"Cement shoes"? Who talks like that?
Today seemed to be RP reminiscence day, as out of the blue I found myself chuckling about Game of Empire and rereading an RP forum I used to belong to. Well, the RP forum I found in part to show to a friend as an example, but GoE was legitimately random. Seriously, though, between watching
bronzite's eyes widen and face fall, apparently being a helpful pseudo-minion to
rigel, conspiring with
jh1230 and generally babbling and being twitchy, GoE easily made it to my list of favorite LARPS. I think it might even have been the LARP that showed me that interactions, mechanics and plot can make a game just as enjoyable as a character you adore, just in a different way. Which seems an obvious observation now that I say it, but most of my previous roleplay experience was character inspired and driven. (Not that I disliked my character in the least, I simply enjoyed the LARP as a whole more than the character alone, if that makes sense.)
Of course, having said that I fear someone might sense a spoiler in there somewhere, though I can't think of how. Has anyone but
charoolz and me noticed that Brandeisians are more lax about potential spoilers than most? I got used to an atmosphere where so long as something will become obvious in the first couple minutes of game, or it's a completely unimportant detail that simply adds flavor, you can talk about it. If it happens to spoil something by accident, people will simply not metagame. Then I attempted to chat the same way with people from elsewhere and, well, had to answer a few incredulously glaring looks with confusion. Suddenly everything not in the LARP's explanatory blurb was a spoiler, which makes it rather pointless to talk about. Or you can maybe talk about something so long as you keep the terms vague and make sure no one can figure out which LARP you mean, but then they might remember it and once they're in the LARP in question, figure it out. Then there's the question of how much you can share before a LARP, which also seems to be treated differently by people at Brandeis, but that's another matter entirely. I've yet to figure out the exact guidelines, save that they vary. So until then I'm just trying to remember to be paranoid about it.
On a more typical note, tomorrow's shaping up to be a day filled with productivity. In theory I'll wake up "early." I have only two more things to do before my room is legitimately unpacked, and then I can get to listing and gathering all of the things I need to gather and repack. After that I can hopefully finish furniture shopping, apply for that credit card, mail the check I owe
zapf, and figure out exactly how much my sister and I will be able to fit in our rented car. That should last me to six or so, when I can reward my work (or simply procrastinate further, because how often do I really do the work I plan to?) by going to a movie with one of my two favorite movie-watching-people. The other one being quite unfortunately in Italy. (*shakes fist of jealousy*) Then I can tease her about pie and pester her once again about an RP forum. (She's the person I've RPed most with on forums, so I've been bugging her about starting one with me for years. With luck she'll be more pleased by the idea than irritated with my repetitiveness.) Either way, by tomorrow night I'll have a better idea of where I'm making the forum, how I'm making the forum, and exactly what the layout will be. So huzzah! Progress.
And the white cat continues with his yowling for me to sleep tradition. Strange cat.
bronzite's eyes widen and face fall, apparently being a helpful pseudo-minion to
rigel, conspiring with
jh1230 and generally babbling and being twitchy, GoE easily made it to my list of favorite LARPS. I think it might even have been the LARP that showed me that interactions, mechanics and plot can make a game just as enjoyable as a character you adore, just in a different way. Which seems an obvious observation now that I say it, but most of my previous roleplay experience was character inspired and driven. (Not that I disliked my character in the least, I simply enjoyed the LARP as a whole more than the character alone, if that makes sense.)
Of course, having said that I fear someone might sense a spoiler in there somewhere, though I can't think of how. Has anyone but
charoolz and me noticed that Brandeisians are more lax about potential spoilers than most? I got used to an atmosphere where so long as something will become obvious in the first couple minutes of game, or it's a completely unimportant detail that simply adds flavor, you can talk about it. If it happens to spoil something by accident, people will simply not metagame. Then I attempted to chat the same way with people from elsewhere and, well, had to answer a few incredulously glaring looks with confusion. Suddenly everything not in the LARP's explanatory blurb was a spoiler, which makes it rather pointless to talk about. Or you can maybe talk about something so long as you keep the terms vague and make sure no one can figure out which LARP you mean, but then they might remember it and once they're in the LARP in question, figure it out. Then there's the question of how much you can share before a LARP, which also seems to be treated differently by people at Brandeis, but that's another matter entirely. I've yet to figure out the exact guidelines, save that they vary. So until then I'm just trying to remember to be paranoid about it.
On a more typical note, tomorrow's shaping up to be a day filled with productivity. In theory I'll wake up "early." I have only two more things to do before my room is legitimately unpacked, and then I can get to listing and gathering all of the things I need to gather and repack. After that I can hopefully finish furniture shopping, apply for that credit card, mail the check I owe
zapf, and figure out exactly how much my sister and I will be able to fit in our rented car. That should last me to six or so, when I can reward my work (or simply procrastinate further, because how often do I really do the work I plan to?) by going to a movie with one of my two favorite movie-watching-people. The other one being quite unfortunately in Italy. (*shakes fist of jealousy*) Then I can tease her about pie and pester her once again about an RP forum. (She's the person I've RPed most with on forums, so I've been bugging her about starting one with me for years. With luck she'll be more pleased by the idea than irritated with my repetitiveness.) Either way, by tomorrow night I'll have a better idea of where I'm making the forum, how I'm making the forum, and exactly what the layout will be. So huzzah! Progress.
And the white cat continues with his yowling for me to sleep tradition. Strange cat.