Does Taking A Theme List Get You "Props"?

or does it get you a complete fisting? 


Subtext - if you devise an event that has leanings to a theme or a scene, should you actively support those who Go Go Gadget Theme? On the flip, if you are running a vanilla 90, should you drop the pretext of any kind of theme concession at all - and forget even trying to apply a contextual wrapper around your event?



The urge is always stronk.

When you're like me - theme as fuck - there's always that voice saying "you're going to get a beating". Now the reason for this post *now* is that you have seen my list for an upcoming 90 where I'm taking complete junk in the name of sticking two finger up at GW. But is anyone else going to rock up on the theme team? And is anyone but me going to appreciate the theme? 


Does My Dedication To Theme Ruin "Srs Bzns" Players Fun At Events?

So, I went to a one day 90 which normally I wouldn't. It was in Birmingham, which is a bizarre melting pot of fairly seriously non-theme players. But there was a ticket left, and a chum and I hoicked over, tempted less that it was cheap and included lunch, and more by the promise of mugs of hot Bovril and the chance to glimpse the wild Noddy Holder. Also faggots, which I include only to see if it sets off the filter that this blog may be somewhat naughty. 


The event was set at 435pts or something, on the basis that this was the points of a certain list from a certain part of the film. So I took that exact list....and got put entirely in the bin. The question is - did I *ruin* the game for serious players by taking a list that wasn't serious at all? My list was shit. It had exactly nothing. But it fit the theme of the event. But no-one else did. There were no theme lists, and an active selection of players who were not really interested in engaging with the fact I had brought a thematic list - they just wanted to smash it up. 


So, did I spoil it? Should events that are "competitive" ask folk like me to stay away and leave my whimsical lists at home? Its clear to me that 90s have sapped the fun, and let in those who live in the bellend curve. But do they need me to bring the fun and Freddos? Or should I actively avoid this kind of event?

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