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Shooting Target  Group: Members Posts: 1,978 Joined: 26-February 02 From: New Jersey, USA Member No.: 500  |
This is why LARPs are BAAAAAAAAAAD.
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May 15 2005, 04:55 AM
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Moving Target Group: Members Posts: 215 Joined: 12-April 05 From: New York City Member No.: 7,326 |
Jebus.
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May 15 2005, 05:30 AM
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Chicago Survivor Group: Dumpshocked Posts: 5,079 Joined: 28-January 04 From: Canton, GA Member No.: 6,033 |
I'd laugh if it wasn't so sad.
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May 15 2005, 05:41 AM
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Resident Legionnaire Group: Dumpshocked Posts: 2,136 Joined: 8-August 04 From: Usually Work Member No.: 6,550 |
OMG. It's idiots like this that give the gaming industry certain labels.
I may be an asshole but here I go on a slightly related topic: Why the hell would anyone "Live Action Role-play"? If I wanted a definition for the word "dumbass" (which may or may not be a word), live-action roleplayers would be it. Damnit. I am frustrated by my inability to find the terms I need to describe why it is so stupid. Anyhoo...The only ones I feel bad for are the parents. |
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May 15 2005, 05:48 AM
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Moving Target Group: Members Posts: 215 Joined: 12-April 05 From: New York City Member No.: 7,326 |
Well, there are some people who would extend the definition of that word to plain old tabletop roleplayers.
Different strokes for different folks, neh? |
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May 15 2005, 05:53 AM
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Resident Legionnaire Group: Dumpshocked Posts: 2,136 Joined: 8-August 04 From: Usually Work Member No.: 6,550 |
Oh I agree, I'm one of them. When i tell my wife what we were doing til 3 in the morning I tell her "Oh, we were just playing some nerd games."
Now if I were to tell her we were LARPing...well that's just incredibly nerd. I think those who would extend the word to tabletoppers would give it a little more to the LARPers. I don't mean to be a dickhead. I'm sure everybody that plays LARP is a great person. Maybe I should just say LARP is stupid. Not neccessarily the people who play them. Just my opinion, yes I'm an asshole. |
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May 15 2005, 05:58 AM
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Moving Target Group: Members Posts: 215 Joined: 12-April 05 From: New York City Member No.: 7,326 |
Get him, guys! |
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May 15 2005, 03:03 PM
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Moving Target Group: Members Posts: 216 Joined: 6-August 03 From: Polish Ghetto Member No.: 5,342 |
True ;) |
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May 15 2005, 03:05 PM
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Canon Companion Group: Members Posts: 8,021 Joined: 2-March 03 From: The Morgue, Singapore LTG Member No.: 4,187 |
The point is some people need help and it so happens that people like that gravitate towards this sort of thing. It is one thing to know that you are tuning out reality when you roleplay and another when you really escape reality.
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May 15 2005, 05:12 PM
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Moving Target Group: Members Posts: 586 Joined: 22-November 02 From: Gordonsville, Virginia, U.S.A. (or C.A.S.) Member No.: 3,630 |
I wish I could say that I'm surprised, but I'm not.
This sort of thing--senseless violence, I mean-- happens every year in Brazil during the soccer playoffs. Several years ago (IIRC, I was in high school or attending community college at the time, which would make it sometime between September, 1978 and May, 1984), I read of rioting in Brazil in the aftermath of the national team losing a World Cup semifinal or final match. The riots in question made the disturbances after the verdict in the first Rodney King beating case look like the work of rank amateurs. Several people also committed suicide. I sometimes think that, when it comes to soccer, some Brazilians are the reason that the words "sports fan" were originally short for "sports fanatic". (Although the same could be said of the so-called British "soccer hooligans". I'm not picking on a particular group of people here; I'm just trying to point out that, whether it's sports, roleplaying games, or what-have-you, there will always be people out there that give other people in the same group a bad name.) --Foreigner |
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May 15 2005, 07:06 PM
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Manus Celer Dei Group: Dumpshocked Posts: 17,012 Joined: 30-December 02 From: Boston Member No.: 3,802 |
Meh, as long as everyone involved knew what was going on and had consented, I could care less. Not much less, though.
~J |
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May 15 2005, 10:12 PM
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Running Target Group: Members Posts: 1,362 Joined: 3-October 03 From: Poway, San Diego County, CA, USA Member No.: 5,676 |
I could care less about the idiot who agreed to it, but did his parents actually agree to wager their lives?
