It Started With A Sneeze - "Improvised Barotrauma"

How improvised Barotrauma works -
Each week my long form improv comedy buddies get together to play ONE round of Barotrauma with the intent to create one full story. A story with a beginning, middle and end. After doing this on stage for years, we decided to take the same improv principles and use them to create entire shows inside the world of Barotrauma!
Here are some loose "rules" that have helped us in creating the most fun we can in one round of Barotrauma.
Treat It Real -
This is the best way for me to explain to new roleplayers how to get the most fun out of Improvised Barotrauma. Just treat everything you see and hear like it's real! React like you would in real life, and you'll be having a blast in no time! If you treat it like a video game, you'll play it like a video game.
REACT TO DANGER - This one is huge but simple. Fear for your life at all times. Without the fear of death, nothing matters. If you get smacked, act like it!
The Mission - The mission is the crew's overall in-game goal. Barotrauma has an endless amount of scenarios to choose from but in reality, they're just backdrops to the stories that develop naturally each round. The "mission" can sometimes mean everything for the story and other times can be dismissed completely.
Yes, And -
Wiki - "Yes, and...", also referred to as "Yes, and..." thinking, is a rule-of-thumb in improvisational comedy that suggests that an improviser should accept what another improviser has stated ("yes") and then expand on that line of thinking. The improvisers' characters may still disagree.
If you listen closely we are going out of our way to agree to people's realities as they see it, and then expanding on it. In today's video it starts with a real life SNEEZE and the story develops from there.
DEATH -
If you die and you choose to stay the same character, you are sent from the cloner facility with the memory that you were on vacation. You have ZERO memory of what happened before and the crew MUST remove your body, and ID before you see it, otherwise this could cause psychotic breaks putting us all in danger.
If you die, you have also the option to come as a completely new character, with limited, to no knowledge of what was happening before you died. Really whatever serves the scene you are trying to set up. In this video Colticom dies off screen so we never got to finish our little story.
After spending 132 hours of my life roleplaying this game, you'd think I know how to complete a mission, drive the ship properly, or at least keep the engine running. But nope. I'm still clueless and Barotrauma punishes me for my cluelessness each week. And I keep coming back every Wednesday night for more punishment. Why? Roleplay!
My friends and I can create hundreds of scenes in Barotrauma and every one feels just as great as the last. As long as we treat everything like it's real, react to dangers properly, and "yes, and" each other as much as possible, we are guaranteed a good time every outing. It's like our own little improv comedy show. I kinda love it.
This weeks episode reflects how good of a time we're all having in our own little universe. We manage to keep it grounded even at the most goofiest times. My life couldn't be this entertaining without my friends WaRDooR, RegulationD, ElPolloDiablo, V3in, WooWee, and ‪@COLTICOM‬! The best crew a guy could ask for! This game is 100% worth every penny and you should gather up some friends tonight and head out there to goof it up! And give ROLEPLAY a shot! It's can't miss. #barotrauma #roleplay #playthrough
A special shoutout to the friends of this channel WooWee, WaRDooR, Sharkey, Raylynn, P3nny, V3in, Rosco, James Killian, WhiteRhino09, Mayhem, SonicOverlord23, Gerry, Kade, LoftSquatch, Badger, BrittHav, Our Twitch Friends, Our Facebook Friends, DrewG, RegD, Colticom, Pathos and so many more! You all constantly inspire me to keep creating! True pals indeed.
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New Update just dropped! Recording episodes of it next week! Tell your Moms

[@BazMac734]

Awesome vid man, loving improv plays you guys have between eachother

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Yooo BazMac 😎 it’s cool as heck you’d stop your day just to tell us that!! Thx sir! 🙏

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this was pretty cool! i like the concept of it and y'all do it so well

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Thx Benjamin!! Y’all are making my weekend awesome! 👏 ggs

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Talented kin

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Can’t tell em