I know this has most likely been discussed before.
Yet after watching various youtube vids,I was just wondering:
a)How many of you either would or do larp?
b)What you think of larpers and larping?
c)If you would like to larp but don't what are the factors that stop you from doing so?
I have never larped primarily because the only LARP I ever encountered was vampire and the people that played were just sad sacks who gamed outside the main computer lab during class hours at my university and glared darkly at everyone who passed by, as if they could be intimidating. I tend to stand up for my fellow gamers but these kids had chips on their shoulders and it's obvious they never got over high school.
That being said, I find the concept of Darkon and other LARPS exciting but the closest I've ever got is fantasy capture the flag.
I was actually thinking of the logistics of a 40k LARP and wondering how all those mechanics would work.
I have always somewhat liked the idea.
Find it rather strange how they can remain in character,even when they are fighting on the highschool football pitch.
When I was 21, so about 11 years ago, I went to The Gathering in Derby run by the Lorien Trust, there were thousands of people there and it was amazing, more a festival than a few folks running around a wood. It was my sole venture into LARP and I went to it with a group of friends, it was a great time.
If you're gonna do it, do it with a seasoned group and abide by the rules. Safety is a key factor.
I wish there were such things here.To tell you the truth,your most likely going to be shot while running around the park(we don't have that many woods here) with a foam sword.Also most people aren't really that into fantasy where I live.
Hmm. Spend a weekend or so in the woods, pissed out my skull, twatting people with swords and not getting arrested, and chatting up lovely ladies in skimpy outfits?
feth yeah I LARP!
Don't knock it till you tried it. The Nerd Hierarchy is a myth invented by those lacking the balls to embrace their true self!
I'd like to LARP someday, as long as it does not involve furries. My friends and I egged someone who came as a furry to a costume party. Hey, they were asking for it. Coming as a sexualised fox is sick and wrong.
Seriously, playing the game is bad enough in almost all social circles, why would you want to go that bit further and outwardly demonstrate to the outside world that you're a complete ludite?
Put another down for the Lorien Trust, excellent set up, although sadly like Meangreenstompa I haven't been in a while.
My last attendance was in 1998 with my wife, when I was a ranked member of the Tarantulas.
Been to Three Moots and three Gatherings total, all with a fair number of folks participating, think the last Gathering I went to had 3K people there.
I also went to the Tower in Burnley twice before it was sadly closed. (Third or fourth floor of an old cotton mill, with a Labyrinth built inside to represent an underworld type location.)
Was a Viper for two years then switched to the Tarantulas after my second visit to Burnley and becoming friendly with the Tarantula leader.
Sadly various things have scuppered any attempts to go since, but if I had the chance I would do so again in a heartbeat.
Also been to a lesser system local to Exeter, but that wasn't as good, probably as it was a sunday afternoon type deal and all my LT events have been over a weekend or a couple of days at least.
Still have most of my old weapons, although would probably buy new ones if we go again.
I have always loved the idea of it.
Don't know what stops people here in SA accually.
I would love charging around the woods beating people with a sword(yes I know there are other aspects to it).
But we don't have much of a "community" round here that likes that sort of thing.
Seriously, playing the game is bad enough in almost all social circles, why would you want to go that bit further and outwardly demonstrate to the outside world that you're a complete ludite?
sA
Because it's a laugh? And you're not demonstrating it to the outside world, but instead to a camp site of like minded geeks intent on a weekend of violence, drinking and wenching?
For those considering it sad, consider this instead.
'I will try anything once, twice if I like it. Except Incest and Morris Dancing'
Just give it a go. Pretty much guarantee you'll enjoy it. Unless you don't like getting panelled in combat, in which case you will probably skrike like a bairn.
nope, they're probably just stealthier, watching you as you post your hatred of them on 4chan or somesuch, waiting for you to sleep
so i met some guys who larped in actual armor once.
if it wasn't for them all being crusty old marines with eyes of fire and souls of hate, i might have checked out the setup more.
well, and their "foam" weapons could be used to drive nails into concrete
I have my home secured. There are shotgun traps pointed at every door and the windows are boarded up with a pike beside each one to ward off any furries who come near the place.
Why do you hate us? People like you just see an episode of CSI or read something on the internet and think you can be prejudiced against a whole group of people
If someone doesn't put a stop to this, it will end up just like the holocaust. I hope you guys know that freedom of speech doesn't mean you can cause emotional harm to others. Maybe if you learned more about the furry fandom, you wouldn't be so quick to judge us based on our sexual orientation?
