Martha's
Played in hazliya's game Martha Stewart's Guide to Interdimensional Summoning (and Basting a Turkey) yesterday and had a blast. My character was a bit of a deviation from the norm: she was neither a thief, a whore, or an assassin (though she was a princess). Instead, she was the mental equivalent of a 14 year old girl obsessed with Disney movies and happily-ever-afters. In fact, when asked what she was looking for, I answered, "I want it all--true love, romance...I'm looking for the Edward to my Bella."
The game around me stopped, mostly so all three GMs could come over, hit me, and shake their heads. To which I replied, "I LEARNED IT FROM YOU YOU MADE ME THIS WAY!!!" In my defense, it was completely, utterly, and honestly within character. Haz referred to it as a literary rick-roll, which was awesome because we had a regular rick-roll, too.
I learned several things from this LARP. The first is I am a terrible LARPer when I'm playing the vapidest vapid nitwit who was ever incredibly vapid. Don't get me wrong--I totally rocked the the character, but I kept breaking character to hide behind my sheet and laugh at myself. I could play her and play her well, I just couldn't play her for more than seven or so minutes without breaking.
The second thing I learned was that usernamenumber and I are NOT ALLOWED TO GAME TOGETHER. We were awesomeful, which, yes, is a mix of awful and awesome.
Some memorable quotes (it helps to read them all like lines in a soap opera):
usernamenumber (while giving my character a magical back-rub of utter sexiness): "You're a diamond. No--you're a piece of coal on the brink of becoming a diamond!"
Me: "Well, I'm on the brink all right..."
usernamenumber: "...unless you think I'm too much of a monster!" (Dramatic arm gesture as he turns away)
Me: "No! Never! I could never think of you as a monster. In fact--you're the only person who understands me--down to the depths of my soul! If you're a monster, then I'm one, too! And I couldn't care less!"
usernamenumber: "You're a diamond, refracting the light of truth to its component spectra...that metaphor got away from be a bit, didn't it?"
There were a bunch more. After awhile, I was too busy laughing to remember them properly. They were appropriately epic, though, I know that much.
shogunhb had a great time, too. He was an adorably earnest demon with a slightly-askew bow-tie who was voted 'Most Eligible Demon.' He wibbled when he won. IT WAS SO ADORABLE I NEARLY CRIED. how_low_am_i also played, it being her very firstest LARP ever and had a blast. Her character won 'Most Eligible Human.' Then she and shogunhb bonded. I'd be all stupid-jealous, cause, uhh, I so am and stuff, but my character had run off to another section of Martha's mansion to have sex so mindblowing she blacked out. Oh well, no fits of insane jealousy for me.
I am now trying to convince her to come to Intercon. I suggest everyone go to her LJ and back me up, but THE POST WHERE SHE ADMITS LIKING TO LARP IS F-LOCKED, PROBABLY CAUSE SHE DOESN'T WANT HER COOL FRIENDS TO KNOW THE TRUTH.
I'd say "Ha! Now they know for sure!" but I'm pretty sure she makes sure her cool friends don't know my LJ exists. Except maybe yonaruth. Hi yonaruth! Except yonaruth played in the Buffy game with us, so she's prolly safe.
In summary: Game fun, people great, good time was had by all. I'd say that it was a LARP with a high replay value since there are no Big Secrets or Plot Twists that would make it impossible to play again. It's a game driven purely by character interaction, so as long as you always have a solid cast, it'll be a new game every time.
Thanks a ton, Haz, for letting me play.
The game around me stopped, mostly so all three GMs could come over, hit me, and shake their heads. To which I replied, "I LEARNED IT FROM YOU YOU MADE ME THIS WAY!!!" In my defense, it was completely, utterly, and honestly within character. Haz referred to it as a literary rick-roll, which was awesome because we had a regular rick-roll, too.
I learned several things from this LARP. The first is I am a terrible LARPer when I'm playing the vapidest vapid nitwit who was ever incredibly vapid. Don't get me wrong--I totally rocked the the character, but I kept breaking character to hide behind my sheet and laugh at myself. I could play her and play her well, I just couldn't play her for more than seven or so minutes without breaking.
The second thing I learned was that usernamenumber and I are NOT ALLOWED TO GAME TOGETHER. We were awesomeful, which, yes, is a mix of awful and awesome.
Some memorable quotes (it helps to read them all like lines in a soap opera):
usernamenumber (while giving my character a magical back-rub of utter sexiness): "You're a diamond. No--you're a piece of coal on the brink of becoming a diamond!"
Me: "Well, I'm on the brink all right..."
usernamenumber: "...unless you think I'm too much of a monster!" (Dramatic arm gesture as he turns away)
Me: "No! Never! I could never think of you as a monster. In fact--you're the only person who understands me--down to the depths of my soul! If you're a monster, then I'm one, too! And I couldn't care less!"
usernamenumber: "You're a diamond, refracting the light of truth to its component spectra...that metaphor got away from be a bit, didn't it?"
There were a bunch more. After awhile, I was too busy laughing to remember them properly. They were appropriately epic, though, I know that much.
shogunhb had a great time, too. He was an adorably earnest demon with a slightly-askew bow-tie who was voted 'Most Eligible Demon.' He wibbled when he won. IT WAS SO ADORABLE I NEARLY CRIED. how_low_am_i also played, it being her very firstest LARP ever and had a blast. Her character won 'Most Eligible Human.' Then she and shogunhb bonded. I'd be all stupid-jealous, cause, uhh, I so am and stuff, but my character had run off to another section of Martha's mansion to have sex so mindblowing she blacked out. Oh well, no fits of insane jealousy for me.
I am now trying to convince her to come to Intercon. I suggest everyone go to her LJ and back me up, but THE POST WHERE SHE ADMITS LIKING TO LARP IS F-LOCKED, PROBABLY CAUSE SHE DOESN'T WANT HER COOL FRIENDS TO KNOW THE TRUTH.
I'd say "Ha! Now they know for sure!" but I'm pretty sure she makes sure her cool friends don't know my LJ exists. Except maybe yonaruth. Hi yonaruth! Except yonaruth played in the Buffy game with us, so she's prolly safe.
In summary: Game fun, people great, good time was had by all. I'd say that it was a LARP with a high replay value since there are no Big Secrets or Plot Twists that would make it impossible to play again. It's a game driven purely by character interaction, so as long as you always have a solid cast, it'll be a new game every time.
Thanks a ton, Haz, for letting me play.