Greetings program. Cleaning out a lot of the posts on the blog and also starting up 2 side blogs to keep things organized: 1- the SE Michigan War Council. The warhammer fantasy group that's come to me and said hey we are totally out of touch with our armies to the point of feeling like we're brand new. Help. And help we shall! Trevor (the husband and resident Beastman herder) and I are going to help coach them to do their very best in the process of letting them work as a group instead of feeling like they are on their own.
So today's hobby article is on Sportsmanship and Attitude! I saw a great deal of good attitude this past week. I just got back from Adepticon and all I have to say is WOW. First of the level of teamwork I saw out there was great. Some of the things I loved:
Bell of Lost Fezzes - I loved that the BoLS crew came together and had matching hats. And more so because I am wearing mine now as I am writing this. heh. But you can see it stick out in a crowd and they were bright and fun and it makes the statement of: My friends and I are here as a team even if we're not all doing the same thing. Bravo!
The 40K team tournaments. I am LOVING the fact that the Cult of Charlie Sheen was pouring shots for people going by just to share and stay in theme and have a great time! I love that the Necron/Blood Angels team had pins and expansion packs for the 40K card game that they made to give to their opponents just to keep it fun. I LOVE this level of involvement! It made me WANT to play in teams tournament so I could give something to my opponents other than grief or my tears (depending how the dice fare). Anything that inspires me to want to do for others is top notch in my book!
Mini bar! Not that alcohol is required but it was nice to keep the mood light and everyone seemed to behave themselves. Except the Charlie Sheen Bobblehead but he was busy winning. He was having fun on his party tower all weekend and we don't blame him.
The other vendors: Now I didn't get a chance to leave the booth a whole bunch, but I did get to talk to several of the other vendors there. They were very nice to me and the rest of the team in the booth with me, and the respect from vendor to vendor was really refreshing for me to see. I'm so used to vendors of other types in clothing and manufacturing seeing one another as rivals or spies that it was really great to see everyone come together to facilitate helping people enjoy their hobby. So refreshing.
Also got to talk to Big Red from BoLS. I really miss being down in Austin with them but online is a great place to share the things you love. So I have made a promise to make a devoted forward effort to actually doing some completion work on my blog here and share the hobby skills from a very basic level on up and get more involved.
Today I have 3-4 minis to work on for a friend of mine so I will start there. I am still settling back in from a week away from home and will heat up lunch and try to get some work caught up on. So until then, cheers! and may the dice be ever in your favour. :)
w00ts! :D Yep, I had more fun this year doing almost nothing but chilling out than I had when my weekend was packed with gaming. It was awesome to see everyone and actually be able to take the time to talk to em.
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