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<blockquote data-quote="Oofta" data-source="post: 8390759" data-attributes="member: 6801845"><p>No two games are alike. If I won a contest and got dwarven forge bits for life, it would not change my game significantly. It doesn't matter if I play in my friend's bedroom, the kitchen table or Buckingham Palace. They are amazing voice actors, but the voices any DM does (or does not do) doesn't really change the content of the game it just changes the cosmetics. </p><p></p><p>What you seem to imply is that CR is to home games is the same as WWE is to "amateur" wrestling. That even though a big part of the fun for me is getting reactions or making other players laugh by performing my character, my roleplaying is inferior. I don't think it is. I think it's just called playing an immersive game.</p><p></p><p>They have more bling, more charisma. But to say that just because is very, very good at DMing Matt is unique puts him up on a pedestal. A pedestal he does not want, and one that says to other DMs "don't even bother trying to be this good".</p><p></p><p>It also implies that they have predetermined beats and story arcs that they have planning sessions for and discussions about. They claim they do not. The one interview show I watched had Travis say that a critical turning point for his PC was done in the moment because it's what Fjord would do.</p><p></p><p>Yes, they have an audience. I'm sure it feels a bit different. Just like it feels a bit different to play at my kitchen table versus playing in our living room (sadly, we've never gotten an invitation to the palace). I can only imagine what it would feel like ... but for me? I would just be performing and roleplaying for my fellow players like I always have. Maybe I make minor adjustments now and then .... just like I do now. </p><p></p><p>But I know this is pointless and the response will just be "Actors!" "Paid!" "Audience!". Because somehow that makes it <em>totally </em>different.</p><p></p><p>P.S. I don't know about the entire cast, but Marisha at least has no formal acting education. She did [EDIT: I said this wrong. My point was that she didn't go past training while in high school; my understanding is that she went from high school to street performer. Or maybe I'm just not awake and people don't literally mean "Graduate Degree".] <s>high school level theater and had jobs like street performer.</s></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Oofta, post: 8390759, member: 6801845"] No two games are alike. If I won a contest and got dwarven forge bits for life, it would not change my game significantly. It doesn't matter if I play in my friend's bedroom, the kitchen table or Buckingham Palace. They are amazing voice actors, but the voices any DM does (or does not do) doesn't really change the content of the game it just changes the cosmetics. What you seem to imply is that CR is to home games is the same as WWE is to "amateur" wrestling. That even though a big part of the fun for me is getting reactions or making other players laugh by performing my character, my roleplaying is inferior. I don't think it is. I think it's just called playing an immersive game. They have more bling, more charisma. But to say that just because is very, very good at DMing Matt is unique puts him up on a pedestal. A pedestal he does not want, and one that says to other DMs "don't even bother trying to be this good". It also implies that they have predetermined beats and story arcs that they have planning sessions for and discussions about. They claim they do not. The one interview show I watched had Travis say that a critical turning point for his PC was done in the moment because it's what Fjord would do. Yes, they have an audience. I'm sure it feels a bit different. Just like it feels a bit different to play at my kitchen table versus playing in our living room (sadly, we've never gotten an invitation to the palace). I can only imagine what it would feel like ... but for me? I would just be performing and roleplaying for my fellow players like I always have. Maybe I make minor adjustments now and then .... just like I do now. But I know this is pointless and the response will just be "Actors!" "Paid!" "Audience!". Because somehow that makes it [I]totally [/I]different. P.S. I don't know about the entire cast, but Marisha at least has no formal acting education. She did [EDIT: I said this wrong. My point was that she didn't go past training while in high school; my understanding is that she went from high school to street performer. Or maybe I'm just not awake and people don't literally mean "Graduate Degree".] [S]high school level theater and had jobs like street performer.[/S] [/QUOTE]
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