoe Robinson
<Cut>
> First time I've heard of it happening, it makes for a fair safety record,
> one broken weapon in the last couple of years (broken by a blow rather
> than just falling apart that is)...
Nevertheless it has happened and it's happened with someone people are
lauding as a great fighter who attends most (all?) weapons practices.
> Weapons practice equates to safer than never going to one and thus not
> learning how to pull blows in the first place...
I believe this to be very much untrue. You can't just tar everyone that
doesn't attend weapons practice with the same brush - just because a
core group of dickheads refuse to learn to pull blows doesn't mean the
others can't do it.
Zoė
Marcus Rich
> lauding as a great fighter who attends most (all?) weapons practices.
Doesn't this make sense? Tom probably does more LARP fighting than any of
us (probably bar Si), and thus statistically a weapon was more likely to
break in his hands at some point due to fatigue on the core.
> I believe this to be very much untrue. You can't just tar everyone that
> doesn't attend weapons practice with the same brush - just because a
> core group of dickheads refuse to learn to pull blows doesn't mean the
> others can't do it.
If they never attend weapons practice they'll never learn though.
Paul Townend
: How about being able to break weapons through unpulled blows? Proof
: that weapons practics does not equate to safe.
As the person who Tom broke his sword on, I think it's pretty pathetic to
bring up that one incident. Tom is a great guy, really fun to fight
against, and the accident in question was just that - an accident. I was
running towards him, he did a swinging leg shot, and I ran into it, making
it much harder than it should've been.
The chances of being hurt by someone who regularly attends weapons
practice are, I suspect, a hell of a lot less than those of being hurt by
someone who doesn't.
Paul
j d mcgettrick
Zoe Robinson wrote:
> j d mcgettrick wrote:
> <Cut>
>
>> Could you possibly elaborate slightly on 'Tom Seaton'. This sort of
>> careless god-worship will only inflate his ego. Was there something
>> inparticular you wanted to nominate him for?
>
>
> How about being able to break weapons through unpulled blows? Proof
> that weapons practics does not equate to safe.
>
*sigh*
That's the sort of argument that's almost not worth bothering with. However, the tone of the post
has angered me so I will.
1) Have you told Tom that you think he's an unsafe fighter? I was diplomatic enough not to name
names, but if you feel he's that out of control that you have to character assasinate him on a
public newsgroup, then that's fine. However, in my judgement you're completely wrong and your
previous post looks like a pathetic and petulant swipe at him for reasons unknown.
2) This is one incident, which I'm sure he was sorry for. Can you look me in the eye and tell me
you've never hit someone too hard? I know I couldn't say that - in spite of much practice, I still
occassionally over hit. How would you like a post like that directed at you? Using you as an
embarassing example in public? I would never be cruel enough to do that - especially on a thread
where you were being praised. He's generally alot safer than at least a dozen people I could name -
including several who regularly attend weapons practices. Why not pick one of them to publicly
humiliate?
3) You've ruined a perfectly nice thread with that post. Sorry if you can't take the generally
praising tone of the thread so far, but some of us were looking to highlight the many positives that
TT has had this year. I was hoping to hear some really good stories of adventures etc. but obviously
that's not going to happen after such a needlessly acidic response... ...which could easily have
been placed on the 'Armourers Announcement' thread anyway.
Sorry for the angry response, but I'm pissed off that a positive thread has descended into juvenile
sniping for *+*+*absolutely no reason*+*+*. This is a newsgroup not a childrens playground.
PS Practice makes perfect. Don't try and argue that practicing will not decrease the chances of
causing injury etc.
d j d harris
>
> How about being able to break weapons through unpulled blows? Proof
> that weapons practics does not equate to safe.
>
> Zoė, crossing threads
its ok because in tt21 we will be able to use guns so it wont
matter
marios richards
> How about being able to break weapons through unpulled blows? Proof
> that weapons practics does not equate to safe.
Weapons break. They can break because something heavy gets dropped on
them or if someone steps on them - generally, however, I'd prefer they
break through use, instead of misuse.
So, it's generally preferable that weapons break in combat. As long as
the person using the weapon retires the weapon as soon as they realise
that it's become damaged, that's fine.
Any weapon that's regularly used will break - the substantial gaffa
weapons used in weapon's practice seem to have a half-life of about
about 4-5 months. Several times, I've hit someone only to have the
weapons slide/shift oddly/gaffa come away/otherwise break.
