LARPs - What do you think of them?

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#1 CAWZY
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What do you think?

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#2 Nifty_Shark
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It's a well known fact that even nerds laugh at LARPers. They are at the bottom of the nerd pole.
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#3 Witchsight
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Makes me feel bad
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#4 WasntAvailable
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I was feeling pretty good before, but just now I searched to find out what a LARP is and now I'm depressed.

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#5 Shiggums
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Weak dude. I had to look up what a "LARP" was and...so sad.

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#6 jalexbrown
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Depends on how you define LARP. If people that do Civil War reenactments are engaging in LARP, then I don't see any problem with that. The dudes that run around with swords and shields and hack at each other to play Dungeons and Dragons or whatever, though - that's just kind of sad.
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#7 spazzx625
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They make me want PPITF [spoiler] Punch People In The Face [/spoiler]
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#8 Legendaryscmt
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I think it's alright. Then again, I don't think I'm in a position to really judge it since I've never tried it and I respect peoples' hobbies.

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#9 Atmanix
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Isn't a LARP a rocket launcher...?

*googles*

Oh... I was way off. I imagine if you're really into Renaissance Festivals and such this would be a lot of fun. I would never admit to anyone outside that circle that I participate, but.

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#10 rawsavon
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[QUOTE="Atmanix"]

Isn't a LARP a rocket launcher...?

*googles*

Oh... I was way off. I imagine if you're really into Renaissance Festivals and such this would be a lot of fun. I would never admit to anyone outside that circle that I participate, but.

Dude...that was my thought. I was like "man, I love that gun in Resistance"
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#11 entropyecho
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I actually become quite sad looking at them "fight."

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#12 markop2003
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Meh.... The Russian ones look pretty good:
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#13 Atmanix
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I actually become quite sad looking at them "fight."

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You should watch the movie role models. I think that is what it's called.
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#14 Atmanix
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[QUOTE="Atmanix"]

Isn't a LARP a rocket launcher...?

*googles*

Oh... I was way off. I imagine if you're really into Renaissance Festivals and such this would be a lot of fun. I would never admit to anyone outside that circle that I participate, but.

rawsavon

Dude...that was my thought. I was like "man, I love that gun in Resistance"

:lol:

Yeah, exactly my train of thought.

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[QUOTE="spazzx625"]They make me want PPITF [spoiler] Punch People In The Face [/spoiler]

My fella used to do them, a fact about which I givwe him no end of well-crafted grief :)
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#16 spazzx625
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[QUOTE="entropyecho"]

I actually become quite sad looking at them "fight."

Atmanix
You should watch the movie role models. I think that is what it's called.

Hahah, yeah, that's great.
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#17 Lto_thaG
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Atleast they're going outside...

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[QUOTE="xaos"][QUOTE="spazzx625"]They make me want PPITF [spoiler] Punch People In The Face [/spoiler]

My fella used to do them, a fact about which I givwe him no end of well-crafted grief :)

Rightly so...He should get a scarlet letter
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#19 jimmyjammer69
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Meh.... The Russian ones look pretty good: (picture)markop2003
Damnit, just when I'd got over my STALKER addiction :evil:

My neighbour's 14 year old son is into this LARP malarkey and recently went on a LARP summer camp, wielding swords and all that. Nothing much wrong with it in my book, as long as he drops it before he hits uni.

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#20 StopThePresses
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I don't think it's any more or less strange than many of the things people do related to sports fandom. It's definitely not my thing though. Outside of video games, I don't like roleplaying games in general. I like my "games" to actually have concrete goals and rules, not just be a half-baked excuse for older people to play make believe.
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#21 PannicAtack
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I'd like to do it, provided the people are decent enough actors.
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#22 lobodob
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yk2vR8w2sjc

Greatest larp ever :P

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#23 TehFuneral
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One word: boring

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#24 Crimsader
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The first time I heard of this. *googles* Duh, gtfo :(
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#25 Atmanix
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yk2vR8w2sjc

Greatest larp ever :P

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#26 spazzx625
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[QUOTE="lobodob"]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yk2vR8w2sjc

Greatest larp ever :P

Atmanix
I want those 5 minutes of my life back. Now.

You could have just closed the browser...Why'd you watch the whole thing? :lol:
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#27 StopThePresses
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yk2vR8w2sjc

Greatest larp ever :P

lobodob
An of course there are the usual YouTube comments from people that somehow can't comprehend that the video is a joke...and those people think the people in the video are dumb. Ah, irony.
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#28 Atmanix
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[QUOTE="Atmanix"][QUOTE="lobodob"]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yk2vR8w2sjc

Greatest larp ever :P

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I want those 5 minutes of my life back. Now.

You could have just closed the browser...Why'd you watch the whole thing? :lol:

It was like a train wreck. It's horrible, but you can't help but stare.
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#29 Xx_Hopeless_xX
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Eh..as long as they don't get in my way i don't care..although i'd ever participate in them..

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#30 Z0MBIES
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What if you only LARP when on shrooms? Is that excusable?
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#31 spazzx625
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[QUOTE="Atmanix"][QUOTE="spazzx625"][QUOTE="Atmanix"] I want those 5 minutes of my life back. Now.

You could have just closed the browser...Why'd you watch the whole thing? :lol:

It was like a train wreck. It's horrible, but you can't help but stare.

Yeah, I concur...The first time I was linked to it from here I watched the whole thing...:(
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#32 XilePrincess
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They look kinda neat actually. I don't know if I'd ever participate in one, but it'd be fun to see either way.


ETA: I just watched the avatar LARP video posted and the girl reminds me of snooki for some reason.

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#33 BiancaDK
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it's funny to me when someone gets his nuts hurt 'cos they just flail around with their swords and spears uncontrollably
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#34 lobodob
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it's funny to me when someone gets his nuts hurt 'cos they just flail around with their swords and spears uncontrollablyBiancaDK
lol i just watched a video of that happening on youtube ::P
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#35 Atmanix
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Now I'm watching videos of it.

This one actually isn't that bad and looks kind of fun:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZuTM_MmUlnY

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#36 Leejjohno
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[QUOTE="Atmanix"][QUOTE="spazzx625"] You could have just closed the browser...Why'd you watch the whole thing? :lol:spazzx625
It was like a train wreck. It's horrible, but you can't help but stare.

Yeah, I concur...The first time I was linked to it from here I watched the whole thing...:(

I just watched that and I cannot even believe that they are seriously doing... that when they have spare time.

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#37 Daavpuke
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they can be really cool and some are very serious about doing a good job. unfortunately they're too expensive to get into casually.
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#39 cd_rom
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It's a little known fact that the new Robin Hood (which released today) was actually a home movie of Russell Crowe LARPing.
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#40 deactivated-59d151f079814
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Extremely embarrassing.. I play Dungeons and Dragons on occassion with friends, and I honestly want to smack any one who find out that I do that thinking I actually larp.. I don't its a fun thing I do once every two weeks on a table top.. Larping is a entirely whole different league of anything I have ever seen.
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#41 deactivated-59d151f079814
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they can be really cool and some are very serious about doing a good job. unfortunately they're too expensive to get into casually.Daavpuke

We do its called video games.