Bob Schaffer for Team Bloodshot GC Summit January 28, 2012 of 21.
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WHO RECAST: THE BAY AREA PERSPECTIVE
Bob Schafferfor Team Bloodshot
GC SummitJanuary 28, 2012
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DASH 4APRIL 28, 2012
Participating Cities:Albuquerque, Austin, Bay Area, Boston,
Chicago, Davis, DC, LA, New York, Portland, San Diego, Seattle, South Bend and St. Louis!!!
My recast/simulcastexperience
Rose Hulman/Harvey Mudd: 2 cities (S) BANG 25: 2 cities (R, 1st) DASH 2 - Bay Area Coordinator: 10 cities
(S) DASH 3 – National Coordinator: 12 cities
(S) WHO: 2 cities (R, 2nd) DASH 4 – National Coordinator: 14 cities
(S)
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Outline
Bay Area Team Schedule Before and After the Seattle Run Big Picture Decisions Feedback Tools Recast Pros/Cons Budget Summary
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The Bay Area Team
Core Group: Team Bloodshot 5 Blood & Bones members, 1 Longshot Responsible for big picture/organization
Major support from: Burninators Provided puzzle fixes and reconstruction effort Supported playtest and recast
Additional final weekend support from others
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Schedule
Played in Seattle WHO in June Fairly minimal effort started in July Ramped up by September Big push in October Event was Nov. 4-6
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Before the Seattle run
Applications Seattle made their selections first BA applications shared after Seattle decisions
Trusted Seattle GC with pre-game logistics Chose date blind
After game, Seattle relinquished all decisions
Staying blind until after first-run Maximal enjoyment No Advantage of 21
After the Seattle run
Extending application deadline Attempt to expand… added two teams
Collected info from Seattle Clue materials, documents, etc. (Puzzle Bible!) Budget Recommended changes
Made big picture decisions
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Big Picture Decisions
Stay true to original game When possible, avoid major changes
Participants would get the same experience Gives original GC more visibility/ Drives major decisions Removes some flexibility Could have been a lot more work
Avoid re-shooting videos Less work on our part Tribute original actors/GC
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Feedback to drive minor changes
Read comments on Facebook Used our own experiences Seattle GC recommended fixes Surveyed original participants
Things they liked Things they didn’t like Importance of story, hotel stay Bugs Scoring
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Examples of minor changes
More transparency Scoring Purpose of Friday night events
Not scored Collaboration recommended
Reduced bottlenecking Good for the participants Straining on GC (especially the actors)
Puzzles Some re-ordering Bug fixes/eliminated red herrings Considered other changes
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Examples of potential change
Internet Troll puzzle… AKA KANYE!
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Tools
Google Docs for all local shared documents
Puzzle Bible Used Seattle’s as a resource Wrote our own as well
Google Latitude aided with day-of tracking
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Google Docs
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Puzzle Bible
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Latitude
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Recast Pros
Puzzle writing & storyline… all done! Neil Patrick Harris already filmed! First game: A giant playtest
Each puzzle playtested by 20 teams! Few modifications necessary Changes made with full support of Seattle GC
Be nice* to original GC and they just may travel to your location to help**!
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Recast Cons
Less creativity involved Focus is on logistics Wheel may get reinvented
Support from original GC minimized this for us Locations driven by puzzles and not vice-
versa Seattle thought up some puzzles based on
locations We had to make locations fit the scheme
Breeders Cup Daylight Savings Time of 21
Clue; $1,360.62
Prep; $6,124.
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Loca-tion;
$2,450.00 Playtest;
$337.23 Staff;
$2,024.19
Food; $9,030.8
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Budget
Distribution seems less for clues than for a first-run
Staff: Seattle flights Location: Friday/Pier Prep: Hotel
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Summary
Very pleasant experience! With right support, recast can be pain-
free Telling that at the end – both sides thought the
other side had done more work for the recast than had actually been done
Rewarding to share Seattle’s game w/Bay Area
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Seattle GC Rocks!
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Questions?
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