Bartender with(out) plot

[janestarz]

This Charm barnight was quite a thing. The preparations surely didn't go without a hitch, and I was a little confused about when I was supposed to arrive, but in the end it all worked out so I shouldn't say anything else about that.

I had asked for the bartender role, partially because I enjoy tending bar and waiting tables, and partially because Dolphgirl wouldn't be joining us. And there was plot, boy was there ever plot.
"Players have often complained about having too much plot at the barnight." Margrietje said. I checked the plotbook: a meagre 26 pages, including backgrounds of different races.

Initially I'd wanted to play a feline -- we're leaving the feline lands, so this would be my last chance. A full weekend of make-up would be a disaster for my face, so the single bar-night wouldn't be too bad. But the barnight would have a bar-morning and my nose has been acting up: infections under the skin and a slightly purplish tinge spoiled my last two weeks. So I decided against it after discussing it with cabaray and omdathetkan.

The night was fun, players did their things and they were embroilled by the loud greenskin Chieftan Dûrmatz and his shaman and goblin. A necromancer paid the meeting an unexpected visit. And of course everyone was engaged in their own little plots and plans.
Not a single one of the players asked if they needed to pay for their drinks. Only two people actually spoke with me besides ordering a drink. And only one guy actually asked my name.

So Periz, the bartender, didn't quite get her plot played. Oh well. I had fun nevertheless.
Perhaps after a few events we can educate the players about etiquette. And paying the bar bill.

Also, in addition to the 851 pictures I've been editing of the StarTalent semi-finals (half-way through, roughly) I now have 350+ pictures of Charm barnight to edit....

Comments

[nathreee.livejournal.com]

You take too many pictures. :P

[muizenstaartje.livejournal.com]

How does a barnight LARP go? I've never been to one, but they sound like fun.

[janestarz.livejournal.com]

Usually (but not always) they're linked to an ALV, like Maerquin does in January. First the ALV gets taken care of, and when that's finished the players can change into their roles.

It's just a gathering of characters in a bar, sometimes with a little bit of plot. It is the part of fantasy roleplay that you never do in larp, but you sometimes see in D&D -- when the characters are underway from the spring event to the autumn event (or point A and point B), and they stop for a night at a bar, and they sit and they talk.

People think of things their characters would want to do or talk about before hand, and this was the problem with my character: they were too engrossed in their own things to pay attention to my NPC barwench.

[kenshinichinyo.livejournal.com]

Too busy with difficult negotiations, necromancer-suicide-bombers, fire elementals, dying friends, and lying down bleeding... Forgive me my inattentiveness in not asking your name... ;)

[janestarz.livejournal.com]

I only saw you at the bar once and I just hope you didn't see me stare open-mouthed at your sun-elf beauty :P

[kenshinichinyo.livejournal.com]

It's such a pity I missed that...

[janestarz.livejournal.com]

My personal revenge for you getting all emotional on Omen.

[omdathetkan.livejournal.com]

It was good to have you with us, as always! Too bad the bartender role didn't work out as well as you'd hoped. I think you pointed out the main reason yourself yesterday: that you were, in a way, replacing Wendy who tended to serve food OC. Besides, taking the bartender for granted seems to be a flaw many larpers share.

Anyway, next event will sport a location with a very cool, well-equipped bar, so hopefully that will help in turning this around a bit :-)

[ningyomatsuri.livejournal.com]

(In het Nederlands, ben nog brak zat van het weekend :P)
Ik denk dat een van de problemen ook was dat al het eten en drinken op een tafel stond met een teiltje water ernaast om je kopje uit te wassen. Dat is net zoals op reguliere evenementen en daar wordt je altijd geacht om jezelf te helpen. Denk dat je meer kans hebt op bar spel als er ook daadwerkelijk een echte bar is, zoals omdathetkan al zegt.
Hoop dat je dan gaat voor een herkansing, want barvrouw spelen is echt heel leuk!

[janestarz.livejournal.com]

Tja, dat teiltje water gebruikte ik zelf ook om kopjes mee af te wassen, en ik kon het ook niet echt ergens anders kwijt.

We zullen zien wat de verhaalschrijvers in petto hebben...

[querca-robur.livejournal.com]

Ik vond het erg gezellig met je, moet inderdaad tot mijn schaamte vertellen dat ik vergeten ben je naam te vragen, maar dat heb ik ook met spelers ;) Ik hoop dat ze inderdaad nog een bezoekje krijgt van haar idolen, moge alle plaatjes zeldzaam zijn en het boek snel vol.

[kainelslor.livejournal.com]

Tja het was ook niet echt een bar, maar een gezellig landhuis/ grenspost.
En hey wie vraagt er nu de naam van een bediende of bar-dame wanneer ze een avondje gaan stappen of drinken :-p
Ja ok als het een vrijgezelle man/ dame is die vind dat de bar- man/vrouw er leuk uit ziet ^^

Maar zoals Omdathetkan al zegt. De volgende lokatie heeft een echte (super de luxe)bar.