Annoyed (Music)

[Mike]

Really?

Really you all have to do annoying social chops and gifts to deal with a seven year old that wants to listen to music?

Really?


Can we try and role play and not chop play please?

[Mass Trauma NPC]

If it makes you feel better Vihtori was just going up there to give her headphones before all hell broke loose.

[Mike]

see!!!! not a big deal, gotta love players who fuck themselves over the simplest things. 

[Andreiko Eferiev]

Really?

Really you all have to do annoying social chops and gifts to deal with a seven year old that wants to listen to music?

Really?


Can we try and role play and not chop play please?

Really? You all have to do annoying combat chops and gifts to deal with a nexus crawler that wants to reshape reality?

Can we try and role play and not chop play please?

Combat game mechanics are there to ensure that a character does what the character is capable of doing. Social game mechanics are there to ensure that a character does what the character is capable of doing.

[Garret]

See, I actually prefer role playing out social interactions, as opposed to just chopping them out.  Its a pretty lame method of political intrigue, to simply walk about, and say "Social Challenge- I say something that convinces you to do "A"

I think its much more fun the other way.  :-D

[Andreiko Eferiev]

See, I actually prefer role playing out social interactions, as opposed to just chopping them out.  Its a pretty lame method of political intrigue, to simply walk about, and say "Social Challenge- I say something that convinces you to do "A"

I think its much more fun the other way.  :-D

It's a pretty lame combat if you just chop it out, too. The whole point of social mechanics is that sometimes my character should be able to intimidate your character, regardless of my ability to convince you of it. Too many social chops and it feels like we're just playing RPS, but too few and it feels like 1/3 of our character sheet is entirely useless.

[Arianna_Fireau]

*points to Andreiko and taps nose*

I like to Roleplay and then go "Oh. By the way. I've got an insane amount of social traits and Persuasion up and this many social retests." And I almost never throw social chops against a PC. I don't care as much about an NPC. (:

[Andreiko Eferiev]

And if said seven year old had magic hoopajou that made them unconvincable, you'd never have reason to suspect it if you never threw chops.

[Garret]

I don't know- I guess I'm spoiled on "real" larps.  The ones where if you can't swing your sword fast enough, you don't hit the monster, and if you can't act with guile, you'll never convince the count of anything.

Besides, you're dealing with a little girl.  Everyone should know that little  kids will spend every piece of willpower they have.  :p

[Andreiko Eferiev]

I don't know- I guess I'm spoiled on "real" larps.  The ones where if you can't swing your sword fast enough, you don't hit the monster, and if you can't act with guile, you'll never convince the count of anything.

The ones where if you can't regenerate holes in your chest cavity, you don't get to play a werewolf.

[Garret]

Well your sword IS made out of foam... but there are rules for regeneration!

But no... there are no werewolves...

But there are ELVES!  Among other things.

((Shameless plug for MJ))

[Andreiko Eferiev]

Well your sword IS made out of foam... but there are rules for regeneration!

But no... there are no werewolves...

But there are ELVES!  Among other things.

((Shameless plug for MJ))

If you want to see *real* LARPing, come to Intercon. We even sometimes have boffer LARPing. 

[Arianna_Fireau]

And kitty people. Who just refuse to die. *eyetwitch*

[Andreiko Eferiev]

And kitty people. Who just refuse to die. *eyetwitch*

MJ or Intercon?

[Arianna_Fireau]

MJ. They just /wouldn't/ die! They kept coming back!! o.- o.o o.-

[Taweret]

Their powers of obnoxious cuteness protects them from having anything bad happen.

Miao!  ~.^

/barf

[Garret]

Nine lives... gotta love it. 

MJ is all boffer larp with some awesome costuming.

Loves Emmy!

[Andreiko Eferiev]

MJ. They just /wouldn't/ die! They kept coming back!! o.- o.o o.-

The very next day? They couldn't just stay away?

[Taweret]

Yeah yeah yeah.

[Arianna_Fireau]

No. I would kill them, and instead of going to Fate they'd just like... stand up and go "Bam! I use my Karma!" And I'm like "... Bitch."

[Taweret]

That's when you punch them in the mouth.

[Arianna_Fireau]

No. Cause. See. Then they go get the town guards. So usually I just ran away.

[Mike]

The point of the bitching was that this is a seven year old.
Get the fucking kid a cookie and give her headphones.

Walking into the room and using gifts is totally unrealistic and way too playing by the sheet instead of playing your character.
Its like walking down the street and seeing a banana peel and checking it for wyrm, its annoying and unrealistic.

[Eset]

I don't know... If a glasswalker dropped it Coatlicue might just check it for wyrm... you never know with those glasswalkers...