Well, what a weekend! I spent Friday chasing people over the city dressed in what can only be described as an eclectic combination of clothing, however, my sports shoes let me down - I tried to catch a group of people and as I ran to catch one of them I went hurtling across the shiny concrete floor by the amphitheater, but ever the professional I told the people I was chasing to carry on regardless leaving me to pick myself up, with only a slightly bruised ego as testament to my accident.
Saturday was non-stop for all the volunteers who came down to help. Katrina came down and helped out at the iglounge where all games started from, here she got chatting to the authors of a game a few of us are playing in the office which is called Call and Return, she also helped out at funfed and managed to blag a place on a team for the ‘Rainbow Rain’ a massive paint fight that happened on Castle Park….I think her team might have won…….
I played the last game of Saturday night and yet again I found myself being a ‘baddie’ (I was a catcher the night before and a catcher again on Saturday) The game Sneaks and Blaggers is held in a multistory carpark, roughly based on snakes and ladders, all the sneaks have to find a complete set of coloured cards without being caught by the two blaggers who have bells around their ankles to warn the sneaks of their wear abouts. The game was voted as the audience’s favourite at the Igawards and was lots of fun to play as a sneak or a blagger.
Sunday was a wonderful end to a great weekend, a lot of the volunteers (including myself and Kat) went out and burnt the candle at both ends on Saturday night but it didn’t affect our enthusiasm on Sunday, a lot of the games on Sunday were family orientated and so where heaps of fun and we were all about to muck in and get involved. The most notable of the day was Korean Lazer Ball, which I unfortunately missed due to other commitments but I am assured will be blogged about by one of the Team Rubber Team members.
My mind is still buzzing from the weekend, the chance to be involved in such an interesting festival has given me insight into alternative ways in which to use our environment and ways to have fun that are away from a screen, keyboard or mouse. It has also taught me how kind and enthusiastic people can be when they are involved in a project that they feel positive about and how this energy is transfered to people who attend the event……Thanks you to everyone who was involved in any capasity at all.
Happy Gaming
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