I would larp,but only in proper costume.
I think it is really sad when you start running around in the woods dressed in everyday clothing claiming to be Grondurk the basher!
I wouldn't LARP; pretending to "see" a 200lb. heavily-muscled warrior when I actually see a 120lb. flabby dude in a tabard stretches my pretending muscles beyond their capacity. Also, packets of rice/birdseed/whatever are not LIGHTNING BOLTS, despite what some may tell you, repeatedly.
I also wouldn't do SCA; wrapping myself in a cut-up Kydex barrel, or paying hundreds of dollars to wrap myself in armor, stretches my good sense beyond its capacity. Also, I refuse to bow down to a CPA or computer programmer, simply because he happens to have a crown and kissed enough ass (or other things) to become "king".
Instead, I prefer to whale the sh!t out of people, sans armor (unless I want it), sans magic, and sans the "I'm a 12th level half-demon, half-vampire, half-werecat death knight!" and "I am the Duke of Kakapoopoopeepeeshire!" (with historically-accurate heraldry). I go, I beat people mercilessly (and don't go to jail for it), I come home; nice and simple.
Wow that again is,strange."A jedi faith church.",that is even weirder.Apparently the force was not with them that day as they were beaten by a man wearing a bin bag.
Kinda weird we're on a site dedicated to painting toy soldiers and playing games with them by rolling dice but we can call roleplayers out as nerds?
So travelling miles upon miles to stand indoors rolling dice with other oddly pale grown men and cooing over how many layers of paint you applied to your tiny space men is kewl but running around in woods getting drunk and hitting folks round the head is weird... ok, don't buy any of that for a second, if you think your not a nerd, geek or whatever, you're very wrong, the normals regard you as a freak.
Now quit trying to create some form of 'geekscale' whereby you sitting hunched over and cackling as you add the 15th layer of highlighting to your space marine's armour or making gangsigns or airguitaring as you role a positive result on your dice is somehow less nerdy or weird that a bunch of geeks running around pretending to be aragorn when they look more like pavarotti.
I remember the days when my friends and I would don our handmade ranger cloaks and run around with sticks that had sword handles and beat the snot out of each other. We had a few bruises and lumps on our heads almost every day, but it was all good fun.
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Anyway, LARPing can be fun. Never dabbled in the SCA...they're a different brand crazy for me. There's Dagorhir, which is like the SCA, just not as apeshit crazy...mostly just "line up and beat the gak out of each other".
Currently I'm in a Zombie-themed LARP. I don't care much about the storyline...just take a few of my friends and essentially do drive-byes with foam axes. Apparently there's something to do with the occult (go figure). I just like dicking around.
The Cyberpunk LARP posted earlier...eh, Cyberpunk is a decent tabletop game. Old as gak and it still works. With the right people it can be fun, but that's the story with any tabletop game.
Orkeosaurus wrote:Why do you hate us? People like you just see an episode of CSI or read something on the internet and think you can be prejudiced against a whole group of people
If someone doesn't put a stop to this, it will end up just like the holocaust. I hope you guys know that freedom of speech doesn't mean you can cause emotional harm to others. Maybe if you learned more about the furry fandom, you wouldn't be so quick to judge us based on our sexual orientation?
Godwin'd.
I know everything about the fandom. It's a fetish. Orientation has nothing to do with it, you mongoloid. It's gaks like you--the "BAAAW, RESPECT MY CHOICES OR I'LL CALL THE INTERNET POLICE". And don't equate the fandom with a fething religion, moron. It's trite bs indicative of a weak or nonexistent argument. Please understand that my utter contempt for you isn't because of your inherent furriness. It's because of your pseudo-intellectual heavy-handed passive aggressive bs that you spew, copypasting essentially, trying to get people to 'understand'. I honestly wouldn't give two gaks about you being a furry if you'd have the goddamn courtesy and wherewithal to grow a spine and be proud of yourself...that quote is basically you whining about people making fun of you. So please, grow the feth up or EATABULLET.
