As winter's wilds send us fleeing for shelter,
My thoughts turn toward the kiss of Costa's sun.
I think of Westerly winds and sandy shores,
And I know that, soon, the dawn will come.
Ride again, early June.
Q: What is this??
A: Well, this is the first time I've been back on tumblr while this event has been held!
This is a teaser promo for Ride the Tide 2024!
Q: What is Ride the Tide?
A: RTT is a virtual summer/beach festival that is put on in XIV in Costa del Sol. It's planned, sponsored, and held by a XIV discord community I helped to found, The Aetheryte Plaza.
We gather RP venues from all over the NA data centers and together, we run various booths for games, refreshments, and hangouts - including a main stage where well known bards will play to get you into the festival mood!
We try to hold it well out of range of the game's official Moonfire Faire, but before Pride events really start kicking off so we don't detract from them.
This will be Aetheryte Plaza's 5th year hosting the festival, and my 4th year helping with its planning!
Q: What caused AP to start hosting a summer festival?
A: The festival was first conceived by a couple of good friends of mine in 2020, just after shutdowns really started happening. And since vacation plans were out the window for a lot of people, they decided to create a virtual festival...and it was a WILD success.
I was only attending as a venue worker for one of the booths, but I got to see it all at the forefront:
We hit the zone cap!
We got the S rank to spawn in the middle of it!
We had mentors mad at us because they couldn't get their little sprouts through Titan, meanwhile said sprouts were running around with stars in their eyes because it was a FESTIVAL and this was the most players they'd seen outside of the main cities!!
People were posting all their screenshots of their WoLs hanging out together!
It was so cool to see how many people came because...in the middle of the pandemic when we couldn't physically leave, we all needed this.
Q: Is this strictly an RP event?
A: Well...the short answer is no, it's RP-lite.
The long answer is: originally it was going to be during its 1st year, but because of its nature, we got a mixed bag of RPers, casual players, streamers, and people who were just there to vibe...so RP kinda got tossed to the side unless we encountered fellow RPers.
If you're an RPer and you want to RP with the people working the booths, go for it!! They'll happily RP with those who want to.
Q: What's your role in planning?
A: If you've come this far, dear reader, I thank you because if you came here because of the image at the top of this post...then you have half of your answer!
I'm in charge of the media aspect - making teasers and posters, etc ❤️
I'm also in charge of the RTT website and the festival's interactive map. That was my addition when I joined the planning team in 2021. No more need to guess where booths are and what they offer!
However, this...is going to be my last year being on the planning team only because I stress myself way out in the late phases of the event planning, and my best friends are putting their feet down 😅
Thank you again if you read through all of this. If this has piqued anyone's interest, then keep up with me! I'll be including tumblr this year as I share RTT posters in a few months!
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L’été approche. À cette occasion je viens de ressortir mes shorts en jean remisés dans leur boite ikea - aka le tombeau des beaux jours - depuis le mois d’octobre. En fouillant leurs poches avant de les mettre à la machine j’ai trouvé dans l’un d’eux du sable en bonne quantité et un billet d’un dollar roulé en paille. Problème. La seule fois où je suis allée aux États-Unis c’était en 2012 à New-York, pas de sable, trop lointain et pour finir je n’ai jamais consommé de cocaïne. Unique solution donc, mon short en jean a visiblement passé ses vacances d’hiver à Miami à s’en tartiner plein les naseaux. Après intense réflexion je peux m’avancer sans le moindre doute sur le constat suivant : nos vêtements prennent des RTT dans notre dos. Et soudain tout devient clair. La chaussette disparue a préféré rester à Saint-Malo tandis que l’autre plus raisonnable s’est dit qu’il était temps de rentrer, le pantalon devenu trop petit par la grâce du saint esprit revient tout juste d’une retraite « jeûn et méditation tantrique » dans un écolieu du Lubéron, le t-shirt mystérieusement tâché s’est offert un bon petit resto au Cap-Ferret avec les sous du contribuable (vous), le calebute troué a explosé ses performances lors d’un trek de 6 jours à isola 2000 et la capote retrouvée dans le manteau de votre mari est avec certitude le signe que celui-ci (le manteau, pas le mari, suivez un peu) entretient une relation amoureuse avec un pantalon à pinces (admettons). Voilà. Je n’ai pas d’autres explications. Ne me remerciez pas pour cette révélation qui je n’en doute pas vous fera regarder votre slip autrement.
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