Post by Crynolyn on Sept 30, 2005 12:55:49 GMT -7
Is anyone from the west going to make it ?
Octoberfest is Belegarth's premier event of the year. Last year 422 people checked in. They're projecting an attendance of over 500 this year !! And Bel has a higher capita of fighters than other sports, so there will be HUGE battles. Octoberfest is also referred to as HORDEfest. Where many people show up as alternate characters, or go all out with their goblyn/monster personas.
Last year Hellhammer made the most memorable unit entrance with all sorts of green/black makeup, bones, 3 members carried in on litters, a firebreather, a goblyn escape & subsequent beat down. I don't know how they'll top it this year.
( But it's also the coldest event of the year. Bring mucho warm night garb, capes, sleeping bags and blankets. )
Pictures can do it much better justice than mere words, so check these out;
Octoberfest 2003
Octoberfest 2004
Here are directions just in case;
From I-74 in Danville, IL. Go south on HW 150.
Once in Westville, keep your eye out for the CVS on the left. Turn left directly after, onto (what may be) Main st or County road 5. Follow that curving country highway (I think there might be 4-6 turns ?) until you see the sign for Forest Glen County Preserve on your Left. Turn Left into the park.
Drive verrry slowly. It takes a bit, so don't get discouraged. Follow signs for the group camp. There are a bunch of curves. Just keep following the main paved road until you see a pavilion on your right, and then this sign for the Group Campgrounds.
Make a right turn here. Follow that dirt road sloooowly untill you see the battlefield,
Troll should be in the nieghborhood. Minors, please remember to bring notorized waivers Also, town is about 7 slow miles away, so bring what you need to begin with. =D
Hellhammer's Unit entrance
Hellhammer's Nivea
Octoberfest is Belegarth's premier event of the year. Last year 422 people checked in. They're projecting an attendance of over 500 this year !! And Bel has a higher capita of fighters than other sports, so there will be HUGE battles. Octoberfest is also referred to as HORDEfest. Where many people show up as alternate characters, or go all out with their goblyn/monster personas.
Last year Hellhammer made the most memorable unit entrance with all sorts of green/black makeup, bones, 3 members carried in on litters, a firebreather, a goblyn escape & subsequent beat down. I don't know how they'll top it this year.
( But it's also the coldest event of the year. Bring mucho warm night garb, capes, sleeping bags and blankets. )
Pictures can do it much better justice than mere words, so check these out;
Octoberfest 2003
Octoberfest 2004
Here are directions just in case;
From I-74 in Danville, IL. Go south on HW 150.
Once in Westville, keep your eye out for the CVS on the left. Turn left directly after, onto (what may be) Main st or County road 5. Follow that curving country highway (I think there might be 4-6 turns ?) until you see the sign for Forest Glen County Preserve on your Left. Turn Left into the park.
Drive verrry slowly. It takes a bit, so don't get discouraged. Follow signs for the group camp. There are a bunch of curves. Just keep following the main paved road until you see a pavilion on your right, and then this sign for the Group Campgrounds.
Make a right turn here. Follow that dirt road sloooowly untill you see the battlefield,
Troll should be in the nieghborhood. Minors, please remember to bring notorized waivers Also, town is about 7 slow miles away, so bring what you need to begin with. =D
Hellhammer's Unit entrance
Hellhammer's Nivea