FOCUS

This event occurred in the past: January 21st, 2006.

Characters have come to an ordinary but out-of-the-way gathering place for a clearly mundane, if esoteric, purpose. A few are well known, and one is famous enough that many of the characters are there simply to see, hear, or talk to them. It is even rumoured that a maguffin of interest to many characters will be on display at the event, and that its inventor/discoverer may even make a surprise appearance! All indications seem to be in favour of an entertaining but peaceful time, but

SOMETHING STRANGE IS GOING ON!
Why have NPC's been disappearing mysteriously of late? Who is the dark-robed stranger seen hanging around the gathering and what does he/she want? Is there any truth to rumours of sinister origins pertaining to the maguffin? And WHAT'S WITH ALL THE FUNKY WIDGETS?

Come play 'FOCUS' - a theatre-style live-action role playing game exactly like every other theatre-style live-action role-playing game you have ever played.

FOCUS: The Generic Theatre-Style LARP is a production of Etherlines Tours, with guest gamemaster Marc Blumberg, running the afternoon of January 21st, 2006, between 2 and 6pm, at the home of Cynthia Bakke in Glenwood, IL. There will be a token entry fee at the door. For more information, send email to 'focus@etherlines.com' before January 7th (preferably well before).

Thank you for signing up for for FOCUS: The Generic Live Action Role Playing Game. For our amusement, please fill out the
following questionnaire. We will try to use at least one of your answers.

Vital Statistics:

Name:
Age:
Sex:
Gender:	Male Female
Email Address:

Multiple Choice:

On the following scale, rate how good or evil a character you want to play:

1. Someone sickeningly sweet from popular culture
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8. Their nemesis.
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10. The name of a character in the game, not that you would know that yet.

Which of the following most accurately reflects your dedication to gaming:

THE GAME! THERE IS ONLY THE GAME! I LIVE FOR THE GAME!
I will probably sleep in that morning.

Short Answer:

What stereotypical LARP plot do you always seem to find yourself cast in?

What stereotypical LARP plot would you least like to be involved in?

Essay:

You are trapped in an unpleasant situation or location immediately recognizable to anyone familiar with popular culture with a celebrity well known for their most displeasing traits. You have a small number of mundane and non-useful objects in your possession, and one weird object which the author of this questionnaire thought was funny at the time. Something weird happens; how do you react?

Extra credit: how do you get out of the situation making use of the 'tools' mentioned previously?