{"id":688,"date":"2010-10-11T23:48:00","date_gmt":"2010-10-12T06:48:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.curtiscchen.com\/journal\/2010\/10\/11\/snoutcast-37-scouting\/"},"modified":"2010-10-11T23:48:00","modified_gmt":"2010-10-12T06:48:00","slug":"snoutcast-37-scouting","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.curtiscchen.com\/journal\/2010\/10\/11\/snoutcast-37-scouting\/","title":{"rendered":"SnoutCast #37: “Scouting”"},"content":{"rendered":"

How do GCs pick locations for their Games? We don’t know how others do it, but we can talk about how Team Snout does it. And we do!<\/p>\n

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[ Download mp3<\/a> – 34 MB ]<\/small><\/p>\n

00:58 – “discerning”<\/i>
02:27 – Please send Curtis a birthday postcard.<\/a>
03:47 – gratuitous mention of Travels With Our Cats<\/a>
04:23 – gratuitous Jim Jarmusch reference<\/a>
05:52 – if you visit: must-see locations in Portland, Oregon
07:13 – DeeAnn’s conceptual Porky Pig impression
08:37 – Karl is our navigator and cartographer
10:01 – how do we pick locations?
12:26 – DeeAnn does not<\/b> prioritize theme over safety
14:17 – where Route usually fits into Snout’s early GC planning
15:52 – counter-example: taking the Homicide Game to Santa Cruz<\/a>
17:00 – optimal drive time: 15 minutes? DeeAnn’s Anedcotal Evidence™
18:48 – exception: longer drive times at night
19:45 – open\/closed hours for locations are critical!
23:40 – tough decisions in Hogwarts Game route<\/a> planning
25:57 – we like loops
28:04 – in closing: specific criteria to scout at locations
31:53 – upcoming events:<\/i> Puzzled Pint<\/a> (PDX, tonight!); “Odd Man Out” treasure hunt<\/a> (San Francisco, 10\/23); Ghost Patrol BANG<\/a>\/SNAP 7<\/a> (Bay Area\/Seattle, 10\/31)
36:22 – The End<\/p>\n

Music: instrumentals from “Code Monkey” and “First of May” by Jonathan Coulton<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n

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\"CKL\" \"DeeAnn\"<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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