Thus Endeth the Octopus Wars

[firstfrost]

Octopus Prime has won the Octopus Wars, and is the new Lord of Darkwallow Pond. Whee! As far as Learning Adventures go, it was great fun (mysql, php, RSS, and needle felting!). As far as "players will do anything if you tell them it's a mechanic", even better. We didn't really go very far out of our way to take pictures with Tentaculus (though I did drag mjperson on a chandelier hunt one day after work), but the number of octopodes who went halfway around the world, or to the tops of mountains, or just set up some lovely art amazed me.

Anyway, quasi-sequel Octopus Quest, coming soon to a pond near you, for those whose octopodes are still interested in adventures, or for those who have always wanted to have an octopus to go on adventures with but never got around to it.

I suspect, also, that I will forever be marked as an Octopus Person at this point, the way marcusmarcusrc is a Cow Person. I was a Cthulhu Person before, but that's completely different. But after making close to forty crocheted octopodes, plus sidekicks, the little guys are really starting to grow on me. Plus this and this have some pretty amazing octopodes in them.

Comments

[merastra.livejournal.com]

Congrats to Octopus Prime! And to all the octopodes (and judges) thanks for making amusement for non-players. :-)

My goodness firstfrost, you really do know how to infect the masses with gaming memes. What an awesome way to teach yourself skills. :-)

[pekmez.livejournal.com]

Congratulations, Octopus Prime!

Tako Yaki hopes to join many new quests under his benevolent leadership. :)

[rifmeister.livejournal.com]

All hail Octopus Prime! May your reign be long and propserous!

And all hail the gamemasters.

[desireearmfeldt]

Octopodes unite! :)

(Tudo Azul is in theory interested in Quests, but will not have much time to play come September, as I will officially have Too Many Things To Do in the fall. :) )

[astra-nomer.livejournal.com]

Darn it, and I was just going to upload photos from my trip to Scotland. Not that Orly had much of a chance to begin with. But it was fun telling the Octopus Wars story to various colleagues!

Orly may still be interested in Octopus Quest, if only to continue her adventures around the world.

[desireearmfeldt]

The thing that most surprised me about Octopus Wars is how darned much the participants travel, on average. (I know, some Octopodes travelled without their owners. And yet.)

:)

[twe.livejournal.com]

Octopus Prime tells me that he hopes to have some very short games run for the duration of the Olympics, as he still has some prizes to give away! He has for the moment retired to a place of honor on my monitor at work.

The little octopodes are really quite adorable.

[nuclearpolymer.livejournal.com]

Thanks for bestowing octopodes! I love having a personal sidekick.

[ricedog.livejournal.com]

Congratulations to His Majesty!

(aw man, just as I found a license plate in scientific notation)

[firstfrost.livejournal.com]

I'm not sure that one is very prime, though. :)