Cinematic vs gamist...
I have an interesting question, mainly brought about by playing the Tombstone Western LARP last weekend. What do people do more...play to the game or play to the cinematic. Reason I ask is that sometimes, within a LARP, it seems like you could game it for your character to survive even when he/she shouldn't as opposed to doing what is cinematic.
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A game like Tombstone (and Lullaby, and Drink Deep) exists to take great characters, and mix them up and see what NEW stuff happens. I think some folks get so into living thier favorite movie plot, they overlook the whole "mix it up and make your own movie plot" aspect. My feeling is, if you want to relive your movie, go do a movie re-enactment like they do with Rocky Horror... where they say all the movie lines and do all the movie actions. I want to see what happens when Maverick plays poker against Stanhope.. or when a Southern belle (sorta) falls for a Union Officer... or when Wyatt Earp actually manages to get shot, rather than just shot at.
Just think of the final scenes of LoB2... and the epic confrontation between two dark psychotic murdering anti-heroes... *grins*
Now THAT is why I LARP at these things...
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