WeRPIn - The Genesis

WeRPIn, short for Web RolePlayers International, is an internet-based tabletop RPG group I happen to be part of.

I've been a long time reader of the webcomic Darths & Droids, which is a tabletop RPG story. & as such, I was heavily drawn into this subculture. However, where I live, nobody even knows what a tabletop RPG is. So my chances of ever actually playing one was nil, at best.

So when Fellonius tweeted, quite unexpectedly, that

And yet another Dungeons & Dragons session is under way. Might be the second to last, actually. Ever(?).
— Fellonius Mellankamp (@FelloniusWizard) May 18, 2013

I yelled out, not at all certain it'd work, that

@FelloniusWizard Me wants in.
— Ani (Spell 'Awe-ni') (@Anistuffs) May 18, 2013

jGazMom, having never tried one herself either, followed suit,

@FelloniusWizard @Anistuffs You’re playing D&D? I’m jealous. I’ve always wanted to try it but never had the courage.
— Jennifer Lyons (@jGazMom) May 18, 2013

After a little bit of discussion with her,

@jGazMom @FelloniusWizard I'm jealous because I've never known anyone else IRL who does so I never even got the chance.
— Ani (Spell 'Awe-ni') (@Anistuffs) May 18, 2013

@Anistuffs @FelloniusWizard There should be a way to play online. That would be perfect for people like us.
— Jennifer Lyons (@jGazMom) May 18, 2013

@jGazMom @FelloniusWizard Me wants in. Me wants in so badly.
— Ani (Spell 'Awe-ni') (@Anistuffs) May 18, 2013

@Anistuffs @FelloniusWizard Me too. :(
— Jennifer Lyons (@jGazMom) May 18, 2013

we were both psyched for a chance at playing this strange & new type of gaming, knowing full well that there was very little chance it'd ever happen.

That is, until Vladimyr tweeted,

@jGazMom @Anistuffs @FelloniusWizard I think this was the software we used: http://t.co/ZneaXXZFiK
— Vladimyr (@SirVladimyr) May 18, 2013

& then, well,

So that was that. jGazMom & I unanimously chose Fellonius as our GM & he got about figuring out Maptool & how to use it as he wanted.

Soon enough, being the nosy naming type that I am, I has the idea to make an official name for this whole shindig of a group.

@FelloniusWizard @jGazMom @FaumeMC We need a name for our international web RPG group. Any ideas anyone?
— Ani (Spell 'Awe-ni') (@Anistuffs) June 1, 2013

@FelloniusWizard @jGazMom @FaumeMC @rsmalec How about WebRPers International? Google says it's clear :)
— Ani (Spell 'Awe-ni') (@Anistuffs) June 1, 2013

@FelloniusWizard @jGazMom @FaumeMC @rsmalec Or WeRPIn for short :P
— Ani (Spell 'Awe-ni') (@Anistuffs) June 1, 2013

@Anistuffs @jGazMom @FaumeMC @rsmalec Werpin, sounds good. But the one with the video recording must have his say as well.
— Fellonius Mellankamp (@FelloniusWizard) June 1, 2013

& finally

@FelloniusWizard Any ETA on the character creation session? #WeRPIn Yeah, I just made that a hashtag. The name's official now ;D
— Ani (Spell 'Awe-ni') (@Anistuffs) June 2, 2013

& the name stuck :)

We also picked up veteran Tabletop RPG players Faume & Rsmalec along the way & jGazMom's son Sam, an equal newbie like her, also came along for the ride :)
So here we were, a group spread across 3 continents, with a maximum time difference of almost 11 hours, attempting to get together to play a Tabletop RPG. Talk about eventful eh?


Our first session took place on Saturday morning (22nd June, 2013) for Fellonius (Sweden) & I (India) and Friday night (21st June, 2013) for jGazMom, Sam, Faume & Rsmalec (all USA). I was so excited for this that I only slept 3 & a half hours that night, wasking up at 4 o'clock in the morning (the session started at 7:30am). Despite my eyelids feeling heavier than a forklift, my brain was too excited to sleep.

It was mainly character creation followed by a little bit of gameplay covering a duration of 4 hours. It went surprisingly well.

#WeRPIn Session 1: GREAT SUCCESS :D It's hard to overstate my satisfaction :) Totally worth not getting a good night's sleep :)
— Ani (Spell 'Awe-ni') (@Anistuffs) June 22, 2013

@FelloniusWizard @Anistuffs @jGazMom @FaumeMC I was SO stressed/tired I almost didn't come. It was amazingly medicinal! Thank you all
— Ron Smalec (@rsmalec) June 22, 2013

We're all quite eager for our next session. Rsmalec & I have recorded some of the footage & will upload them shortly on our channels so look out for that if you're interested in how it all went down :)

In any case, Thank you very much for reading this (if you did that is. If you just scrolled down, you missed some interesting stuff, that's all I'm saying). & have a nice day everyone. I know I did on Saturday :D

Today I did something I haven't done in over 10 years 8O

Today, on the20th of June of 2013, at around 12noon took place one of the most EPIC thunderstorm & torrential rain I've seen in my life.

That's not what it is.

I was luckily in my friend's place at college campus playing Cave Story so I was okay. But the rainstorm continued for more than an hour. Then I decided to return home in case it happens again. The bus was packed like uhh... like a bus in West Bengal (there's seriously no analogy to the level of crowding that happens here). & the streets were waterlogged as heck.

That's also not what it is.

I got down at my stop & started walking trying to avoid getting my partially semi-wet sneakers completely soggy. To do that I had to walk on a low wall for a while. Then as I was getting close to my house, I saw the streets were completely waterlogged. The footpath was about 1-1.5 feet deep in dirty water & the middle of the road had about 2 inches deep water through which cars were plying like normal making waves that raised the 1.5 feet water on the footpath to more than 2 feet (around my knee).

& that's when I did it. I did a calculation considering all my options & then, with a sigh, took off my sneakers & socks & walked through the waterlogged streets for about 0.5 kms to my home while avoiding glass bits, stone chips, bits of bricks, & the likes which were under the EXTREMELY murky waters, just feeling them through the sole of my barefeet while also avoiding the waves made by cars.

THAT is what it is.

I took a few snaps but sadly my phone is old as heck & the shots came out blurry as all heck since I was trying to balance myself in the waves. BTW, the time was 2:40pm, for the curious.

So yeah, Walking Through Waterlogged Streets Barefoot! Whooooooo....

Just a normal morning

Time: 11:30am

Me (sitting at computer browsing the Interwebs): Hmmm! There's something I'm forgetting. What is it? It's something crucial to my well-being & general survival. What could it possibly be? It's right at the tip of my tongue but I can't quite recall it. C'mon brain, think.

Grandmother (from outside): Didn't you eat your breakfast?

Me: ...

P.S. I wasted about 10 matchsticks before lighting one. This time it wasn't entirely my fault though. The matchstick scrubbing part on the side of the matchbox were all used up & stuff.