In my short amount of time playing this game this chapter has always been a pleasure to play at. I knew I wasnt going to make coin, I knew I was probably going to die horribly in some fashion that might get me resurrected but I knew I was going to have fun. I know I'm not alone, I've heard plenty of Alliance and LARP vets talk about how this game was special to them and how great it felt. Below is a list of things that stick out the most over the three years that I've played at XRoads:
1) EXPLOSIONS! That first year was something else. How do you start a chapter? Run up a small incline onto a large field after there has been explosions in the background. It sort of felt like the final scene of Glory, except we all lived at the end.
2) The danger of walking alone never once disappeared in this chapter. Everytime someone went off down the long road or off to the bathroom or off to their sleeping area they were taking a massive risk of being attacked by something roaming. The first year it was goblins, the second husks, and the third it seemed to be lizards.
3)Speaking of husks and I know this will end up on the lists of many people but how about that fight to protect the ritual. The circle in the middle of the field, the lights in the trees. Everyone IG and OOG thinking "Yup...we're screwed." Few wave battles stand out to me like that one did. I will be telling that story for years to come and many a new larper will hear about it because of Rule 1 and Rule 2.
4)On the flipside just because we beat the husks once doesnt mean they ever became a pushover. No monster ever became a pushover and I'll attribute that to how the level cap was managed over the past three years. There was always a sense of danger, always a chance that something could go wrong and oh boy did it go wrong numerous times. Destroyed earth circle, Fort Mishap, that time we stood in a line and watched the entire line pretty much get rolled up and all of us forced off the field of battle in what became a mad dash away from the enemy that saw me hide in the woods along with Raavna
5)The people I met and played with on a regular basis both PC and NPC. You have all been amazing people and I hope that XRoads continues on in the future so we can keep hanging out and having amazing times together.
6)The food! Thank you to everyone to has worked in the kitchen over the past three years. Preparing, serving, cleaning. You folks are awesome and the food made in mass for all of us was great. You guys kept us going in the morning, evening and midnight.
7)The fact we knew when things were ramping down most of the time. We knew if we went to bed at such and such time we wouldnt miss something big and major. It helped us plan just how less exhausted we would be. Never rested. Just less exhausted.
1) EXPLOSIONS! That first year was something else. How do you start a chapter? Run up a small incline onto a large field after there has been explosions in the background. It sort of felt like the final scene of Glory, except we all lived at the end.
2) The danger of walking alone never once disappeared in this chapter. Everytime someone went off down the long road or off to the bathroom or off to their sleeping area they were taking a massive risk of being attacked by something roaming. The first year it was goblins, the second husks, and the third it seemed to be lizards.
3)Speaking of husks and I know this will end up on the lists of many people but how about that fight to protect the ritual. The circle in the middle of the field, the lights in the trees. Everyone IG and OOG thinking "Yup...we're screwed." Few wave battles stand out to me like that one did. I will be telling that story for years to come and many a new larper will hear about it because of Rule 1 and Rule 2.
4)On the flipside just because we beat the husks once doesnt mean they ever became a pushover. No monster ever became a pushover and I'll attribute that to how the level cap was managed over the past three years. There was always a sense of danger, always a chance that something could go wrong and oh boy did it go wrong numerous times. Destroyed earth circle, Fort Mishap, that time we stood in a line and watched the entire line pretty much get rolled up and all of us forced off the field of battle in what became a mad dash away from the enemy that saw me hide in the woods along with Raavna
5)The people I met and played with on a regular basis both PC and NPC. You have all been amazing people and I hope that XRoads continues on in the future so we can keep hanging out and having amazing times together.
6)The food! Thank you to everyone to has worked in the kitchen over the past three years. Preparing, serving, cleaning. You folks are awesome and the food made in mass for all of us was great. You guys kept us going in the morning, evening and midnight.
7)The fact we knew when things were ramping down most of the time. We knew if we went to bed at such and such time we wouldnt miss something big and major. It helped us plan just how less exhausted we would be. Never rested. Just less exhausted.