Dystopia Rising CT

Q: WHAT IS DYSTOPIA RISING?

A: YOU ARE BEST OFF CHECKING OUT THE CORE DYSTOPIA RISING PAGE AND TAKING A LOOK AT THE DYSTOPIA RISING EVOLUTION TTRPG. IT’S AN ENTIRE THING. TO SAVE SPACE AND NOT MAKE PEOPLE WADE THROUGH REDUNDANT INFORMATION, WE ARE GOING TO FOCUS ON WHAT MAKES DR:CT DIFFERENT. HERE ARE THOSE LINKS.
DYSTOPIA RISING LARPS DYSTOPIA RISING EVOLUTION

Q: CAN I BASE DR LARP NETWORK CHARACTER IN YOUR CHAPTER?

A: YES. UNDERSTAND THAT WE WILL BE DOING ODDBALL EVENTS AND NOT RUNNING MONTHLY. WE DO SUGGEST GETTING AND ADVANCED MEMBERSHIP SO THAT YOU CAN GAIN THE BENEFITS OF BEING A DR CT PLAYER, AND ALSO GAIN FULL REWARDS FROM MONTHLY GAMES YOU MAY GO TO.

Q: ARE THESE ALL NATIONAL, AND IF SO WHY DON’T YOU GIVE YOUR RESOURCES TO THE NETWORK BEFORE THE EVENT?

A: WE AREN’T RUNNING ALL NATIONAL EVENTS. MOST IMPROBABLE HAS A BRANCH CONTRACT LIKE ANY OTHER BRANCH. HOWEVER, WE HAVE ALSO SIGNED A DEVELOPMENT AND PUBLICATION AGREEMENT WITH THE COMPANY THAT OWNS DYSTOPIA RISING (NOT THE LARP NETWORK, THE IP COMPANY). THIS LETS US WRITE, DEVELOP, AND PUBLISH OUR CONTENT. SO AS WE MAKE A COOL NEW THING FOR OUR GAMES WE ALSO DO VERSIONS OF IT FOR THE TTRPG RELEASED BY ONYX PATH VIA THE COMMUNITY PORTAL.

Q: DIDN’T YOU GUYS MAKE DR? WHY ARE YOU JUST DOING SOMETIME EVENTS NOW?
A: YES. WE CREATED THE ORIGINAL WORLD OVER 16 YEARS AGO. AS THINGS GREW AND PEOPLE CHANGED. WE HAVE CAREERS, NEW LIVES, AND (FOR THE LOVE OF FUCK FORTUNATELY) ARE NOT THE SAME PEOPLE WE WERE BACK WHEN THIS WAS FIRST GOING PUBLIC TESTING BACK IN 2005. THE TEENS AND TWENTY-SOMETHINGS THAT USED TO GAME EVERY AVAILABLE SECOND OF THEIR LIVES ARE NOW 30 AND 40 SOMETHINGS THAT HAVE A LOT OF OTHER INTERESTS. WE THINK THERE ARE OTHER PEOPLE OUT THERE TOO WHO MIGHT LIKE BEING ABLE TO COME IN, ENJOY A THING, AND THEN MAYBE GET TOGETHER WITH THE FRIENDS THEY MAKE HERE TO DO OTHER STUFF.

Q: WHY NOT RUN STANDARD MONTHLY DR LARPS?

A: RUNNING A MONTHLY DR LARP IS A MASSIVE VOLUME OF WORK THAT REQUIRES FULL TIME OR LOTS OF PART TIME WORK INTO ENSURING A QUALITY AND SAFE EXPERIENCE HAPPENS MONTHLY. MORE POWER TO THE PEOPLE WHO HAVE THE ABILITY AND FOCUS TO DO THAT, BUT WE JUST WANT TO RUN A COUPLE REALLY COOL AND HYPER FOCUSED EXPERIENCES A YEAR THAT WE SPEND MONTHS ON PLANNING INSTEAD OF KEEPING A CONSTANT FLOW OF MONTHLY CREATIVE PRODUCTION GOING. PLUS, THERE IS A SOCIAL ASPECT WE AREN’T THAT BIG ON WITH SOME AREAS OF CHRONICLE LARP ACROSS THE HOBBY AS A WHOLE (NOT JUST IN DR).

Q. WHAT DO YOU MEAN BY“SOCIAL ASPECTS THAT YOU AREN’T BIG ON”?

A: IT’S HARD TO EXPLAIN IT UNLESS YOU’VE BEEN IN IT. MOST PEOPLE GET INTO RUNNING LARPS OR WRITING GAMES BECAUSE THEY WANT TO CREATE SOMETHING EXPRESSIVE AND ENTERTAINING- MUCH LIKE WRITERS, MUSICIANS, AND ARTISTS. BUT LARP IN THE USA AND, IN PARTICULAR, CHRONICLE LARPS, ALSO INCORPORATE ASPECTS OF BEING A PUBLIC FIGURE. YOUR PERSONAL DISAGREEMENTS WITH ANOTHER PERSON SOMEHOW BECOMES PUBLIC DOMAIN AND THE BUSINESS OF LARPERS. YOU HAVE TO HEDGE WHAT AND HOW YOU SAY THINGS TO ENSURE A GOTCHA QUOTE DOESN’T OCCUR OUTSIDE OF CONTEXT (AND THAT DOESN’T STOP SOMEONE FROM JUST SHIT TALKING). AS THE CREATORS OF THESE QUIRKY EVENTS WE HAVE NO DESIRE TO BE YOUR PARENTS, BOSSES, GUIDANCE COUNSELORS, OR ROLE MODELS. WE WOULD RATHER SET A CLEAR GUIDELINE OF WHAT AND HOW WE ARE RUNNING OUR EVENTS AND DESIGN THE EXPERIENCES IN SUCH A WAY TO LIMIT THE POTENTIAL FOR OVER-INVESTMENT.

Q: MY CHARACTER IS A ROBOT, PART ROBOT, WEREWOLF, CYBORG, WIZARD, ALIEN. CAN THEY ATTEND?

A: NO. WHILE YOUR HOME GAME MAY DECIDE TO ENGAGE IN ASPECTS OF PLAY THAT ARE OUTSIDE THE SCOPE OF THE DYSTOPIA RISING CORE GENRE, IT’S NOT THE STYLE OF GAME WE WANT TO RUN. SO IF YOUR CHARACTER IS ANY OF THE ITEMS LISTED ABOVE, PLEASE PLAY A DIFFERENT CHARACTER WHEN YOU ATTEND A DR CT GAME. IF YOU CHOOSE TO BRING THEM INTO GAME DESPITE BEING INFORMED TO NOT BRING THEM INTO GAME, YOUR CHARACTER MAY HAVE EVENTS HAPPEN TO THEM THAT MAKES THE CHARACTER MORE CORE GENRE.

Q: DO YOU ALLOW OTHER GAMES HOUSE RULES AND MECHANICS IN DR:CT?

A: MOST OF THE TIME, NO. UNLESS THAT HOUSE RULE GENERATES LESS NEED FOR RULES. WE ARE VERY MUCH A NARRATIVE DRIVEN GAME. WHEN WE RUN LIVE EVENTS, WE ARE MORE LIKELY TO RUN AMERICAN FREEFORM VERSIONS OF DYSTOPIA RISING THAN TRADITIONAL WEEKEND LONG BOFFER LARPS.