Meta-Techniques - Revision history

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Staffan Björk: /* References */

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 == Using the pattern ==
-[[Meta-Techniques]] are primarily of interest for games with [[Live Action Roleplaying]]. Adding [[Meta-Techniques]] is primarily a choice of which more specific technique to use. [[Meta-Postures]] allow information to be conveyed without causing breaks in [[Scenes]], and [[Substitute Actions]] can avoid breaking [[Diegetic Consistency]]. [[Prompting Techniques]] add extra meaning to actions to indicate to other players wishes that [[Scenes]] should end or new ones should begin. [[Contextualization]] are [[Meta-Techniques]] that insert [[Scenes]] to convey information; this can maintain [[Diegetic Consistency]] since players can change [[Characters]], the [[Scenes]] can take place before or after the ''current'' time frame, etc., to match the needs of the narration with how it should be enacted.
+[[Meta-Techniques]] are primarily of interest for games with [[Live Action Roleplaying]] or at least games based on [[Unmediated Social Interaction]]. Adding [[Meta-Techniques]] is primarily a choice of which more specific technique to use. [[Meta-Postures]] allow information to be conveyed without causing breaks in [[Scenes]], and [[Substitute Actions]] can avoid breaking [[Diegetic Consistency]]. [[Prompting Techniques]] add extra meaning to actions to indicate to other players wishes that [[Scenes]] should end or new ones should begin. [[Contextualization]] are [[Meta-Techniques]] that insert [[Scenes]] to convey information; this can maintain [[Diegetic Consistency]] since players can change [[Characters]], the [[Scenes]] can take place before or after the ''current'' time frame, etc., to match the needs of the narration with how it should be enacted.
 === Diegetic Aspects ===
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 === Can Modulate ===
 [[Live Action Roleplaying]],
-[[Scenes]]
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 ==== with [[Live Action Roleplaying]] ====

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 == Consequences ==
-[[Meta-Techniques]] provide [[Communication Channels]] in games. They are sometimes ways to convey weak [[Extra-Game Information]] in that they convey information about how players want to play.
+[[Meta-Techniques]] provide [[Communication Channels]] in games, and in [[Live Action Roleplaying]] modify how [[Diegetic Communication]] can occur. They are sometimes ways to convey weak [[Extra-Game Information]] in that they convey information about how players want to play.
 == Relations ==
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 [[Live Action Roleplaying]],
 [[Scenes]]
 === Can Be Instantiated By ===

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 ''Techniques in roleplaying games that allows players to communicate something to each other without having this communicated between their characters.''
-Roleplaying Games, and especially Live Action Roleplaying Games, typically strive for players to engage in enactment of their characters. Even if players do strive for this an obstacle may be that they need to communicate about rules or how they wish they gameplay to progress and this can be difficult to do through diegetically through characters. [[Meta-Techniques]] are various ways in which the game design can help with this communication without forcing players to make their characters break the diegetic consistency.
+Roleplaying Games, and especially Live Action Roleplaying Games, typically strive for players to engage in enactment of their characters. Even if players do strive for this, an obstacle may be that they need to communicate about rules or how they wish their gameplay to progress. This can be difficult to do through diegetically through characters. [[Meta-Techniques]] are various ways in which the game design can help with this communication without forcing players to make their characters break the diegetic consistency.
 Note: ''[[Meta-Techniques]] have been discuss in several texts about [[:Category:Live Action Roleplaying Games|Live Action Roleplaying Games]], see for example Stark<ref name="Stark"/>, Linssen ''et al.''<ref name="Linssen"/>, and Wrigstad<ref name="Wrigstad"/>. An alternative name for the concept, suggested by Wrigstad, is ''telegraphing.

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 [[Category:Narration Patterns]]
 [[Category:Patterns]]
 [[Category:Needs revision]]
 [[Category:Patterns created on the Wiki]]
 [[Category:To be Published]]
-[[Category:Staffan's current workpage]]
+''Techniques in roleplaying games that allows players to communicate something to each other without having this communicated between their characters.''
-''The one-sentence "definition" that should be in italics.''
-This pattern is a still a stub.
+Roleplaying Games, and especially Live Action Roleplaying Games, typically strive for players to engage in enactment of their characters. Even if players do strive for this an obstacle may be that they need to communicate about rules or how they wish they gameplay to progress and this can be difficult to do through diegetically through characters. [[Meta-Techniques]] are various ways in which the game design can help with this communication without forcing players to make their characters break the diegetic consistency.
 Note: ''[[Meta-Techniques]] have been discuss in several texts about [[:Category:Live Action Roleplaying Games|Live Action Roleplaying Games]], see for example Stark<ref name="Stark"/>, Linssen ''et al.''<ref name="Linssen"/>, and Wrigstad<ref name="Wrigstad"/>. An alternative name for the concept, suggested by Wrigstad, is ''telegraphing.

