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Title: Animalcast 58- The 2008 Ennie Awards
Post by: Animalball Brasky on September 06, 2008, 08:30:39 AM
Yes, Zachary the First, we talk about you at length.  Here's the official line:

In Episode 58 the guys talk about their experience at the Ennie Awards (http://www.ennieawards.com).  They discuss how cool it was to see Dave Arneson (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dave_Arneson) speak, the awesome goblin-acceptance music of Paizo, and the flagrant disregard of a dress code by Ken Hite (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ken_Hite) who wore cargo pants and a Hawaiian shirt.  Kyle also comments on the weird phenomenon involving White Wolf people who all seem to model their hair styles after Michael Bolton (http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/e/e7/MichaelBolton.jpg) circa 1986.  The guys also talk about what the Ennies can do to make the awards better, and Kyle shares a special moment that he shared with the beautiful and angelic Gertie Barden (who the guys mistakenly refer to as Baden throughout the episode).  The guys wrap up the episode with a discussion of how pathetic WotC (http://www.wizards.com)'s showing was at Gencon, especially with their failure to feature anything related to Heroscape (http://www.hasbro.com/games/kid-games/heroscape/).

Click Here to Listen to the Podcast (http://animalball.libsyn.com).
Title: Animalcast 58- The 2008 Ennie Awards
Post by: Thanatos02 on September 07, 2008, 01:37:29 AM
When I saw the Bolton pic, I felt sure I knew who you were talking about, since he used to run LARP games in St. Louis.

I didn't realize that it was so common though. >_>
Title: Animalcast 58- The 2008 Ennie Awards
Post by: arminius on September 07, 2008, 02:00:10 AM
Did anyone get a recording or video of Dave Arneson's speech?
Title: Animalcast 58- The 2008 Ennie Awards
Post by: Animalball Brasky on September 07, 2008, 09:18:27 PM
Quote from: Thanatos02;245298When I saw the Bolton pic, I felt sure I knew who you were talking about, since he used to run LARP games in St. Louis.

I didn't realize that it was so common though. >_>

I think theirs a "glass ceiling" in LARPing that you can't get past a certain level if you have hair shorter than 6 inches.

QuoteDid anyone get a recording or video of Dave Arneson's speech?

I don't know, but I can't express enough how cool it was to see him speak.  There were a shitload of standing ovations (too many) but the one for Dave Arneson deservedly lasted the longest.