Social media in larps

SOCIAL MEDIA IN LARPS

http://nordiclarp.org/2014/04/10/social-media-in-larps/http://nordiclarp.org/2014/04/10/social-media-in-larps/

Petter Karlsson & Rasmus Høgdall Knutpunkt 2014

WHY WOULD YOU USE IT?To share player inputs

PLAYER INPUTS?Moods

Information Documentation

Inner voices Offgame

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SHARING?

Creating text Creating photos and movies

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Sharing already existing content

SOCIAL NETWORKS

Functional for before & after larp runtime

- Connects to self - Account creation

+ Familiar + Possibilities

Works well for runtime

- Familiar - Connection to self

+ Unfamiliar + Possibilities

Public social media larping?

- Hard to close - Semi public

+ Private accounts + Short and sweet

Larping with photos

- Photo sharing - Semi public

+ Photos sharing + Short and sweet

Custom built, online or offline

- Time & resources - Offline

+ Possibilites + Safety

?

Analog without tech

- SUPER OFFLINE!- Less realistic

+ SUPER SAFE! + Easy to use

POWER OF PEN!

Build-up Parningsdans

Just a Little Lovin’

Debriefing Kapo

Delirium

Runtime Panopticorp Lindängen Halat hisar

STAGES OF LARP

BEFORE DURING AFTER

PANOPTICORP

INGAME Google Plus G-mail Skype

DENMARK 2013

LINDÄNGENS RIKSINTERNAT

OFFGAME Facebook-group

SWEDEN 2013

HALAT HISAR

INGAME Pen & paper social media

FINLAND 2013

CONTEXTHow is the shared content perceived

outside the larp context?

MEDIAWhat types of media do you want to use?

Video?Photo?Text?

YEAH AWESOME AND COOL!

INTERNET NEVER FORGETS?

WHAT’S THE CONTEXT? WHAT MEDIA?

SOCIAL MEDIA IN LARPS

http://nordiclarp.org/2014/04/10/social-media-in-larps/http://nordiclarp.org/2014/04/10/social-media-in-larps/

Petter Karlsson & Rasmus Høgdall Knutpunkt 2014