MasticatorDeelux wrote:I know everything about the fandom. It's a fetish. Orientation has nothing to do with it, you mongoloid. It's gaks like you--the "BAAAW, RESPECT MY CHOICES OR I'LL CALL THE INTERNET POLICE". And don't equate the fandom with a fething religion, moron. It's trite bs indicative of a weak or nonexistent argument. Please understand that my utter contempt for you isn't because of your inherent furriness. It's because of your pseudo-intellectual heavy-handed passive aggressive bs that you spew, copypasting essentially, trying to get people to 'understand'. I honestly wouldn't give two gaks about you being a furry if you'd have the goddamn courtesy and wherewithal to grow a spine and be proud of yourself...that quote is basically you whining about people making fun of you. So please, grow the feth up or EATABULLET.
Mad Doc Grotsnik wrote:Hmm. Spend a weekend or so in the woods, pissed out my skull, twatting people with swords and not getting arrested, and chatting up lovely ladies in skimpy outfits?
feth yeah I LARP!
Don't knock it till you tried it. The Nerd Hierarchy is a myth invented by those lacking the balls to embrace their true self!
Er for those who knew Moses as a punk kid, whats a LARP?
EDIT: I saw the youtube. Only my bad eyesight prevented me from running screaming down the haul (which no one would notice here)
Ok whats LARP vs. SCA? They lok the same to me?
wouldn't LARP; pretending to "see" a 200lb. heavily-muscled warrior when I actually see a 120lb. flabby dude in a tabard stretches my pretending muscles beyond their capacity. Also, packets of rice/birdseed/whatever are not LIGHTNING BOLTS, despite what some may tell you, repeatedly.
I also wouldn't do SCA; wrapping myself in a cut-up Kydex barrel, or paying hundreds of dollars to wrap myself in armor, stretches my good sense beyond its capacity. Also, I refuse to bow down to a CPA or computer programmer, simply because he happens to have a crown and kissed enough ass (or other things) to become "king".
Instead, I prefer to whale the sh!t out of people, sans armor (unless I want it), sans magic, and sans the "I'm a 12th level half-demon, half-vampire, half-werecat death knight!" and "I am the Duke of Kakapoopoopeepeeshire!" (with historically-accurate heraldry). I go, I beat people mercilessly (and don't go to jail for it), I come home; nice and simple.
Imagine D&D but instead of miniatures and paper you dress up like your character, grab a foam weapon, and have at thee!
Do not confuse LARP with SCA. (Society For Creative Anarchy) which dons real 16g steel armor/weapons and beats the snot out of each other.
Ayah I'm trying to understand the difference. SCA uses real (assuming dulled) metal weapons whereas LARP uses the foam stuff like in the movie Role Model?
Frazz for a clearer picture, here are pictures:
SCA
LARP
Deff Dread Red Edition:
You can get good stuff for cheap even today. Here is the guy I buy my goods from. Never had a problem with him and he will tailor everything to your needs.
http://www.pitbullarmory.com/
Video of His non-metal armour in use.
**UPDATED**
Frazz: Yeah LARP uses Boffer weapons (Foam over a soft core) SCA uses either real steel with rounded edges, or rattan core with grey pipe insulation with duct tape for added strength. Yes, its really hard. Softer then steel, but hard enough to stand up to it.
LOL,well it's coolish to me.
I do worry though that it has rather a bleak future.As videogames get more realistic I think people will get into them more.Thus spelling the end for men running around the woods in plate armour.
Automatically Appended Next Post: Your not too old Frazzled.You could stand in the backround casting spells,lol.
You're never too old. There's a bunch of "older gentlemen" who do full-contact, and as long as you don't try out your wire-fu fantasies, you should be alright. Some helpful linkage:
If you think you can handle the heat and price of heavy armor - Society for Creative Anachronism (http://www.sca.org/)
If you'd rather just hit people and not boil in the process - Dagorhir (http://www.dagorhir.com/) or Belegarth (http://belegarth.com/), whichever has a group nearest (there's really no difference between the two, except for a little more LARPiness to the Dagorhir community).
Also do note there are a few (well more than a few tbh, blinkin loads) in LARP that use SCA level armour etc, and just use the softer weaponry.
For example the Lions in Lorien Trust are based around Knights and a kingdom based on old Albion, and their main group of knights are quite scary to behold when you watch them go past all wearing platemail. (well at least they where 10 odd years go, although I assume its the same now.)
As with all past times some are more dedicated than others, and you see some bloody well impressive costumes.
My personal faves have included Orcs using nfl style shoulder pads to look larger. (Although their leader was about 6'7, so was absolutely huge anyway.)
