Older members : - have been there seen it, made the mistake themselves. They have experience and this should never be ignored. I don't think anyone's views and ideas are ever ignored because of the length of time they have spent in the club, but they well be dismissed because someone has see what they are suggesting happen before and are aware of the fall out. Plenty of gms have only written a few games, but are still able to produce a good game that people enjoy. I think people enjoyed the game that i co ran with Joe. It was my first game and he has done less that half a dozen. TL is by no means a gerontocracy . I don’t know if anyone objected to the symbols. I kow they were discussed as I remember doing it. I also know Cheska won’t be wearing one.
Larps : - There are plenty of both sorts. There are original larps, there are standard fantasy settings larps, there are movie book and game tie ins. I prefer myself personally games not tied in to anything, but I don’t run enough myself to have any right to more than a personal opinion. Nor do i consider the games to have been bad, I had a lot of fun on the Advent Children ones as a monster. Who’s objecting to interesting and stimulating larps? I like to think the one we ran was along that vein. It certianly wasn’t a tie in, and I think people enjoyed it. Plenty of other larps have been more thinking, but again, there is nothing wrong with a good moster mash once in a while. Variety is more important I think.
Now I have never read your the stuff you did for the committee, and so I cannot comment on it personally, but what I have heard from others and what I have seen with other things that have caused problems is that they either went against the setting of the world, the campaign or went against individual charecters (made sweeping statements about the world or some aspect of it that would mean a character as they had been played was either a lier or incompatible with the world.) Its not just you that has done this, the whole happy-dow-and-elves business is another example. You found it offensive that people tore into your work. I think other people found it just as offensive to have their charecters invalidated by sweeping statements.Dave’s symbols did not do this because they are optional, they do not change anything. Cheska would not change if she was wearing one, and will not find herself excluded because she does not.
To conclude, I’m sure there is plenty that people want to change about BLADES and TL, and I know it will continue to provide endless discussion. But it has to be at the best interests of the club (that’s the club as a whole, not just the university society), not anyone member. People have to be prepare to deal with others, and to accept that you cannot please everyone all the time. But you cannot exclude people that have a different level of interest, nor can you go trampling on people’s charecters or their plot. Both these things are important to serious roleplayers and you can’t blame people for lashing out when they feel something important to them is threatened.
And the last bit... Opinionated little bitch aren't I!
Larps : - There are plenty of both sorts. There are original larps, there are standard fantasy settings larps, there are movie book and game tie ins. I prefer myself personally games not tied in to anything, but I don’t run enough myself to have any right to more than a personal opinion. Nor do i consider the games to have been bad, I had a lot of fun on the Advent Children ones as a monster. Who’s objecting to interesting and stimulating larps? I like to think the one we ran was along that vein. It certianly wasn’t a tie in, and I think people enjoyed it. Plenty of other larps have been more thinking, but again, there is nothing wrong with a good moster mash once in a while. Variety is more important I think.
Now I have never read your the stuff you did for the committee, and so I cannot comment on it personally, but what I have heard from others and what I have seen with other things that have caused problems is that they either went against the setting of the world, the campaign or went against individual charecters (made sweeping statements about the world or some aspect of it that would mean a character as they had been played was either a lier or incompatible with the world.) Its not just you that has done this, the whole happy-dow-and-elves business is another example. You found it offensive that people tore into your work. I think other people found it just as offensive to have their charecters invalidated by sweeping statements.Dave’s symbols did not do this because they are optional, they do not change anything. Cheska would not change if she was wearing one, and will not find herself excluded because she does not.
To conclude, I’m sure there is plenty that people want to change about BLADES and TL, and I know it will continue to provide endless discussion. But it has to be at the best interests of the club (that’s the club as a whole, not just the university society), not anyone member. People have to be prepare to deal with others, and to accept that you cannot please everyone all the time. But you cannot exclude people that have a different level of interest, nor can you go trampling on people’s charecters or their plot. Both these things are important to serious roleplayers and you can’t blame people for lashing out when they feel something important to them is threatened.