Congrats to the latest 5-star GM!

[GM Lamplighter]

Congrats to somebody named "Michael Brock", who is now sporting 5 stars next to his name!

[Michael Brock]

Thanks Scott.

[Sniggevert]

Aye, congrats! I noticed that last night, but didn't know if I had missed the announcement sometime previously or not.

[Red-Assassin]

Congrats Mr. Brock.

Any advice you would like to share?

[Michael Brock]

Chris Bonnet wrote:

Congrats Mr. Brock.

Any advice you would like to share?

Pre draw maps, have minis that match the monsters, and don't drink light beer.

[Eric Clingenpeel]

It's about time! ;) Congrats Mike, I know it was offered to you when you got your position and you turned it down. Now you earned it fair and square, and for that I respect you all the more. Good job!

[sveden]

When did the big dance occur that bumped you to 5?

[Dan Luckett]

What was the last scenario to bump you over 150?

[mellowgoth]

*golf clap*

[Michael Brock]

Daniel Luckett wrote:

What was the last scenario to bump you over 150?

The last scenario I GMed, that got me to 149, was 3-EX: Cyphermage Dilemma at Dragon Con. The game that pushed me over the 150 mark was the play test of the first running of Shattered Star AP, part 1 sanctioned play last Friday. Truth be told, it looks like it could take another full session to get fully through it to my satisfaction, though.

[Doug Miles]

Congratulations to the first Campaign Coordinator to earn all five stars.

If we would have known when you'd get here we would have cleaned up the place, but welcome to 5-Star Mountain. Sorry about the smell. We have to do something about that before the ladies from Iowa City & Atlanta get here...

[WalterGM]

Like a boss. Well done, sir!

[sveden]

Michael Brock wrote:

Daniel Luckett wrote:

What was the last scenario to bump you over 150?

The last scenario I GMed, that got me to 149, was 3-EX: Cyphermage Dilemma at Dragon Con. The game that pushed me over the 150 mark was the play test of the first running of Shattered Star AP, part 1 sanctioned play last Friday. Truth be told, it looks like it could take another full session to get fully through it to my satisfaction, though.

But who had the dubious task of "judging" your performance. >:]

[Kyle Baird]

Whose star did he take?

[Rene Duquesnoy]

Congrats Mike. As a present, I sent you a PDF of the Core Rulebook. It should be in your downloads.

HOORAY!

[Michael Brock]

sveden wrote:

Michael Brock wrote:

Daniel Luckett wrote:

What was the last scenario to bump you over 150?

The last scenario I GMed, that got me to 149, was 3-EX: Cyphermage Dilemma at Dragon Con. The game that pushed me over the 150 mark was the play test of the first running of Shattered Star AP, part 1 sanctioned play last Friday. Truth be told, it looks like it could take another full session to get fully through it to my satisfaction, though.

But who had the dubious task of "judging" your performance. >:]

VCs and VLs:

Kyle Pratt
Nani Pratt
John Compton
Joseph Caubo
Dan Cornett
Nicholas Gray
Kyle Elliott
Martin Shelby
Robyn Nixon
Eric Brittain
David Crosson
Earl Gendron
Wil Wadhams
Clarence Garrett
Michael Costello
Don Walker
June Soler
Brian Cea
Art Lobdell
David Santana
Michael McNerney
Jonathan Cary
Walter Sheppard
Karim Majeri
Benoit Gros
Auke Tenninga
Dave Harrison
Rob Silk

I think those are all of the current VCs and VLs who have played in one of my games or observed me GMing. There may be another 12-15 that could have observed me at Gen Con during the Race or the Runecarved Key that I am unaware of.

I hope to add 15-20 additional VCs and VLs to that list this upcoming year.

And thanks to all the well wishes.

[Dan Luckett]

I watched you murder some Level 1's during Special Pt. 2. Even as you killed them off they seemed to be having fun. :)

[Mordaith]

Congrats from the east coast of Canada.

[sveden]

Ah I see. Trial by committee. Quite a list of names you have there. Many neato firsts attained in one fell swoop. Congrats.

[Janet Brock]

Kyle Baird wrote:

Whose star did he take?

Yours.... ;-)

[Michael Brock]

Doug Miles wrote:

Congratulations to the first Campaign Coordinator to earn all five stars.

If we would have known when you'd get here we would have cleaned up the place, but welcome to 5-Star Mountain. Sorry about the smell. We have to do something about that before the ladies from Iowa City & Atlanta get here...

Thanks, Doug, but no worries. I've got a new West Wing Being flown in.I believe it is of the same construction as the Blakros museum!

[Kyle Baird]

Janet Brock wrote:

Kyle Baird wrote:

Whose star did he take?

Yours.... ;-)

Fine with me! I'm moving out of this damn mansion. It's getting too crowded and filled with riff-raff!

[Kyle Baird]

Michael Brock wrote:

Doug Miles wrote:

Congratulations to the first Campaign Coordinator to earn all five stars.

If we would have known when you'd get here we would have cleaned up the place, but welcome to 5-Star Mountain. Sorry about the smell. We have to do something about that before the ladies from Iowa City & Atlanta get here...

