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Please join me in congratulating Chris Sharpe on his promotion to Venture-Captain, New Zealand.
Since his appointment as my VL back in April, Chris has done a fantastic job of building up a strong and enthusiastic following for PFS in Auckland, a continuation of the work he started before that. He has not done this alone, of course, and continues to be ably assisted by a number of dedicated and talented GMs and event organisers. Isaac White (RPG Superstar 2013 Top 32), in particular, has been at his side throughout, spreading the word and entertaining the growing horde.
Chris' plans include not only continuing to develop the Pathfinder scene in Auckland, which he will do by bringing more stores and conventions into his portfolio over the coming months, but also helping to kickstart public play groups in other cities, such as Christchurch, Dunedin, and Wellington. If you're a Pathfinder player in New Zealand, don't hesitate to get in touch with Chris and, through him, connect with the exciting growth of the NZ Pathfinder community.
Congratulations, Chris! Go Team NZ!
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Congratulations Chris.
In 99 I got to help lead a US student exchange group to New Zealand. 1/2 of my job was to photograph the high school kids and New Zealand, and the other half, was to help the group leader help "herd" the kids. We were there for six weeks.
We spent a few days in Aukland. We visited Rotorua. I also remember a cave we went into was full of little glow worms hanging from the ceiling of the chamber. They looked like little green stars.
We did our homestay for about a month in a little town called Fielding. We had a great time there. I got the chance to try and shear a sheep. I watched the other farmers do it, and thought "how difficult can it be?". We got the sheep sitting on its behind, and I was standing behind it, with my fore arm across its fore legs, under its neck. I started Shearing with the electric shears. I got about half the fleece off, and the sheep had other ideas. There was a bit of a struggle, I ended up on my but, and the sheep running around the barn bleating, and half sheared. I tried to chase it around with the shears....you get the picture...Everyone thought it was funny, and after the farmers recovered from their fits of laughter, they caught the sheep, helped me up, ( I managed to trip myself on the greasy floor boards with the electrical wire attached to the shears. ) caught the sheep in short order and finished shearing it.
We also went to Wellignton. We visited a science museum. We were staying at a youth hostel, and I remember, the other Group leader, Javaoid, a big african american basketball coach, and I had checked in on all the students, and we were ready to turn in. Everything was too quiet. We checked on them again and found that they had all left. We had to catch the high speed ferry to the south Island early the next morning. Luckily we found them in a nearby bar. With Javaid roaring at them, they all crept back to their rooms.
We also went around the south island visiting Abel Tasmen National park. I remember the rest of the group went to a glacier, while i was sick and couldn't make it. We also went to Queenstown, and to Milford Sound, and Christ Church.
All in all I had a great time in New Zealand. Out of all the places my photography work has taken me, France, Engand Germany, India, China, Brazil, I have always enjoyed exploring a new place, but at the end of my journey, i was always happy to come back to my home in the US.
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Congratulations, Chris! I relocated to NZ from southern Florida (just over a month ago) and since meeting Chris (and his right-hand man, Isaac, who should be becoming a VL in his own right soon enough) I have started to help out as GM for the Auckland area. Great group of people(!), PFS is starting to take flight here due to Chris' efforts! Well-done Chris, you deserve it!
EDIT- Oh yeah, and if anyone in Auckland is reading this and isn't involved in PFS yet, but would like to be- check out this link to Warhorn where we sign up for regular games.
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Thank you all for the kind words!
It's been a great ride since I started organising Pathfinder Society here in Auckland, and this begins the next chapter.
In the near future I am planning to spread Pathfinder Society to the other city centres in New Zealand. After seeing how many players came out of the woodwork when I became a venture officer in April, I can't wait to see the results when we get Venture Officers spread across the North and South Island.
I also hear a common theme amongst most posts in this thread, conventions! currently RPG conventions are non-existent in New Zealand, at least in the way we understand them in Australia. This will change in future, I promise. Watch this space!