It's good to check weapon's before you use them, but it's pretty usual
to only realise that the weapon should be retired for fixing once you
hit someone with it.
If anything, using the long-suffering weapons at weapon's practice
teaches people to check the weapons before and after use and not simply
trust that they are fine.
The point is, people who go to weapon's practice aren't safe, but they
all get safer.
People who don't go to weapon's practice don't get any safer. Moreover,
since you won't necessarily see them fight very often, you won't know
whether they are safe/unsafe.
People who don't fight much tend to be very tentative - up until they
are in a fight they want to win/out of their depth in a confusing
situation (e.g. big line fight encounter/line crumbles people are
running in every direction) at which point they are inclined to lash out
randomly.
Everyone does it - the only thing which stops you from doing it is:
(i) Freeze and do nothing
(ii) Panic and lash out randomly (unsafe!)
(iii) Train until you act automatically in a safe fashion (e.g. for me,
this generally means throwing up effective blocks until I can back off
and buy enough time start thinking rationally)
Marios
Tom Seaton
> How about being able to break weapons through unpulled blows? Proof
> that weapons practics does not equate to safe.
>
Dear Zoe,
I would politely ask that if you believe my fighting style to be
unsafe, or have any comments regarding LARP fighting safety that you
wish to be taken into account in weapons practices, you should e-mail
me (t.a.s...@durham.ac.uk) or Si.
Tom S.
Zoe Robinson
<Cut>
> Doesn't this make sense? Tom probably does more LARP fighting than any of
> us (probably bar Si), and thus statistically a weapon was more likely to
> break in his hands at some point due to fatigue on the core.
I'll admit it's a possibility but I think if that were going to happen
then, after 20 years, we'd have seen it more than once.
<Cut more>
> If they never attend weapons practice they'll never learn though.
I disagree. The weapons practices I've attended focus on fighting
techniques, not safety.
Zoe Robinson
<Cut all>
I'll not continue this here, I've taken it to e-mail with Tom. I'm
sorry to have posted on the newsgroup and won't lengthen the discussion
by going any further with it here.
It wasn't my intention to lower the tone, so to speak, but to bring up
something I believed needed to be said. However, my words could have
been chosen better but I've come to the conclusion that it's best to say
things in a straight fashion than to leave things open to
misinterpretation. In this case, that was the wrong method to use.
Zoė
marios richards
>> Doesn't this make sense? Tom probably does more LARP fighting than any of
>> us (probably bar Si), and thus statistically a weapon was more likely to
>> break in his hands at some point due to fatigue on the core.
>
>
> I'll admit it's a possibility but I think if that were going to happen
> then, after 20 years, we'd have seen it more than once.
We have - most weapons get damaged in combat - hence most weapons break
in combat and on _someone_.
Most of the 12 or so weapon's practice weapons have broken and been
regaffa - some of them have broken when I've been using them. Generally,
you hit someone, they go "ow!" more than you would normally expect, you
look carefully at weapons, then take it to someone who knows how the end
of the weapon should feel, they suck air through their teeth and make
other 'knowing' sounds and suggest that it be retired pending regaffa-ing.
>> If they never attend weapons practice they'll never learn though.
>
>
> I disagree. The weapons practices I've attended focus on fighting
> techniques, not safety.
But unsafe fighting is unsafe due to lack of contol (not being able to
control where the blow lands or how much force it lands with). Lack of
control in fighting is lack of technique to control the fighting.
Marios
alice macklin
j d mcgettrick wrote:
>
> All,
>
> A semi-serious idea given that the Oscars have just occurred in the real
> world [TM], I thought it would be good to open nominations for the
> Treasure Trap Oscars 2004, to be awarded in a glittering ceremony in the
> Summer Term. (aka on the balcony in Kingsgate with beers/soft drinks and
> a chocolate reward).
>
> --
>
> Current categories are as follows:
>
> Best Moment of the Academic Year 2003-2004 (anything TT related really)
Mm, difficult. Kayley's lightening assassination of dissenters?
>
> Best Adventure (including mini-linears)
Jem's Arcadia bash. Or was that last year?
>
> Best Ref (including both the interactive ref team and refs from adventures)
Ok, so I could be a bit biased here! Dan for President...no, wait...
>
> Best Character
>
Toss up between Babble and Ricardo
> Best Fresher Character
Would have been Del, but he's vanished.
