[UA] Bad Reactions to UA?

[Patrick Joynt]

Going back to the definitions of comedy vs tragedy, both in the game I'm 
running now and the just-put-on-pause game I was in, there was a lot of 
joking, both in and out of character. However, both games are also very 
dark, fucked up games. The jokes all tend to be way after the trauma has 
passed - usually a whole week until the next session, and the players have 
had a chance to cope. The jokes are less an inability to stay focused on the 
game, or the mood, but both OOC and IC, the only way to stay sane in the 
face of insane events.
I find the joking to contribute to the mood - it almost always comes off as 
the nervous giggles of four people who have been through the same trauma.
My .02,
Patrick


>First, I must state that as GM I like play in a dark way, not always
>involving magik
>(otherwise players get used to it), and I try to play seriously. I found a
>group of players
>who like this mood, but actually they they keep laughting!! During the 
>game,
>they don't take seriously
>their PG, and all the atmosphere go away! I can accept some witticisms
>(otherwise the game
>can became boring), but not for all the duration of the game.

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