Glass Half Empty

*guh*

The world needs more handsome women in heavy armour.

Um.

Anyway. This weekend there was a Maelstrom player event in Cambridge, a house party held by a fairly well-known figure in the game world, Dr Fiona Marshall. It was simple enough: a gathering in a building with a couple of reasonably-sized halls, served meals and a few games, and a ceilidh in the evening. It was good fun, even if I ended up skipping the ceilidh (for the second year running!) to engage people in discussion of the metaphysics of the world instead. I was in character solidly from 1100 to 0200 the following morning without any real effort, and without taking any mask-breaks except when eating soup (managed two meals in full kit with half-mask in place). If I can do that well at main events, I'm happy. Even if my makeup was a bit hit and miss, and my hat kept trying to fall off.

Those are small complaints, and not an exhaustive list (I'm carefully not mentioning the drive up, for example, in driving rain, poor visibility and on slippery roads). The small complaints are easily outweighed by the awesome of the players and characters. A good weekend, and a good rest. Now, I have tomorrow to finish writing the first of three 1.5hr sessions teaching C to masters students. Easy, right?

Right?

The Glass: half-and-half