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Message: <blockquote data-quote="number6" data-source="post: 326196" data-attributes="member: 2777"><p>I really think that a lot of ones experience with LARPing depends on the area one is in and the type of LARPs running in that area.  Here in Central California the events tend to be strictly White Wolf affairs and also seems to attract the mentally unbalanced.  Several of the main players and/or storytellers here are known clinically unstable types.  One is a known schizophrenic (clinically diagnosed and who often refuses to take his meds and is in and out of the local mental facilities because of this) who has been thrown out of most of the regular gaming circles because he is a danger to himself and others.  Another is infamous for offering sexual favors to anyone and everyone in his games (and of course if you take him up on it miraculously your character does very well....)  So I think it is safe to say that LARPing in general has gotten a bad rap around here because of the type of people involved.  I have an open mind however, and realize that there are as many types of LARPS and LARPers as there are any type of person....but I am a bit older and more experienced at gaming so I would guess that most table-top gamers around here have a very dim view of LARPers because of the afore-mentioned individuals.</p></blockquote><p></p>