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[Rant] Bad cliches, silly names, and acting stupid around the gaming table
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<blockquote data-quote="Aaron L" data-source="post: 3204793" data-attributes="member: 926"><p>Trying to deliberately inject humor into something that isn't inherently comedic gives you Jar-Jar Binks.</p><p></p><p></p><p>I hate Jar-Jar Binks.</p><p></p><p>Let the humor flow naturally. Just because a character is serious doesn't mean he cant be a jokester, or no one can be funny. On the contrary, I find that the more serious a game, when funny things happen to come along it makes them stand out and they become that much funnier and more fun. </p><p></p><p>But playing a game as an intentional parody would seriously irk me.</p><p>As a one shot game, like PC said, sure, why the hell not? Sounds fun. But for a long term campaign, no thank you.</p><p></p><p>Now, say, if you wanted to do something ala <em>Ghostbusters</em>, with equal parts of comedy, action, and horror/sci-fi/fantasy/whathaveyou, then I can dig it.</p><p></p><p>Now, of course, if <em>you</em> have fun with those kinds of games, who the hell am I to tell you you're doing it wrong?</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Aaron L, post: 3204793, member: 926"] Trying to deliberately inject humor into something that isn't inherently comedic gives you Jar-Jar Binks. I hate Jar-Jar Binks. Let the humor flow naturally. Just because a character is serious doesn't mean he cant be a jokester, or no one can be funny. On the contrary, I find that the more serious a game, when funny things happen to come along it makes them stand out and they become that much funnier and more fun. But playing a game as an intentional parody would seriously irk me. As a one shot game, like PC said, sure, why the hell not? Sounds fun. But for a long term campaign, no thank you. Now, say, if you wanted to do something ala [I]Ghostbusters[/I], with equal parts of comedy, action, and horror/sci-fi/fantasy/whathaveyou, then I can dig it. Now, of course, if [i]you[/i] have fun with those kinds of games, who the hell am I to tell you you're doing it wrong? [/QUOTE]
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