To ready ourselves for the quests needed.

Good morning dear readers of mine,

Let us now see to it: some actor-wannabes should be trained to become real actors. How should be proceed?

First we must get them to act even once.

A1-person was willing and well able to act. Though he seems to think of himself as an ‘attitude-actor’ – and is unwilling to liven up anything besides few stereotypes – he was more than little forced in a mold that wasn’t truly his, but then… he changed minor things in the character (mostly dialogue) of the script to better fit the stereotype he wished to play. Nothing particular here: everything worked as expected and everyone was seemingly willing to listen him and let him have his mind.  No problem then?

The new character created by A1 was less interesting – less human – version of the character showed in the ‘original’ script, but it was a character nevertless, and the chief of ours decided the him to have his mind after (hopefully) careful thought, so I couldn’t disagree. The playwright (me) was anyhow insulted because his character was killed and a new one created from its ashes… What did I learn from it? Never let anyone think of a character as a particular actor or it will become the actor who defines the character – not the script.

Then there was the subject A2. He seemed enthusiastic actor, but there seems to be one little problem: he doesn’t respect himself too much. Should something happen, he mostly says he is sorry, even though nothing was his fault altogether (it could be a figure of speech anyways). And if he is asked something, he starts to act his best way before listening and fully understanding the point. He seems have hard time remembering and sometimes even understanding points, but that is probably due to his way of seeing things. As I will learn him better, he should become more adaptive to my way of thinking – and otherwise around. He lacks concentration and control – but those two things are learnable. Maybe I should manipulate him a character with an attitude far different from his, the next time we’re shooting a film?

Other things are not yet worth pointing out or I haven’t thought of them enough to write anything clear about them. Those things mentioned above are anyways merely points of view – they’re not everything I have thought of, but are anyways the most important points I should concentrate on: here merely to remind me to think of them in the future.

Thank you.

Let the Sun shine…

After seeing the film The Hair, I felt like I had to do something like that.

Probably I won’t be doing any dark or hippy things as there are little or no reason for such conduct. Anyways I honour the people who can live and die for their dreams and for things that matter. Even though dying for something that really doesn’t matter is mostly a waste, I can understand it clearly – I myself have nearly perished (at least suffered a little deal) in an attempt to be something I want to be… Nowadays it doesn’t truly matter, because there are few things a person who has played a larp 351 days near-nonstop couldn’t accomplish. That is what I believe now and wish I am right. If my reasoning proves wrong – I will still keep on trying to become the creature I want to be and no-one might stop me.

An inpiring film it was and it greatly helped me in my quest for The Dreams. It helped me remember, whys of my goal and that is all there are.

Thank you.

Looking at thingies upside down

Only a few days (25) until my one year military service (completely voluntary in Finland) is over.

Anyways: let’s talk about The Dreams. I would love to list some quotes from the characters I have generated this far, but that would be a killjoy-choice, wouldn’t it? Nope. I wouldn’t think so, but I would feel very sorry in case I wouldn’t include a character mentioned after all.

Then there would be some nice Finnish military system trivia I would like to share – just in case some fool would like to join this nice tradition most eighteen year old boys live through every year. I won’t, because I truly wish not use my spare time for the Company…

Anyways… I have just gone through my current state of mind and would like to continue with the subject of character creation techniques. I personally use a trick called ‘doubling’.

As I ‘double’, I first start with a simple concept or the main point of the character and then ‘double’ the ideas and thus redouble until I have enough material to satisfy… my intuition. I hope that condences, how I build characters up and hopefully will help someone else. Any other ideas, how one should build a character?

And a long time passed without much anything occurring.

This is the moment of triumph, or at least of the Me returning here. Soon — as this has been my ‘working blog’ for a long time — I will make things happen as I have before: there will be some writing of the subjects of roleplaying (of the live or just of the ‘pen and paper’-version) and (yeah, there are other things in my life too) of the  other interesting phenomena (mostly things that correspond to roleplaying).

I hope we all shall enjoy our time together even though I know the English of mine is hardly of the adequate level. Shame isn’t it? We shall see soon anyways.

More about things that shall happen

Let us continue from what I told you before this day. Raising one’s stats in that Epic System of mine is done when it’s appropiate and everybody sees it as such. First there must be a reason for the character to achieve a new level (and achieving a new level means something like doubling one’s fitness of every kind) and then there must be a dramatic moment enough to in fact allow the change of overachievement. That is the point.

Otherwise it should be all there is about the system. Something more to ask? If none, and even if there truly were questions (which I will answer later) I will continue with the fiction.

So there I am at the moment doing some research on the Victorian Era of London. For those interested these for example are something I read and that will probably have effect on the campaign scenery (googled them): Kuningatar Viktoria (Vaasan yhteislukio: Silja Hurtig), Victorian era (Wikipedia), Britannia (Päivi Hintsanen), Kirjavinkki: The Edwardians (Tuomioja, E.)

I will later give you more something to look for, but ’till then you must wait eagerly.

There are many ways to create a fantastic roleplaying experience in near-Victorian timeline, but I am not willing to let my cards fall yet. I will have taken some of the things I shall use from Victorian Era and some from preceding and following eras. I am not really checking every single factual piece in order to enliven the history. I am a mere artist and that is some historian’s work.

I anyways beg you pardon me my broken use of phrases etc. I haven’t truly written anything in a long time and I noticed at some point that I am not really on the mood either. Sorry.

A way to start…

Ok. I am now starting a new bloggy-thingy (sorry my Americanese) and thus should maybe present something for you to enjoy. To start with I shall proudly present a system of the new roleplaying (or role playing if you prefer) I will start shortly (in a dozen days or so).

But for now… for not to miss a bus, see you all.