>muh immersion
That's a big majority of what I'mma be writing about in here. I scaled the mountain as I had when
Glados ,
Gregor ,
Ace19 ,
Woolsey ,
Scardrac , and myself with others had scaled the one behind the Cathedral. Whilst I was emoting out having to slam ice picks into the side of the cliff and move slowly upwards I'd have people just seamlessly bound alongside myself up this mountain. The amount of people easily traversing a good most likely thousand or two thousand feet [As there is a sky box in MC and the world map can only go so high] it would break my immersion mid climb. As well, people hardly payed mind, that I saw, to the cold and the fact their sweat in that low of temperature would freeze their bodies to death. Of course, I did what
Ced did and encompassed myself with a group that would RP the way I'd like to RP, that being a survivalist 'hardcore' squad. My point of this is more so for the actual players in the event. Try to take some time to realize what we're going up against and not abusing MC mechanics.
Now for what I'd like to see!
Like a majority of people here, I want to see that danger Clain was talking off. We did practically fumble through a cave for a bit and get yelled at by hissing steam before standing on pressure plates and running from the 'boulder' after removing the ancient artifact. I was honestly hoping for the ice leaves of the trees to start collapsing onto people as others ran atop them. For this frail beautiful structured area to end up collapsing under the wake of eager adventurers. This would have slowed down a bit of the immersion breaking brusqueness of other players as well as made it seem like we really stumbled upon something we never should have. Perhaps more environmental dangers, much like
Elz did with her Riseport events. It makes for an ease on the DMs part, as the signs with roll numbers on them can be self-explained, and it lets people not need to pester them constantly in the event.
The cave was BEAUTIFUL. I cannot express just how AMAZING it was to come out of that small cramped space into just this spacious amazing frozen cavern. I was in TS with a group of people at the time and hearing all of their reactions one after the other as they slowly made their way towards the cavern was beautiful. It really was striking and just props truly to whoever had made that wonderful mystical place. That's the type of fantasy I adore, just those amazing breath taking shots. The incentive to explore the cavern was grand as well, as we did need to actually work together for once instead of maybe two or three people leading the charge forwards. However- This lead for more frustration then it did cooperation. It involved about six of us moving around and shouting to each other while a good fifteen other sat in front of the door so they'd have the ability of just rushing in as soon as the rest of us would get done. That was just a
bit annoying. Yet hey- That's what they'd do as characters.
The Blackness. I dunno what to call it, but it was definitely interesting. I loved how at the ship we'd just stare back and see this intense black fog covering te mountain, holding a thunder cloud appearance. That was just beautiful to imagine, it reminded me of the silent way GOT ended an episode near the end of it's most recent season. [Refusing to spoil] It was a very cinematic ending, and I enjoyed it thoroughly. Although I was hoping perhaps it'd have swarmed down the mountain, chasing us even to the boat but I understand how that'd have murdered about half the expedition at that point since most were back on the mountain top.
The chat system. Alas,no matter how good something is, you do need to get past all of the chat and the yelling. I believe using the [Announcement] chat would be great for the really important event things. Such as dialogue or a major cataclysm happening. It's just a way of making sure it all runs smoother and people can easily see what's happening without needing to strain their eyes through a sea of yellow. [Gross]
Appreciation
I'd love to just tell everyone who worked on this event I fully appreciate it. I wasn't expecting a lot when I went in, as I have been admittedly dower in mood and enthusiasm lately, but it was just fantastic to have that thrill of fantasy and exploration once more. It made me feel as though we surely were in a fantasy element and that the world was greater than just our characters and their in-fighting. The aesthetics, the builds, the looks, and the atmosphere was all just absolutely incredible and you all did fantastic presenting it. I cannot wait for another Act and this will certainly give some interesting conversations and debates to be had.