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By *yrdwomanWoman
over a year ago
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"so.....i have been invited to a LARP event over easter.
Anyone ever been before? i'm kind of keen to go but also kind of worried i will make a tit of myself  "
How can anyone possibly tell if you're making a tit of yourself in LARP? That's what its for!  |
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"oh is it like the medieval stuff where folk reenact battles?
id love to go watch,, sod dressing up though "
Yeah but you cant watch, you have to have a character and be the character for the whole time you are in the game.
Its very confusing! |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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"oh is it like the medieval stuff where folk reenact battles?
id love to go watch,, sod dressing up though
Yeah but you cant watch, you have to have a character and be the character for the whole time you are in the game.
Its very confusing!"
oh pants,, ive yet to visit Warwick Castle and they do it there |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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I worked the bar near me when a lapping event was on! It was a lot of fun,you can go as absolutely anything you want, the idea is that you do things you wouldn't normally be confident enough to but have always wanted to  and plus they bought lots of mead which was a nice touch |
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"oh is it like the medieval stuff where folk reenact battles?
id love to go watch,, sod dressing up though
Yeah but you cant watch, you have to have a character and be the character for the whole time you are in the game.
Its very confusing!
oh pants,, ive yet to visit Warwick Castle and they do it there "
oh, you probably could watch it there....this is in the middle of a field with just the LARP people |
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Always wanted to to be honest.
Mate has a funny story about some people in Wolves who got so in to a vampire type LARP that it bled into real life.
Bloke used to skulk round multi storey car parks, etc dressed in rubber(phwoar etc), sunglasses and carrying a briefcase filled with talcum powder(substituting for ).
Ended up getting nicked by the police the silly bugger! |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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I've tried it.. after watching the film rolemodels.
I am a closet geek. I went with the intention of seeing what the supposed top dogs of the UK scene were doing, because I had loads of ideas for creating my own.
I went, it was awful.. every geek stereotype on full display. Like band camp.
No offence intended to those who love it.. bit shit the bed. I was full on assaulted by a man with aspergers.
The organisation was abysmal.
This from one of the UKs number one fantasy LARP experience. I wont name and shame as the original organiser heard me out, loved my ideas.. and invited me to see it for free.
Now I just stick to organising people's parties if they are brave enough to have a roleplay party.. not sexual! Get them d*unk and dressed up.. split people into factions and come up with mini quest ideas.. themes can be anything but fantasy as it scares nearly every non geek rigid. |
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"I want to introduce my horse to LARPing, she would looking awesome in armour "
I used to ride a horse that was used for battle re enactments. He was a clydesdale cross so was used as the drum horse lol |
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Mate of mine did this, spent the weekend as a Viking warrior and slipped back into character while complaining about some cold chips in a Macdonalds service station on the way home.
Also remember him playing with a mate's dead broadsword in the car park outside his house, getting carried away and nearly putting it through my rear windscreen. |
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By (user no longer on site)
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That's not LARP that's historical reenactment
"Mate of mine did this, spent the weekend as a Viking warrior and slipped back into character while complaining about some cold chips in a Macdonalds service station on the way home.
Also remember him playing with a mate's dead broadsword in the car park outside his house, getting carried away and nearly putting it through my rear windscreen. "
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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I've LARP 'd in the past. Good fun. Dressing up and buying game legal weapons (usually high impact foam / plastic) can be pricey, but the more you put in, the more you get out. |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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LARP is great fun if you get into it. I personally prefer smaller local games to the bigger events (15-30 people rather than 100-200) and there's a lot of variety too. From live action D&D to futuristic/sci-fi and everything in-between. High fantasy being my favourite (tolkien-esque/Warcraft worlds) as I tend to learn towards human monks and orc barbarians. |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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"My xena warrior princess style leather armour may have more than one use then? Plus I have an ABS German long sword from doing HEMA fencing.
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Good luck getting that through weapons check. |
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By (user no longer on site)
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"My xena warrior princess style leather armour may have more than one use then? Plus I have an ABS German long sword from doing HEMA fencing.
Good luck getting that through weapons check. "
No bokken, foam chucks, alloy butterflies, rubber stars, jo's or bo's then? Out of interest what is the weapon spec because if it's roll play I wouldn't of expected you to be actually hitting each other? I always assumed you showed up and there was some kinda points and dice or something, or what's the point of levels?
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"My xena warrior princess style leather armour may have more than one use then? Plus I have an ABS German long sword from doing HEMA fencing.
Good luck getting that through weapons check.
No bokken, foam chucks, alloy butterflies, rubber stars, jo's or bo's then? Out of interest what is the weapon spec because if it's roll play I wouldn't of expected you to be actually hitting each other? I always assumed you showed up and there was some kinda points and dice or something, or what's the point of levels?
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No, in most systems you actually hit each other. The weapons are a fibreglass or carbon fibre core covered in thick foam latex. I've never encountered a system that used levels, you use XP to get additional skills and powers. |
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"My xena warrior princess style leather armour may have more than one use then? Plus I have an ABS German long sword from doing HEMA fencing.
Good luck getting that through weapons check.
No bokken, foam chucks, alloy butterflies, rubber stars, jo's or bo's then? Out of interest what is the weapon spec because if it's roll play I wouldn't of expected you to be actually hitting each other? I always assumed you showed up and there was some kinda points and dice or something, or what's the point of levels?
No, in most systems you actually hit each other. The weapons are a fibreglass or carbon fibre core covered in thick foam latex. I've never encountered a system that used levels, you use XP to get additional skills and powers."
So the additional skills and powers have no relevance in the fighty bits?
It just struck me if some one like me started I'd go through yall like mad, not because I'm really tough or anything but coz I've spent years developing coordination and well, skill at fighting with swords and stuff. Either that or practicing drawing a katana for a few hours each week for a few years is never ever gonna prove itself as time well spent.
Even if I look lovely in a GI and charming in hakama 
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By (user no longer on site)
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The skills do have relevance in combat as they determine what weapons and armour you can use. Training in martial arts would help in terms if coordination, reactions and stamina, but LARP combat and martial arts really aren't the same thing, so martial arts training can hamper you as well. |
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