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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Rel" data-source="post: 2029591" data-attributes="member: 99">Who knew that my offhand (though heartfelt) comment would inspire a whole new thread?Our group would probably go for it and in fact we've done variations on this in the past.For several years running I put on this event that was part roleplaying and part puzzle solving that I called "The Challenge" and I videotaped it each time.  After it was over (it took most of a long weekend to run for all teams start to finish) we would have a party and show the video and everybody seemed to have fun laughing at ourselves.On another occasion a woman who sometimes plays with us (for a rare one-shot) audio-taped one of our sessions for use in a Speech class she was taking in grad school.  I'd say that folks were a bit more guarded than usual for the first hour but loosened up to normal after that.And then about two years ago a friend brought over a video camera he wanted to test out and he taped an hour or two of one of our sessions.  I don't think the rest of us ever watched it and it was a fairly typical session so that hour was probably not earth-shattering gaming.Nowadays I'm in the videotaping business so I tend to see opportunities for things like this.  As far as the documentary thing goes, I'd probably go for it so long as I had a clear sense that this was not to be used to the detriment of the hobby or edited to intentionally embarass those in the group.  It would probably only work well if they did it "Real World" style and filmed you every session for 2-3 months so that the players could all get used to the camera being there and start to ignore it.  Also, they'd probably have more success with three or four cameras in fixed positions (on tripods or mounts of some kind) rather than trying to steadcam you right up in your face while you're trying to game.  Actually gaming in a studio with the table set up in the middle could be the way to go but that's getting well outside my area of expertise.But regarding the original theme of my post in Piratecat's other thread, I would genuinely be willing to spend some amount of money to watch videotaps of PC's sessions along with some "GM Commentary" about his techniques and methods that have everyone who's ever gamed with him raving about what a great GM he is.(And on an unrelated subject, Tav, I've not forgotten about the project we talked about.  This turned out to be a busier than expected week and my whole family now has a cold.  So I'll get back to you in the next few days.  Speaks With Stone greenlighted the idea we talked about.)</blockquote>

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