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<blockquote data-quote="Zaruthustran" data-source="post: 873396" data-attributes="member: 1457">Good lord.I thought I recognized that cabin, then thought, nah--it couldn't be...Then: &nbsp;Good lord. I gamed with them. Oh yes, I've LARPed with those guys.They, like many LARPs in the United States, use a system that mirrors D&amp;D. That's right: they run around with weapons and armor, but the rule system mirrors D&amp;D--a rule system that tries to model running around with weapons and armor. The horror, the horror of seeing some twit run up, swinging his &quot;Drizzt&quot;-style two swords like drumming sticks, while yelling &quot;fourdamagefourdamagefourdamagefourdamage&quot; so fast he sounds like a raving idiot. Which, of course, he is.Compare to the Curious Pastimes larp in england, which has real english accents, a much better game system, real beer in the beer tent, and much better looking... costumes and weapons.<img src="http://www.firesong.demon.co.uk/renewal00/PIC00009.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " data-size="" style="" /> Er, I said weapons.<img src="http://www.firesong.demon.co.uk/renewal00/PIC00109.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " data-size="" style="" /> That's better.More here:<a href="http://www.firesong.demon.co.uk/larp.htm" target="_blank">http://www.firesong.demon.co.uk/larp.htm</a> (event summaries)<a href="http://www.personal.u-net.com/~curious/" target="_blank">http://www.personal.u-net.com/~curious/</a> (home page)-z, Lion Knight and Royal Bodyguard to King Carl Truehart (from Renawal 1999 - and definitely making the trip back to England this year.)</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Zaruthustran, post: 873396, member: 1457"] Good lord. I thought I recognized that cabin, then thought, nah--it couldn't be... Then: Good lord. [u]I gamed with them[/u]. Oh yes, I've LARPed with those guys. They, like many LARPs in the United States, use a system that mirrors D&D. That's right: they run around with weapons and armor, but [i][b]the rule system mirrors D&D--a rule system that tries to model running around with weapons and armor.[/b][/I] The horror, the horror of seeing some twit run up, swinging his "Drizzt"-style two swords like drumming sticks, while yelling "fourdamagefourdamagefourdamagefourdamage" so fast he sounds like a raving idiot. Which, of course, he is. Compare to the Curious Pastimes larp in england, which has real english accents, a much better game system, real beer in the beer tent, and much better looking... costumes and weapons. [IMG]http://www.firesong.demon.co.uk/renewal00/PIC00009.jpg[/IMG] Er, I said weapons. [IMG]http://www.firesong.demon.co.uk/renewal00/PIC00109.jpg[/IMG] That's better. More here: [url]http://www.firesong.demon.co.uk/larp.htm[/url] (event summaries) [url]http://www.personal.u-net.com/~curious/[/url] (home page) -z, Lion Knight and Royal Bodyguard to King Carl Truehart (from Renawal 1999 - and definitely making the trip back to England this year.) [/QUOTE]

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