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 === Examples ===
+[[Meta-Techniques]] are found in [[:Category:Live Action Roleplaying Games|Live Action Roleplaying Games]]. In the [[Mind's Eye Theatre]] rules vampires can show their use of supernatural abilities through arm postures, e.g. holding their arms crossed over their chest to signify that they are obfuscated. In Nordic LARPs, the use of the ''Black box''<ref name="black_box"/> technique allows the interjection of scenes temporally or spatially separated from the main game. ''Ars Armandi''<ref name="Stark"/> and "boffer" combat<ref name="boffer"/><ref name="bofferwiki"/> are examples how actions that are not feasible to perform during gameplay can be replaced by others that share characteristics with them (in this case regarding sex and violence respectively). ''Feather Play''<ref name="Feather_Play"/> is a technique that allows a discrete way of indicating to other players that one wishes to initiate a sexual encounter without interrupting gameplay. ''The Liquor on the Table''<ref name="The_Liquor_on_the_Table"/> is another that is used to show that players should bring conflict to a breaking point in a scene.
 [[Meta-Techniques]] are found in [[:Category:Live Action Roleplaying Games|Live Action Roleplaying Games]].
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 Black box
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-Invisibility
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 ''Ars Armandi''<ref name="Stark"/> and "boffer" combat<ref name="boffer"/><ref name="bofferwiki"/> are examples how actions that are not feasible to perform during gameplay can be replaced by others that share characteristics with them (in this case regarding sex and violence respectively). ''Feather Play''<ref name="Feather_Play"/> is a technique that allows a discrete way of indicating to other players that one wishes to initiate a sexual encounter without interrupting gameplay. ''The Liquor on the Table''<ref name="The_Liquor_on_the_Table"/> is another that is used to show that players should bring conflict to a breaking point in a scene.
 == Using the pattern ==
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 <ref name="Feather_Play">[http://nordiclarp.org/wiki/Feather_Play entry] for the technique ''Feather Play'' on the Nordic LARP wiki.</ref>
 <ref name="The_Liquor_on_the_Table">[http://nordiclarp.org/wiki/The_Liquor_on_the_Table entry] for the technique ''The liquor on the Table'' on the Nordic LARP wiki.</ref>
 <ref name="boffer">[http://nordiclarp.org/wiki/Boffer entry] for ''Boffer'' on the Nordic LARP wiki.</ref>
 <ref name="bofferwiki">Wikipedia [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Foam_weapon entry] for foam, or ''boffer'', weapons.</ref>

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 == References ==
 <references>
-<ref name="Bjork & Holopainen 2004">Björk, S. & Holopainen, J. (2004) ''Patterns in Game Design''. Charles River Media. ISBN1-58450-354-8.</ref>
+<ref name="Stark">Stark, L. 2012. ''Leaving Mundania - Inside the Transformative World of Live Action Role-playing Games'', p. 220. Chicago Review Press.</ref>
-META-TECHNIQUES (Stark 2012, p. 204; Linssen et al., 2013; Wrigstad 2008 suggests the term telegraphing).
+<ref name="Wrigstad">Wrigstad, T. 2008. ''Nuts and Bolts of Jeepform''. Playground Worlds.</ref>
 </references>
 == Acknowledgements ==
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 This pattern is a still a stub.
-Note: ''[[Meta-Techniques]]'' have been discuss in several texts about [[:Category:Live Action Roleplaying Games|Live Action Roleplaying Games]], see for example Stark<ref name="stark"/>, Linssen ''et al.''<ref name="Linssen"/>, and Wrigstad<ref name="wrigstad"/>. An alternative name for the concept, suggested by Wrigstad, is ''telegraphing.
+Note: ''[[Meta-Techniques]] have been discuss in several texts about [[:Category:Live Action Roleplaying Games|Live Action Roleplaying Games]], see for example Stark<ref name="stark"/>, Linssen ''et al.''<ref name="Linssen"/>, and Wrigstad<ref name="wrigstad"/>. An alternative name for the concept, suggested by Wrigstad, is ''telegraphing.
 http://nordiclarp.org/wiki/Feather_Play