Steelclaw's Entertainment Suggestions for Boston Meet & Greet

A list of activities to take place at the Boston Meet & Greet... My only complaint being that it is limited to 3 hours...

* City of Karaoke: Bring your song parodies and your best (worst) singing voice! All parodies must be City of related. For those unable to provide their own I will bring a list of my own works including "I Like Big Buffs", "Welcome to the Task Force: Positron, yeah!" and "Just Another Malleus Mundi" for starters.

* Mayor Of Paragon: Think you've got what it takes to hold the prestigious title of "Mayor of Paragon City?" Well, step right up and grab the microphone! You will have three minutes to sway the electorate (ie- the drunken bunch of gamers before you) to vote for you. Make any campaign promises you want... then feel absolutely no obligation to live up to them! It's just like being a REAL politician!

* Player PvP: It may look like a bar brawl, but that's because you're not paying close enough attention. The first thing that should have clued you in was most of the participants are wearing spandex... Okay, so maybe it looks more like a Professional Wrestling Event... But the WWE doesn't have it's participants pointing their fists at someone and yelling "I'm a Blaster! Pew! Pew! Pew!" or someone staring at their watch and screaming "I can't Rezz you... I'm still freakin' recharging!" Finally, nowhere else will you see a guy dressed all in paper-mache "rocks" screaming "Speed Boost me! For the love of gawd will someone please speed boost me!"

* Actors Cut Scene Theater: The crowd is split several smaller groups of three or four members. Each team has 20 minutes to either imitate an existing game cut scene or come up with their own. If a newly created one the cut scene must involve a canon mission with which most people will be familiar. Want to make a scene for your first (or second) rescue of Fusionette? How about facing down Professor Echo for the final time? Once you have your scene ready, go up on stage and act it out. Who knows? Maybe the Devs will be so impressed they'll make it part of the game! Or, maybe it will be so embarassing you'll be seeing your live performance on YouTube next week.

* P.U.D.: You've tried Pick Up Groups? Well, you haven't tried P.U.D. yet! Pick Up Dating! Sit in the middle of a crowded bar and keep spamming "Single Low Level Tank seeks Defender for light buffing, heals and long walks on the beach" over and over again until someone responds. Actually, this isn't really a group activity like my other suggestions.... Actually, if you try this one I can pretty much guarantee you'll be on your own.

* City of Heroes Drinking Game: One by one, you each ask a developer a question. Every time they answer with a variation of "We can't tell you until Marketing allows us to release that information" take a shot. The last one able to ask a question with any sort of coherence what-so-ever wins.

* Emote Dance Party: Get the sound system cranked and begin dancing. The only catch is you HAVE to dance in one of the existing dance emotes available in-game. You would be amazed how quickly a group of adults can look exactly like Charlie Brown's Peanuts gang from the old cartoons. Don't like dancing? That's fine. Just do the teabag or judge(1-10) emotes from the sidelines. We have been asked you do not do the vomit/hurl emote however, as it hurts some of the dancers' feelings.

* Pocket D Source Material: This is your chance to have some input into the game. A lovely lady and a roguish gentleman will stand up on the stage. They will wear signs reading "Turn Down Girl" and "Turn Down Guy". You, you lucky person you, get to play "Desperate Girl/Guy." Take the microphone, approach the gender of your choice and deliver the cheesiest, most absolutely horrible, pick-up line in your arsenal. Points are rewarded for originality, delivery and overall ridiculousness. Bonus points if you can get the "Turn Down" player to slap you.

* Forum Tag: Okay, this one is definitely not a group-game. Actually, it's more like a dare. I dare you all... myself included since I'll be there... to wait until you see a developer go to the bathroom. You follow and... once they have vacated the stall/urinal/etc... jump in immediately after them and yell "First in after a Red-Name!" at the top of your lungs.

Yeah... umm... on that note I think I should quit while I'm still ahead... er.. well.. at least while I'm still un-lynched.

Steelie, you are INCREDIBLE.

Laughed so hard I peed a little.

Just as an aside, if anyone happens upon two people kneeling next to each other in a corner of the convention hall, we ask that you leave them be.

I'm down for it. Last 4 are the most interesting... ^_^

Edit: Also, I'm a lazy *******... so if someone rewrites lyrics for me, I'll be more than glad to belt them out for the City karaoke.


Also, Vote Errant!

*Consignment House: Go into a Boston Market and attempt to place orders for invention salvage. Also try to sell them your recipes.