Poll: Larping (Live action role play)

Do you think larpers are sad?

  • Yes

    Votes: 229 61.2%

  • No

    Votes: 72 19.3%

  • Pancake.

    Votes: 73 19.5%
  • Total voters
    374
  • Poll closed .
I know a load of people who do this, it's one massive social **** up event. Loads of girls do it as well. As said people from all walks of live do it. Yes it's geeky so is LAN gaming or many other events peole on this board take for granted. Many of the people who do it you wouldn't have a clue unless they told you, successful, none geeky and the rest.
 
I'll admit, when I read the OP I thought that the idea sounded kind of cool, in an uber-geek kind of way.

Then I watched that "lightning bolt" video.

*shudder*

I think that role-playing is probably best left confined to the bedroom ;)
 
I do not wish to consider anything other than Larping.
I am a dedicated Larpist.
All your posts comparing Larping to any other fail activities are void.

Larp fo' life. LFL.
 
Doesn't bother me to be honest. I see it as the same as Paint balling, or more like Air Soft especially. Generally painballers just seem to have a laugh, but Air Soft seem to get a lot more involved in playing soldier, buying clothing, webbing, expensive air soft weapons based on actual weapons, and running around woods or derelict buildings etc.

Suppose the Larping ones have got more of an excuse as you can't really go around with swords having battles, the air softers could at least join the Army, and get to use real weapons :p.
 
RDM said:
Of course you don't, because you are involved in one and see it as cool while you are not involved in the other and see it as geeky. To see the similarities would mean admitting to yourself that just maybe paintballing is just a bit odd too. :) And the milsim airsofters....
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Been paintballing once in my entire life

you know how lots of stag do's go paintballing. Can you imagine stag do larping session with the lads? maybe get a level 70 elf lap dance :D
 
paintball isnt like that

only a small amoutn of paintballers do the roleplay 'mil sim' thing

most paintballers play tourney or at least use tourney gear.

proper paintball guns look like this and not like an M16

there are not many larpists in paintball
 
I wouldn't say paintballing is role playing but the amount of dedication and fearsome love for all things involved is rather scary, just like any hobby I suppose. I wouldn't let the perception of others hold me back on what I wanted to do though.
 
vonhelmet said:
There was a proper hardcore LARP society at Durham Uni when I was there... Man, what was it called... Treasure Trap, I think? They called Durham by it's medieval name of Dunelm and ran about in the woods and all sorts.

We used to have people coming to lectures in all their gear. There was a guy in our physics lectures who came to be known as Disturbing Dave who was into it. He hung around with a girl, name unknown and thus dubbed Disturbing Davina, who looked like Nanny off of Count Duckula. There were suspicions that they were romantically linked, but the thought was just too hideous to consider.
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http://www.dur.ac.uk/treasure.trap/nerdeast/

lolz

I might have to have a pop along ;) :D
 
SlugForAButt said:
Agreed, so help me out.

What is your character?
What is your special power and how do you deploy it?
Do you have special clothing? (pictures welcome)
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Name: Shadow, evil form is Secronia
Age: 16, never age past 18
Appearance: Secronia wears golden silverish bloody wolf armour, the wolf armour is wolf bones which protect every important part of the body, like wolf ribs protect his ribs and rib cage, they glow a black misty colour and stained with blood as they are outlined with golden and silverish metal, his arms are unprotected and he wears a wolf skull helmet, also stained with blood and horns replace where the ears were, he is 7foot, very broad and muscular
Weapons: Secronic Broadsword and Dark wolf sword(descriptions in RP planning) and Daedric longbow
Special abilities/spells/items:amulet of the gods(items), daedric arrows, full shadow technique(teleport) semi-shadow(form of chameleon, can be seen but not hit), pain converted into strength
Background:Secronia was created from an experiment, tested on ShadowJ, by applying 2 forms to a shadow, makes a dwemer god, so the theory says, what the theory doesn't say is if the dwemer god is good or evil...after having the blood form and white wolf form...ShadowJ was able to pull the power of both forms into the ultimate dwemer god, Secronia, Secronia was able to make Dagon retreat and under the influence of being called upon, gave ShadowJ back...after 4 years ShadowJ and Secronia's battle for the body continues, this time Secronia won but not being called upon meant he wasn't good, meaning Secronia can get up to his evil tricks once again
Any other information: Azura is his queen, he has conquered 5 cities, Gnsis, Gnarr Mok, Hla'Oad, Seyda Neen and Pelagiad, Marr gann and caldera were destroyed by his orders to the vampire knights
 
Freelanc3r said:
Name: Shadow, evil form is Secronia
Age: 16, never age past 18
Appearance: Secronia wears golden silverish bloody wolf armour, the wolf armour is wolf bones which protect every important part of the body, like wolf ribs protect his ribs and rib cage, they glow a black misty colour and stained with blood as they are outlined with golden and silverish metal, his arms are unprotected and he wears a wolf skull helmet, also stained with blood and horns replace where the ears were, he is 7foot, very broad and muscular
Weapons: Secronic Broadsword and Dark wolf sword(descriptions in RP planning) and Daedric longbow
Special abilities/spells/items:amulet of the gods(items), daedric arrows, full shadow technique(teleport) semi-shadow(form of chameleon, can be seen but not hit), pain converted into strength
Background:Secronia was created from an experiment, tested on ShadowJ, by applying 2 forms to a shadow, makes a dwemer god, so the theory says, what the theory doesn't say is if the dwemer god is good or evil...after having the blood form and white wolf form...ShadowJ was able to pull the power of both forms into the ultimate dwemer god, Secronia, Secronia was able to make Dagon retreat and under the influence of being called upon, gave ShadowJ back...after 4 years ShadowJ and Secronia's battle for the body continues, this time Secronia won but not being called upon meant he wasn't good, meaning Secronia can get up to his evil tricks once again
Any other information: Azura is his queen, he has conquered 5 cities, Gnsis, Gnarr Mok, Hla'Oad, Seyda Neen and Pelagiad, Marr gann and caldera were destroyed by his orders to the vampire knights
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Clown said:
Proper gay.
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