Thanks, Doug, but no worries. I've got a new West Wing Being flown in.I believe it is of the same construction as the Blakros museum!

Filled with monkeys?

[Purple Fluffy CatBunnyGnome]

Kyle Baird wrote:

Janet Brock wrote:

Kyle Baird wrote:

Whose star did he take?

Yours.... ;-)

Fine with me! I'm moving out of this damn mansion. It's getting too crowded and filled with riff-raff!

sneaks into the mansion and into Kyle's old room to take measurements.... and tries to decide what to do with all the extra space that had to be built into the room for Kyle's ego

[Kyle Baird]

Bumping this old Brock post for good measure.

[Michael Brock]

Kyle Baird wrote:

Michael Brock wrote:

Doug Miles wrote:

Congratulations to the first Campaign Coordinator to earn all five stars.

If we would have known when you'd get here we would have cleaned up the place, but welcome to 5-Star Mountain. Sorry about the smell. We have to do something about that before the ladies from Iowa City & Atlanta get here...

Thanks, Doug, but no worries. I've got a new West Wing Being flown in.I believe it is of the same construction as the Blakros museum!

Filled with monkeys?

No, with dwarves!!!!!!!!!

[Kyle Baird]

Purple Fluffy CatBunnyGnome wrote:

tries to decide what to do with all the extra space that had to be built into the room for Kyle's ego

My ego isn't going anywhere. It's going to stay to torture Brock.

Imagine it now, Mike. Hanging out at the 5-star mansion with my ego floating over your shoulder and Dragnmoon sitting next to you.

Evil Plan Complete. Enjoy hell rookie!

[Michael Brock]

Kyle Baird wrote:

Purple Fluffy CatBunnyGnome wrote:

tries to decide what to do with all the extra space that had to be built into the room for Kyle's ego

My ego isn't going anywhere. It's going to stay to torture Brock.

Imagine it now, Mike. Hanging out at the 5-star mansion with my ego floating over your shoulder and Dragnmoon sitting next to you.

Evil Plan Complete. Enjoy hell rookie!

But mine is just starting. I've ordered up Smurfs, My Little Ponies, Barney, and sparkly vampires to share a room with you!

[Michael Brock]

Kyle Baird wrote:

Janet Brock wrote:

Kyle Baird wrote:

Whose star did he take?

Yours.... ;-)

Fine with me! I'm moving out of this damn mansion. It's getting too crowded and filled with riff-raff!

Like Hotel California, you can check out but you can never leave. BWAHAHAHAHa!

[Purple Fluffy CatBunnyGnome]

Michael Brock wrote:

Kyle Baird wrote:

Purple Fluffy CatBunnyGnome wrote:

tries to decide what to do with all the extra space that had to be built into the room for Kyle's ego

My ego isn't going anywhere. It's going to stay to torture Brock.

Imagine it now, Mike. Hanging out at the 5-star mansion with my ego floating over your shoulder and Dragnmoon sitting next to you.

Evil Plan Complete. Enjoy hell rookie!

But mine is just starting. I've ordered up Smurfs, My Little Ponies, Barney, and sparkly vampires to share a room with you!

douses herself in more glitter to be sparklier and puts in fake vampire teeth

oof ooof I'mf a famfire RAWR I eatf da fmurfs!!!!! nomf nomf

[Purple Fluffy CatBunnyGnome]

Purple Fluffy CatBunnyGnome wrote:

Michael Brock wrote:

Kyle Baird wrote:

Purple Fluffy CatBunnyGnome wrote:

tries to decide what to do with all the extra space that had to be built into the room for Kyle's ego

My ego isn't going anywhere. It's going to stay to torture Brock.

Imagine it now, Mike. Hanging out at the 5-star mansion with my ego floating over your shoulder and Dragnmoon sitting next to you.

Evil Plan Complete. Enjoy hell rookie!

But mine is just starting. I've ordered up Smurfs, My Little Ponies, Barney, and sparkly vampires to share a room with you!

douses herself in more glitter to be sparklier and puts in fake vampire teeth

oof ooof I'mf a famfire RAWR I eatf da fmurfs!!!!! nomf nomf

looks around the room for her eye

[sveden]

Never seen a glitter applicator quite like that before.

[Purple Fluffy CatBunnyGnome]

find hers eye and pushes the vampire teeth in more securely

[Dragnmoon]

Wait, I thought Kyle had to approve the 5th star?

Kyle how could you let this slip past you!!

Were the Yetis not done with their training yet?

[Dan Luckett]

Mike has a cloak of Not-Dragnmoon. The Yeti's are only trained to kill Dragnmoons.

[Michael Brock]

Dragnmoon wrote:

Wait, I thought Kyle had to approve the 5th star?

Kyle how could you let this slip past you!!

Were the Yetis not done with their training yet?

Kyle couldn't even kill my level 1 character. He lost his approval status.

[Dan Luckett]

Not that the Yeti's listen to him anyways. They come pretrained by "Dan's Yeti's & Yeti Accesories".

