Las Vegas Is Like A Video Game

[Brown]

Once again we have the debate about whether the Amazing Meeting should be held in Las Vegas or elsewhere. Although I feel that Las Vegas has much to offer, there is one aspect about Las Vegas that really gets annoying:

Traveling around in Las Vegas is like being in a big video game.

In many video games, there are characters who seem to wander around aimlessly. They don't shoot you or hurt you, but they get in your way. Las Vegas is full of people like this. They are on sensory overload, and so they lose all awareness of where they are or how slow they are going or how much they are inconveniencing others. They have an infuriating tendency to walk at a brisk pace and then come to a dead stop without warning.

And then there are the taxi drivers. These folks, I'm convinced, are trying to kill you. It's bad enough that many hotels can't afford to put up helpful, well-illuminated signs to let you know how to get out of their labyrinthine parking areas. What's worse is that, if you find yourself in the wrong lane, there is almost certainly going to be a cabby who will actively prevent you from correcting your error.

 

[LostAngeles]

So what was I? A hidden boss?

 

[tkingdoll]

So what was I? A hidden boss?

You were a sidequest. If you collect all 6 of you before the end of the first disc, you get the Blue Hair crystal which gives you extra MP and the Thundara spell.

 

[Eos of the Eons]

They have an infuriating tendency to walk at a brisk pace and then come to a dead stop without warning.

I tend to do that anywhere. Maybe I just like people tripping over me

 

[supercorgi]

Once again we have the debate about whether the Amazing Meeting should be held in Las Vegas or elsewhere. Although I feel that Las Vegas has much to offer, there is one aspect about Las Vegas that really gets annoying:

Traveling around in Las Vegas is like being in a big video game.

In many video games, there are characters who seem to wander around aimlessly. They don't shoot you or hurt you, but they get in your way. Las Vegas is full of people like this.

Every game needs NPCs.

 

[LostAngeles]

I tend to do that anywhere. Maybe I just like people tripping over me

So it's you!

I really hate it when people do that, myself. Then I do it and its even worse.

 

[delphi_ote]

So what was I? A hidden boss?

Yea, and I was the hero. Evidence?

My old avatar:

 

[Jas]

It's like a video game because it's blinky and noisy.

 

[Eos of the Eons]

Jas, I can't believe we live so close, but have never met. Is there any chance of a local skeptic meet up, in summer perhaps? It was discussed before, but never happened.

 

[kittynh]

I honestly twice raised my voice in casinos and said, "If someone does not show me immediately how to get out of this place I am going to scream!"

Mazes, and we are little mice with money....

 

[kookbreaker]

I honestly twice raised my voice in casinos and said, "If someone does not show me immediately how to get out of this place I am going to scream!"

That's when the machines are programmed to say "I'm hear for me, I'll spin my wheels to calm you down, gotta dollar?"

There is no such thing as a straight line in a casino. You might think you are walking in a straight line, but then you end up right back where you started.

 

[Bruce]

Treblehead and LostAngeles tried to interest me in some gambling machines that really did resemble video games. You put in your dollar, and a screen before you flashes with explosions, beeps, colors, and sounds. There are over a dozen buttons you can press and none of them make any sense. Treblehead seemed to think he figured out the "rules", but I refuse to believe that there was any logic to it at all. As soon as you figure out a way to "beat the system" and win money on a machine, two huge men usher you out of the building and the machines get replaced.

Those games were nothing more that a gateway drug, designed to lure videogame addicts like me into gambling. Ha! Didn't work. I blow my money on real video games.

 

[Bruce]

Listen to this. I'm serious now.

I paid for about 25 people on my credit card and they gave me about $600 in cash. I didn't exactly feel comfortable carrying around that much cash, so I asked a person behind the counter at the hotel if there were any ATM's that took deposits. She actually asked me, in total seriousness,

"What's a deposit?"

I was looking for a smirk, a wink, anything. Nothing.

"Uh, it's that thing you do when you actually put money IN TO the bank. I know that's not a common thing in Vegas, but it's what I'd like to do right now."

"Uh, no. I don't know of any ATM's that do that."

 

[LostAngeles]

...Wow.

 

[Ducky]

Who was I in the game?

 

[Chaos]

Who was I in the game?

Maybe one of those character creation menues that ask question after question, and when they´re done, your character is very different from what you intended.

(just kidding)

Myself, I think I´m one of those minor characters who drop random goodies (chocolate) when approached politely.

 

[kittynh]

Just a Vegas note too...

Some of the younger skeptics were complaining about the high prices charged by the ATMs.

ATMs charge for fortune in Vegas. I brought a few blank checks and the hotel happily cashed them for free.

Now, paper checks seemed a novel concept to some of the younger skeptic attending. "You brought some checks?"

Yeah, and the Stardust happily just gave me MONEY with no charge cause hey, I was surely going to just dump it in the slots, right?

I was told I could cash a check for up to $200 anytime.

 

[Chaos]

Just a Vegas note too...

Some of the younger skeptics were complaining about the high prices charged by the ATMs.

ATMs charge for fortune in Vegas. I brought a few blank checks and the hotel happily cashed them for free.

Now, paper checks seemed a novel concept to some of the younger skeptic attending. "You brought some checks?"

Yeah, and the Stardust happily just gave me MONEY with no charge cause hey, I was surely going to just dump it in the slots, right?

I was told I could cash a check for up to $200 anytime.

Traveller Checks. Not exactly a new idea, but they do their job.

 

[bug_girl]

as someone with epilepsy and some visual issues from a stroke--
vegas is a NIGHTMARE for someone like me. I had to be led from place to place a couple of times.
I probably won't go back, unless I can bring my husband and a guide dog. (and oxygen )

 

[delphi_ote]

as someone with epilepsy and some visual issues from a stroke--
vegas is a NIGHTMARE for someone like me. I had to be led from place to place a couple of times.
I probably won't go back, unless I can bring my husband and a guide dog. (and oxygen )

That means we won't see bug_girl anymore?