Interview Series Vol. 3 Storytelling    Compare

This is the one I've most been looking forward too. I really liked how much fun Future was having and how excitable he is. Track 8, the first half was really good. Swinggcat says 'pauses focus the mind' PU101 says to pause before the punch, I prefered the MM explanation cueing them for a reaction. Stories about something almost happening, yeah that's something I have been occasionally guilty off and approve off pointing out. Although, in rapport just a sudden state change in what your describing (Swinggcats chick humour) seems often enough to get a laugh, since I have a story about nothing, but which gets a laugh, I'm keeping it, but its always worth asking, what can I make happen here? The DLV stack was hilarious, and I can identify with that, when I've warmed the room a little I LOVE going in with a DLV opener cos' the incongruence gets an instant laugh, it's so freakin' easy! If she suspects your expecting a reaction they resist, good to hear that, was thinking about that for a while, things which are structurally funny but fall flat (good on the page), or when girls ask me for a story (which they occasionally do , having overheard snatches from other sets, the reaction is less). I've decided I can keep things which are struturally funny, for instance contrasts, but are unreliable, by just floating over them to the next bit; it becomes padding but at least not reaction seeking. One Of Futures DHVs about the classic looking ex-gf was really interesting, it took something with no plot, no real story, but still flipped the preselection DHV by making it into a barbed compliment. So long as you move past the DHV spike your safe, and that's all you need, just a little thing to setup the DHV and move the 'story' past it. For stories where there was no conflict, I think NLP is the answer, for instance sky diving, if you've done it you may want to talk about it, so what do you do? You have peril to work with and your plot is the various events - jumping - shoot deployment - landing, so you can do some elaborate sensation methphoring on how you felt triggered by each event. I think any kind of positive expressiveness progresses you in c1/c2, I think NLP is the way to make something good of activities where there really is little plot to work with, but that make you an interesting guy - Style's lifestyle attraction switch.

I am not somebody who takes canned stories seriously in my game. I prefer banter, games, and jokes. However, I may have just changed my mind about stories because Sinn and Future break down the elements of strong stories. Mind you, much of this is already discussed in the Venusian Arts Handbook, but it has suddenly clicked for me. A huge topic they talk about is DLV pits and what topics to avoid at all costs because they will subcommunicate that you are low value. This segment alone made the disc worth it for me. Finally, the segment on humor outlined how attraction humor is much different than humor for humor's sake, and how to get the most out of attraction humor. Awesome.

The quality of the CD is very good; the recording is very clear. Also, the information in the CD is outstanding; disqualifications are explained in depth, and I feel I now fully understand the purpose of disqualifying.