LARP vs COSPLAY

Ch3m1c4L · 14 Feb 2012 at 18:51

PianoBasher said:
Bit obvious really... Most of my non-musical mates think it's a bit poncy but again, I don't care.

Camel toes the size of water melons don't sound appealing... Thanks for ruining the mental images I had.

lmfao that made me laugh heartily for the first time today

mmj_uk · 14 Feb 2012 at 18:55

With regards to LARP it seems a bit immature to me, I mean most kids stop doing the whole "I'll be superman", "I'll be spiderman" thing long before their teens. I would guess you need to be extremely imaginative to enjoy it.

Threepwood · 14 Feb 2012 at 19:03

With regards to LARP it seems a bit immature to me

Football? Painting? Computer games? The list goes on...

King Damager · 14 Feb 2012 at 19:06

Smoking Man said:

These eyes must be photoshopped...

kd

G-MAN2004 · 14 Feb 2012 at 19:35

To be fair, I guess LARP has always interested me, but in a way that goes against the entire idea of it. I've always secretly fantasized about dressing up in medieval costumes with proper swords and running into a massive, real battle with thousands of other people - each of us facing either sudden death or the slight chance of overcoming the enemy for victory.

I'll leave now.

Strife212 · 14 Feb 2012 at 19:39

Insanties_birth said:
I honestly don't know how people can be so dense on matters like this.

HummuH1 said:
Over-sensitive much?

Gotta agree

Kosmiche · 14 Feb 2012 at 19:49

I thought the title said "LARP vs COLDPLAY"

...Larp just edges it.

Threepwood · 14 Feb 2012 at 19:49

G-MAN2004 said:
To be fair, I guess LARP has always interested me, but in a way that goes against the entire idea of it. I've always secretly fantasized about dressing up in medieval costumes with proper swords and running into a massive, real battle with thousands of other people - each of us facing either sudden death or the slight chance of overcoming the enemy for victory.

I'll leave now.

Sounds like you are more into the idea of re-enactment.

Retromatic · 14 Feb 2012 at 20:04

I've always wanted to do some Larping. I've never quite crossed that barrier - yet.

233 · 14 Feb 2012 at 20:07

i demand more pics of hot babes dressed up

King Damager · 14 Feb 2012 at 20:09

Could we get a poll for this. Quite intrigued.

kd

[FnG]magnolia · 14 Feb 2012 at 20:18

Both are terrible. Cosplay might be worse because of the responses it generates from lonely mouthbreathers who use it as fap food (see this thread for details) but Larping could edge it because it encourages the damaged to be broken together under the guise of ~ VALID EXPRESSION! ~

The other reason I don't like either is that correlation between cosplayers/larpers and otakus is frighteningly high.

Strife212 · 14 Feb 2012 at 20:21

Cosplay moreso really, LARPing is more dungeons and dragons crowd surely.

[FnG]magnolia · 14 Feb 2012 at 20:24

Maybe you're right but the whole 'living out a fantasty pretending to be someone else (who is typically powerful and/or has powers)' thing crosses both sets and is often evident in anime-obsessed lunatics.

dowie · 14 Feb 2012 at 20:37

Smoking Man said:

I certainly wouldn't knock anyone for wanting to mess about in fancy dress with that young lady tbh...

I'd never heard of LARPing until I saw it on the TV show 'Peep Show' - it wasn't exactly portrayed in a positive light. This thread seems to indicate it is actually somewhat more social and with less mis-fit/socially awkward types than you might expect.

No1newts · 14 Feb 2012 at 20:39

[FnG]magnolia;21266181 said:
Maybe you're right but the whole 'living out a fantasty pretending to be someone else (who is typically powerful and/or has powers)' thing crosses both sets and is often evident in anime-obsessed lunatics.

What is wrong with having an imagination and a bit of escapism?

Oh it's not mainstream and cool :rolleyes:

dowie · 14 Feb 2012 at 20:43

At the end of the day - it's evening on Valentines day, we're all posting on a computer forum, given these two facts no one posting in here at the mo has any credibility if they choose to label others as 'sad'.

Threepwood · 14 Feb 2012 at 21:11

[FnG]magnolia;21266155 said:
Both are terrible. Cosplay might be worse because of the responses it generates from lonely mouthbreathers who use it as fap food (see this thread for details) but Larping could edge it because it encourages the damaged to be broken together under the guise of ~ VALID EXPRESSION! ~

The other reason I don't like either is that correlation between cosplayers/larpers and otakus is frighteningly high.

Get a clue. Please.

One could say the same thing about your forum use. Keyboard warrioring ones way out of an unhappy life.

Edit: Please note the difference between 'one could' and 'one is'.

scrlk · 14 Feb 2012 at 21:38

What about WWII reenactment?

[FnG]magnolia · 14 Feb 2012 at 21:42

shadesofgrey said:
Get a clue. Please.

One could say the same thing about your forum use. Keyboard warrioring ones way out of an unhappy life.

Edit: Please note the difference between 'one could' and 'one is'.

What are you even talking about? I'm offering my opinion on larping, cosplay and anime and the broken individuals they attract - how is that being a keyboard warrior?

And if the 'one could' / 'one is' distinction was made to add a hint of passive aggressiveness to your nonsense then don't bother, it adds nothing to your argument.