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<blockquote data-quote="Kamard" data-source="post: 715709" data-attributes="member: 2551">No, I say you can be someone who is a scenester.&nbsp; There are people who are a stereotype.&nbsp; And somehow manage to perpetuate a stereotype.&nbsp; Our man cloakster might be one of these sorts.&nbsp; Many larpers are stereotypical.Many are not.&nbsp; I am not.&nbsp; Perhaps you should clarify.&nbsp; Did you find EVERYONE at both of these larps to be &quot;freaky, bizarre and unpleasant&quot;?If so, you're making a generalization of a subset which includes myself.&nbsp; By extension, you are calling me freaky, bizarre, and unpleasant.If you found SOME of the people there freaky, bizarre, and unpleasant, and it thus ruined your experience of both games, and your opinion of LARP in general, then great.&nbsp; You may continue to feel free to think that, and I would agree with you. I think perhaps you overgeneralize.I seem also to be guilty of overgeneralization, in the case of our cloak wearing example.&nbsp;&nbsp; I know plenty of people like this and plenty of other people who I can point to and say &quot;this person is a scene&quot;.&nbsp; Michael Jackson is an excellent example.&nbsp; He is his very own scene.&nbsp; Edit: I know a few people who wear a cloak occasionally.&nbsp; I've worn a cloak when my other jackets weren't clean or weren't warm enough.&nbsp; I am saying focusing your energies on matching your own idea of a stereotype makes you a dumbarse.&nbsp; I think I can stand by that.&nbsp; No one should want to fit a stereotype.I will not disagree with you that a lot of people who LARP are weird, and freaky, and unpleasant.&nbsp; A lot of people I play tabletop are the same way.&nbsp; A lot of people I see at work are the same way.&nbsp; Some parts of my family are the same way.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Kamard, post: 715709, member: 2551"] No, I say you can be someone who is a scenester. There are people who are a stereotype. And somehow manage to perpetuate a stereotype. Our man cloakster might be one of these sorts. Many larpers are stereotypical. Many are not. I am not. Perhaps you should clarify. Did you find EVERYONE at both of these larps to be "freaky, bizarre and unpleasant"? If so, you're making a generalization of a subset which includes myself. By extension, you are calling me freaky, bizarre, and unpleasant. If you found SOME of the people there freaky, bizarre, and unpleasant, and it thus ruined your experience of both games, and your opinion of LARP in general, then great. You may continue to feel free to think that, and I would agree with you. I think perhaps you overgeneralize. I seem also to be guilty of overgeneralization, in the case of our cloak wearing example. I know plenty of people like this and plenty of other people who I can point to and say "this person is a scene". Michael Jackson is an excellent example. He is his very own scene. [B]Edit:[/B] I know a few people who wear a cloak occasionally. I've worn a cloak when my other jackets weren't clean or weren't warm enough. I am saying focusing your energies on matching your own idea of a stereotype makes you a dumbarse. I think I can stand by that. No one should want to fit a stereotype. I will not disagree with you that a lot of people who LARP are weird, and freaky, and unpleasant. A lot of people I play tabletop are the same way. A lot of people I see at work are the same way. Some parts of my family are the same way. [/QUOTE]

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