confessional
Posted: Fri Nov 05, 2004 9:09 pm
I , the HoAd, would like to thank each and every one of you for the amazing role-playing experience that Final haven is today. I know I very much an outsider, and since I am a roughly sideline player, I will ALWAYS be an outsider. I had the opportunity to enter at the ground floor. Even though CARPS had long since passed me by, I saw FH when it was in its formative years, and I denied it.
I wish I hadn't.
This game that has been created is the single most powerful, if somewhat flawed, role-playing game that has been crafted in my experience. Those of you who know me, know that I have seen my share of games. Despite the fact that I am not a GM...as those of you who know me know, that is the ONLY way I typically roleplay...I still find boundless joy in the walls of this game.
I don't know what it is, exactly. There is no way to put it in to a catchy jingle. there is no slogan that fits it. There is no making of an ad-campaign. You guys just got it right. It may possibly be the perfect RPG. Far too often, perfection comes in simplicity. I think the flaws make the magic.
I love this game. I have not invested time, money or intellectual resources that most...hell, probably all of you have to the game, but I love it nontheless. The funny thing is, I never even wanted to come back. As you who regularly read the forums know, I post a bit. Under the guise of various characters, under the auspice of goofing off. Until August of this year, I had NO INTENTION of returning. When I left LARPSing, I LEFT it. I was burnt out on it, I had a bitter reaction to it. Overall, it pissed me off. I thought I was so above it. More to the point, I thought it was beneath me. I know that is arrogant, but that is what it was.
I left an askew post about eradicating of the Ork kind, a treatise of sorts. Admittedly, it was a goof. I was not involved in the game, aside from my screw-off antics, in any way since its inception. The last I heard about any real aspect of it was a few summers ago, when the rules were being written. Apparently a seed was planted....
The reaction to my post regarding genocide was astounding. It ranged from the sublime to the profane and everywhere in between. I was so incensed that I decided, on a lark to attend the following session. Let me say, there are few things I am more greatful of than deciding to go. Being a true act of will, a conscious decision made it even more powerful. Some of you are old CARPS players who passively transitioned into FH, a lot of others are Players of both games. I went from seven years of playing nothing to a brief, albeit, splendid FH event.
Where am I going with this rant? I don't know. I do know one thing...you people are an amazing group, and I consider myself honored to know those of you who I do. I've been in a lot of your lives for a very long time. A few of you have known me longer than you hadn't known me. Scary, isn't it? I know this is starting to sound like a good-bye. It is not. It is an empassioned Hello. I greet this new world with open arms.
I hope I can spread some of my zeal into the game itself. However, I know I am selfish. I will attend the games that I can, sit out the ones I can't, and contribute very little outside of that. But, man, when I put on those horns...watch out!
Thanks again. I look forward to session #2.
Steve Hoadley
I wish I hadn't.
This game that has been created is the single most powerful, if somewhat flawed, role-playing game that has been crafted in my experience. Those of you who know me, know that I have seen my share of games. Despite the fact that I am not a GM...as those of you who know me know, that is the ONLY way I typically roleplay...I still find boundless joy in the walls of this game.
I don't know what it is, exactly. There is no way to put it in to a catchy jingle. there is no slogan that fits it. There is no making of an ad-campaign. You guys just got it right. It may possibly be the perfect RPG. Far too often, perfection comes in simplicity. I think the flaws make the magic.
I love this game. I have not invested time, money or intellectual resources that most...hell, probably all of you have to the game, but I love it nontheless. The funny thing is, I never even wanted to come back. As you who regularly read the forums know, I post a bit. Under the guise of various characters, under the auspice of goofing off. Until August of this year, I had NO INTENTION of returning. When I left LARPSing, I LEFT it. I was burnt out on it, I had a bitter reaction to it. Overall, it pissed me off. I thought I was so above it. More to the point, I thought it was beneath me. I know that is arrogant, but that is what it was.
I left an askew post about eradicating of the Ork kind, a treatise of sorts. Admittedly, it was a goof. I was not involved in the game, aside from my screw-off antics, in any way since its inception. The last I heard about any real aspect of it was a few summers ago, when the rules were being written. Apparently a seed was planted....
The reaction to my post regarding genocide was astounding. It ranged from the sublime to the profane and everywhere in between. I was so incensed that I decided, on a lark to attend the following session. Let me say, there are few things I am more greatful of than deciding to go. Being a true act of will, a conscious decision made it even more powerful. Some of you are old CARPS players who passively transitioned into FH, a lot of others are Players of both games. I went from seven years of playing nothing to a brief, albeit, splendid FH event.
Where am I going with this rant? I don't know. I do know one thing...you people are an amazing group, and I consider myself honored to know those of you who I do. I've been in a lot of your lives for a very long time. A few of you have known me longer than you hadn't known me. Scary, isn't it? I know this is starting to sound like a good-bye. It is not. It is an empassioned Hello. I greet this new world with open arms.
I hope I can spread some of my zeal into the game itself. However, I know I am selfish. I will attend the games that I can, sit out the ones I can't, and contribute very little outside of that. But, man, when I put on those horns...watch out!
Thanks again. I look forward to session #2.
Steve Hoadley