>
> Best Monster/NPC
Tiberion
>
> Best Fresher Monster/NPC
Er, Will's Uruk chieftain. Only not many people have met him. Gotta love
the poetry though!
>
> Best Comedy Accent
Jimbob, for Tarquin's outrageous upper classness.
>
> Best Costume
To be perfectly honest, nothing particular has struck me. Does Olga's
Banquet dress count?
>
> Best Make - up
Renaud, just generally.
>
> Best Prop(s)
I did enjoy the block of Mathmagician's Tower that fell through the roof
of the Goblin!
>
> Special Award for Academic Achievement
The refs as a whole, who over the year have worked out the theory,
history, philosphy etc behind almost every aspect of the game world.
That's got to be worth a prize.
>
> Special Award for Service to the Society
Tim, for being amazing above and beyond the call of duty.
>
alice macklin
j d mcgettrick wrote:
>
> All,
>
> A semi-serious idea given that the Oscars have just occurred in the real
> world [TM], I thought it would be good to open nominations for the
> Treasure Trap Oscars 2004, to be awarded in a glittering ceremony in the
> Summer Term. (aka on the balcony in Kingsgate with beers/soft drinks and
> a chocolate reward).
>
> --
>
> Current categories are as follows:
>
> Best Moment of the Academic Year 2003-2004 (anything TT related really)
Mm, difficult. Kayley's lightening assassination of dissenters?
>
> Best Adventure (including mini-linears)
Jem's Arcadia bash. Or was that last year?
>
> Best Ref (including both the interactive ref team and refs from adventures)
Ok, so I could be a bit biased here! Dan for President...no, wait...
>
> Best Character
>
Toss up between Babble, Tsume and Ricardo
> Best Fresher Character
Would have been Del, but he's vanished.
>
> Best Monster/NPC
Tiberion
>
> Best Fresher Monster/NPC
Er, Will's Uruk chieftain. Only not many people have met him. Gotta love
the poetry though!
>
> Best Comedy Accent
Jimbob, for Tarquin's outrageous upper classness.
>
> Best Costume
To be perfectly honest, nothing particular has struck me. Does Olga's
Banquet dress count?
>
> Best Make - up
Renaud, just generally.
>
> Best Prop(s)
I did enjoy the block of Mathmagician's Tower that fell through the roof
of the Goblin!
>
> Special Award for Academic Achievement
The refs as a whole, who over the year have worked out the theory,
history, philosphy etc behind almost every aspect of the game world.
That's got to be worth a prize.
>
> Special Award for Service to the Society
Marcus Rich
> Mm, difficult. Kayley's lightening assassination of dissenters?
Sounds good...
> > Best Adventure (including mini-linears)
> Jem's Arcadia bash. Or was that last year?
Last year... This year I'd nominate the Christmas bash for utter silliness
and agent reindeers...
> > Best Ref (including both the interactive ref team and refs from adventures)
> Ok, so I could be a bit biased here! Dan for President...no, wait...
Ummm... probably either Dave B for writing up the background to the world,
or Dragon for his unceasing attempts to enforce a money system on us
all...
> > Best Character
> >
> Toss up between Babble, Tsume and Ricardo
I'd have to nominate Olga's Johnite for this one...
> > Best Fresher Character
> Would have been Del, but he's vanished.
He's still around :P so nominate him... At the same time I'd like to
nominate Fresher Dan for his character cos he's fantastic and well kitted.
> > Best Monster/NPC
> Tiberion
The huuuuuuuge demon that walked into the bar a couple of weeks ago,
on the night of the mass-fears...
> > Best Fresher Monster/NPC
> Er, Will's Uruk chieftain. Only not many people have met him. Gotta love
> the poetry though!
Braddas as the destructor on the evil bash for amazing physrepping and
hiding under a cloak for ages.
> > Best Comedy Accent
> Jimbob, for Tarquin's outrageous upper classness.
Agreed.
> > Best Costume
> To be perfectly honest, nothing particular has struck me. Does Olga's
> Banquet dress count?
Jemma, for her fae's totally modern coat :)
> > Best Make - up
> Renaud, just generally.
Most definitely... His makeup as Moth (sp?) and various others have been
great.
> > Best Prop(s)
> I did enjoy the block of Mathmagician's Tower that fell through the roof
> of the Goblin!
Renaud and Andrea's props for the mage bash... Alternatively the acid-gun
of the second 3ygb adventure...
> > Special Award for Academic Achievement
> The refs as a whole, who over the year have worked out the theory,
> history, philosphy etc behind almost every aspect of the game world.
