Would you & your group roleplay on camera?

[Tav_Behemoth]

Half-serious comments in this thread about Piratecat videotaping his gaming group & becoming (deservedly!) rich from sales of the tapes reminded me of something I'd been meaning to post about.

The other day I was interviewed by a local filmmaker who is making a documentary about D&D. One of the things she wants to include in the documentary is coverage of actual play; she asked if she could film two or three sessions of my regular game.

I'm all for it, but I want to be careful about asking my group how they feel about it. As the DM, and also the organizer of the group - as I gathered it from a diverse group of friends, I'm the only one everyone knew in common before we started playing - I don't want my opinion to carry undue weight and for anyone to be peer-pressured into doing something they're not comforable with. It's a great group and a great campaign, and keeping it going is more important to me than being part of the documentary.

So: would you be OK with roleplaying on camera, for something that would be released to the public? Do you think others in your group would? What concerns would you expect to come up, and if you decided to go ahead with it, what consequences or side-effects would you look out for?

 

[BiggusGeekus]

Oh, hell no.

 

[IronWolf]

Yeah, I don't think so. Maybe if I was with a group that had been together longer, but no, I don't think so.....

 

[The_lurkeR]

Oh, hell no.

See above ^

 

[Slomoot]

no way.. what if I run for some political office... come on

 

[shilsen]

I'd be completely comfortable with it. Can't speak for everyone in my (two) groups, however.

 

[GlassJaw]

Add me to the hell no contingent.

 

[Olgar Shiverstone]

Heck. No.

My wife has been to a few of our games, and played a little herself to get the hang of it. Still, after each session she sits through, she says "I have no idea what was going on -- it was like spontaneous babbling in a foreign tongue!"

Only gamers would understand a videotape of gamers gaming ... and the only think geekier than videotaping your game is watching a videotape of someone else's game!

 

[pogre]

I think our group would be OK with it. We usually have lots of scenery and miniatures on the table - so people could identify it at some level as a game - you know like Risk, but more complicated

 

[InzeladunMaster]

Only gamers would understand a videotape of gamers gaming ... and the only think geekier than videotaping your game is watching a videotape of someone else's game!

Well said. Add me to the "Hell, No" category.