Annoyingly...

...that was about as bad a performance as I have put in in a long time. Not the game itself (which had nothing about it that wasn't fun and interesting, as normal), and certainly not my roleplay (I was quite happy with the immersion and portrayal), but for the actual gameplay. I don't think I've ever been so bad at reacting to blows and narrative descriptions, remembering hits, and fighting safely, in a long time. I have a weekend off due next week, and a couple of weeks monstering after that, so hopefully I can get my eye back in and play in a way I'm happy with.

It's a pity, because I was quite pleased with the personal interactions I had with people and the environment (though a couple of things could have been done better with hindsight), and the character (while he might have just fucked himself in the ear quiet utterly) is developing nicely within the gameworld, and causing IC tension as I was hoping he would. Bad game play is not something I remember being guilty of before, certainly not to this extent, and is something that I definitely want to sort out before I play him (or anyone else) again.

As an aside, I apologise to anyone who was weirded out by Watcher's torture scenes. The option came about very quickly and I should probably have cleared it with people a great deal more before pushing ahead with it.