[Marc Vanderbrink]

Congratulations on your fifth star Mike :O

[Kyle Baird]

Michael Brock wrote:

Dragnmoon wrote:

Wait, I thought Kyle had to approve the 5th star?

Kyle how could you let this slip past you!!

Were the Yetis not done with their training yet?

Kyle couldn't even kill my level 1 character. He lost his approval status.

Oh, I'm sorry for showing you such a great time at your first PFS table that you got addicted enough to become the campaign's coordinator. Yep, I definitely failed.

[Mark Moreland]

This thread is in serious jeopardy of going completely off the rails. If it can't stay on the topic of congratulating Mike on his 5th star, I'm going to have to lock it down.

Spoiler:

EXPLOSIVE RUNES

[Doug Miles]

Kyle Baird wrote:

Oh, I'm sorry for showing you such a great time at your first PFS table that you got addicted enough to become the campaign's coordinator. Yep, I definitely failed.

Or the table experience may have been so bad he decided that no one deserved to suffer like that and changed the direction of his PFS career to protect Atlantans from getting Bairded again.

[Kyle Baird]

Doug Miles wrote:

Kyle Baird wrote:

Oh, I'm sorry for showing you such a great time at your first PFS table that you got addicted enough to become the campaign's coordinator. Yep, I definitely failed.

Or the table experience may have been so bad he decided that no one deserved to suffer like that and changed the direction of his PFS career to protect Atlantans from getting Bairded again.

Of course that's the more likely scenario, but I prefer to live in my own land of make-believe.

[Kyle Baird]

Mark Moreland wrote:

This thread is in serious jeopardy of going completely off the rails. If it can't stay on the topic of congratulating Mike on his 5th star, I'm going to have to lock it down.

** spoiler omitted **

Fine, let's get this baby back on track.

Is Mike getting his 5th star an evil act and thus outlawed by RAW in PFS?

Has Mike earned the right to play?

Should Mike allowed to replay for credit?

Is Mike too difficult?

Can Mike's Int 3 animal companion ride his back while wielding a lance?

Can Mike take 10 on Knowledge (husband) checks?

[Purple Fluffy CatBunnyGnome]

Kyle Baird wrote:

Mark Moreland wrote:

This thread is in serious jeopardy of going completely off the rails. If it can't stay on the topic of congratulating Mike on his 5th star, I'm going to have to lock it down.

** spoiler omitted **

Fine, let's get this baby back on track.

Is Mike getting his 5th star an evil act and thus outlawed by RAW in PFS?

Has Mike earned the right to play?

Should Mike allowed to replay for credit?

Is Mike too difficult?

Can Mike's Int 3 animal companion ride his back while wielding a lance?

Can Mike take 10 on Knowledge (husband) checks?

Is Mike considered a level 7 pregen?

[Kyle Baird]

Purple Fluffy CatBunnyGnome wrote:

Is Mike considered a level 7 pregen?

Yes, but he was only built with a 15-point buy and is thus not legal for PFS .

[Purple Fluffy CatBunnyGnome]

Kyle Baird wrote:

Purple Fluffy CatBunnyGnome wrote:

Is Mike considered a level 7 pregen?

Yes, but he was only built with a 15-point buy and is thus not legal for PFS .

oooooo should be discuss how he needs to be rebuilt? I mean now that he really should be listed as a 5star level 7 pregen

[Michael Brock]

Purple Fluffy CatBunnyGnome wrote:

Kyle Baird wrote:

Mark Moreland wrote:

This thread is in serious jeopardy of going completely off the rails. If it can't stay on the topic of congratulating Mike on his 5th star, I'm going to have to lock it down.

** spoiler omitted **

Fine, let's get this baby back on track.

Is Mike getting his 5th star an evil act and thus outlawed by RAW in PFS?

Has Mike earned the right to play?

Should Mike allowed to replay for credit?

Is Mike too difficult?

Can Mike's Int 3 animal companion ride his back while wielding a lance?

Can Mike take 10 on Knowledge (husband) checks?

Is Mike considered a level 7 pregen?

You didnt hear? There are level 20 pregens in the NPC Codex!

[Kyle Baird]

I forgot one: Can Mike be reskinned as a pig?

[Dragnmoon]

Purple Fluffy CatBunnyGnome wrote:

Kyle Baird wrote:

Mark Moreland wrote:

This thread is in serious jeopardy of going completely off the rails. If it can't stay on the topic of congratulating Mike on his 5th star, I'm going to have to lock it down.

** spoiler omitted **

Fine, let's get this baby back on track.

Is Mike getting his 5th star an evil act and thus outlawed by RAW in PFS?

Has Mike earned the right to play?

Should Mike allowed to replay for credit?

Is Mike too difficult?

Can Mike's Int 3 animal companion ride his back while wielding a lance?

Can Mike take 10 on Knowledge (husband) checks?

Is Mike considered a level 7 pregen?

Why can't I get a Paladin Scribed scroll of Mike?

Can we re-skin mike to be more like Mark?

Why can't we open the Mike Race to everyone instead of only getting it at Cons?

[Mike Lindner]

Congrats!