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I'll give you a topic:

http://empireofghosts.blogspot.com/2011/07/chicago-larpers-busted-in-millenium.html




Discuss...

One of my students was there and said that members of
Anonymous were at the park distributing materials about
Scientology and wearing Guy Fawkes masks. Who knows what's
going on.

You want my take on the topic?


LARPers, if they're going to be leaving packages in public places, should ensure that they have conversed with law enforcement officials and park officials to ensure that these kinds of things don't happen.

Exactly.
I've done LARPS before but we were always aware that we didn't want to even POTENTIALLY upset anyone. Sort it out properly or don't do it.

This is why the LARPS in the South use camping grounds and permanently built Renfest areas.

malfred wrote:One of my students was there and said that members of
Anonymous were at the park distributing materials about
Scientology and wearing Guy Fawkes masks. Who knows what's
going on.

...Ah jeez, not this s*** again

Wasn't anything big, move along.

Kanluwen wrote:LARPers, if they're going to be leaving packages in public places, should ensure that they have conversed with law enforcement officials and park officials to ensure that these kinds of things don't happen.

Damn kids, leaving packages in public places. What is this world coming to?

Back in my day, we conversed with law enforcement officials before doing anything. Going to the corner store? Call the cops, let them know. Taking a Sunday drive? Call the cops, let them know. Playing "cops and robbers" in the backyard? Call the cops, let them know.

Thanks for posting the info. here... oh...

*cough*Cheap way to get more views on your blog*cough*

Medium of Death wrote:

*cough*Cheap way to get more views on your blog*cough*

i have no idea what you're talking about...

biccat wrote:

Kanluwen wrote:LARPers, if they're going to be leaving packages in public places, should ensure that they have conversed with law enforcement officials and park officials to ensure that these kinds of things don't happen.

Damn kids, leaving packages in public places. What is this world coming to?

Back in my day, we conversed with law enforcement officials before doing anything. Going to the corner store? Call the cops, let them know. Taking a Sunday drive? Call the cops, let them know. Playing "cops and robbers" in the backyard? Call the cops, let them know.

McDonalds run out of Chicken McNuggets? Call the cops...

AvatarForm wrote:

biccat wrote:

Kanluwen wrote:LARPers, if they're going to be leaving packages in public places, should ensure that they have conversed with law enforcement officials and park officials to ensure that these kinds of things don't happen.

Damn kids, leaving packages in public places. What is this world coming to?

Back in my day, we conversed with law enforcement officials before doing anything. Going to the corner store? Call the cops, let them know. Taking a Sunday drive? Call the cops, let them know. Playing "cops and robbers" in the backyard? Call the cops, let them know.

McDonalds run out of Chicken McNuggets? Call the cops...

I can barely understand what that women is saying.

Be glad of that fact.

"No hablo jibberjabber".

There is only one way to deal with LARPERs: Flashbang nutshot!

CT GAMER wrote:There is only one way to deal with LARPERs: Flashbang nutshot!

So, the Vancouver riots were just LARPers out of control?

biccat wrote:

Kanluwen wrote:LARPers, if they're going to be leaving packages in public places, should ensure that they have conversed with law enforcement officials and park officials to ensure that these kinds of things don't happen.

Damn kids, leaving packages in public places. What is this world coming to?

Back in my day, we conversed with law enforcement officials before doing anything. Going to the corner store? Call the cops, let them know. Taking a Sunday drive? Call the cops, let them know. Playing "cops and robbers" in the backyard? Call the cops, let them know.

Want some tinfoil for your brain?

If you're going to do something like this in a public setting that you do not control, do it right and work alongside the authorities.

AvatarForm wrote:

CT GAMER wrote:There is only one way to deal with LARPERs: Flashbang nutshot!

So, the Vancouver riots were just LARPers out of control?

Out of control? No no no. That was just a group of LARPers from East Hastings.

biccat wrote:
Damn kids, leaving packages in public places. What is this world coming to?

Back in my day, we conversed with law enforcement officials before doing anything. Going to the corner store? Call the cops, let them know. Taking a Sunday drive? Call the cops, let them know. Playing "cops and robbers" in the backyard? Call the cops, let them know.

Right, because all those things equate to placing an object of reasonable size underneath a city landmark which is frequented by thousands of people every day, and that's just commuter traffic.

I can't believe how quickly Chicago got back up and looking so good...



Would have thought there would be still some sign of damage after the Decepticons smacked it silly.

dogma wrote:

biccat wrote:
Damn kids, leaving packages in public places. What is this world coming to?

Back in my day, we conversed with law enforcement officials before doing anything. Going to the corner store? Call the cops, let them know. Taking a Sunday drive? Call the cops, let them know. Playing "cops and robbers" in the backyard? Call the cops, let them know.

Right, because all those things equate to placing an object of reasonable size underneath a city landmark which is frequented by thousands of people every day, and that's just commuter traffic.

Hey dogma, we need you and biccat to get on the TinyChat and hash this out in real time!
http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/list/381886.page


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Waaagh_Gonads wrote:I can't believe how quickly Chicago got back up and looking so good...



Would have thought there would be still some sign of damage after the Decepticons smacked it silly.

Is THAT a chrome jelly bean?

Sigh clicked link expecting to see larpers gone wild instead all I got was some stupid uninteresting blog =(

This is why non fantasy larping is bad. Also, there are no lightining bolts.

Jubear wrote:Sigh clicked link expecting to see larpers gone wild instead all I got was some stupid uninteresting blog =(

I don't feel that this might end well...

Jubear wrote:Sigh clicked link expecting to see larpers gone wild instead all I got was some stupid uninteresting blog =(

Now now...

Also, what is non-Fantasy LARP?

