I'll second this, the carnival has been outstanding thus far!

- Thrassus' Brain

<I will add a third on this thank you thread..not only are the goods fantastic but the integration of the story-line into the fabric of the entire event is much preferable to 'show up at X time in X place for story time!' setups IMHO. It makes it feel organic and alive. The characters are compelling and interesting..all in all this is an event I hope continues in some way.>

+1 to this even though the raffles and spinners have hated me so far (there's still the raffle for the lizard, so I'm holding out hope!). I especially liked the invisible girl (Perdu, I think was her name).

The only thing I'd like to see changed if there's a next time is maybe better items in the feeders for the games. I get that it's not a paid event, but even the top level prizes are lackluster for 1000 silvers a play. It doesn't have to be anything spectacular, but if there was some unusual feathers for fletching, woods for forging, fishing items, etc. it would be much more attractive. I did notice the lockpicks in there, but I have so many of those from past EGs I just don't get excited about those.... I love the tarts and truffles though, those are awesome!

Starchitin, the OG

A severed gnomish hand crawls in on its fingertips and makes a rude gesture before quickly decaying and rotting into dust. A gust of wind quickly scatters the dust.

> The only thing I'd like to see changed if there's a next time is maybe better items in the feeders for the games.

I've sang to 4x weapons (multiple types) and containers with significant capacity.

The compasses, toothpicks, and other things are scripted.

I found a jack in the box, well, bunny in the box, that casts skinning. I did not even know there was a skinning spell!

And the parchments ... should all be archived in login quotes or something of the day :)

So ... I'd say this was not bad at all!

~L.

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;tune towncrier
Rohese: "... the TownCrier (tune in if you haven’t, it’s without doubt the best thing to ever happen on LNet)"
Xanith: "It's flat out amazing"
Doug: "100.times ^"

TownCrier News Submission link: http://bit.ly/TownCrierNews

Quite the festival indeed! Great job folks!

Now, let's hope that we can see the Carnival come around again, perhaps in a few years when Caligos Isle is over and done we can have a larger Carnival grounds. That would be a great setting for EG I think.


Speaking in Faendryl, Jahosk says, "You will now be known as Blade Durakar, the Palestra."

While I was not able to attend as much of the carnival as I had hoped, I thoroughly enjoyed what I was able to see - and likewise enjoyed how engaging the various NPCs were. The overall storyline was nicely presented, and I liked how while individual NCPs had their own roles, each still felt as if they were a fleshed out character as well. The amount of merchanting was far more than I expected, and I'm glad to have find more than a few things to buy at the shops. Thank you to the staff (and players) who made it a fun weekend.

- Overlord EK

>You now regard Eorgina with a warm demeanor.

Big ups to the crew and thanks for all the service hours!

It was fun and interesting but wish the closing had spread us out so we could all add to it. Perhaps each npc could have lead a group on a separate leg or task to thin out the masses.

I love a good demon but this one lacked a build up or prelude.

Characters were super good though!

The Carnival was a delight! The Freaks were A-MAZE-ZING! With extra ZING!

I look forward to attending the Carnival of Freaks every year when it comes by!

~L.

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;tune towncrier
Rohese: "... the TownCrier (tune in if you haven’t, it’s without doubt the best thing to ever happen on LNet)"
Xanith: "It's flat out amazing"
Doug: "100.times ^"

TownCrier News Submission link: http://bit.ly/TownCrierNews

We also enjoyed the festival. The food, the aprons, the shoes, the games, the characters (gm's and non) alike.

Tlaja does a fancy little tap dance.

I also had a really great time at the Carnival. My interactions with Nimudi and Grolf were priceless and really made me interested in the Carnival and excited to log in. Phestor and Upai were a delight to hate on (thanks for taking it so well). I didn't get nearly enough time with Hinklehorns, Sprague, Ziito, Ymantha, Perdu, or Hexxie. My limited time watching Holtum made me laugh so hard. Fantastic sense of humor.

Thank you to all the players and characters who also were theorizing, commenting, and engaging with me and Darcena... and also telling Darcena off. I always enjoy that sort of in character interaction. (Someone has to put her in her place!) It was an enjoyable time sharing information with each other and putting together the pieces.

<3

--Jen

You did us all such a great favor by coming to the square.

The whole event was everything we could wish for and (in my opinion) missed with Caligos Isle. If the Carnival came every year I wouldn't miss Feywort Mire so much. Just strolling the grounds and meeting old friends. Some sharing their impressions of the different Members of The Troupe of Freaks allowed Iseo insight she wouldn't have had otherwise.

So you Gm's pushed Role Playing forward more than any other thing in recent years. There was no solitary script digging on a beach. Instead people engaged. Socialized. Caught up on each others lives (in game of course) shared their anger or bemusement or antipathy of the plight of the 'volunteers' for the knife tent. I missed the knife act but I got to see it through other players eyes and Iseo had to decide what she thought about it all. Had to contemplate where she stood. For me, as the battery to my characters lives, I LOVED her having to self reflect.

Outstanding and thank you all for giving my characters a chance to layer themselves. Rare and appreciated. At least rare for me.

Iseo is determined to find a cure for Phestor who she is convinced made it out, "because he is that kinda guy".

Phestor secretly loved groaning at your jokes, Alenix.