“ The hardest part was managing the attrition,” Zeke said.“ There were a lot of quick decisions that had to be made. The tournament players are also the heavy-hitters on the field, so you have to measure the risk versus reward in taking a hard-hitting team away from a key position on the field where they are focused on highvalue points, where the 5v5s were only worth 50 points.”
He utilized a lot of novice tournament players for these battles, and that seemed to work for him.
Incorporation of young gun missions which played out both on and off the field At the Team Tags tent, there was a white snake intended as a piece of Medusa’ s hair hidden for the young guns to find. Once found, the snake had to be taken to the“ Pyramid of Doom”, the name given to the production control center where missions were distributed by the writer herself.
“ Kristy was a delight,” Zeke said, recounting that she even wore a dress and stayed in character as the game master through the entire event.
True to form, Living Legends 17 saw the appearance of content creators and influencers alike, including Wolf and NightmarePB. But, the buzz for the weekend came thanks to the 2024 NPC of the Year- Tedd E. Bear.
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