Is it when a group of Internet trolls leave their lairs and dress and act as normal civilians?

They had a similar problem here with geocaching where they hid one of the points in a packet under a bin in a high street, right in front of a cafe.

Common sense people!

Kanluwen wrote:

biccat wrote:

Kanluwen wrote:LARPers, if they're going to be leaving packages in public places, should ensure that they have conversed with law enforcement officials and park officials to ensure that these kinds of things don't happen.

Damn kids, leaving packages in public places. What is this world coming to?

Back in my day, we conversed with law enforcement officials before doing anything. Going to the corner store? Call the cops, let them know. Taking a Sunday drive? Call the cops, let them know. Playing "cops and robbers" in the backyard? Call the cops, let them know.

Want some tinfoil for your brain?

If you're going to do something like this in a public setting that you do not control, do it right and work alongside the authorities.

I should "work alongside" the authorities if I'm going to do something in a public place? Why? What business is it of theirs?

If the cops find a "suspicious package" and a bunch of weirdos prancing around wearing elf-ears and shouting "MAGIC MISSILE", maybe they should do what most people would do: ask someone what's going on. Then, once they figure out that it's a group of LARPers, and maybe one of them would show the cop that the "suspicious package" was a couple of bricks, the cops could go on to do something important. Like catching criminals.

The "disorderly conduct" charge will more than likely not stick. Simply a cop trying to validate his actions by pointing to an arrest.

biccat wrote:

Kanluwen wrote:

biccat wrote:

Kanluwen wrote:LARPers, if they're going to be leaving packages in public places, should ensure that they have conversed with law enforcement officials and park officials to ensure that these kinds of things don't happen.

Damn kids, leaving packages in public places. What is this world coming to?

Back in my day, we conversed with law enforcement officials before doing anything. Going to the corner store? Call the cops, let them know. Taking a Sunday drive? Call the cops, let them know. Playing "cops and robbers" in the backyard? Call the cops, let them know.

Want some tinfoil for your brain?

If you're going to do something like this in a public setting that you do not control, do it right and work alongside the authorities.

I should "work alongside" the authorities if I'm going to do something in a public place? Why? What business is it of theirs?

If the cops find a "suspicious package" and a bunch of weirdos prancing around wearing elf-ears and shouting "MAGIC MISSILE", maybe they should do what most people would do: ask someone what's going on. Then, once they figure out that it's a group of LARPers, and maybe one of them would show the cop that the "suspicious package" was a couple of bricks, the cops could go on to do something important. Like catching criminals.

The "disorderly conduct" charge will more than likely not stick. Simply a cop trying to validate his actions by pointing to an arrest.

You assume all of the above would occur in a normal country... however, since 9/11 the USA has been a bit heavy-handed on the anti-terror thing and National Security

biccat wrote:

Kanluwen wrote:

biccat wrote:

Kanluwen wrote:LARPers, if they're going to be leaving packages in public places, should ensure that they have conversed with law enforcement officials and park officials to ensure that these kinds of things don't happen.

Damn kids, leaving packages in public places. What is this world coming to?

Back in my day, we conversed with law enforcement officials before doing anything. Going to the corner store? Call the cops, let them know. Taking a Sunday drive? Call the cops, let them know. Playing "cops and robbers" in the backyard? Call the cops, let them know.

Want some tinfoil for your brain?

If you're going to do something like this in a public setting that you do not control, do it right and work alongside the authorities.

I should "work alongside" the authorities if I'm going to do something in a public place? Why? What business is it of theirs?

If the cops find a "suspicious package" and a bunch of weirdos prancing around wearing elf-ears and shouting "MAGIC MISSILE", maybe they should do what most people would do: ask someone what's going on. Then, once they figure out that it's a group of LARPers, and maybe one of them would show the cop that the "suspicious package" was a couple of bricks, the cops could go on to do something important. Like catching criminals.

The "disorderly conduct" charge will more than likely not stick. Simply a cop trying to validate his actions by pointing to an arrest.

if you drop mysterious packages in the middle of a public park, do not expect the police to have the same view you have. While they think it may be drugs, they may also think its a bomb, and detain anyone they find for questioning, and rightly.

biccat wrote:
I should "work alongside" the authorities if I'm going to do something in a public place? Why? What business is it of theirs?

Whatever the pertinent legislation demands. For example, Millennium Park is permit restricted for events over a certain umber of people.


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Frazzled wrote:
if you drop mysterious packages in the middle of a public park, do not expect the police to have the same view you have. While they think it may be drugs, they may also think its a bomb, and detain anyone they find for questioning, and rightly.

Holy crap, I agree with Fraz.

Its also worth noting if this package proved to be a bomb (other reports describe it as being covered in duct tape, with exposed wiring), and it either detonated or did not spur an evacuation, the police would be subject to even more criticism.

Frazzled wrote:if you drop mysterious packages in the middle of a public park, do not expect the police to have the same view you have. While they think it may be drugs, they may also think its a bomb, and detain anyone they find for questioning, and rightly.

Nothing wrong with stopping someone and asking them what's going on. In fact, it's what I would expect the police to do. What you don't expect the police rational actors to do is evacuate and shut down the park and start arresting LARPers.

dogma wrote:

biccat wrote:
I should "work alongside" the authorities if I'm going to do something in a public place? Why? What business is it of theirs?

Whatever the pertinent legislation demands. For example, Millennium Park is permit restricted for events over a certain umber of people.

Somewhat true. If a permit is required for events over a certain number of people, then a permit would be required.

However, if legislative bans are beyond the constitutional requirement, then compliance with the statute is not required.

edit: minor typographical error

"detained for questioning" = "Asking what is going on" in police.

When dealing with potential terrorist activity asking nicely is probably not very productive, so they go to the next step.