http://www.idkfa.com/v3 idkfa: syndicated http://www.idkfa.com/v3/v_thread.php?thread_id=1367&msg_id=1383 Mmm yes. Good stuff. Sometimes I look into Kristen's eyes, and see the void staring back at me. I also contacted Jason, who told me he was going to make me an admin for the facebook group. Which means that I can probably get the event up before the morning of the event! Hurray. Also, two points of clarification: 1) Note that I said Blind Man's Bluff was the second worst game NOT including the games I was in. I'd still rate 3-Headed Santa as the lowest because I hate that format of the game (it's worked well maybe once), but I'm sure some of the games I was in would fill the gap between that and Blind Man's Bluff. But also I hate every scene you're in. 2) While that might not be an interesting objective, Asides did HAVE an objective, so I was really countering your initial point. And Rich introduced that in the scene, so I pretty much just rolled with it (probably should have done something more interesting, but such is improv sometimes). Soooooo... eat shit if you want to criticize choices ;) Scrotor@idkfa.com (Scrotor) Just Say Yes Tue, 07 Dec 2010 13:12:55 -0900 http://idkfa.com/v3/v_thread.php?thread_id=1367&msg_id=1383 http://www.idkfa.com/v3/v_thread.php?thread_id=1367&msg_id=1382 Thanks for the compliment. I counter by saying you are cute and witty. Mal had a good jump, I agree. Johnny@idkfa.com (Johnny) Just Say Yes Mon, 06 Dec 2010 22:23:54 -0900 http://idkfa.com/v3/v_thread.php?thread_id=1367&msg_id=1382 http://www.idkfa.com/v3/v_thread.php?thread_id=1367&msg_id=1381 You just went on a rant about Blind Man Bluff's because I put your game at the bottom of my list. I HATE YOU TOO. Erik and I spent a good portion of the time on g-chat today talking about improv. I will sum up the points: 1) Set leadership expectations so we can get some organization up in here 2) We want to know what other players think about the state of our shows and the troupe. Erik and I teamed up last night at the rehearsal for some smack down, but everyone else just sits and stares when we talk about 'global' issues rather than specific games. WHAT ARE YOU THINKING IN THERE? I don't want to lay down the smack talk because I think we are right, I want to lay it down to figure out what people want out of this troupe. We will not settle with silence, I want to hear it directly from other players if they think we are beating a dead horse and they like things the way they are. WE WILL NOT GO QUIETLY INTO THE NIGHT!!! 3) My personal opinion, apathy is a bigger problem than poison. 4) PLAY PLAY PLAY PLAY PLAY PLAY PLAY, but not until some of these issues are solved. It kills me that you think 'I hate my job' is an interesting enough objective to float a game. BOO YAH. Johnny@idkfa.com (Johnny) Just Say Yes Mon, 06 Dec 2010 22:21:33 -0900 http://idkfa.com/v3/v_thread.php?thread_id=1367&msg_id=1381 http://www.idkfa.com/v3/v_thread.php?thread_id=1367&msg_id=1378 I heard you laughing AT me during dating game. That was delightful. It was when I tried to pull off a joke about Africans. It did not go over well. Scrotor@idkfa.com (Scrotor) Just Say Yes Mon, 06 Dec 2010 18:52:55 -0900 http://idkfa.com/v3/v_thread.php?thread_id=1367&msg_id=1378 http://www.idkfa.com/v3/v_thread.php?thread_id=1367&msg_id=1377 I found myself embellishing a laugh to try and inject some energy into the room, and thought to myself "why am I doing this?" Warren is like a soggy pancake. Hardly appetizing and you wouldn't pay for it. Green Man@idkfa.com (Green Man) Just Say Yes Mon, 06 Dec 2010 18:49:16 -0900 http://idkfa.com/v3/v_thread.php?thread_id=1367&msg_id=1377 http://www.idkfa.com/v3/v_thread.php?thread_id=1367&msg_id=1373 And, as to not be a total negative-nancy, I thought the best game was probably the song. I hate to call the song the best game of the night because it was just too blue, but there really wasn’t many memorable games… I will say it was the best song that we’ve had in quite some time, though. Try that on for size was probably better than usual (especially for me! I usually suck at it). John had consistent energy, which was pretty awesome (there was one scene where I thought, “John is still putting out high energy even with no response from the audience, that’s awesome.” Can’t remember which game, damned). Panel of experts also went quite well. Sweet jump by Mal for Freudian. Yar. Thoughts? Scrotor@idkfa.com (Scrotor) Just Say Yes Mon, 06 Dec 2010 17:10:47 -0900 http://idkfa.com/v3/v_thread.php?thread_id=1367&msg_id=1373 http://www.idkfa.com/v3/v_thread.php?thread_id=1367&msg_id=1372 Asides was not very good, but I can't really judge it because I was in it. I don’t think asides went as horribly as you describe, although the accidental cutoff was unfortunate because it was as I was trying to desperately add to the objective (there WAS an objective - Rich: I hate my job. Me: I’ll help you with that). In fact, I thought pop-up storybook was worse in terms of improv, as I confused two characters and generally went with stream of consciousness insanity while playing the game wrong (although, it was more entertaining). Out of the games I was not in, I would definitely say that Three-Headed Santa was the bottom, closely followed by Blind Man's Bluff. Why, you ask? Both were gag games that didn't use the gag well, which made for so-so scenes, and, in the latter