frankthedm said:
The worst thing is those types pay $50 and up per day to play that game.
yeah, almost as silly as people I know that have spent hundreds of dollars for *books*; just so they can pretend to be things like a plane-touched half-dragon Ogre using an oversized great axe to hunt down underground elves.... talk about crazy!
I am only familiar with one LARP. But they *own* their own land, and even build structures to play in/on/around. Yet their dues is either $20 per event (1-3 days) or $100 per year. I suppose their may be larps that are $50 (and up) per day....
yeah, it is a bit silly in a certain light, but take almost any thread in the rules section, and read it aloud at work. Boy will *that* seem like a silly talk.
The two times I have gone, they have done a better job of role-playing than any gaming group I have been in, or any SCA event I have gone to. Yes, it is strange having to yell out damage, or what spell. But you willingly suspend disbelief for a bit.... and it becomes *suprisingly* easy to ignore/accept.
And yes, calling it a 'scam' *is* insulting. It is saying the organizers are dishonest, and theplayers are stupid or oblivious. I would not be surprised if there were 'dishonest' or 'scam' Larps out there.... but the same can be said for almost anything. Until you can produce an *actual* fee charged, and an estimate of the expenses for an *actual* larp event, you are doing nothing more than throwing mud.
Even the video, they have to pay to make those costumes, and perhaps pay people to run the game, and clean up, and etc. etc.
Opinions are fine, but unless you can present something a bit more concrete, please keep your accusations and insults to yourself.
j/k
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