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<blockquote data-quote="Ryujin" data-source="post: 6647003" data-attributes="member: 27897">While I neither CosPlay nor LARP, I can see the attraction. As with tabletop RPG playing they're both ways of getting out of your own skin, for a little while.I also think that these may be some of the last refuges of geekdom, that have not been co-opted by pop culture. Despite the fact that we now have professional CosPlayers who look more like supermodels or Hollywood actors than you would ever thin the 'normal' geek might look (yes, there are preconceptions about that), CosPlay is still largely in the wheelhouse of those who would identify themselves as geeks. And LARPing is still LARPing, even though this dirty little secret of the geek world has been revealed to the world through &quot;Knights of Badassdom&quot; and &quot;The Big Bang Theory.&quot; It's sort of like how the SCA world is still going strong, so many decades later.The only points at which I approach either CosPlay or LARPing are my making of costume chain/scale armour, and occasionally considering trying to find a local HEMA club to join.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Ryujin, post: 6647003, member: 27897"] While I neither CosPlay nor LARP, I can see the attraction. As with tabletop RPG playing they're both ways of getting out of your own skin, for a little while. I also think that these may be some of the last refuges of geekdom, that have not been co-opted by pop culture. Despite the fact that we now have professional CosPlayers who look more like supermodels or Hollywood actors than you would ever thin the 'normal' geek might look (yes, there are preconceptions about that), CosPlay is still largely in the wheelhouse of those who would identify themselves as geeks. And LARPing is still LARPing, even though this dirty little secret of the geek world has been revealed to the world through "Knights of Badassdom" and "The Big Bang Theory." It's sort of like how the SCA world is still going strong, so many decades later. The only points at which I approach either CosPlay or LARPing are my making of costume chain/scale armour, and occasionally considering trying to find a local HEMA club to join. [/QUOTE]

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