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Haberley Mead
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Character Business Cards by Haberley Mead

January 10th, 2008 3:18 PM

INSTRUCTIONS: Make business cards for your character. If you like, you may hand them out when doing tasks for the game. You may want to make a calling (or "visiting") card instead:
The essential convention was that one person would not expect to see another person in their own home ... without first leaving their visiting card with the person at their home. Upon leaving the card, they would not expect to be admitted at first, but might receive a card at their own home in response. This would serve as a signal that a personal visit and meeting at home would not be unwelcome. On the other hand, if no card was forthcoming in return, or if a card was sent in an envelope, a personal visit was thereby discouraged.

When I first read through the list of tasks upon first joing SF0, this is one of the ones that really called out to me. Not because it's a fantastically interesting Task to do, not because I just wanted to rack up points easily and get through the levels (that's not why I'm here)... it called to me because I have a pathological fear of wasting people's time.

People who know me might see it differently, yet despite my extroverted nature and easy-going life outlook, I hate having to ask strangers to help me with something, especially without a good reason. I have been doing the more solo-based Tasks for the moment for that precise reason, I didn't want to have to talk to other people. However, now that I have a calling card, all that can change! Instead of simply asking people to do things, I can give them a card along with the talking that explains what I'm doing and (to an extent) why I'm doing it, and you never know it might bring in a couple of new players as well.

The cards are based more on the idea of a calling card rather than a business card, as this would allow people to know less about who I am, but more about what the hell has just happened and why a person has asked them to hold one end of a banner or the like. The text on them reads:

You've been roped into a Task by:

Haberley Mead

"Bespoke Tasking
For the Public"

This is the original file used for the cards, real-life versions below.

callingcardcopy.jpg

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The finished cards

The finished cards

Ready to give out to unsuspecting strangers!



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posted by rongo rongo on January 10th, 2008 3:23 PM

Those are spiffy. I look forward to seeing them used in future tasks!