Larping?

Will

wtf? yes wtf indeed

Someone mentioned it a few weeks back since the anime and manga convention was going to go ahead in DCU.

hoped/thought it was some crude sex act but was told not to google or youtube it. Alas i youtubed it and well found out it stood for Live Action Role Playing.

First video that showed up was the one im about to post. I laughed a lot.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j_ekugPKqFw

fúckin losers
lightning bolt dude *facepalm*

Steve

<SteveC snip>

wtf??

Will

i think the guy screaming lightning bolt, dressed as a woman and flingin used up bog roll at the big green thing certainly is. musta had some evil care assistant piss him off :pac: not me, i swear

Krieg

The girl clapping at the end made me laugh

Dyr

"loaf, loaf, loaf, loaf!"

northside larping :pac:

Random

Not as funny as I'd hoped tbh. But WTF? "lightening bolt lightening bolt lightening bolt lightening bolt lightening bolt lightening bolt lightening bolt lightening bolt lightening bolt lightening bolt lightening bolt lightening bolt " - shut up already .. I'd have just whacked him with the stick !

Will

Its so sad its funny really

Parsley

Let's go along and "egg! egg! egg! egg!!!"

Turd Ferguson

A vaguely (drunkenly) remember a show on BBC about this where Dara O Brian went to a camp thing they had in Engerland. It lasted 3 days and everyone stays in character the whole time. How sad.


BTW its time to start a new boards meme

Hagar

Lightning bolt, lightning bolt, lightening bolt... aw feck it.
Kick in the ghoolies, kick in the ghoolies, baseball bat, baseball bat, baseball bat.

Splinter

pop down to St. Annes park in Raheny on a sunday morning and see all this silly fcukers running around in full costume...

Dyr

splinter wrote: »

pop down to St. Annes park in Raheny on a sunday morning and see all this silly fcukers running around in full costume...

lolocaust field trip time? :pac:

The Bollox

and people say there are no side effects of teh ghey...

Turd Ferguson

splinter wrote: »

pop down to St. Annes park in Raheny on a sunday morning and see all this silly fcukers running around in full costume...

Really? I live near there. Are you telling em that I'm wasting my Sunday mornings in bed when I could be making these peoples life miserable?

mayordenis

3 parts watch in order.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UJ6exaC5ryE

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oGLALLcqb40

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=93KaSCAiIWw

deadwood

Lightning Bolt!

That's the Taser debate on the Emergency Services forum sorted, thanks!:D

Homer

Turd Ferguson wrote: »

Really? I live near there. Are you telling em that I'm wasting my Sunday mornings in bed when I could be making these peoples life miserable?

Yup there's even a section on boards for role playing where they all get together and throw bog roll at each other!! I've just posted a link to this thread in the role playing forum

Geek central Role playing Forum




*popcorn anyone???*

Nevyn

Not all larping involves rubber weapons, there are politcal ones which can be very interesting and Camerilla Ireland is doing pretty well atm.

Yes it's cow boys and Indians for grown up, but it's no more daft then those who larp with airsoft guns.

deadwood

Thaedydal wrote: »

Yes it's cow boys and Indians for grown up, but it's no more daft then those who larp with airsoft guns.

You said it!

Dyr

Not really, airsoft is just shooting people with safety,

LARPing is just gimpery

r3nu4l

splinter wrote: »

pop down to St. Annes park in Raheny on a sunday morning and see all this silly fcukers running around in full costume...

Are you sure they're not airsoft types?...you know, guys dressing up in camo, with toy guns, playing 'armies'... :rolleyes: Sad, but not quite as sad as the stuff in the OP

Homer

Splinter

yup the trees between the duckpond and the football pitches about 11am on sunday mornings, been a while since iv been up that early but thats where i saw them running around

Homer

Nevyn

splinter wrote: »

yup the trees between the duckpond and the football pitches about 11am on sunday mornings, been a while since iv been up that early but thats where i saw them running around

and what of it ?
Most of them are pretty fit as the armour and chainmail they wear is real
most of them have MA training as well as staff and weapons training.

It's not like they are putting holes in their ears and mutilating themselves for fun.
*Stares at Will*

Splinter

Thaedydal wrote: »

and what of it ?
Most of them are pretty fit as the armour and chainmail they wear is real
most of them have MA training as well as staff and weapons training.

nout, he asked where its on. i have 2 friends that do it and enjoy it very much

Homer

Thaedydal wrote: »

and what of it ?

Eh they need to get laid???

Splinter

Homer wrote: »

Eh they need to get laid???

the harsh truth is... most of em probably get laid that all the keyboard warriors out there

rocky25

Nevyn

http://video.aol.com/video-detail/maelstrom-lrp-promotional-video/774086732

There are week long larps that run in Denmark and other countries it's a lot more common then people think.

Larpers for the most part at least do have socails skills and can interact in many different situations until most nerds.

r3nu4l

The main problem with LARP is that it's not considered 'cool' and unless you have a good understanding of how fantasy roleplaying games work, it just looks ridiculous and weird. I'm a long-time roleplayer myself and love roleplaying but never tried LARP.

At least the airsoft types (LARPs in their own right) get to use 'cool' looking equipment and wear 'cool' looking outfits. Most people also can easily get the point of what Airsofters are trying to do but at the end of the day it's just another form of LARP no matter what they try to tell you! :P

Nevyn

It's something I have only odf late tried and have to day have only done 5 times and they were short larps usually 3 hours, 1 was in costume, none of them invovled weapons fighting and it was a lot of fun, like improv acting in order to achieve certain goals.

On particular format was structured like a play with different scenes and with monologues which was cool.

Art_Wolf

Check out the film Role Models

Dyr

Thaedydal wrote: »

and what of it ?
Most of them are pretty fit as the armour and chainmail they wear is real

yep that ould armour will do keep ya fit...

most of them have MA training as well as staff and weapons training

rubber weapons dont really count :pac:

rocky25

You larpers wouldn't defeat me and my Spider Army

r3nu4l

Bambi wrote: »

yep that ould armour will do keep ya fit...

Seemingly it's no worse than Airsoft for making you fit...

Crash

lets just all accept that both LARPing and Airsoft are equally as gay. I'll stick to my second life thankyou very much!!