{"id":31,"date":"2013-04-30T12:09:36","date_gmt":"2013-04-30T12:09:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/nordicrpg.fi\/piiritystila\/?page_id=31"},"modified":"2013-11-10T14:26:24","modified_gmt":"2013-11-10T14:26:24","slug":"why","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"http:\/\/nordicrpg.fi\/piiritystila\/concept\/why\/","title":{"rendered":"Why"},"content":{"rendered":"

On this page, members of the design team explain why they want to make this game, in English or in Finnish:<\/p>\n

Fatima AbdulKarim<\/strong><\/p>\n

Because I burst out laughing, at the first reaction, when I started reading the first few lines of an announcement to a political party which included their political declaration. This party declaration was an art project by an artist and a philosophy professor, both Palestinians, which reversed the political declaration of Kadima<\/a> political party in what is now Israel by using the word Palestine instead of Israel and vice versa, Refugees instead of Settlers and use Refugee Camps instead of Settlements.<\/p>\n

The effect of the wording made it sound extremely sarcastic at first sight, so I burst out with laughter. A few lines down, I was sighing, I felt disgusted. The wording effect was so fascist and I could not take it.
\nThat was one brilliant way that showed me how to really see things and rethink all of what is in my mindset. That’s exactly what we are doing with Halat Hisar<\/em>, we are recreating my world for your eyes.<\/p>\n

Kaisa Kangas<\/strong><\/p>\n

Because putting things into a different context makes you better see the absurdity of it all. How would it sound to you if someone said (for instance) that\u00a0\u00a0Finns don’t have any specific right to be in Finland because there are so many other Nordic countries?<\/p>\n

Because I wanted our Palestinian team to have the\u00a0opportunity to organize a larp in Finland, an international event where Palestinian and Finnish larpers (and larpers from other countries, too) could play together and get to know each other. I am hoping we will learn a lot from each other’s larp cultures.<\/p>\n

Juhana Pettersson<\/strong><\/p>\n

Suomalaisissa roolipeleiss\u00e4 ja larpeissa on pitk\u00e4 vaihtoehtohistoriallisen dystopian perinne. P\u00f6yt\u00e4pelien puolella alan klassikko lienee Hiljaisuuden vangit<\/em>. Siin\u00e4 natsit voittivat toisen maailmansodan, ja liittolaismaa Suomenkin poliittinen tulevaisuus meni sen my\u00f6t\u00e4 v\u00e4h\u00e4n toisille urille.<\/p>\n

Larpeista mainittakoon esimerkiksi Mike Pohjolan<\/strong> .laitos<\/em>, jossa pelattiin koulup\u00e4iv\u00e4\u00e4 fasisti-Suomessa. Vaihtoehtohistoriaa on sijoitettu muuallekin kuin kotimaahan: Ground Zero<\/em> -parissa pelattiin amerikkalaisen pikkukaupungin asukkaita Kuuban ohjuskriisin aikaan. Todellisesta historiasta poikettiin siin\u00e4, ett\u00e4 t\u00e4ll\u00e4 kertaa ydinsota todella alkoi.<\/p>\n

K\u00e4vin vuoden 2012 loppukes\u00e4st\u00e4 pelaamassa Palestiinan ensimm\u00e4isess\u00e4 larpissa Till Death Do Us Part<\/em>. Kirjoitin pelist\u00e4 artikkelin Helsingin Sanomiin, ja tehdess\u00e4ni haastatteluja palestiinalaiset pelij\u00e4rjest\u00e4j\u00e4t sanoivat, ett\u00e4 nyt kun heill\u00e4 on larppi hallussa, olisi hauskaa tehd\u00e4 pelej\u00e4 muuallakin kuin Palestiinassa. Esimerkiksi Suomessa.<\/p>\n

Suomessa ja muuallakin Pohjoismaissa on tehty paljon dystooppisia pelej\u00e4, mutta niiss\u00e4 on harvoin n\u00e4kynyt eletyn kokemuksen mukanaan tuoma autenttisuus. Sen takia onkin hienoa tehd\u00e4 Suomi-dystopioiden jatkumoon sijoittuvaa peli\u00e4 palestiinalaisten j\u00e4rjest\u00e4jien kanssa. Heid\u00e4n kokemuksensa ansiosta peliin saa realismia ja yksityiskohtia, eik\u00e4 pelin maailma ole ihan niin mustavalkoinen kuin se voisi muuten olla.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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