Contextualization - Revision history

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	''Scenes that interrupt and contextualize an ongoing scene by presenting information relevant to the current situation.''		''Scenes that interrupt and contextualize an ongoing scene by presenting information relevant to the current situation.''

	[[:Category:Live Action Roleplaying Games\|Live Action Roleplaying Games]] typically try to avoid have information given to players about the events without these being enacted. [[Contextualization]] is a technique that allows players to enact ~~flashback~~ or ''flashforwards'' that interrupt the current scene to present additional information about it.		[[:Category:Live Action Roleplaying Games\|Live Action Roleplaying Games]] typically try to avoid have information given to players about the events without these being enacted. [[Contextualization]] is a technique that allows players to enact flashbacks or ''flashforwards'' that interrupt the current scene to present additional information about it.

	=== Examples ===		=== Examples ===
	The ''Black Box''<ref name="Black_Box"/> technique in [[:Category:Live Action Roleplaying Games\|Live Action Roleplaying Games]] is a archetypal example of [[Contextualization]]. The ''Make a Speech''<ref name="joakim"/> technique used in the LARP Joakim<ref name="joakimwiki"/> shows a public example of contextualization; when players initiate a speech to the absent former classmate Joakim the rule stipulate that the characters hear this speech but the players tell the other players a memory about how they mistreated him.		The ''Black Box''<ref name="Black_Box"/> technique in [[:Category:Live Action Roleplaying Games\|Live Action Roleplaying Games]] is an archetypal example of [[Contextualization]]. The ''Make a Speech''<ref name="joakim"/> technique used in the LARP Joakim<ref name="joakimwiki"/> shows a public example of contextualization; when players initiate a speech to the absent former classmate Joakim the rule stipulate that the characters hear this speech but the players tell the other players a memory about how they mistreated him.

	== Using the pattern ==		== Using the pattern ==
	The prime design question regarding the use of [[Contextualization]] is when the [[Scenes]] the ~~contextualize~~ should be initialized. Other questions relate to if players can initiate the [[Contextualization\|[[Contextualizations]] or if only [[Game Masters]] or events begin them, if they should be flashbacks or "flashforwards", and if they should make use of other [[Characters]].		The prime design question regarding the use of [[Contextualization]] is when the [[Scenes]] the contextualization should be initialized. Other questions relate to if players can initiate the [[Contextualization\|Contextualizations]] or if only [[Game Masters]] or events begin them, if they should be flashbacks or "flashforwards", and if they should make use of other [[Characters]].

	=== Narrative Aspects ===		=== Narrative Aspects ===
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	[[Contextualization]] is a [[Meta-Techniques\|Meta-Technique]] using whole [[Scenes]] as its format, thereby both creating [[Scenes]] and modifying existing ones. It can easily break [[Temporal Consistency]] by having the [[Scenes]] take place in the past or future of what is "currently" happening in a game instance.		[[Contextualization]] is a [[Meta-Techniques\|Meta-Technique]] using whole [[Scenes]] as its format, thereby both creating [[Scenes]] and modifying existing ones. It can easily break [[Temporal Consistency]] by having the [[Scenes]] take place in the past or future of what is "currently" happening in a game instance.

	The use of the pattern modifies players possibility of [[Enactment]] in that they can portray [[Characters]] at other times or even other [[Characters]] that are relevant to the narration.		The use of the pattern modifies players' possibility of [[Enactment]] in that they can portray [[Characters]] at other times or even other [[Characters]] that are relevant to the narration.

	== Relations ==		== Relations ==

Staffan Björk at 18:30, 5 July 2014

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	''~~The one-sentence "definition"~~ that ~~should be in italics~~.''		''Scenes that interrupt and contextualize an ongoing scene by presenting information relevant to the current situation.''

	~~This pattern~~ is a ~~still a stub~~.		[[:Category:Live Action Roleplaying Games\|Live Action Roleplaying Games]] typically try to avoid have information given to players about the events without these being enacted. [[Contextualization]] is a technique that allows players to enact flashback or ''flashforwards'' that interrupt the current scene to present additional information about it.

