Human Chess Match, WorldCon 06

Bazzlebane · August 26, 2006

Wait! So Dorne won -- that's great -- but was George playing Dorne? Don't you see the potential insight gained from George choosing between Tyrell and Martell? So, which was he?

And yay Dorne. I've always made my distaste for all things Tyrell quite public on this board. If I had been there, I would have had to be a Dornish piece.

Ran · August 26, 2006

George was Dorne, obviously. We had most of the women, and some of them really were half-naked.

The Iceman of the North · August 26, 2006

The report is well and good, but where's the pics?

Ran · August 26, 2006

Many were taken, but there has been literally no time for us to post ours, and I believe there's a problem with the Flickr account. If I find any time, I will definitely post some of the highlights that we've got on hand.

Oh, yeah, been posting some Worldcon reports at Hippoi Athanatoi, in the Memoirs section.

niamh · August 26, 2006

I get a random site out of that link ran

Mich · August 26, 2006

yeah doesn't work very well for me neither.

The chess match was great! much more fun than anyone really expected.

The BwB now definitely fill the role of WorldCon geeks :lol:

BranTheBuilder · August 27, 2006

come on you magnificent bastards - get the pickies up for us!!!!!!!

PLEASE!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Ran · August 27, 2006

Link fixed.

Kat · August 27, 2006

I don't have the password to the group album account yet, but here are some pictures from the chess match for those who were asking.

Aeron the Stinkin' · August 28, 2006

I don't have the password to the group album account yet, but here are some pictures from the chess match for those who were asking.

Sweet.

Though I thought this was going to be an open air event.

Lany Freelove Cassandra · August 28, 2006

Sweet.
Though I thought this was going to be an open air event.

Thank god it wasn't. I was all cool in my warrior chick garb, but it got so hot in the room, I had to stip off my top...then I looked more like the rest of the sand snakes.

Linda · August 28, 2006

Having seen some of the photos, I am very glad we weren't outside, though not because I wore too much. Rather, the opposite.

The sunlight would have been as illuminating as a camera flash when it came to the not-so-very-opaque nature of my skirt. ;P

I am glad I didn't look in a well-lit mirror before taking the walk from the hotel to the convention centre. Eeeek.

Lany Freelove Cassandra · August 28, 2006

Having seen some of the photos, I am very glad we weren't outside, though not because I wore too much. Rather, the opposite.

The sunlight would have been as illuminating as a camera flash when it came to the not-so-very-opaque nature of my skirt. ;P

I am glad I didn't look in a well-lit mirror before taking the walk from the hotel to the convention centre. Eeeek.

but you were so beautiful...and I'm sure many people enjoyed seeing all of your legs on the walk over

I did want to say that Linda totally stole the show. She was so awesome, really got into her role, and aboviously had a great time with it.

"Blackfyre" · August 28, 2006

I just wanted to say a great_big_thank_you to everyone that participated! You guys rocked and made the match!!!

BH

Linda · August 28, 2006

Not just my legs, by the look of that one picture. Thank you, though.

I don't know about stealing the show, however. Impossible when the whole Dornish side was fabulous and the Highgarden side only slightly less fabulous.

I won't deny, though, that I had a great time. May have been the highlight of the con for me, and I am so glad that a) Ran was persuaded to take part so that I decided to do so as well and that I actually went to the con.

Now, I may be biased, but personally I thought Ran looked very hot (almost stole the show from our dashing Knight of Flowers) in the outfit I somehow managed to put together. And we're talking about making a better version sometime in the future, after I get some more practice sewing. Just need to get a fake widow's peak to glue on too.

Edited to add:

And those of us who took part would like to thank those who helped make it possible. A lot of hard work behind the scenes was needed.

Plus, a big thanks to all those who came and watched.

RaceBannon42 · August 28, 2006

Ran's Costume was fucking AWESOME.

Linda · August 28, 2006

I am thinking his LJ avatar and various other photos on the net will now change, if I find a good shot.

niamh · August 28, 2006

I am thinking his LJ avatar and various other photos on the net will now change, if I find a good shot.

Will you be leasing him for the night? I will pay well :cool:

Ran · August 28, 2006

Hrm....

Jesus, I need to dress in robes more often.

Balefont · August 28, 2006

uploading pics now. Jay took a tremendous number of photos of the match. I think to upload all will crash my photobucket account so I'll have to use both my accounts for all of the pics.

erkay, here's the lazy postage of links:

Highgarden

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v216/Bal...ON/P1010128.jpg

DORNE!

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v216/Bal...ON/P1010130.jpg

RANDYL TARLY!

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v216/Bal...ON/P1010135.jpg

Thinking hard a waiting

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v216/Bal...ON/P1010136.jpg

Prince Doran and the mighty Zollo

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v216/Bal...ON/P1010138.jpg

Kal slitting emo Darkstar's wrists