First of all I want to say Im a big believer that if something isnt broken then dont try and fix it. However, as an accountant Im programmed to think, if something is good then how can it be better..?

Improv Thursday nights have been sooo cool and I've learned a lot. Last week was really good, there was a good vibe and the love was there. The story tag game flowed great and I had more fun cos the guys were relaxed and were just chilling out.

One thing we did more of was teasing the guy in the middle and not tag him for a bit and this happened to me which forced me to keep on talking by moving the subject on. This has always been my weak point - im crap at the small talk/chit chat.

But because it went better last week it got me thinking... How can it always be great, or - how can it be better. I think it would help me and maybe some of the other guys to have a new bit at the end of the story tag game where we have to talk for 1-2 minutes alone and struggle on to re-programme our brains to seek out new conversation and improve flow.

So I want to open this up for discussion and see what they guys think or if there are any other ideas people have.

Also I want to make it clear that I am not a free loader and I want to thank the guys that make Improv happen as it takes a lot of effort to sort out. If I can help out in anyway then let me know as I want to give back to the community too.

Your loving companion

Dolphin

(P.s - If this has already been discussed then can someone redirect me to the thread.)

Dolphin- you can practise improv on your own at home too, pick random objects up at home and become an expert in them!!


Namaste sinstyle.

You guys are lucky to have that on your doorstep man!

Cheers sin, but its different with a group of people as you've got all the factors in play. Body language, attention spans live feed back etc..

Summer - why don't you form a group near you. A lot of the improv stuff is about havin a laugh and its easy to learn.

Hey Summer Junky,

It's not luck. We made it happen. If you Bristolians want a piece of that, you need to make it happen. If someone in another area does want to get something similar started, I'll gladly give them all the support they need.

I like the 'expert' game Sinstyle is talking about, you just make shit up about the object, it's history, the process of manufacture etc. It's fun and can be played on your own. There are a few other games you can play on your own for additional practice.

To Dolphin's original point: I agree story tag is one of the most relevant games for PU / SA. There were a couple of people this last week who kept tagging people out and only following up with 10 words of story, then stopping their story and begging to be tagged out. I really think that these are the moments when people should not be tagged out.

Another great game that has a lot of relevancy to PU / SA is Story-Story-Die, which I don't think we've played since you started coming along Dolphin.

This is where someone provides the name of a famous person and an everyday object and we have to make up a story about the person and the object. One of us mimes holding a gun. Whoever has the gun pointed at them must tell the story. When the gun is pointed at another player they must pick up the story exactly where the other person left off with no pausing, repetition or deviation or you will be 'shot' and die. In this game there tends to be periods where you will be forced to continue for longer as the player with the gun will sometimes stay pointed at one player for extended periods to see if they run out of story,

I'm thinking we can combine the two games so that you must riff off the other player's chat but while still talking about stuff that is real rather than a made up story. I'll have a wee think about the possibilities for next time.

Also, now that the weekend Improv course that some of us attend is back, we will be exposed to a lot of new games which we will be throwing into the mix for the Thursday sessions.

As for help, so far it's not been so big a strain for me and I enjoy it enough myself to make it worth what effort it does take.

However, something I'd like to do over the next week is set up a Facebook group that I'd like you all to invite your friends to join. When this is set up, for people you think would be good at this or who would get a lot out of it, please add a personalised message to your invite explaining why you think they should join / attend.

On the back of this I'd like to get a few flyers made up. 100 should do. To hand out to the guys who come to the Saturday classes to get some of them along too. So to the designers and arty types amongst us: i'd really appreciate if you'd offer up some basic layouts, logos etc.

The idea is to make the group a little more diverse by including more people who are not from the community and make it less of a testosterone pit by getting a few girlies along.

There have only been a couple of guys bring non-community people along and it makes me wonder where all the PUs are at! Where are all the girls in your lives? Bring them. I've brought a few and they've loved it. Those looking for an interesting, exciting and different activity for a date - this is one such event.


Peace,

kowalski

Kowalski- the 2 girls that I invited to improv loved it and want to come again.

just had 5000 leaflets printed for my own venture!! the guy who design's them for me also owns the printers, his prices are spot on.

Namaste sinstyle.

That's right people. Sinstyle is a real SA mutha fucka. He actually has girls in his life.

Step your game up guys.


Peace,

kowalski

K-ster - cool, looking forward to playing out again!! Not heard of this weekend Improv tho, hmmm...

Lovin the idea of bringing outsiders to improv to spice it up - ill look through my black book... where is that thing... hehe!!

Send me more info on your facebook page when its up and running and i'll send it on!

Kiss kiss

You can check it out here Dolphin http://www.puaforum.co.uk/seduction-...ov-course.html

The intermediate course started this weekend for me and Sinstyle. Adam has signed up for the beginners course too.

There'll be some more in a few months. It's like the nights but whereas I want my nights to be as fun as possible and have as little instruction as possible, these are proper classes where your performance is analysed and the central concepts of improv are taught.


Peace,

kowalski

Ahhhhhh, looks coooool!

I'll pick your brains on this at Thursday improv.

Curiouser and curiouser....