No slander here
Despite all the words said by KeeblerX and Uriel1001, Digaaz and others in Keeblerx's most recent post, I feel I have a few more things to say. Nothing to do with system, little to do with combat.
For those who read my journal who care not one whit about Revelations or any other LARP I might play in, I apologize.
I will begin with saying that I have a very hard time being rational about Rev. It has always been more than just a LARP to me; it has been sort of a home, a place where I felt safe, a place where I understood the rules and the people, a place I could always come home to.
I took some time to calm down before posting this, and I think I have only one thing left to say.
After over 8 years of playing in a game, more than 2 years combined time Storytelling and AST'ing, I was told, "If you don't like the way I am telling this story, you can stop coming to my game" (paraphrased). That moment, more than the frustration of a scene we could not affect, made me feel hurt and betrayed. ST's, being human, get tired and angry and frustrated, and say words they don't mean. I've done it. I understand this. To tell me my options were to shut up or put up, about a game I've sweated and cried over more than once... not okay. If your players aren't happy, what are you running game for? If your players cannot tell you there's a problem, what are you doing? The ST is not God; he can be wrong.
I'm not making a lot of sense. I left a game that I had loved, that I had fought to keep alive, that I had struggled for, because I could not see that there was any place left for me. This hurts. Of any game, anywhere, Rev was not the ST's game... Rev belonged to its players, current and former. Rev belonged to Rev.
...what is the point in running plot the players cannot affect?
For those who read my journal who care not one whit about Revelations or any other LARP I might play in, I apologize.
I will begin with saying that I have a very hard time being rational about Rev. It has always been more than just a LARP to me; it has been sort of a home, a place where I felt safe, a place where I understood the rules and the people, a place I could always come home to.
I took some time to calm down before posting this, and I think I have only one thing left to say.
After over 8 years of playing in a game, more than 2 years combined time Storytelling and AST'ing, I was told, "If you don't like the way I am telling this story, you can stop coming to my game" (paraphrased). That moment, more than the frustration of a scene we could not affect, made me feel hurt and betrayed. ST's, being human, get tired and angry and frustrated, and say words they don't mean. I've done it. I understand this. To tell me my options were to shut up or put up, about a game I've sweated and cried over more than once... not okay. If your players aren't happy, what are you running game for? If your players cannot tell you there's a problem, what are you doing? The ST is not God; he can be wrong.
I'm not making a lot of sense. I left a game that I had loved, that I had fought to keep alive, that I had struggled for, because I could not see that there was any place left for me. This hurts. Of any game, anywhere, Rev was not the ST's game... Rev belonged to its players, current and former. Rev belonged to Rev.
...what is the point in running plot the players cannot affect?