I may have spoken (or written) a little too quickly, or left out some steps.
If you only play larps because you want an enjoyable pastime, huzzah!
I think this does correctly express my motivation for larping. I don't deny that it's an artform. My motivation to achieve fun (a concept that is, as britgeekgrrl mentioned, complicated. Ordinarily, I don't *want* to be scared out of my wits) colors my perception of what is good larp and bad larp. I don't assume that my aesthetic sense is the only one in the world, but it is the only one I've got. So when I say that Rothko is bad art (to me), I know there will be people so willing to disagree with my judgment that they will pay millions of dollars for one of his paintings. And the same would go for FMD or GR... despite not even having had the experience, I am pretty sure I would not enjoy them, and so they would be bad larps (to me). I can see there can be utilitarian justifications for larp as well, such as edu-LARP. I might not enjoy a larp that teaches longhand division, but I can still see its utility and it might be good for its intended audience, so I would hesitate to call it bad, just because I wouldn't like it.
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If you only play larps because you want an enjoyable pastime, huzzah!
I think this does correctly express my motivation for larping.
I don't deny that it's an artform.
My motivation to achieve fun (a concept that is, as britgeekgrrl mentioned, complicated. Ordinarily, I don't *want* to be scared out of my wits) colors my perception of what is good larp and bad larp.
I don't assume that my aesthetic sense is the only one in the world, but it is the only one I've got.
So when I say that Rothko is bad art (to me), I know there will be people so willing to disagree with my judgment that they will pay millions of dollars for one of his paintings.
And the same would go for FMD or GR... despite not even having had the experience, I am pretty sure I would not enjoy them, and so they would be bad larps (to me). I can see there can be utilitarian justifications for larp as well, such as edu-LARP. I might not enjoy a larp that teaches longhand division, but I can still see its utility and it might be good for its intended audience, so I would hesitate to call it bad, just because I wouldn't like it.