	=== Examples ===		=== Examples ===

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	<ref name="Wrigstad">Wrigstad, T. 2008. ''Nuts and Bolts of Jeepform''. Playground Worlds.</ref>		<ref name="Wrigstad">Wrigstad, T. 2008. ''Nuts and Bolts of Jeepform''. Playground Worlds.</ref>
	<ref name="Black_Box">[http://nordiclarp.org/wiki/Black_box ~~entry~~] for ''Black Box'' on the Nordic LARP wiki.</ref>		<ref name="Black_Box">[http://nordiclarp.org/wiki/Black_box Entry] for ''Black Box'' on the Nordic LARP wiki.</ref>
	<ref name="joakimwiki">[http://nordiclarp.org/wiki/Joakim ~~entry~~] for the LARP ''Joakim'' on the Nordic LARP wiki.</ref>		<ref name="joakimwiki">[http://nordiclarp.org/wiki/Joakim Entry] for the LARP ''Joakim'' on the Nordic LARP wiki.</ref>
	<ref name="joakim">Rules for the LARP ''[http://stockholmscenariofestival.files.wordpress.com/2013/08/joakim-eng.pdf Joakim]'' at Stockholm Scenario Festival 2013.</ref>		<ref name="joakim">Rules for the LARP ''[http://stockholmscenariofestival.files.wordpress.com/2013/08/joakim-eng.pdf Joakim]'' at Stockholm Scenario Festival 2013.</ref>
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	=== Examples ===		=== Examples ===
	The ''Black Box''<ref name="Black_Box"/> technique in [[:Category:Live Action Roleplaying Games\|Live Action Roleplaying Games]] is a archetypal example of [[Contextualization]]. The ''Make a Speech'' technique used in the LARP Joakim<ref name="joakimwiki"/> shows a public example of contextualization; when players initiate a speech to the absent former classmate Joakim the rule stipulate that the characters hear this speech but the players tell the other players a memory about how they mistreated him~~<ref name="joakim"/>~~.		The ''Black Box''<ref name="Black_Box"/> technique in [[:Category:Live Action Roleplaying Games\|Live Action Roleplaying Games]] is a archetypal example of [[Contextualization]]. The ''Make a Speech''<ref name="joakim"/> technique used in the LARP Joakim<ref name="joakimwiki"/> shows a public example of contextualization; when players initiate a speech to the absent former classmate Joakim the rule stipulate that the characters hear this speech but the players tell the other players a memory about how they mistreated him.

	== Using the pattern ==		== Using the pattern ==

Staffan Björk at 18:26, 5 July 2014

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	=== Examples ===		=== Examples ===
			The ''Black Box''<ref name="Black_Box"/> technique in [[:Category:Live Action Roleplaying Games\|Live Action Roleplaying Games]] is a archetypal example of [[Contextualization]]. The ''Make a Speech'' technique used in the LARP Joakim<ref name="joakimwiki"/> shows a public example of contextualization; when players initiate a speech to the absent former classmate Joakim the rule stipulate that the characters hear this speech but the players tell the other players a memory about how they mistreated him<ref name="joakim"/>.

	== Using the pattern ==		== Using the pattern ==
	The prime design ~~questions~~ regarding the use of [[Contextualization]] is when the [[Scenes]] the contextualize should be initialized.		The prime design question regarding the use of [[Contextualization]] is when the [[Scenes]] the contextualize should be initialized. Other questions relate to if players can initiate the [[Contextualization\|[[Contextualizations]] or if only [[Game Masters]] or events begin them, if they should be flashbacks or "flashforwards", and if they should make use of other [[Characters]].

