Seriousness in games

[Ridley]

So, how serious is the tone in your games? Is it more humorous, or do you tend to be super serious.

Personaly, i just dont like the idea of humor gaming, its fun, but not to GM.

[Nxla666]

Most of the time dead serious, occasionally someone says or does something that makes us laugh our ass off.

And other times, well it is supposed to be fun.

[burgler81]

We use a bit of both.

[cyber-yukongil v2.5]

in our game we call it the tangent tobogan. It referes to any 30 minute or longer period were nothing but silly off point jokes and stories interrupt the game. They used to be fun when I first started, but now I pray for a little more seriousness in my games.

[Northern Ranger]

My games are mostly serious, but I do like to throw in a little comedy to lighten things up. Especially after a particularly grueling task or fight. Comic relief has its place, as long as its handled properly and doesn't take over the game!

[Warwolf]

So, how serious is the tone in your games? Is it more humorous, or do you tend to be super serious.

Personaly, i just dont like the idea of humor gaming, its fun, but not to GM.

IN my games, the tone is typically quite serious/dramatic (I'd say 8/10). However, I like to break it up with some comedy as well. At the same time, as a player group I'd say the seriousness is more around a 5/10 since there is a lot of out-of-character joking (most of it tasteless) and razzing that occurs. We will also take time out just for general BSing as the session proceeds.

[Warwolf]

So, how serious is the tone in your games? Is it more humorous, or do you tend to be super serious.

Personaly, i just dont like the idea of humor gaming, its fun, but not to GM.

IN my games, the tone is typically quite serious/dramatic (I'd say 8/10). However, I like to break it up with some comedy as well. At the same time, as a player group I'd say the seriousness is more around a 5/10 since there is a lot of out-of-character joking (most of it tasteless) and razzing that occurs. We will also take time out just for general BSing as the session proceeds.

Shush, Pinata!

Fine. See if I jump in a nerve-gas filled hole to save YOUR sorry hide you PKing flail-about.

[DocS]

there is a fine line, I think. Some folks think of "serious" as 'all concentration, no jokes', you know, like how chess tournaments are serious. And others think of 'serious' as 'with large possibilities of permanent negative effects', like how firefighting is 'serious' (But firefighters joke a lot, because they know what they're doing!).

I prefer a more relaxed game. The intense concentration for me is kind of a let-down. So I love a jokey campaign. However, if the campaign has lots of danger and the like, I like that too. So I guess in way #1, I'm not serious, but way #2, I am.