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Jun. 8th, 2016 05:49 amLast night I went to Boda Borg again! I was feeling kinda draggy and not so into the idea during the day, but by the time I hit the house at 5:15, I was pumped to go throw myself into the puzzles. I got there just around six, and wound up in a five person group of me and Sparr and squares!Chris and two other friends of Sparr's.
We did some good puzzling --it's an interesting balance to strike, sitting out being smug and giving little hints and helping people to solve the puzzles I have not yet. I feel that Darker is a lot more graceful at it than I am.
It's also fascinating doing the physical puzzles in a group where there are people a lot less capable of doing the physical parts individually. Because, especially in a group of five, some of them can be completed by working together. Giving arms and support to the other players --it's a little humbling to realize that sure, I'm in fantastic shape for these, I can just flit through but _not everyone can_ and I should go take care of my community and my teammates. We managed the first two and a half rooms of SuperBanan on this principle and it felt nice.
By about eight, the two people I didn't know well had headed out. Us three remaining teammates got some pizza, and then kept going in earnest. The best part? We beat Infra! And feeling even better, not only did we beat it, but I was the one to catch the trick to the last room! Woot woot!!
(Also, bless dancers and their senses of rhythm, because after a few frustrating starts of "did you do the thing at the same time I did the thing?" Chris and I started counting. Here's to completing puzzles in waltz time!)
We also solved light and dark, and I feel a lot better about the second room --the one where I was told "OKAY FLAIL WILDLY NOW" which was fun and interesting, but now I feel like I might have an actual handle on it.
We made it to the last room of Roll'n'Rock, and came up with a really good solution for it, but then had equipment failure that made it difficult to implement. (Something was sticking that shouldn't have been.) Of course, the second room remains the "Fuck this Room" as Sparr and I were fond of saying upon entrance, so it'll be a while before I actually get that third room, probably.
I think that was all the new stuff. We were trending puzzlier rather than physical, but I still have some distinct new bruises, and my right knee is twingey. I actually feel really good about this --we'll see if I still feel good in a few days. (Last time, I ached seriously for about four days after. This time, I have Highland!)
Final verdict? I have 14 of the 21 possible distinct stamps (assuming I'm counting correctly) which is an excellent thing. I'm very likely going back in about two weeks with Darker and someone (is it you?), and that should net me some of the physical stamps I've been missing (I want spider so bad it hurts), so I'm looking forward to that.
Boda Borg remains an excellent place. Do go!
~Sor
MOOP!
We did some good puzzling --it's an interesting balance to strike, sitting out being smug and giving little hints and helping people to solve the puzzles I have not yet. I feel that Darker is a lot more graceful at it than I am.
It's also fascinating doing the physical puzzles in a group where there are people a lot less capable of doing the physical parts individually. Because, especially in a group of five, some of them can be completed by working together. Giving arms and support to the other players --it's a little humbling to realize that sure, I'm in fantastic shape for these, I can just flit through but _not everyone can_ and I should go take care of my community and my teammates. We managed the first two and a half rooms of SuperBanan on this principle and it felt nice.
By about eight, the two people I didn't know well had headed out. Us three remaining teammates got some pizza, and then kept going in earnest. The best part? We beat Infra! And feeling even better, not only did we beat it, but I was the one to catch the trick to the last room! Woot woot!!
(Also, bless dancers and their senses of rhythm, because after a few frustrating starts of "did you do the thing at the same time I did the thing?" Chris and I started counting. Here's to completing puzzles in waltz time!)
We also solved light and dark, and I feel a lot better about the second room --the one where I was told "OKAY FLAIL WILDLY NOW" which was fun and interesting, but now I feel like I might have an actual handle on it.
We made it to the last room of Roll'n'Rock, and came up with a really good solution for it, but then had equipment failure that made it difficult to implement. (Something was sticking that shouldn't have been.) Of course, the second room remains the "Fuck this Room" as Sparr and I were fond of saying upon entrance, so it'll be a while before I actually get that third room, probably.
I think that was all the new stuff. We were trending puzzlier rather than physical, but I still have some distinct new bruises, and my right knee is twingey. I actually feel really good about this --we'll see if I still feel good in a few days. (Last time, I ached seriously for about four days after. This time, I have Highland!)
Final verdict? I have 14 of the 21 possible distinct stamps (assuming I'm counting correctly) which is an excellent thing. I'm very likely going back in about two weeks with Darker and someone (is it you?), and that should net me some of the physical stamps I've been missing (I want spider so bad it hurts), so I'm looking forward to that.
Boda Borg remains an excellent place. Do go!
~Sor
MOOP!