Ask the Editors
Episode 1
Hello everyone, and welcome
to the very first episode of Ask the Editors. Much like another famous
Episode One, this one is likely going to be quite bad. Stick around
though, because I feel that by Episode Four it should get really
good.
As of now, we do not have
many questions to choose from so we have decided to start with a fun
one to break the ice. This one is from our Question Box:
"How fabulous is the name
Valley Girl? The story behind it is unimportant."
~Rani
Valley
“Well,
Rani Valley, I am not sure 'fabulous' is the word I would go with.
Practical perhaps. I always assumed your name was Valley Girl because
you are a girl from Thorn Valley. By my logic, if you were a boy from
the Borderlands you would have been called Border Boy. But the fact
that you have mentioned a story behind it means that it likely has
more meaning than that.
I
am going to have to disagree that the story behind is it unimportant.
Nicknames are something that you can't really choose for yourself,
they are given to you based on things like location, past deeds, and
quirky personality traits. Obviously Valley Girl is a nickname,
though I will admit I didn't know your real name until right this
minute, and how you acquired the nickname is pertinent information
when deciding if it's fabulous, awful, or some adjective in between.
So the jury is still out.
Now
I am quite a bit older than you, so 'Valley Girl' has a connotation
that you probably have never even heard of. There is an actual movie
from the 80's called Valley Girl, but that was even a little before
my time, or at least the time I was watching coming of age teen
flicks. No, I think of this:
If
you don't know who or what this is, then I just can't even. "Whatever.”
~Sara
“Zarine” Jessop
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or identified, and about any aspect of our game and/or LARP in
general. So if you'd like to make us do more work for the zero
dollars we make, please ask away! Information on how to participate
will be attached to the bottom of every episode.
Thank
you all for reading, and join us soon for our next episode when we
answer the very important question: “Why don't people NPC as much?”
Questions
can be sent to Sara “Zarine” Jessop via email (
Sarajjesop@gmail.com),
facebook messenger, or in person. The question box will also be
making the rounds at various events. Please note if you'd like your
question to remain anonymous and/or if you would like to address
specific editors.