	=== Narrative Aspects ===		=== Narrative Aspects ===
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	<references>		<references>
	<ref name="Wrigstad">Wrigstad, T. 2008. ''Nuts and Bolts of Jeepform''. Playground Worlds.</ref>		<ref name="Wrigstad">Wrigstad, T. 2008. ''Nuts and Bolts of Jeepform''. Playground Worlds.</ref>
			<ref name="Black_Box">[http://nordiclarp.org/wiki/Black_box entry] for ''Black Box'' on the Nordic LARP wiki.</ref>
			<ref name="joakimwiki">[http://nordiclarp.org/wiki/Joakim entry] for the LARP ''Joakim'' on the Nordic LARP wiki.</ref>
			<ref name="joakim">Rules for the LARP ''[http://stockholmscenariofestival.files.wordpress.com/2013/08/joakim-eng.pdf Joakim]'' at Stockholm Scenario Festival 2013.</ref>
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	== Acknowledgements ==		== Acknowledgements ==
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Staffan Björk at 18:01, 5 July 2014

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	=== Examples ===		=== Examples ===

	~~==== Anti-Examples ====~~
	~~optional~~

	== Using the pattern ==		== Using the pattern ==
			The prime design questions regarding the use of [[Contextualization]] is when the [[Scenes]] the contextualize should be initialized.
	~~=== Diegetic Aspects ===~~

	~~=== Interface Aspects ===~~

	=== Narrative Aspects ===		=== Narrative Aspects ===
			[[Contextualization]] is a [[:Category:Narration Patterns\|Narration Pattern]].

	== Consequences ==		== Consequences ==
	[[Contextualization]] is a [[Meta-Techniques\|Meta-Technique]] using whole [[Scenes]] as its format, thereby both creating [[Scenes]] and modifying existing ones. It can easily break [[Temporal Consistency]] by having the [[Scenes]] take place in the past or future of what is "currently" happening in a game instance.		[[Contextualization]] is a [[Meta-Techniques\|Meta-Technique]] using whole [[Scenes]] as its format, thereby both creating [[Scenes]] and modifying existing ones. It can easily break [[Temporal Consistency]] by having the [[Scenes]] take place in the past or future of what is "currently" happening in a game instance.

			The use of the pattern modifies players possibility of [[Enactment]] in that they can portray [[Characters]] at other times or even other [[Characters]] that are relevant to the narration.

	== Relations ==		== Relations ==
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	=== Can Modulate ===		=== Can Modulate ===
			[[Characters]],
			[[Enactment]],
	[[Scenes]]		[[Scenes]]

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	== History ==		== History ==
	New pattern created in this wiki. However, the concept was first introduced by Wrigstad in 2008<ref name="Wrigstad"/>.		New pattern created in this wiki. However, the concept was first introduced as "contextualisation" by Wrigstad in 2008<ref name="Wrigstad"/>.

	== References ==		== References ==

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	== History ==		== History ==
	New pattern created in this wiki.		New pattern created in this wiki. However, the concept was first introduced by Wrigstad in 2008<ref name="Wrigstad"/>.

	== References ==		== References ==

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	== References ==		== References ==
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	<ref name="~~Bjork & Holopainen 2004~~">~~Björk~~, S. ~~& Holopainen, J~~. ~~(2004)~~ ''~~Patterns in Game Design~~''. ~~Charles River Media. ISBN1-58450-354-8~~.</ref>		<ref name="Wrigstad">Wrigstad, T. 2008. ''Nuts and Bolts of Jeepform''. Playground Worlds.</ref>
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	== Acknowledgements ==		== Acknowledgements ==
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	== Consequences ==		== Consequences ==
	[[Contextualization]] is a [[Meta-Techniques\|Meta-Technique]] using whole [[Scenes]] as its format. It can easily break [[Temporal Consistency]] by having the [[Scenes]] take place in the past or future of what is "currently" happening in a game instance.		[[Contextualization]] is a [[Meta-Techniques\|Meta-Technique]] using whole [[Scenes]] as its format, thereby both creating [[Scenes]] and modifying existing ones. It can easily break [[Temporal Consistency]] by having the [[Scenes]] take place in the past or future of what is "currently" happening in a game instance.

	== Relations ==		== Relations ==
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	=== Can Modulate ===		=== Can Modulate ===
	-		[[Scenes]]

	=== Can Be Instantiated By ===		=== Can Be Instantiated By ===