> That's got to be worth a prize.
Academic achievement? Tom for managing to maintain his high academic
standards despite all temptations...
> > Special Award for Service to the Society
> Tim, for being amazing above and beyond the call of duty.
Any of the freshers who helped clean the armoury out at the beginning of
the year. It was a totally selfless act and several have gone on to join
the exec.
DaveB
> > > Best Moment of the Academic Year 2003-2004 (anything TT related really)
> > Mm, difficult. Kayley's lightening assassination of dissenters?
>
> Sounds good...
>
> > > Best Adventure (including mini-linears)
> > Jem's Arcadia bash. Or was that last year?
It was.
> Last year... This year I'd nominate the Christmas bash for utter silliness
> and agent reindeers...
>
> > > Best Ref (including both the interactive ref team and refs from adventures)
> > Ok, so I could be a bit biased here! Dan for President...no, wait...
>
> Ummm... probably either Dave B for writing up the background to the world,
> or Dragon for his unceasing attempts to enforce a money system on us
> all...
Owen. Who had the job (the bloke who stays in the bar and gives
rulings) that no-one notices, and did it uncomplainingly for a term.
> > > Best Character
> > >
> > Toss up between Babble, Tsume and Ricardo
>
> I'd have to nominate Olga's Johnite for this one...
a vote for Tsume
> > > Best Fresher Character
> > Would have been Del, but he's vanished.
>
> He's still around :P so nominate him... At the same time I'd like to
> nominate Fresher Dan for his character cos he's fantastic and well kitted.
Sean's Farmer.
> > > Best Monster/NPC
> > Tiberion
>
> The huuuuuuuge demon that walked into the bar a couple of weeks ago,
> on the night of the mass-fears...
The Chimaera-Demon? Nah... I reckon it goes to Andy J as Boku the
storyteller.
> > > Best Fresher Monster/NPC
> > Er, Will's Uruk chieftain. Only not many people have met him. Gotta love
> > the poetry though!
Karnak, the king of the Urca and greatest warrior in Albion. And yes.
Actually, it's a toss up for me between Will as Karnak, Will as the
Demon Prince of Temptation, Will as "Shoota" the Vetch, Will as a
Vivamortian and Will as Daevo, the Prophet of Little COmpton
(deceased). Will's just great at Monstering.
> > > Best Comedy Accent
> > Jimbob, for Tarquin's outrageous upper classness.
>
> Agreed.
Tom's attempt at French was amusing.
> > > Best Costume
> > To be perfectly honest, nothing particular has struck me. Does Olga's
> > Banquet dress count?
>
> Jemma, for her fae's totally modern coat :)
Bah. Did that for years, me.
> > > Best Make - up
> > Renaud, just generally.
>
> Most definitely... His makeup as Moth (sp?) and various others have been
> great.
Renaud. The man does love his makeup.
> > > Best Prop(s)
> > I did enjoy the block of Mathmagician's Tower that fell through the roof
> > of the Goblin!
Lucky we hadn't made it into physreps, then.
> Renaud and Andrea's props for the mage bash... Alternatively the acid-gun
> of the second 3ygb adventure...
The Vetch Warpfire thrower, another Andy J gaffatape special, complete
with Vetch runes reading "caution! Emits hot liquid!", "point this
way", "high explosive" and kill-markings of 6 humans and a dwarf. Pity
it started melting in the rain, though.
> > > Special Award for Academic Achievement
> > The refs as a whole, who over the year have worked out the theory,
> > history, philosphy etc behind almost every aspect of the game world.
> > That's got to be worth a prize.
>
> Academic achievement? Tom for managing to maintain his high academic
> standards despite all temptations...
Tom.
> > > Special Award for Service to the Society
> > Tim, for being amazing above and beyond the call of duty.
>
> Any of the freshers who helped clean the armoury out at the beginning of
> the year. It was a totally selfless act and several have gone on to join
> the exec.
Tim, for grooviness.
Tag
>> > > Special Award for Service to the Society
>> > Tim, for being amazing above and beyond the call of duty.
> Tim, for grooviness.
To do for this year:
- Do something IN-character that people notice ;-)
Tim
=-= master of all TT things not actually involving roleplay.
Marcus Rich
> - Do something IN-character that people notice ;-)
Hmmm, a Marios-esque sordanite? It'd get you noticed...
as you start carving runes into yourself at dusk...