Animosity between traditional gamers and LARPers?
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GILGAMESH
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Re: Just Curious...
Well that's the sad part of my neck-of-the-woods. At the time it was soooo very fashionable to be a vampire! To little imaginationand to little money discourage this group from other ventures in live action gaming. I have never LARPed but I have made armor for a few friends involved in the SCA. Next year I hope to make to PENNSIC (it ended a couple of days ago). Someday, who knows, I may even become a knight instead of a lowly armorer!Old One said:
jgbrowning
Hero
Re: Just Curious...
i only did it once, long ago in 92 i guess. cant remember what system, or even if there was one, but it was fun (mostly because i was already with my friends) but not as enjoyable to me as table gaming.
i toyed with the idea of doing it again, but i truely hated the whole anne rice/vampire crap. i guess it came from really living in new orleans..
joe b.
Old One said:For those posting/lurking in this thread...
With the exception of Tsyr (who has played a fantasy LARP using the IFGS rules), how many of you have actually experienced a LARP besides VAMPIRE or some other WW derivative?
I encountered virtually no pimply-faced Goths!
~ Old One
i only did it once, long ago in 92 i guess. cant remember what system, or even if there was one, but it was fun (mostly because i was already with my friends) but not as enjoyable to me as table gaming.
i toyed with the idea of doing it again, but i truely hated the whole anne rice/vampire crap. i guess it came from really living in new orleans..
joe b.
Ah, the "Holy Grail" of PENNSIC...
Although my only actual SCA experiences date from 20 years ago (a couple of revels and tournaments), I remember them quite fondly (especially the lemon-passing thingee).
I have always wanted to make the journey to PENNSIC, if only just once...maybe next year!
~ Old One
Although my only actual SCA experiences date from 20 years ago (a couple of revels and tournaments), I remember them quite fondly (especially the lemon-passing thingee).
I have always wanted to make the journey to PENNSIC, if only just once...maybe next year!
~ Old One
Zerovoid
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I tried LARPing once, but it wasn't my cup of tea. Several friends on the periphery of my social circles started telling me about their Vampire LARP, and I thought it sounded really cool, like the ultimate form of roleplaying.
Well, I went to a couple of sessions, and didn't enjoy it. They were all goths, and the people I knew in the game, who are among the most far out, wierd, abrasive, and goth-like people that I know, suddenly seemed normal.
Nobody seemed very friendly to me, they were all rather condescending. It seemed like things didn't happen because of in character events, but just because of cliques of power gaming friends who got together. There was a group who called themselves the "Metagamers Coterie".
There's a pretty large time commitment, and because of the way experience is handled, the only way to max out your experience was to play in two games. I played at the Minneapolis game, which met two fridays every month. The majority of the players there also played in the Winona game, which was the closest other place to get experience, and about a two hour drive both ways !?!? Thats just too hard core for me. It seems like there's no place for the casual gamer here.
In defense of LARP's, I have to say that they are probably not my cup of tea anyway. I'm never good at parties, and I'd rather get together to play a game with a group of my friends than 30 strangers. I have to admit that this was probably a huge factor in my negative experience. Several of my friends do enjoy the game, and I like hearing of their exploits, such as driving 8 hours up to some game in Canada, and having their characters wacked the moment they stepped in the door
None the less, every LARPer stereotype seemed to match reality. I still think it would be fun to play in a non-vampire LARP, that actually had normal people in it, and didn't require you to spend tons of hours in the car to get one's quota of experience.
Well, I went to a couple of sessions, and didn't enjoy it. They were all goths, and the people I knew in the game, who are among the most far out, wierd, abrasive, and goth-like people that I know, suddenly seemed normal.
Nobody seemed very friendly to me, they were all rather condescending. It seemed like things didn't happen because of in character events, but just because of cliques of power gaming friends who got together. There was a group who called themselves the "Metagamers Coterie".
There's a pretty large time commitment, and because of the way experience is handled, the only way to max out your experience was to play in two games. I played at the Minneapolis game, which met two fridays every month. The majority of the players there also played in the Winona game, which was the closest other place to get experience, and about a two hour drive both ways !?!? Thats just too hard core for me. It seems like there's no place for the casual gamer here.
In defense of LARP's, I have to say that they are probably not my cup of tea anyway. I'm never good at parties, and I'd rather get together to play a game with a group of my friends than 30 strangers. I have to admit that this was probably a huge factor in my negative experience. Several of my friends do enjoy the game, and I like hearing of their exploits, such as driving 8 hours up to some game in Canada, and having their characters wacked the moment they stepped in the door
None the less, every LARPer stereotype seemed to match reality. I still think it would be fun to play in a non-vampire LARP, that actually had normal people in it, and didn't require you to spend tons of hours in the car to get one's quota of experience.
MaxKaladin
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I did vampire LARP for a while in college in the mid 90s. It was fun for those in the "in-crowd". Everyone else just sorta had to stand around hoping to stumble across something to get involved in the plot. Most ended up getting recruited as muscle for the various clans.
I also went to a Amtgard session once, but it was too much being lead around by the nose from encounter to encounter for me.
I have a friend here in San Antonio who runs a fantasy LARP using her own rules, but I don't participate. If anyone here is interested in getting involved, I can get you in touch with her.
I also went to a Amtgard session once, but it was too much being lead around by the nose from encounter to encounter for me.
I have a friend here in San Antonio who runs a fantasy LARP using her own rules, but I don't participate. If anyone here is interested in getting involved, I can get you in touch with her.
As someone who's been to Pennsic a few times, I can say that participating in it is a relative term - there's something for everyone to do, whether it's shopping, crafting, dancing, or swinging a stick.
Something tells me that you might end up seeing more posts from active members here - the crossover between the two groups is rather large.
Gawd, how I wish I had had the vacation time saved up for this year...
Oh well, there's always next year - guess that means it's time to refit my rig...
Something tells me that you might end up seeing more posts from active members here - the crossover between the two groups is rather large.
Gawd, how I wish I had had the vacation time saved up for this year...
Oh well, there's always next year - guess that means it's time to refit my rig...
jollyninja
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i think it's because all the press that larping has recieved is linked to white wolf and vampire. now i'm sure there are some vampire players who are not eletist jerks but i have yet to meet one in person. dnd hardcores and vampire hardcores do not mix well socialy. i associate LARPing with vampire playing jerks and therefore i have an extreme aversion to LARPing. i regularly buy sword and sorcery studios stuff but i hate white wolf stoeytellers players. odd.
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