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<blockquote data-quote="Magic Missile" data-source="post: 979502" data-attributes="member: 7916"><p><strong>*drops out of Lurk*</strong></p><p></p><p>OK, I spent ages writing out a nice post, got two errors when I tried to post it, and then the PC crashed. So if you could just imagine the following paragraphs are well written pieces of prose that flow beautifully and abund with colourful and evocative languauge and metaphor, I'd be thankful. <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f600.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":D" title="Big grin :D" data-smilie="8"data-shortname=":D" /></p><p></p><p>I was reluctant to start LARPing after heaving so many negative comments and horror stories on this forum and similar RPG sites. However, during my first year at university I was eventually roped into joining one with the Games Society.</p><p></p><p>It was great fun, and now I LARP regularly. We use our own LARP system, of the "actually hit things" variety rather than the rock-paper-scissors method.</p><p></p><p>It appeals to the part of us that swings plastic lightsabers around going "zwwwwing! zwwwwwing!", the part of us that shouts out "flank left!" during games of laser tag, the part of us that builds forst out of the sofa cushions. Everyone understands that, at some basic level, it's just an excuse to run around fighting with big foam swords. And it's fantastic fun. No-one takes it too seriously.</p><p></p><p>It's completely different from a P&P game. It's hard to make a player scared when you describe a hulking shape bearing down on his 180hp fighter, but when it's *you* trying to creep through the woods, and *you* seeing a huge Demon with an axe burst through the undergrowth and come running at you (trust me, some of the guys are scary enough out of costume... put them in spiked shoulderpads with a skeleton mask on and they're pretty damn intimidating) it's a different story.</p><p></p><p>Having said that, I have also taken part in Vampire and Mage live action games, and found them unbelievably dull and boring. Nothing happens! Ever! People just sit and chat! Give me a big foam sword any day...</p><p></p><p>But I digress. LARP is as valid a form of RPG as much as a pen and paper game is. Gamers shouldn't be divided amongst themselves, when there are bigger prejudices to fight against.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Magic Missile, post: 979502, member: 7916"] [b]*drops out of Lurk*[/b] OK, I spent ages writing out a nice post, got two errors when I tried to post it, and then the PC crashed. So if you could just imagine the following paragraphs are well written pieces of prose that flow beautifully and abund with colourful and evocative languauge and metaphor, I'd be thankful. :D I was reluctant to start LARPing after heaving so many negative comments and horror stories on this forum and similar RPG sites. However, during my first year at university I was eventually roped into joining one with the Games Society. It was great fun, and now I LARP regularly. We use our own LARP system, of the "actually hit things" variety rather than the rock-paper-scissors method. It appeals to the part of us that swings plastic lightsabers around going "zwwwwing! zwwwwwing!", the part of us that shouts out "flank left!" during games of laser tag, the part of us that builds forst out of the sofa cushions. Everyone understands that, at some basic level, it's just an excuse to run around fighting with big foam swords. And it's fantastic fun. No-one takes it too seriously. It's completely different from a P&P game. It's hard to make a player scared when you describe a hulking shape bearing down on his 180hp fighter, but when it's *you* trying to creep through the woods, and *you* seeing a huge Demon with an axe burst through the undergrowth and come running at you (trust me, some of the guys are scary enough out of costume... put them in spiked shoulderpads with a skeleton mask on and they're pretty damn intimidating) it's a different story. Having said that, I have also taken part in Vampire and Mage live action games, and found them unbelievably dull and boring. Nothing happens! Ever! People just sit and chat! Give me a big foam sword any day... But I digress. LARP is as valid a form of RPG as much as a pen and paper game is. Gamers shouldn't be divided amongst themselves, when there are bigger prejudices to fight against. [/QUOTE]
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