"So we were on one of those three-hour battles, had to
have been a bridge, and everyone was dying because it was like 90 degrees out.
So finally it ended, and everyone was dragging themselves off the field to go
get freezy pops and drinks and stuff like that, and I said to Rel: "Dude,
absolutely, under no circumstances, do not call a secret ninja chaos battle
right now." Well, Rel decides that "under no circumstances"
actually means "absolutely, certainly, I should call a secret ninja battle right now." And so
he calls one, and everyone is kinda like "Seriously?" but they fight
it out. Afterwards, we took Aaron's air horn away, and gave him just the button.
We took the can and put duct tape on it and wrote "Not for Rel" on
it. So that's why Rel is not allowed to have an air horn every again."
- Jason Micciche/ Veros
"It was back when Veros and Makhta were still throwing
it. I was up early, probably 8 or 9:00, sparring with someone in front of the
tavern when Veros comes out and says, "Messy, you seem like you have a
lot of energy this morning." And I'm like, "Oh yeah, you know,
just waiting for things to start." And he's like: "Ok, you have a
10-minute head start." I said "What?" and he said, "Now you
have a 9-minute head start." So I just take off running, and I guess that
was the start of the "Kill Mestoph" tournament, which had previously
been the "Kill Qwartz" tournament. So I ran all the way to the back
edge of the site, all the way to an old stone wall that separates this property
from the next. As far that way as you've ever gone, and then some more.
I
hid under a log for probably close to an hour before a group of Baronials
happened upon me. This was a time when Brighthammer was still in Bancroft . It
was Brighthammer and two other people and they were like: "Ok Messy, just
come with us, we'll make this easy for you." And I said, "Well, I'm
not going to make this easy on you" and threw my lightning bolt at
Brighthammer. Now I didn't just throw my lightening bolt at Brighthammer, I
threw it with a flip so that when he lifted his shield to block it, the tip hit
the top of his shield, flipped over it, and hit him in the back. I
magic-missiled down the second guy, rounded off of a tree and killed the third guy with my dagger (this was back when I was a three-path).
Unfortunately, the next group of people I ran into
was a group of Folkestoners in addition to some guy named Ray who just showed
up that day (he was having a problem with his Lord of the Rings ring so Radstar
wasn't there, he was just playing a fighter alt named Ray). So yeah, that was my favorite Green and Gold
memory, when I managed to take out like five people before they took me down. I
felt a little bad-ass. It was also the most running I've done at almost any
event ever. "
- Jesse Gifford/
Mestoph
"So my favorite Green and Gold story was, I believe, the
first year we had Deathwish back in the system after a long period of time,
and a lot of people had Deathwish. So pretty much whenever there was a chaos
ninja battle during Green and Gold everyone would activate their Deathwishes. And a lot of people would just
yell things to make it seem like there was a deathwish, so innocent people were
murdered. Sometimes a deathwish was something like: "One person's name,
activate!" and it was for another
person, so the person whose name got called was mowed down, while the other
person ran free and mutilated their teammates. I think over the years, chaos ninja battles have
always been my favorite, and I think that year was the highlight."
-
Tucker Noyes/ Temorse
"When I think of Green
and Gold two stories jump out more than most.
The first happened about 9 or 10 years ago. Back then when I was in Grimloch, me and my comrade Dell got up very very early, like at the crack of dawn. We made our way down to the tavern to see if there were any snacks and to our surprise, the gods had left a small magical device that summoned loud bursts of noise compelling people to attack each other. Well, we knew what to do with this - take it back to camp and wake up the rest of Grimloch. While we made a ruckus at our camp, the noise traveled to other camps as well, making people think the battles had started. This upset the local gods and they decided that the first tourney was to be "Catch the Syruss."
The first happened about 9 or 10 years ago. Back then when I was in Grimloch, me and my comrade Dell got up very very early, like at the crack of dawn. We made our way down to the tavern to see if there were any snacks and to our surprise, the gods had left a small magical device that summoned loud bursts of noise compelling people to attack each other. Well, we knew what to do with this - take it back to camp and wake up the rest of Grimloch. While we made a ruckus at our camp, the noise traveled to other camps as well, making people think the battles had started. This upset the local gods and they decided that the first tourney was to be "Catch the Syruss."
Not knowing this, Dell and I
continued to look for snacks when we stumbled upon members of the Green team,
my fellow compatriots and they started to attack. Not knowing what was
going on, I defended myself (justly) and proceeded to slaughter the poor group
of new adventurers. As I was finishing off one of the runners one of my
teammates must have told my good buddy Dell what they were doing because before
I knew what was happening, Dell hit me three times flush on the noggin. He
then proceeded to turn me in for points for the Gold team. The lesson here is:
"Never play with things you aren't supposed to, the gods don't like
it." Well, that and "Never trust a gold team member."
My second favorite memory happened more recently when my Brother and Lord Sir Nymous O'Leary presented me with my Green N tabard,welcoming me to my new home Neden. Little did I know at the time that one of my most recent memories would also be the last.
This event has had so many memorable moments for me and I could not possibly list them all, thank you so much to the staff that gave me so many great night quests, a chance to general, the experience of marshaling my first large war event, my first Night Quest I got to throw with the Blue Rose and the event that I joined my best friends group. Thank you so much, guys."
My second favorite memory happened more recently when my Brother and Lord Sir Nymous O'Leary presented me with my Green N tabard,welcoming me to my new home Neden. Little did I know at the time that one of my most recent memories would also be the last.
This event has had so many memorable moments for me and I could not possibly list them all, thank you so much to the staff that gave me so many great night quests, a chance to general, the experience of marshaling my first large war event, my first Night Quest I got to throw with the Blue Rose and the event that I joined my best friends group. Thank you so much, guys."
- Cal Marsden/ Syruss
"I have many fond memories of Green and Gold, but they
do not translate well to stories. They are all moments of personal
triumph, growth, or other odd things that have happened over the years,
that without Green and Gold I never would have encountered. I never
would have killed Jarrod with a well-timed Magic Missile in a bridge
battle, shifting the battle. I never would have been hidden in the boat
house at a flag waiting for someone else to find it in order to defend
the point. I remember trivia, and night quests and EXTREME BANDITOS
when we were promised no bandits. I remember overwhelming odds and
chaos. I remember the first time I was on Gold, and this year being
astonished I was somehow on the "ice age". All of these are memories
that are not great stories...but together make me fondly remember Green
and Gold."
- Chris Donnelly/ Janus
- Sean Veale/ Wil