case, with danger in it that made the audience uncomfortable (according to John P). Also, John was in it and I HATE HIM. (but seriously, Blind Man’s Bluff was not a good game to close with. Second seriously, John was playing to the gag better than Ryan, but Ryan overpowered the scene. Third seriously, I don’t generally like gag games, with the exception being things like speaker with arms, where it’s easy to actually do scenework). As for our shows, there are things that need to change. I mentioned yesterday that I think we need to warm up before the show better. I think we need to practice playing games that we are going to play (that was an Eric suggestion – I also love how he essentially told everyone to STFU so we could play at rehearsal yesterday). We need less specific ask-for’s, as I feel the hosting has been pigeonholing us into scenes that aren’t fun (“You’re coworkers at Tastee-Freeze, go!”). Of course, you can do cool things with the ask-for’s we’ve been getting (and in the last example, there are still endless possibilities that I just didn’t do) – but putting less restrictions in the Scrotor@idkfa.com (Scrotor) Just Say Yes Mon, 06 Dec 2010 16:46:16 -0900 http://idkfa.com/v3/v_thread.php?thread_id=1367&msg_id=1372 http://www.idkfa.com/v3/v_thread.php?thread_id=1367&msg_id=1371 They brought their baby/toddler to a bar. A bar. Also, I distinctly remember turning to Josh and counting the number of times Warren shit on the audience within one breath. Green Man@idkfa.com (Green Man) Just Say Yes Sun, 05 Dec 2010 20:11:03 -0900 http://idkfa.com/v3/v_thread.php?thread_id=1367&msg_id=1371 http://www.idkfa.com/v3/v_thread.php?thread_id=1367&msg_id=1370 Yeah, no kidding. And why does that couple bring their kid? Had it been a larger show, it would've been terrible, for the kids, the parents, and the performance. I think at that point with the random game, he had brought the show to such a stand-still by asking for page numbers and such that going through and reading the game's description would have worsened things. Or maybe... Maybe he can't read? That... That would make a lot of sense, I think. kaiden@idkfa.com (kaiden) Just Say Yes Sun, 05 Dec 2010 19:54:46 -0900 http://idkfa.com/v3/v_thread.php?thread_id=1367&msg_id=1370 http://www.idkfa.com/v3/v_thread.php?thread_id=1367&msg_id=1369 Ramblings of an improv madman... AND I TRIED SO HARD TO MAKE YOU LOVE THE DATING GAME!!! I thought we had about a 4.5 / 10 show last night, and I will not let up that things are not really changing because we are content with putting up the same type of performance every time. I don't mean this to be a derogatory comment, but I am just pointing out I don't see a whole lot changing in our routine. Our leaders still host the same, our games list are similar, gag games are prevelent at the end, rehearsal feedback is still the same. If we want to get out of the 5/10 range, a lot of these things need to change. Best game of the night: Deck the Halls. For all the work we have put into singing, I think it finally paid off. I, being the ass hole I am however, am still skeptical that this means we are getting better at singing. Worst game of the night: Asides. Four players, story didn't go anywhere, cut-off was wierd. Close runner-up, Three-Headed Santa. The format just doesn't work out for that game. I thought the hosting was the anvil tied around our ankles last night. Who the fuck plays with that kid during our games? I won't talk anymore on that. Badgering the audience, making reference to the kid several times, I can go on. Also, one of my bigger pet peeves: We go through the exercise of setting up a random challenge game, he gets the book out and gets the numbers, then instead of reading it and making it sound new and invigorating, he says FUCK IT WE'RE PLAYING PANEL OF EXPERTS. We are getting into a downward spiral of needing to feed off the audience. We should be able to supply our own energy. A good example, if the audience doesn't show energy our first game seems to be like pulling teeth to get the troupe into it. The audience energy shouldn't be a factor for us, we should always be selling it. I won't go so far as to say the audience isn't a factor at all, but I think we should Johnny@idkfa.com (Johnny) Just Say Yes Sun, 05 Dec 2010 18:38:05 -0900 http://idkfa.com/v3/v_thread.php?thread_id=1367&msg_id=1369 http://www.idkfa.com/v3/v_thread.php?thread_id=1367&msg_id=1367 Thoughts on the Dec 4th show: Despite the tiny audience, and that tiny audience being pretty wooden, still a pretty good show. As was mentioned, singing went really well. For the other games: Strongest: "Try that on for size," "Pop-up Book" and "Incredible Growing / Shrinking Machine." Weakest: "Dating Game," "Three Headed Santa." Big Erik was on his game tonight. That, or I could just hear him better this night than any others. Little Erik, you did fine, too. Warren has trouble keeping the interstitial comments from dropping energy entirely, as well as has a weird way of doing ask-for's. However, he wasn't in any games. I liken this to how when my coaches discovered I was pretty terrible at football, they put me in as a defensive center, so that even when I did screw up, the damage would hopefully be minimal. Thanks for playing. kaiden@idkfa.com (kaiden) Just Say Yes Sun, 05 Dec 2010 02:37:03 -0900 http://idkfa.com/v3/v_thread.php?thread_id=1367&msg_id=1367