MouseAdventure

[Not Afraid]

First of all, Welcome to LoT, gfy4dnld!

Most of here here do actually work at jobs other than Disneyland for a living, although there is a CM or 2 hanging about. But, if you want real answers, please feel free to start a thread.

BTW, I wish i had met you in person. I saw your shirts (Black with white Oswalds) but I didn't notice any familiar faces.

Congratulations on your fininsh!

[Cadaverous Pallor]

Originally Posted by Not Afraid

BTW, I wish i had met you in person. I saw your shirts (Black with white Oswalds) but I didn't notice any familiar faces.

gfy4dland is from the team with the Pixar history - the Unitelligibles, Finding Teamo, Team Story.... I love bumping into these guys each MA. Good to see you here!

[Gemini Cricket]

First off, I want to totally thank Prudence, NA and the Euromonkey for allowing me to play on their MA team. I was totally flattered and, although hesitant, I came to realize that the highlight of the day was hanging out with three people I adore.
Also, it was great seeing Andrew and Steph and the Adriennes and everybody else that I haven't seen in ages. Love them.

With that being said, I have to admit that I didn't have all that much fun. I found MA to be quite stressful. There was too much "sit and do this puzzle" and not enough "take a look at the park you love and find out even more about it" or "here's something you didn't notice about this place before..." The park is a place to relax, meet with good friends and have a wonderful time. The good friends were there, but relaxation and fun weren't there for me.

I did love certain parts. The luggage collage was awesome. I got it pretty quick. And I totally appreciate how much effort went into the game, it must be quite a bear to organize, create and do certain things the morning of MA to insure the game runs smoothly. But it's quite easy to get f'ed and get penalized because you couldn't figure out one aspect of the game.

Also, and this is a big also, part of me is still quite resentful of past events. Yes, it's all over but the bad taste in my mouth is still there. Me interacting with people I was/am miffed with made me irked. This is why I avoided MA like the plague. The whole smug, heavy-handed, arrogant, unforgiving way that issue was handled still bothers me. But hey, everyone concerned has moved on, maybe I should, too. Maybe not.

All in all, I was pretty curious about the whole thing. To see people I adore get so into it made me wonder a whole lot about it. Now I know. I don't think I'd do it again in all honesty.

Seeing everyone there was really awesome, though. I enjoyed parts of it.

[MouseWife]

GC, I can understand the stress part but how cool you were able to do it with those folks as team members.

I don't know what happened but it is the past and you are so beyond that, right? Just a thought. I've felt such positive from you there is no way anyones negativity should be able to touch you.

[gfy4dland]

Thanks for the nice welcome, NA and CP! It's always great meeting new teams/people each MA, as well as seeing familiar ones.

[innerSpaceman]

Originally Posted by Not Afraid

Congratulations on your fininsh!

Oh, I didn't hear anyone with a command of nordik languages. Hmmm.


But, really, as a washed-up uber-champion, I heartily congratulate you on completing the race. It was grueling.

[Stan4dSteph]

The event recap is up today. Click here.

There's also a link to a survey at the end of the article. Even if you have only played once and it was a while ago, we'd still like to hear your feedback. Click here.

[Cadaverous Pallor]

We got eighth place. Sigh. I swear, I will not let the Haunts become like the Denton Affair

[innerSpaceman]

We must find out how the Brother Bears avoided the Masters Curse!!!

[Ghoulish Delight]

Originally Posted by innerSpaceman

We must find out how the Brother Bears avoided the Masters Curse!!!

They've never played as retired Masters, so they were still in game-shape.

We got eighth place. Sigh. I swear, I will not let the Haunts become like the Denton Affair

Ah, but take away the 60 minute penalty, and we would have been first (even ahead of the REAL winners, SSLFNAB(FORFAPFNM)). And hell, if we're taking away the 60 minute penalty, that would mean we had recognized the stack of luggage, so take away the 30 wasted minutes of trying to find that and we would have won by a large margian. AND take into account that after taking the 60 minute penalty we spent a good deal of time feeling defeated and moving slowly...

Of course, pure speculation, who knows how things would actually have gone, but I feel comforted that the results show that it really was that single gap in our knowledge that was our undoing, not some overall loss of competative edge.