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<blockquote data-quote="Steampunkette" data-source="post: 9468433" data-attributes="member: 6796468">I disagree.Again, Orion Acaba in the first 27 episodes is a GREAT example of things playing out painfully organically. It's also long before they made it into a million dollar business.Like most players, they're trying to entertain each other and themselves. They're just way better at it because, again, improv and acting training partaking in a game where acting (and specifically overacting) is entertainment. They -also- get to entertain the masses and get paid for having a good time with friends? SCORE.The amount they chew scenery like Jeremy Irons in the 1990 D&amp;D movie tells me they're play-acting a hell of a lot harder in the game than they do as voice actors. Why? Because just like Irons they're cutting loose, having fun with it, and overacting to make each other laugh. It's also why the quiet, intimate, painful moments cut so much deeper: Their characterization flips the other direction. Grog the big silly low-intelligence barbarian becomes the frightened child or wounded heart in such a stark contrast to the goofball he is the rest of the time that it cuts deeply.You don't get that in scripted shows because it's &quot;Too much&quot; of a tonal shift for television or movies that favor really subtle acting through microexpressions. Y'know? But you know what happens in TTRPG spaces so often it's a meme?<img src="https://i.redd.it/ksg1p768kjt11.png" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " data-size="" style="" />Anyway. Yes. They're doing improv, or as you call it &quot;Impromptu Theater&quot;. Most TTRPG RP is Improv. They're just better at it than a lot of players and DMs because they've had practice. Not because the game is even loosely 'scripted'.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Steampunkette, post: 9468433, member: 6796468"] I disagree. Again, Orion Acaba in the first 27 episodes is a GREAT example of things playing out painfully organically. It's also long before they made it into a million dollar business. Like most players, they're trying to entertain each other and themselves. They're just way better at it because, again, improv and acting training partaking in a game where acting (and specifically overacting) is entertainment. They -also- get to entertain the masses and get paid for having a good time with friends? SCORE. The amount they chew scenery like Jeremy Irons in the 1990 D&D movie tells me they're play-acting a hell of a lot harder in the game than they do as voice actors. Why? Because just like Irons they're cutting loose, having fun with it, and overacting to make each other laugh. It's also why the quiet, intimate, painful moments cut so much deeper: Their characterization flips the other direction. Grog the big silly low-intelligence barbarian becomes the frightened child or wounded heart in such a stark contrast to the goofball he is the rest of the time that it cuts deeply. You don't get that in scripted shows because it's "Too much" of a tonal shift for television or movies that favor really subtle acting through microexpressions. Y'know? But you know what happens in TTRPG spaces so often it's a meme? [IMG]https://i.redd.it/ksg1p768kjt11.png[/IMG] Anyway. Yes. They're doing improv, or as you call it "Impromptu Theater". Most TTRPG RP is Improv. They're just better at it than a lot of players and DMs because they've had practice. Not because the game is even loosely 'scripted'. [/QUOTE]

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