The Art of Selecting and Signing Up for Intercon Games (The Lily Way)

[mllelaurel]

I remember there was a discussion on the Intercon Facebook community, last year, on how people go about selecting and signing up for games. This is my process, for the edification of others and proof of my own dorkery

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[offside7]

That surprises me. I don't feel sure about how fast FTiP will fill (probably will fill very fast, though) but I think Rabbit Run is likely to go in the blink of an eye because it's gotten absurdly good press. I mean, I've never seen so much fanfiction written about a LARP. That strikes me as a really good sign.

So the obvious one is contacts (which has become my go-to solution) but that is obviously not for everyone, and honestly, that's clearly not the solution for people who ask because if it was, they would just do it.

Similarly, for some genres you can use stuff designed to go over glasses, like sports goggles, but of course that works better for genres like supers or high tech spies and not so much for magical formal balls.

Somehow covering the bottom half of the face is another, though with thick/hard stuff, that can introduce communication inconveniences. A beaded/lace/sheer belly dancer veil is my favorite compromise -- it usually doesn't interfere with speech.

(Alternatively, a birdcage-like veil that goes over the top half of the face without obscuring vision may suffice.)

I know of people painting on a mask with facepaint/latex/makeup, so glasses can be worn normally, but that requires a LARP for which removing the masks is highly unlikely/impossible in a LARP, or one in which saying "forsooth I remove my mask" will not suffice.

I've heard of people taking apart old glasses and fixing the lenses into a mask. (That requires having an old spare pair around, so not generally a useful idea.)

I've also seen people stick masks to the front of their glasses with tape. That worked pretty well for a Harley Quinn costume I saw.

Using sunglasses as the mask can work in some genres (like supers) if it's outdoors/brightly lit.

And then there's cutting up a mask to make glasses sit comfortably over them (maybe poking holes around the ears, or cutting out most of the bridge of the nose) which has worked for me before.

I really like your idea of sticking colorful cloth/other doodads around parts of the glasses to simulate a mask.

[mllelaurel]

I think my choice between which of those two to sign up for did boil down to I have more backup choices on Saturday night. I can definitely see Rabbit Run going in a flash. It looks so cool!

I like the idea of cutting out a mask to fit around the glasses. That's another potential idea. If I can find a mask pattern, print it out on stiff paper and mess around with it, maybe...

[offside7]

FWIW, NPCing for Rabbit Run was also a ton of fun.