How drunk where you…. er I mean when you decide to apply for the ANST position?

I’d actually applied in the past, so when the position came open again, I figured it was worth applying. Mage has always been from favorite venue, even back from OWOD days, even if the OWOD Mage MET system drove me batty on occasion.

Tell us a little bit about your home life Jake, we hear your married does your wife game?

I think if my wife didn’t game, I’d be in a lot of trouble for how long I sit in my office doing Camarilla related items. Lana and I actually met through the Cam, by way of a mutual friend of ours. We did the Cammie Long Distance Relationship thing for four years before she moved down after agreeing to marry me.

I actually proposed to her at the ICC / End of OWOD Changeling event. About everyone in the room knew about it beforehand, except for her. Only kept secret in the Cam. If you hunt for it, I’m sure someone has the video of it somewhere.

What do you do for a living beside torturing cammies?

I work in a call center that handles medical benefits. Not, perhaps, the most thrilling work EVER, but if we’re slow, it gives me a large opportunity to answer email and work on Cam related things.

I’m also trying to write a book.

When did you join the camarilla?

2001, back in the NPO days.

How is the reset plot coming along resets just around the corner after all? are you finding support from the global staff?

In truth, most of the reset related items are being run by global, so outside of putting in some input here and there, I am not finding it a difficulty.

Are you going to push people towards there local storytellers to fill in the wholes in that plot?
or will there be more support from the national level?

Tim and Derek are doing a really good job with all of it, I think. If there are any holes, I’m sure that either they, or the local storyteller, can fill in any holes. National level focus is going to remain where it is – national level focus. We can expect to see continual national plots as I cycle through the orders, as well as the on-ramping of the national structure setting.

If there is one thing you could change about the current venue what would it be?

The “You’re not the boss of me” syndrome. I believe Nash put it best when he described that the Camarilla is here for role playing and social organization. Running around, killing things, while laughing crazily to earn XP is called “World of Warcraft”. Much like someone wouldn’t sit down to a DnD game and make a party antagonist, I think we, as a global larp, have to allow for a greater society than what wild west style justice can be carved out.

The convocation you ran seemed to be a huge success will we be seeing more events like this take place?

We will, though not a Convocation. As other ideas for special events occur to me, they’ll get run. Part of what keeps things new and entertaining is that we can do unique things.

What did you like and dislike about the convocation?

I absolutely loved the amount of role play that occurred. People in scenes until three am is a definite win for me. As for dislike? Well, I’ll admit that agreeing to a five day game was a bit nutty, and by that last day, I was running out of steam. As much as I love all of my players, I was glad when it was over.

where would you like to see the venue when your term ends?

I would like to see the venue drawn together on a national level, and able to put to rest some of the demons from earlier in the chronicle that are continually rehashed.

If you could give every player one piece of advice what would it be?

Don’t play a loner in a Larp setting. Wolverine may be a lone badass, but he also runs in a team with the Xmen. Also, remember that everyone else gets a viewpoint, too. Ok, that was two peices of advice.

anything else you care to share with people?

I love this venue. Even still, it is just a game – a thing we do for mental relaxation and as a hobby. If you find yourself stressing out over things, take a break. Don’t answer that email right now, maybe give it an hour or two. Just remember that the person on the other side of that email/phone/etc/ is human, too. Be excellent to each other.

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Jake Tessler
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