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<div>== Creating a Character ==<br />
<br />
When you go out to play, you'll be taking on a ''persona''. People who play role playing games might consider this a "character". This is sort of like a [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shtick shtick] you keep up whenever you're in-game. This persona gives you the freedom to explore ideas and jokes and attitudes you normally wouldn't. "It's not really me, it's just a role I'm playing."<br />
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You don't have to make up an alter-ego with a detailed backstory. But you can if you'd like. You don't even need to flesh out the idea too much, you can start with yourself, and then change little parts of yourself over time until you're someone else entirely. Update your avatar and profile accordingly.<br />
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It can also be helpful to give yourself a motivation, a direction in which you think your character might develop, or some other shtick you can rap about during the game. <br />
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== Discordia ==<br />
[[image:Eris.jpg|right]]<br />
Your character is a Discordian, one of the chosen children of Eris, the Goddess of Strife. The Discordian Society has been around since the 60s as a group of lunatic zen-pranksters. They consider humor, confusion, and satire to be holy. Some describe it as "Taoism in a Clown Suit".<br />
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Many Discordians think that society has gotten too ordered, and that things will only get better once society comes to balance again. They hope to introduce humor and disorder to counter the seriousness and order of a Grayfaced world. As a Discordian, you are involved with a nebulous conspiracy to defeat the forces of Order and subvert Bureaucracy into Aftermath. Whether you know it or not, you are a participant in Operation: Mindfuck, an attempt to addle and subsequently free people's minds. The missions in this game are an extension of Operation: Mindfuck.<br />
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Your persona is be some form of Discordian, even if she insists that she has nothing to do with those Eris Freaks. We suggest picking a suitable [http://www.23ae.com/format/holyname.html Discordian Holyname]. Your persona exists in the real world, and like you, is a user of the game website. Your persona is just another person who has chosen to participate in this game, for whatever reason. <br />
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== Some examples of character concepts ==<br />
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*Pope Gnarly Gnar - "I'm a sort of gothy, introverted guy. My hobbies are drugs and the occult (specifically Crowley et al). Secretly, I foster really right wing attitudes. Over the course of this game, I'm going to slowly slide left."<br />
*Dolla Dolla Balls - "I was raised Catholic but eventually became kind of agnostic. I dated this Discordian chick a few years ago. Whenever she was around, a bunch of weird supernatural stuff happened (see my blog entry: "WTF LIFE"). Ever since then, I figured that if there actually was a deity, it was probably Eris. Now I'm a true believer! woop woop woop! --but this chick is still out there, and I think she's playing pranks on me."<br />
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Apostle Juliette Champ Hobgoblin. A travelling Erisian sage, in search of truth and perfect oatmeal and raisin cookies, lives on a bus with a cat that may or may not be Eris herself. Maybe the cat just thinks it means dinner. Who Knows, cats are inscrutable. a smoker of fine "combustibles" she wears loose fitting colours that will give you an epileptic fit. She is the hippy sporting the :facepalm: look around other hippies, the "free Hugs" girl at festivals, also secretly is a tai chi master who will kick your ass. Over the course of the game, she will become aware via meditation that some Great Tragedy is to befall us all, and needs to Spread The Word.</div>90.216.252.156http://www.principiadiscordia.com/cramulus/index.php?title=Character_Creation&diff=1055Character Creation2009-08-28T19:47:14Z<p>90.216.252.156: /* Some examples of character concepts */</p>
<hr />
<div>== Creating a Character ==<br />
<br />
When you go out to play, you'll be taking on a ''persona''. People who play role playing games might consider this a "character". This is sort of like a [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shtick shtick] you keep up whenever you're in-game. This persona gives you the freedom to explore ideas and jokes and attitudes you normally wouldn't. "It's not really me, it's just a role I'm playing."<br />
<br />
You don't have to make up an alter-ego with a detailed backstory. But you can if you'd like. You don't even need to flesh out the idea too much, you can start with yourself, and then change little parts of yourself over time until you're someone else entirely. Update your avatar and profile accordingly.<br />
<br />
It can also be helpful to give yourself a motivation, a direction in which you think your character might develop, or some other shtick you can rap about during the game. <br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
== Discordia ==<br />
[[image:Eris.jpg|right]]<br />
Your character is a Discordian, one of the chosen children of Eris, the Goddess of Strife. The Discordian Society has been around since the 60s as a group of lunatic zen-pranksters. They consider humor, confusion, and satire to be holy. Some describe it as "Taoism in a Clown Suit".<br />
<br />
Many Discordians think that society has gotten too ordered, and that things will only get better once society comes to balance again. They hope to introduce humor and disorder to counter the seriousness and order of a Grayfaced world. As a Discordian, you are involved with a nebulous conspiracy to defeat the forces of Order and subvert Bureaucracy into Aftermath. Whether you know it or not, you are a participant in Operation: Mindfuck, an attempt to addle and subsequently free people's minds. The missions in this game are an extension of Operation: Mindfuck.<br />
<br />
Your persona is be some form of Discordian, even if she insists that she has nothing to do with those Eris Freaks. We suggest picking a suitable [http://www.23ae.com/format/holyname.html Discordian Holyname]. Your persona exists in the real world, and like you, is a user of the game website. Your persona is just another person who has chosen to participate in this game, for whatever reason. <br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
== Some examples of character concepts ==<br />
<br />
*Pope Gnarly Gnar - "I'm a sort of gothy, introverted guy. My hobbies are drugs and the occult (specifically Crowley et al). Secretly, I foster really right wing attitudes. Over the course of this game, I'm going to slowly slide left."<br />
