Func_Msgboard: The Rituals Of Mappery

Posted by distrans on 2004/09/28 22:09:35

I recently realised that every time I tried to map on my "Archane" level:
a) certain background conditions had to be in place, and
b) certain actions had to be performed
...before mapping could commence.

So, the ambient light level in the room had to be below a certain level, jasmine incense had to be burning in the next room, Concrete Blonde had to be playing (rather loudly) on the stereo. With all this in place, I then had to go through the elaborate process of either brewing a pot of tea or decanting a bottle of red (depending on the time of day). Only with beverage in hand and Ectoplasmic Lover ringing in my ears could I move through the scented haze and commence mapping.

Wierd... possibly, but I suspect not unique. It is rumoured that Vondur cannot lay brush one without first sacrificing at least one goat to the lord of the underworld, and that any of ELEK's mapping sessions had to be preceded by a large meal... generously laced with chives.

Fess up! What rituals do you perform before, during or after mapping?

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Bleh...

#1 posted by distrans on 2004/09/28 22:11:27

...and if a mod could find the errant 't' and place it appropriately in the title, I'd much appreciate it.

#2 posted by - on 2004/09/28 22:16:03

for the last... few years at least, I can't begin work on a map without first building an 8 or 12 sided brush curve and somehow expanding from there. strange... BUT TRUE!

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