Reply To: JCCC4: Post Mortem (Feedback Thread)
I had an utterly amazing boat. Thank you, the Home Office, for the incredible work you do, and for making us all so happy for a whole week.
+1,000 to double-sided badges. I don’t know how difficult/ expensive that would be, but oh, how useful!
+1 to having the Feztravanganza at the same time as the dance party
+1 to official events not starting after 11pm. I totally understand that you’re relying on RCI to making the spaces available to us, and that we’re not the only group using them, but what with sleep deprivation and jetlag, I had to miss not only the dance party and hosted karaoke on the firs two nights, I also missed Celebrity Artemis, which made me especially sad.
+1 to telling people not to talk during shows. I am guilty of this myself, and I apologise. Once I did notice how much the noise carried, I tried to keep it down. It’s not only annoying for the audience, it’s disrespectful to the performers.
+100 to respectfully asking the audience not to order frozen drinks in Alhambra during shows.
General notes:
Office hours: I was lucky enough to get a good seat for Grant’s office hours, and, much like Wil’s last year, they were informative, entertaining and charming. To people who complained about the size of the venue and the lack of microphone: It helps to think of office hours as convention kaffeeklatches:
They’re not meant to accommodate every attendee, otherwise they’d be official events. I didn’t get into Wil’s or Hank’s or Peter’s office hours this year, and that’s cool. Unlucky, but hey. I’m glad other people did.
Snorks. BLESS ‘EM. I had nothing but friendly interactions with them, same as in the last 2 years. By Thursday night, I didn’t even have to explain the moustache – they took it in stride. Love snorks. Be nice to them.
Twit-arr and Cruisemonkey: I’ve said it last year, I’ve said it on the boat, I’ve said it on twit-arr and I’ll say it again: THANK YOU to everyone involved in making them. I *love* that you guys give so much
of your time to make these awesome toys for us.
Interim announcements: I was very sad for my friend Mo who couldn’t sign up for live band karaoke because she didn’t know how/where to. I’d seen it announced on twit-arr, if I recall correctly, but I didn’t know of any other way it was communicated. Can we have an ‘official’ announcement flipchart in the game room? Or maybe we had one and I never saw it?
JSJ providers: Thank you. I don’t play, but watching Johann Sebastian Joust being played was, once again, hugely enjoyable.
Boat: I have not a bad thing to say about the boat, or the crew. I will note that the guy in the Schooner bar “refused” to serve me on Friday because I wasn’t wearing a moustache. 😀 Also, thanks to the twit-arr folks for giving one of the crew access – that post from one of the crew members made my entire week.
“Non-performing” performers: I friggin LOVE that Wil, Hodgman, Roderick, Rees, Molly, The Clicks, Scrimshaw, etc. were on the boat without being “officially” billed to do anything. I love that they think the boat is worth it. I like having them around. Any performing/ hosting they then do is a bonus in my book.
Shadowcruise: Like Jonathan said, it’s amazing, what you nerds put together by way of shadow events. I happened into the bardic circle on Monday morning and I was so, so glad I did! Thanks again to the Home Office for supporting all this stuff.
Helper Monkeys: THANK YOU.
People who schlepped all their games onto the boat: THANK YOU.
RCI: For letting us run wild on your turf: THANK YOU.
People who brought their minions: OMG YOU GUYS. You have beautiful kids. It’s nice to see the little nerds grow – and I’m glad you feel that the boat is a safe, fun environment for them.
All the Sea Monkeys: You guys rock.