Larping is a strange drug.
Larping is a strange drug.
There were many times this weekend when I felt miserable, cold and generally useless. I wondered to myself exactly what the hell I was doing out at that scout camp on the coldest Victoria Day weekend ever. Wearing a feggin’ kilt, of all things.
Afterwards, though, all we could talk about was how much fun the event was and what we have planned for the next one.
Selective memory? Obviously.
Collective delusion? Possibly.
Group masochism? I have little doubt.
May 22nd, 2002 at 10:15 am
Moo.
May 22nd, 2002 at 2:57 pm
Silly cow.
May 22nd, 2002 at 5:19 pm
Ok, I will be upfront and say I am a games addict. I mean, I really dig them. I can play a board game or a card game like V:tES (n?e Jyhad) all day with a group of people for something like 12 hours consecutively (which is less confusing than attempting all 12 concurrently).
However, I have never tried the LARP thing. And in fact that Victoria Day wknd event just sounds sorta unpleasant.
What aspect of the LARPing do you find most attractive? Is it not possible to get the same buzz in more concentrated doses? In a few hours rather than an entire long wknd?
Maybe I’m just cranky because I haven’t played a game of anything for 2 months. I’m in withdrawal. O cursed moving!
May 22nd, 2002 at 6:45 pm
Well, last weekend was much colder than we were hoping. But nonetheless, it was FUN. Fun fun fun.
As for the concentration, I’ve found that you can’t get more concentrated than staying in role for 38 consecutive hours. The downside is that it has had a negative impact on my D&D campaign.
While the weekend was unpleasant, I don’t think any of us who were there wouldn’t want to do it again. Maybe just with some warmer clothes.
May 22nd, 2002 at 7:33 pm
Yeah, I htink my post made it seem a lot more unpleasant than it was.
I love larping. I’ve never been into other role-playing, but there’s some about the physicality of a larp that makes the role-playing more engaging than a table-top game could ever be to me. Things are happening right in front of you and you have to react right away.
Mind you, this is something I’m not terribly good at right now. Cook took damage far too often for a psychic of his power, simply because I forgot to use his abilities in combat. I’m still not used to pulling those ribbons in a fight.
May 23rd, 2002 at 12:32 pm
“I forgot to use his abilities in combat. I’m still not used to pulling those ribbons in a fight.”
I suddenly had this image of a superhero whose power was superhuman ability in Morris Dancing. And then I pictured what that would look like in a fight sequence a la The Matrix.
May 23rd, 2002 at 12:51 pm
*puts “morris dancing” into Google image search*
Bwaaahahahaha!
May 23rd, 2002 at 12:53 pm
Oops. Code didn’t show up:
http://web.ukonline.co.uk/conker/conkers-and-ghosts/morris.jpg
*snicker*
May 23rd, 2002 at 10:31 pm
Knowing our group of larpers, we’d more likely do the “other dance” in combat.
May 23rd, 2002 at 10:38 pm
What, the lambada? That’s the forbidden dance.
May 24th, 2002 at 1:06 am
To paraphrase PTerry:
The Morris dance is performed on just about every planet where people can jump and hit each other with sticks. And they all get it wrong. Except here [Lancre -ed.]. And there is the other dance. The one where they dress in black, and the bells don’t ring.
May 24th, 2002 at 9:07 pm
Scary but true, I’ve had Morris Dancers in my home.
May 27th, 2002 at 10:46 am
Yikes. Did they trash the place?