Washingcon: Sunday, July 22, 2007

Sunday, July 22

Note: For those people who care about that sort of thing (myself included), the photos are not in chronological order. There was a lot of overlap in the timeline between the three subsections I have listed, but for the sake of categorazation, I grouped like pictures together rather than staying strictly chronological.

Final Full Day of Washingcon

There wasn't a whole lot to do as people prepared to leave, so those of us remaining did random things around the house.

Will and Reid play Guitar Hero II

Reid and Camille

An eagle landed in a tree just outside of our deck. Unfortunately, it began to fly away before we could get a good picture of it.

We all signed this yellow piece of cardboard. The board was originally intended to be a "HINT" sign, but we never ended up making it.

Brian and Steve light things on fire

A few months prior, Paul had been screwing around with the configuration files for Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas, and figured out how to modify characteristics of the in-game vehicles. Armed with this knowledge and an in-game hangar full of buses, he set out to create the Superbus.

The Superbus was a modified coach. It weighed twice as much as a normal bus, and had engines sufficient to give it a top speed and acceleration an order of magnitude higher than usual. Its center of gravity was lowered significantly so it didn't tip over when making turns. It was also heavily armored, to the point where it was more durable than a tank.

Paul showed off the Superbus to a few conventioners. They questioned his logic, noting that if he were going to make the bus more durable than a tank, why not just make a very fast tank? And so the Supertank was born.

Logan drives the Supertank as Chaz watches

The Supertank

Afterwards, we switched to RollerCoaster Tycoon 3.

Joe plays RollerCoaster Tycoon 3 as Brian and Danielle look on

Paul and Brian had been playing RCT3 the previous day, and created an amusement park with a large landscaped bullseye in the middle of it. The ultimate goal was for every single ride in the park to violently end at the bullseye.

They created some childrens' rides and simple roller coasters which launched themselves at the bullseye, but they were hoping to create something more fantastic. The eventual result ended up being an eight-tracked magnetically launched roller coaster, where half of the trains would collide with the other half of the trains in midair above the bullseye.

The Rainbow of Death leaving the station platform