Good morning 405th TORG participants!
I am here to announce instructions for a skit that will be taking place Saturday morning for the opening ceremony of TORG! TORG event staff reached out to us to develop a little something for con-open, so
OFiveTwo,
Rosebud,
JTF4,
NobleofDeath16, and myself along with event staff have come up with this plan. Please read through and understand the following information, as we hope to have as many costumed Spartans participate in the opening ceremony as possible!
8:15am – VIP Wave Lineup
Please be in your suit and ready for the VIP door-open. We will be located just inside the main entrance in a line formation to welcome all the VIP attendees.
9:00am – VIPs Enter
VIP attendees will enter.
9:15am – Main Wave Lineup
Call time for opening ceremony skit.
9:30am to 9:45am – Opening Ceremony Skit
TORG has re-appearing characters that are present at each year’s welcome ceremony. They will be incorporated in this year’s as well. They are (from left to right) Torque Man, TORG-man, and the Hoarder.
The skit takes place outside the convention hall where attendees will be queueing to get in. The Hoarder will take his place near the front of the crowd near the entrance. The Hoarder will be holding a flag, and will be shielded by event volunteers called “minions”. Our army of Spartans commences near the back of the crowd with Torque-man and TORG-man.
Over a loudspeaker you will hear the iconic line “Flag stolen!” At this point the Spartans, along with Torque-man and TORG-man, will begin searching amongst the crowd for the enemy that has stolen our flag. Spartans will interact with attendees, perhaps using line like “We are looking for the one who has stolen out flag! Alert us if you see him!” or “We need to get that flag back soldiers! Locate the enemy!” Really get involved with folks here, make it an exciting experience! We may even make some Halo-themed “Wanted” posters to help you in your search. While you are doing this slowly make you way up the sides of the crowd toward the entrance where the Hoarder is.
After a period of frantic searching the Hoarder will be spotted by our Spartans and will begin being chased into the convention hall. Please note that the lovely event staff member who will be playing the Hoarder cannot run due to an injury, only walk fast. To keep our fast-pace chase energy, consider a more chaotic and disorganized approach to your army communication. Perhaps running to tell your fellow Spartans that you’ve spotted the enemy before chasing the enemy, for example.
TORG-man will announce “Send in OMEGA TEAM!” Omega team lines will be played through the loudspeaker while our very own Omega team (
SSGLordBert,
SSGLordElmo,
SSGLordErne) chase the Hoarder in, followed by our Spartans, who will then be followed by Torque-man and TORG-man. After all Spartans have made it in, the doors will close and the crowd will hear a gauss canon go off over the loudspeaker, followed by the Halo-3-Spartan-dying sound effect, followed by “Flag dropped!”
The skit will conclude around 9:45 to give attendees some time to wonder what the heck just happened.
10:00am – Doors Open
All Spartans will be lined up inside the convention hall as they were to welcome the VIP guests with the addition of Omega team detaining the Hoarder. We will continue to stay in formation until the majority of the line outside the convention hall has dwindled. After that you can feel free to go to your booth and Extra-Life obligations, or to begin wandering the convention hall.
Notes
The Mini-Mayhem stream event may be moved to another time slot to allow
OFiveTwo and myself to organize you folks for the opening ceremony. Stay tuned for an update on that!
Treat attendee interactions with the same care you would the live stream; that is, no profanity, no pointing your gun at people, etc. You never know who it is you’re interacting with. For all we know your boss, grandmother, your favourite voice actor, or the event runner could be in the crowd. Let’s make sure we put our best foot forward for them, eh?
PLEASE LET ME KNOW IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT SATURDAY MORNING!
