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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