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May 16 2005, 05:30 PM
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Moving Target Group: Members Posts: 214 Joined: 7-January 03 From: Wilton NH Member No.: 3,872 |
The newsclip aside, which is obviously indicative of a larger problem with the people involved.
Wow. Sounds like lots of folks have had bad experiences with LARPs. I'm just going to take a moment to defend: LARPs are really no different than tabletop, or improv acting. I've spent many weekends in college and time at conventions playing various LARPs, both boffer weapon style one likes NERO, and non-physical contact ones like Vampire. They are great fun, but just like tabletop roleplaying they do tend to attract disfunctional personalities. So should we blame the games? Uhm, No. LARPs and RPGs are just games. That would be like blaming Black Sabbath, or Marilyn Manson. I'm curious why folks think LARPs are stupid? And I'm certainly curious why LARPs are stupid, and RPGs are not, as I don't really see a big difference between the two. |
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May 16 2005, 06:04 PM
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Project Terminus: Soul Hunters Group: Members Posts: 1,052 Joined: 6-November 03 From: Casselberry, Florida U.S.A. Member No.: 5,798 |
Sad part is they do blame them. |
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May 16 2005, 06:22 PM
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Man In The Machine Group: Dumpshocked Posts: 2,264 Joined: 26-February 02 From: I-495 S Member No.: 1,105 |
*is a closet Larper who still hurts from his event last weekend*
I only do it because its good, dirty, fun outside. Sure, putting on chainmail and a tabbard is geeky, so is burying your self in a mound of paper and dice. I just get to hit things with pipe, and you dont. |
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May 16 2005, 07:13 PM
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Moving Target Group: Members Posts: 897 Joined: 26-February 02 From: TIME OUT Member No.: 1,989 |
i get to as well, but thats more of sex thing... anyway i feel bad for the parents |
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May 16 2005, 11:36 PM
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Shooting Target Group: Members Posts: 1,840 Joined: 24-July 02 From: Lubbock, TX Member No.: 3,024 |
Cosplay people also fall into the same looney category as LARPers.
There is a difference between LARP and the SCA though. Those guys are nuts too, but in a tough way. |
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May 16 2005, 11:40 PM
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Moving Target Group: Members Posts: 215 Joined: 12-April 05 From: New York City Member No.: 7,326 |
I think the looniest are those damn fools who actually shadowrun for real. I mean, sheesh.
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May 17 2005, 12:29 AM
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Shooting Target Group: Members Posts: 1,978 Joined: 26-February 02 From: New Jersey, USA Member No.: 500 |
SCA people are dignified loons.
LARPers have no dignity or class. |
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May 17 2005, 12:46 AM
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Immortal Elf Group: Members Posts: 11,410 Joined: 1-October 03 From: Pittsburgh Member No.: 5,670 |
not really. i mean, yeah, the SCA guys that do the melee stuff are tough. but they only make up a fraction of the SCA--a significant fraction, but still a fraction. the rest are, well, basically LARPers and cosplayers. LARPing doesn't normally do much for me, but i had a great time at the SR LARP at last year's GenCon. based on that, i don't think i can really say it's a bad thing. |
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May 17 2005, 07:09 AM
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Moving Target Group: Members Posts: 214 Joined: 7-January 03 From: Wilton NH Member No.: 3,872 |
Aren't they just called criminals? |
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May 17 2005, 03:04 PM
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Neophyte Runner Group: Members Posts: 2,453 Joined: 17-September 04 From: St. Paul Member No.: 6,675 |
The headline calls it an RPG, but where are we all getting LARP out of this?
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May 18 2005, 03:45 PM
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Moving Target Group: Members Posts: 398 Joined: 25-August 04 From: Denver, CO Member No.: 6,599 |
i was hoping i wasn't going to hit the end of this thread without at least 1 other person asking this question... |
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May 26 2005, 06:08 PM
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Moving Target Group: Members Posts: 142 Joined: 29-November 02 Member No.: 3,660 |
Guess he never heard the phrase "No Bet ."
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Jun 11 2005, 10:48 PM
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Running Target Group: Members Posts: 1,379 Joined: 16-April 02 From: the LI shadows Member No.: 2,607 |
No wonder the link doesn't come through, it's Yahoo News. If it's one anything else, or if someone could post the text, I'd appreciate it.
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