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* [[PreCo-written characterswith players]]

* [[Rotating leading roles in character groups]]* [[Theatrical techniquesWeapons of death - only certain weapon (shown to the player) can kill a character]]* [[Theatrical techniques]]Van kidnapping: characters are followed by other characters in van and taken in for scenesRotating leading roles player group in the lead role in each of the eventsGroups of supporting characters for the certain player characters (thinking they are actual player characters)Table top games combined to larp]]* [[Retros after games events to gather the feedback and develop the storylines write plots accordingly]]* [[Scene played in darkness dark designed and executed by the visually impaired players of the campaignco-writers]]* }}

[[File:Valve2012-18.jpg|200px|thumb|left|The Grey before giving birth to a new small city]] ==Description==Valve (Awake) was a larp campaign played in three consecutive summers, comprising of altogether nine events in 2011-2013. The first year of Valve received support from the Alvar Aalto Foundationand Ropecon ry. The basic idea was to study whether immersion to a character would alter the way the players perceived their everyday surroundings. The main subtext for the campaign came from [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pedro_Calder%C3%B3n_de_la_Barca Pedro Calderón de la Barca]'s play, [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Life_Is_a_Dream Life is a Dream ] (16??1635). The campaign was designed to combine three separate storylines with each utilising their distinct but intertwined fantastic settings.

In Valve many different larp techniques were tested, with varying degrees of success. There were for instance live sound design, scuba diving, theatrical experiments, modern dance, fireworks and van kidnappings. The campaign was played in various surroundings at Helsinki, including museums, galleries, streets, parks, private apartments and office buildings. The 10-meter dragon built in an abandoned railway tunnel was noted by the street art community The Wooster Collective, which included it to its blog ([http://www.woostercollective.com/post/the-dragon-in-the-helsinki-railway-tunnel)The Wooster Collective], which included it to its blog. The campaign was documented extensively with video and photography and so far one short film apart from the introduction video has been completed from the material. Photographs in the gallery are from several games of Valve and are all taken by photographer Tuomas Puikkonen. ==Introduction video=={{#evu:https://vimeo.com/311758505}}  ==Photo gallery==<gallery mode=slideshow>File:Valve First.jpgFile:Valve-eka2.jpgFile:Valve-toka1.jpgFile:Valve-toka2.jpgFile:Valve-toka3.jpgFile:Valve-toka3b.jpgFile:Valve-toka4.jpgFile:Valve-toka5.jpgFile:Valve-taape.jpgFile:Valve-kolmas1.jpg File:Valve-kolmas2.jpgFile:Valve-kartano1.jpgFile:Valve-kartano2.jpgFile:Valve-kartano3.jpgFile:Valve-kartano4.jpgFile:Valve-kartano6.jpgFile:Valve-noir3.jpgFile:Valve-noir4.jpgFile:Valve-noir5.jpgFile:Valve-noir6.jpgFile:Valve-noir 6.jpgFile:Valve asylum1.jpgFile:Valve-deus-ex-machina2.jpgFile:Valve-deus-ex-machina3.jpgFile:Valve-deus-ex-machina4.jpgFile:Valve-deus-ex-machina5.jpgFile:Valve-sic-itur-ad-astra1.jpgFile:Valve-sic-itur-ad-astra2.jpgFile:Valve-sic-itur-ad-astra4.jpgFile:Valve-sic-itur-ad-astra3.jpgFile:Valve-sic-itur-ad-astra5b.jpgFile:Valve-sic-itur-ad-astra5c.jpgFile:Valve-sic-itur-ad-astra6.jpgFile:Valve-sic-itur-ad-astra7.jpgFile:Valve-sic-itur-ad-astra8.jpgFile:Valve-veni-vidi-vici1.jpgFile:Valve-veni-vidi-vici3.jpgFile:Valve-veni-vidi-vici4.jpgFile:Valve-veni-vidi-vici5.jpgFile:Valve-veni-vidi-vici6.jpgFile:Valve-veni-vidi-vici7.jpgFile:Valve-veni-vidi-vici8.jpgFile:Valve-veni-vidi-vici9.jpgFile:Valve-veni-vidi-vici9b.jpg</gallery> [[Category:Larp series]][[Category:Larps]][[Category:Larps from Finland]]