A Stone troll, who had an odd tendancy to wear a sombero.
A winged Demon which was an amzing costume.
Oh and the aforementioned Skaven, who looked really good, proper fur based masks, hooded and heavy robes, I think it was a grey seer and a body guard.
As a former tarantula one of the most mind melting things you'll see is when you spot parents taking the young kiddies around with them and a couple of five year olds walk past you dressed as a Drow.
its amusing, but not something I've been willing to do with my own kids, thus partially the reason for the huge gap since I last attended an event.
Cheese Elemental wrote:I'd like to LARP someday, as long as it does not involve furries. My friends and I egged someone who came as a furry to a costume party. Hey, they were asking for it. Coming as a sexualised fox is sick and wrong.
I highly approve. Did you get it inside the costume?
I larped back in the early 90s (I was holidaying in England at the time. Mates and I went along to one. Can't recall which group it was - maybe 'labyrinth' or something?
Played two games that day. Once as the "hero" (PC) group and the other as the "monsters".
That was the day I learned how hard 15 year olds could hit with a nerf sword.
We did end up pummelling them something shocking, though. Serve the little bleeders right. Bunch of orcs, out for a friendly stroll, set upon by these yoofs.
Dreadwinter wrote:I would be afraid I would get too worked up over the guy throwing foam darts at me. Drop kick him in the chest or something.
That would be fun though.....
Don't worry, the rest of us would kick merry gak out of you if you went all natural born killa on some fat elf/accountant with a foam arra or two. Just to stop you, y'know, save you from unleashing the beast...
SCA doesn't use the metal weapons very much anymore. It is almost entirely rattan.
I am still making my armor for SCA. Stainless steel is a BITCH to work with. But for the amazing price of FREE, I'll keep bashing and cutting until I can make it work.
I did the SCA for a bit in college. it was ok, but I mostly was into it for the women. I went to that big war in pittsburgh and that was about it for me. I just thought it got silly.. you have people with these costumes that date back 100's of years and they try to be all authentic, and they call each other by their little medieval names, but talk about computers and star trek the whole time.
I went to a game con a long time ago in NJ, and the vampire LARP folks were just silly (and smelly). Equally smelly were the star trek LARPers. One trek kid even had a lightsaber and a whole story describing why the people of his planet invented them. That guy prolly went on to create the Pan Fo...
So, yeah, LARP seems like it could be fun with the right people, but it's just something I don't see me ever getting into.
thinking back, i now recall why i dislike larping.
one of the first times i went (one of the only times, really) i had a bit of fun with the foam weapons, cutting loose for a bit after a week of exams, then i decided to try out a shield.
dude walks up, says he'll help me get the hang of it, pulls out a sword that looks legit (but looking at it later, it was a sca weapon, not a nice foam blade)
i grab a shield, turn towards the guy, and then get cracked in the knee hard enough to leave me hobbling for a day or two.
Met my wife at a larp actually, a little over seven years ago.
Necros wrote:I did the SCA for a bit in college. it was ok, but I mostly was into it for the women. I went to that big war in pittsburgh and that was about it for me. I just thought it got silly.. you have people with these costumes that date back 100's of years and they try to be all authentic, and they call each other by their little medieval names, but talk about computers and star trek the whole time.
I went to a game con a long time ago in NJ, and the vampire LARP folks were just silly (and smelly). Equally smelly were the star trek LARPers. One trek kid even had a lightsaber and a whole story describing why the people of his planet invented them. That guy prolly went on to create the Pan Fo...
So, yeah, LARP seems like it could be fun with the right people, but it's just something I don't see me ever getting into.
Do the SCA thing too, Armor, Rattan, Garb, Go to the event south of Pittsburgh, heck, the wife got me into that too.
What bothers me about the SCA events isn't the conversations about various things, it is people walking around in medieval garb, talking on Cell Phones...
Not that I have been very good about being active in the SCA, been more in a painting mood lately. I am however thinking of doing up a Brettonians Army in our Baronial Heraldry.
Necros wrote:I did the SCA for a bit in college. it was ok, but I mostly was into it for the women.
The saying I recall hearing as far as the women that attend these (LARP, SCA) events was "that the odds are good, but the goods are odd".
Unlike the Renaissance festival where 90% of the chicks are downright gorgeous.... and the saying is "If you can't get laid at the Ren Fest, you can't get laid."
