Fallout LARP'ing

At the age of 14 I thought - haha yea I wont be playing video games when I am 23. I am now 23 and still playing plenty of video games. God I hope I am not LARP'ing, well, ever.
 
Hehe. I pissed off a friend of mine who is really into airsoft. He was going on and on about this weekend "re-creation" of a DEA Vs. Mexican drug smugglers scenario. Told him it sounded like a fun LARP and he got all defensive. Excuse me, but running around in costumes with fake weapons running a "scenario" where you are playing a character who is NOT you and doing a job that you DON'T do is the very definition of a LARP.
 
spugnor said:
Hehe. I pissed off a friend of mine who is really into airsoft. He was going on and on about this weekend "re-creation" of a DEA Vs. Mexican drug smugglers scenario. Told him it sounded like a fun LARP and he got all defensive. Excuse me, but running around in costumes with fake weapons running a "scenario" where you are playing a character who is NOT you and doing a job that you DON'T do is the very definition of a LARP.
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So any reenactor is a LARP?
 
Bigbacon said:
So any reenactor is a LARP?
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Indeed. If you are pretending, for example, to be a civil war soldier with the full getup and you go out on weekends to re-enact battles, you are a LARP-er. Live Action Role Play. They are alive, they are doing stuff (action) and they are playing a role (role play).

Besides, i personally think there is nothing wrong with LARP-ing or LARP-ers. I just take exception to people who think there is a difference between a guy in a robe yelling "fireball" over and over and someone who pretends to be a civil war hero. They are the same, just one has a social stigma, and one does not.

Personally, as long as you don't lose touch with reality, i think it's a great way to relieve stress and have a good time. I'd even consider most ren fairs to be LARPing.
 
spugnor said:
Hehe. I pissed off a friend of mine who is really into airsoft. He was going on and on about this weekend "re-creation" of a DEA Vs. Mexican drug smugglers scenario. Told him it sounded like a fun LARP and he got all defensive. Excuse me, but running around in costumes with fake weapons running a "scenario" where you are playing a character who is NOT you and doing a job that you DON'T do is the very definition of a LARP.
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Haha now thats funny.
 
lulz thats sweet... im 26 now, ive been playing video games since i was a little kid.

I larped when I was like 17 once with a friend more of like a WoW Larp, it was fun but we were also pretty high.
 
Well, I don't know what LARP stands for and I don't plan on trying to find out. That's how far away I intend to stay from this kind of...stuff.
 
larping should be a war crime and all larpers should be tried in the hague for crimes against humanity
 
It's all good if they do this in their own backyards, but when I take my wife and kid to the park at the lake and see some dude in leather armor with a battle axe reading a scroll out loud as two other's dual with plastic swords and all the normal people act like they don't exist... umm well yeah that's pretty funny.
 
mryerse said:
It's all good if they do this in their own backyards, but when I take my wife and kid to the park at the lake and see some dude in leather armor with a battle axe reading a scroll out loud as two other's dual with plastic swords and all the normal people act like they don't exist... umm well yeah that's pretty funny.
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Lol. Should've taped them and put it on youtube.
 
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