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<blockquote data-quote="Hawkeye" data-source="post: 719850" data-attributes="member: 9200">Dedicated member of the IFGS for the last 11 years.&nbsp; Before trying it, I would have thought it was a strange and weird thing to do.&nbsp; I am not an actor.&nbsp; I am not a fantastic swordsman, decent arcehr though.&nbsp; After the first day though, I was hooked.&nbsp; I played in the 2nd game of the Atlanta Chapter.&nbsp; Aaron might recognise the name of the game,&nbsp; The Colony.&nbsp; W had a team of 7.&nbsp; With one of every class available in the game except monk, we had 2 rogues.&nbsp; The encounter that hooked me on the game involved accidentaly awakening an evil cleric from a stasis.&nbsp; He got up and started casting spells against us and chased us out of his lair, which included a 6 foot chasm.&nbsp; One of our thieves was about 5 feet tall.&nbsp; She couldn't make the leap, so our knight grabbed her and literally tossed her across.&nbsp; Our fighter was screaming &quot;I am out of here!&quot; the enitre team. As for me, I was laughing the entire time.&nbsp; Since then I have had some really good times.&nbsp; Why you make ask.&nbsp; Simple, LARPIng provides a sense of realism.&nbsp; You are there experiencing everything in real time.&nbsp; There is nothing like looling across the field of battle and realizing that you are the lone person on your team standing and you still have 3 opponents or trying to pick the lock to disarm a trap on a wall that is closing in on you to crush you.&nbsp; Tabletopping is fun.&nbsp; I have had lots of good experiences in it too.&nbsp; I don't prefer one over the other, but they are different and great.&nbsp; If LARPing is not your cup of tea, then don't do it.&nbsp; If it is, have lots of fun.&nbsp; The funny thing, is that the people who are die hard table toppers are looking at Larpers and stating &quot;They are just plain weird&quot; seem to be forgetting that the majority of the world looks at table-topping and say&nbsp; &quot;THey are just plain weird.&quot;Hawkeyeor known as Jordan Bowridge in some circles on a occasional weekend.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Hawkeye, post: 719850, member: 9200"] Dedicated member of the IFGS for the last 11 years. Before trying it, I would have thought it was a strange and weird thing to do. I am not an actor. I am not a fantastic swordsman, decent arcehr though. After the first day though, I was hooked. I played in the 2nd game of the Atlanta Chapter. Aaron might recognise the name of the game, The Colony. W had a team of 7. With one of every class available in the game except monk, we had 2 rogues. The encounter that hooked me on the game involved accidentaly awakening an evil cleric from a stasis. He got up and started casting spells against us and chased us out of his lair, which included a 6 foot chasm. One of our thieves was about 5 feet tall. She couldn't make the leap, so our knight grabbed her and literally tossed her across. Our fighter was screaming "I am out of here!" the enitre team. As for me, I was laughing the entire time. Since then I have had some really good times. Why you make ask. Simple, LARPIng provides a sense of realism. You are there experiencing everything in real time. There is nothing like looling across the field of battle and realizing that you are the lone person on your team standing and you still have 3 opponents or trying to pick the lock to disarm a trap on a wall that is closing in on you to crush you. Tabletopping is fun. I have had lots of good experiences in it too. I don't prefer one over the other, but they are different and great. If LARPing is not your cup of tea, then don't do it. If it is, have lots of fun. The funny thing, is that the people who are die hard table toppers are looking at Larpers and stating "They are just plain weird" seem to be forgetting that the majority of the world looks at table-topping and say "THey are just plain weird." Hawkeye or known as Jordan Bowridge in some circles on a occasional weekend. [/QUOTE]

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