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Wartime Flyting
By: guest74 Date: December 7, 2014, 8:21 pm
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[color=#7faef1]Hi guys! Here's a more fleshed-out explanation of
a silly-challenges game I thought we might use to help bolster
the energy and spirit of DragonFable's wartime threads. It's
based on the Old Norse practice of flyting
(HTM) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flyting,
but would utilize humorous
vocabulary and motivational challenges rather than insults.
[color=white]—Why?
[color=#7faef1]Already the wartime threads are filled with
unfailing optimism and encouragement between players, and I've
seen many cases of friendly challenges being thrown around, i.e.
"Keep fighting, all! I bet we can reach __ waves before the
hour!", "Give us all you've got, Side A! Side B is ready for
your worst!", &c.
I thought it would be really, really fun to introduce an
expansion upon the friendly taunts, while emphasizing silly and
creative words to ensure that the atmosphere remains positive
and the focus upon warring as an activity to bring people
together, rather than apart. Participants can call each other
amusing names with made-up words or nonsensical titles, or throw
epically-worded challenges at one another, basically anything
with the goal of being silly and motivational rolled into one.
[color=white]—Who and how?
[color=#7faef1]My first thought was that we as a clan might
start off this light-hearted competition for most-sillily-worded
taunt / encouragement amongst ourselves, setting an example of
the concept for the rest of the DF community by calling each
other out amidst our normal posts whilst warring (only if you
were interested). Participants wouldn't necessarily have to be
of opposing sides, either!
For example, say Star and I were fighting for "Peanut-Butter
Enthusiasts", and Faerdin for "Nutella-Lovers United".
Aura to Fae: "May your jars forever be void of confectionary
spread, you hazelnutty crook of crumbs! Peanut butter shall
prevail! D:<"
Star to Aura: "Last one to two hundred more waves is a
frazzle-coiffed, dry-witted framfrooziler!"
I had imagined that other war-goers taking part in the threads
might jump in and join our "flyting" by instinct, or if they
found the idea particularly enjoyable. I believe it was
mentioned at the meeting that we might need to ask moderator
permission, though I hope to stress that what I originally had
in mind was only friendly sillyness, and absolutely no serious
insults or taunts. If someone has another possible method to
introduce the game or any other thoughts in general on the idea
of wartime "flyting", please share!
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Re: Wartime Flyting
By: Gingkage Date: December 7, 2014, 8:27 pm
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Aura, while I doubt any trouble would happen (forum staff can
generally tell good-natured vs mean-spirited), if you're worried
about it, we could limit flyting (for those interested/actually
understanding of this) to chat-hijinks. After all, they wouldn't
be much different from ordinary chat-hijinks. :P
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Re: Wartime Flyting
By: guest74 Date: December 7, 2014, 8:38 pm
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[color=#7faef1]I hadn't actually thought myself about needing
permission from the moderators, since I only ever envisioned it
being good-natured fun, but I know that other people expressed
the concern while we were in the meeting (and I wanted to offer
it up for discussion). Personally, I really hope that this is
something we could bring to the AEF war threads, as a community
sillyness to encourage creativity, grow closer together, and
have fun as a whole!
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Re: Wartime Flyting
By: Kalanna Dae Date: December 7, 2014, 10:17 pm
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Honestly, I think this could be quite fun.
Just spitballing here but we could simply introduce teams based
around a certain topic (for example, Cookies vs. Muffins).
We could all simply stick the name of the team we're on in our
signature, and let the flyting loose. I think forum members
could catch on very quickly if a bunch of were simply giving
silly themed insults to the opposing side.
Really, I'm just thinking out loud here.
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