Chaos Thaoghaire - 27th of May 2010, The Sugar Club, Dublin (1 Viewer)

[jane]

Hey, is this thing on?

*tap tap*

I know I haven't posted here in yonks, but you've rearranged! Place looks great. Where's the toilet? Was it where I just...? Oh, no? Sorry. No, you wipe it up.

Anyway, so some of you know that I've been running a live storytelling and games event with a coupla friends since last autumn. Some of you don't. Some of you are probably new here since I left, and I'm like the old, chainsmoking great aunt who has come to visit, but you're just the foster child who doesn't know what the hell that smell is. Well, that smell is ME. I've had the same fucking avatar since 2003, and don't I know it. But I have, in fact, quit smoking. Seriously! I have, for real.

Pottymouthing aside, we've got a slightly bigger-than-usual event coming up later in the month, and so now I'm going to plug it.

I swear, I'm not a fuckin' UMG intern.

Oh god.

Anyway, so

27th of May in the Sugar Club
7:30 pm (sharp!)
7 storytellers
3 rounds of games
Cheating permitted
10 euros at the door

Details here: http://chaosthaoghaire.com

If you're confused, don't worry. So are we.

 

[jane]

Oh, and also: HI! I've missed you, Thumped. Sometimes when I get a rising red rage, I remember all those feminism threads with a fondness that is probably against my better judgment.

I still love you, Thumped dot com.

 

[Denny Oubidoux]

well well well

 

[jane]

Hello there, Shaney.

 

[Lili Marlene]

I don't understand what this is

 

[ann post]

ah jane, good to see ya back. though we've all changed our names, its still the same three people.

 

[Lili Marlene]

I changed my name but then I changed it back.

true story

 

[jane]

Neither do we.

But it's personal narrative storytelling (none of the folktale stuff), no-notes-like-at-The-Moth-dot-org, interspersed with team games where everyone cheats. It's pretty tough to describe on paper, but it's sort of a cross between Shooting Stars and Winning Streak (we're even thinking of giving time over for saying hello to people in hospital) and a dash of the Price is Right, emceed by two of the four Golden Girls.

That help any?

Thought not.

 

[jane]

Of course! But which one were you?

It's nice to see my assprint is still on this barstool, even though my ass is a bit bigger these days.

EDIT: That was a reply to ann post. I see I've completely bloody forgotten how to hit 'reply with quote'.

Sigh.

 

[Lili Marlene]

I notice almost every page on your website is part of an extended FAQ. It does sound pretty amazing.

 

[Denny Oubidoux]

it does look like fun alright, if a little competitively intense. look at the evil eye this award winner is getting from the lady on the left

 

[Lili Marlene]

Wait, is it just the Crystal Maze but everyone gets to be Richard O'Brien?

 

[jane]

I notice almost every page on your website is part of an extended FAQ. It does sound pretty amazing.

Aw, thanks!

It's pretty confusing to describe. People have a lot of questions, but we've sort of got to the point where we just admit that we can't describe it. We have our own currency, which people use to bribe each other (and us), and there have been several attempted heists, a near-coup, and one or two abuses of power in our justice system.

But since it's not only my doing, I can say that people come with the intention of having a deadly time, so it's deadly because of them. And because of the fantastically hilarious people I work with to organise it.

Our theme tune alone is worth it, thanks to Colin Morris.

 

[jane]

it does look like fun alright, if a little competitively intense. look at the evil eye this award winner is getting from the lady on the left

They are receiving the award for First Runner-Up. Should the overall winners disgrace the Chaos Thaoghaire Championship Belt, the First Runners-up assume the throne, and the Belt is replaced with the Vanessa Williams Award for Disgrace.

 

[jane]

Wait, is it just the Crystal Maze but everyone gets to be Richard O'Brien?

There's more violence, and it's more like Montessori, but everyone gets to be the biter.

 

[Lili Marlene]

I feel like this will probably get me in trouble but can you give an example of a game?

 

[тхеодоре кацзынски]

wow,its jane,i was only saying how i missed your avatar during the week just gone.

 

[ann post]

if i can come up with an excuse to be in dublin that weekend then i'm there.

 

[jane]

I feel like this will probably get me in trouble but can you give an example of a game?

Yah. Here's one of my favourites, which we did in January (I just took it off one of the sheets from a game pack). If you've ever played Balderdash, it's along similar bluffing-game lines:

The lightbulb, the telephone, the airplane -- these are just a few of the great inventions that have changed our world and brought humankind into the modern era. Of course, not all inventors have had such breakthroughs. In this game, each team will be given 3 pictures of patented inventions. Your team must attempt to come up with what this invention was intended for and write a short description of how the device or object would be used.

We will give your team 10 minutes to come up with suitable uses for the items and write a convincing description. These will then be collected and your descriptions will be read aloud along with the actual intended use of each item. All teams will vote on what they think is the most logical use - if your team can deceive other teams into voting for your description over the true intended purpose, you will receive 20 points. Important! Listen up: If for some reason you know what any of these inventions are, or if indeed you or a loved one happen to have invented any of the objects, instead of writing down its real function (which would only ruin the fun), use your specialist knowledge to steer the rest of the teams as far from the truth as possible.

The pictures were pictures of things like this: http://patentlysilly.com/patent.php?patID=6832983
http://patentlysilly.com/patent.php?patID=6970105
http://patentlysilly.com/patent.php?patID=7147609

We gave people just the pictures on little cards, and they had to come up with a believable use for each item. At the end of the round, we showed the inventions on a screen, read out the options, and people had to guess which one they thought was real. The other thing that happened that night was that one of the teams came with forged documents and tried to pose as organisers so they could steal everyone's Chaos Bucks. It was a damn awesome night.

 

[jane]

wow,its jane,i was only saying how i missed your avatar during the week just gone.

Aw, thanks! My avatar will never change. I see it when I look in the mirror and all.