Galvin says the Cypher production team , a group of more than a dozen people from varied backgrounds , made it easy for him . They were able to pull on their wide-range of experiences from technology to bad habits to provide him the resources he needed for the props . Take the cryolite canisters for example .
“ Frosty has a strange addiction to 5-hour Energy , so we were able to repurpose the bottles . We kept it classy with a paint job , a fancy label , and filled them with two-tone plastic pieces .”
These plastic beads were to represent cryolite that would be weighed at the end of the game for points . One color was pure , the other was contaminated cryolite , and the command staff was given a special tray and utensils to sort through this stuff one piece at a time . In the end , there were hundreds of bottles sorted and weighed for gram for gram to get points , but if one little yellow bead was found amongst the batch , the whole thing was considered contaminated and not counted .
“ They had to dedicate one player to sort through these tiny pieces during the entire game ,” Galvin said , “ Command had to make a decision who they could sacrifice , utilizing a valuable resource for a menial , difficult , but important task .”
They also leaned on Solo ’ s affiliation with Dyzana Sports , for production of colorful stickers to clearly mark and label items left on around the field .
“ It ’ s almost art , in a way ,” Galvin said .
He gave credit to a rich storyline and actors who brought all of these props to life .
“ Having role players out there to trade with players and interact with them directly is a different level ,” he said .
Throughout the day , role players provided or withheld elements of the game depending on how the players interacted with them . Played right , they would reveal essential intelligence or give up valuable props .
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