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So. On July 25th, I'll be going to Richard Garriott's house for the IGDA picnic.

Here is what will be there:

Now taking requests for how I should "deal" with this event. Other than blacking out by the end of the night.

Yoga rugby?  Ninja dodgeball?  How did I miss out on the best parts of the event listing!

Drunk rugby. Vomit dodgeball.

Dress how you normally would but wear a codpiece.

rofl

When you're in your cups, sidle up to Rich (ask id it's cool if you call him that) and regale him with tales of the glory of pre-Trammel UO.  

Check to see if his Invuln flag is on, preferably with a fire field.

Piss on the fire dancers. Claim you're a volunteer fireman.

Have another mead.

Have fun,drink lots,try to get laid?

Take pictures.

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Participate enthusiatically in the combat demonstrations.

Does he have a moat? If he does, shit in it.

I don't know if Ninja Dodgeball is a real thing (it sounds awesome), but you should come in appropriate dress:  Full on ninja costume with the appropriate accoutrements and weaponry.  Do your best to imitate an actual ninja.  Any time you get hit, unsheath your sword and tell the offending party that he's just dishonored your dead little sister.  Then front roll your way to the sideline and sit in the lotus position until such time as the round is over, all the while glaring at the guy that hit you, occasionally yelling "I will have my revenge!"  Keep the costume on for the remainder of the party, and stay in character.  Surreptitiously sneaking your way over to the desert table, hiding behind random objects, front rolling your way around the dance floor, etc.  Be the last one to leave, hugging everyone on their way out.

Is that the sort of advice you were looking for?

Be yourself, but less douchey.  Pimp your game abit.  Enjoy the free food and beer. 

Wear a shirt with "Bring Back Pre-Casting Bitch!"

Stop shitting up this thread!

Write "Rainz" on your nametag.

Watch this clip (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mM109_EbMcs) and sneak into all his cool rooms.

Didn't MJ get in trouble for moonwalking with the kids?

wut.  And wut.  wut.

Followed by jesus juice and let's all share the bed?

No no no.  Don't listen to him!  Totally be yourself!  I would be disappointed in you if you weren't.  Flaunt your snow-flake-i-ness!

Challenge him to a boxing match.

Space suit.

Be sure to call up McQuaid and tell him where you are.

Don't drink anything unless the cap is intact.

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Ask him to autograph a copy of TR.

Tell him about your idea for a game with music-based spells and rainbow unicorns.

LOL.  Definitely the best advice.

Heheh.


If it's a group picnic, does that mean you have to bring a pot of baked beans or something?

Cut his rattail.

Better yet, bring pot and baked beaners.

For all the lovely ideas being thrown out here, you should be practical.  Find a cute girl, invade his castle, and be able to claim you've done it midieval style.

I'd also say challenge Garriott to a duel with rapiers, though he may have actual training.

Wear a mushroom suit and tell everyone their princess is in another castle.

Try to have fun. Take photos.

Take everything WAY to seriously. Be "that guy'.

WAY too seriously.

Print out your own version of NCcoin. Try to make it the legal tender of the party. Make it a point to tell everyone how promptly NCsoft pay you for doing a good job.

Rape the horses and ride off on the women.

Get hammered and wake up in bed next to a contract you signed to work on Garriott's next MMO. 

Challenge him to a duel.  You know, see how it goes.

Not medieval enough.  Battle axes!

Easier to use while drunk, too.  :grin:

I would be a bit wary of passing out at the castle, you may wake up in the dungeon.  Also, I'll 2nd the space suit idea and we will want some video there.

Bring group of sappers and dig underneath the walls...

Either that or a trebuchet.

Better yet, work up a #6 on them.

Get launched into space.

My advice? Dress up like a character from Tabula Rasa, only severely fucked up, like with a sucking chest wound or something.
Then follow him around, screaming, "why have you forsaken me?".

I just thought of something... think you can get your hands on a NCSoft nametag?

If it's a real moat, it would have shit in it already.

EDIT: So just shit in his space suit instead.

I vote for an adaptation of the Baldwin speech from Glengarry Glen Ross.

Go to his seekrit dungeon, the one behind the bookshelf entrance.

and poop

Run around with a sword asking people if they are not entertained.

haha oh wow

Find a transcript of the NPC conversation that fooled RG into thinking he was talking to a person in UO.

Check if he set his invulnerability flag this time.

bring him a copy of DIKU BC edition, see how it goes.

Alternatively relive the high points of UO by dressing in a grey robe and only saying, "OoOOOOoOoOOooooOOooOo," If someone claims to have spirit speak inform them Garriot's grandmother says to tell him she's very disappointed.

Its too hot here to do anything. Its too hot to drink. Its too hot to even make jokes. And some band is playing she blinded me with science. And there are people dressed up.

Dance the heat away.

I feel like how john goodman must feel all the time.

Be friendly, ask him about what it was like while he was in space.

Then go full-asshole and ask him how that lawsuit is coming along.

Maybe something about fethers.

Fuck a firedancer in one of his secret rooms, barring that at least try to stay as late as possible, shit will get weirder as the number of guests is thinned out I'm sure.

NAME
JOB
BYE

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