*Dolla Dolla Balls - "I was raised Catholic but eventually became kind of agnostic. I dated this Discordian chick a few years ago. Whenever she was around, a bunch of weird supernatural stuff happened (see my blog entry: "WTF LIFE"). Ever since then, I figured that if there actually was a deity, it was probably Eris. Now I'm a true believer! woop woop woop! --but this chick is still out there, and I think she's playing pranks on me."<br />
<br />
Apostle Juliette Champ Hobgoblin. A travelling Erisian sage, in search of truth and perfect oatmeal and raisin cookies, lives on a bus with a cat that may or may not be Eris herself. Maybe the cat just thinks it means dinner. Who Knows, cats are inscrutable. a smoker of fine "combustibles" she wears loose fitting colours that will give you an epileptic fit. She is the hippy sporting the :facepalm: look around other hippies, secretly is a tai chi master who will kick your ass.</div>90.216.252.156http://www.principiadiscordia.com/cramulus/index.php?title=LARPGASM&diff=1043LARPGASM2009-08-28T01:57:10Z<p>90.216.252.156: /* Game Design */</p>
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<div>LARPGASM is a Live Action RPG designed with a Discordian mindset. It is currently in development. Feel free to make notes on this page or the discussion panel.<br />
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== Overall Concept ==<br />
You create a fictional persona for the game. It could be anything from an imaginary person to a time traveler. Your character is a member of the Discordian Society. The Discordian society that we wished existed. There are conspiracies and alliances and all sorts of bullshit.<br />
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The game is running 24/7/365. You can choose to play whenever you want. You signify that you're "in-game" by wearing an Eye of Eris (a beer can pull-tab that you wear as a necklace). <br />
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Everyone belongs to one of several factions. The factions are written in a way that alliances and rivalries suggest themselves (sort of like Vampire). For example<br />
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*'''POEE''' - these are "card carrying" Discordians. They get points or kudos for handing out pope cards<br />
*'''followers of strife''' - embrace Eris' war form. they prefer to approach things by stirring the pot<br />
*'''patchouli discordians''' - happy hippy fluffy positive energy Discordians<br />
*'''the LDD''' - this is the "unallied faction" (sort of like Caitiff in Vampire)<br />
etc etc etc<br />
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== Game Design ==<br />
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The game is centered around activities. You get together a cabal, a group of people who don't necessarily belong to the same faction. Then you do something with them. During those activities, things should come up that make your faction matter. This creates ''inter-cabal tension'' and leads to emergent plot.<br />
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The cool thing is, the more we get people to participate in a fictional functional Discordian society that actually goes out and pranks, the more real it will become. We can make people really paranoid by introducing subtle illuminati influences too.<br />
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Principles:<br />
*Optimally, the game is autonomous, requiring absolutely minimal effort from an administrative group. <br />
*The game's content is crowdsourced. The tasks and activities for the game are also crowdsourced. You can do missions written by other players. You will read sermons and follow instructions written by other players. If all the people running the game die of fnord poisoning, the game still goes on.<br />
*gameplay should be fun even if you have no other discordians within 1000 miles of you.<br />
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Gameplay wise it has to be simple, and fluid. Games in which some of the moves are to change the rules would create a sense of chaotic play. (like flux the card game?)<br />
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Needs to encourage public asshattery. Also posting pictures online would give extra kudos or mittens.<br />
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== Gameplay! ==<br />
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Players submit Adventures (could also be called Quests or Missions) to the website in PDF form. If you print it out, it will contain most of the materials you'll need (instructions, handouts for strangers, mini-game rules, etc)<br />
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Adventures can take anywhere from 15 minutes to a day to complete. Some ideas:<br />
*scavenger hunts (ie, photograph these ten random things that you have to get kind of creative to find)<br />
*postergasm sets (put up 20 posters from Volume Aleph)<br />
*a list of instructions<br />
*mailing things to other cabals<br />
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Adventures give you the game's main resource, '''Ballots'''.<br />
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Every time you go on an adventure, you get a ballot. Every time a cabal goes on an adventure you wrote, you get a ballot.<br />
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== Elected Positions ==<br />
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I know that Discordia is non hierarchial. But sometimes they embrace short-term leaders. There are several elected positions that players can run for. There is an election every few weeks. You spend your ballots to vote in these elections.<br />
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'''The Polyfather / Polymother''' - the head of POEE. He gets to propose laws which will last for the duration of his term. These are generally activities or requirements that modify the number of ballots you get. For example, "For the duration of my term, I propose that you get an extra ballot if you are drunk during the mission. Pix or it didn't happen."<br />
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After a law is proposed, it goes to vote on a forum poll. If it gets at least 75% yesses, it becomes official.<br />
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other elected positions might be able to create different types of rules<br />
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certain factions might have internal elections too.</div>90.216.252.156 Deprecated: header(): Passing null to parameter #3 ($response_code) of type int is deprecated in /var/www/principiadiscordia.com/cramulus/includes/WebResponse.php on line 42
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