Poll: LARPing - Would you do it ?

[PuffTheMagicDragon]

Well... to me when i said in my first post... Imagine a barbarian from Diablo II... put dual bonesnap, even though you can only hold 1 2-handed mace in D2 (would love to insert a pic of the mace to show you lot.... but i dont know how

 

[-Drifter-]

As long as magic wasn't involved, I probably would.

 

[Rawker]

haven't we all LARPed at some point in our childhood? come on, you can't say you've never played pretend.

 

[Griphphin]

I remember back when I was young (like, 8 I think), we'd LARP Diablo whenever we were bored and someone threw the suggestion out there. Good times back then.

 

[matsugawa]

I was part of a LARP group once upon a time for the span of about two days... and this is the first time in 9 years I've openly admitted that, so what does that tell you?

I don't mind roleplay, but bringing mass pantomime into it just feels... insubstantial, a sort of "game design by committee".

 

[Timotei]

Yes I do. It's called Airsoft.

You get with a whole bunch of people and play the role of actual soldiers.

 

[masher]

Yeah..heh heh heh. My friends do it minus the Role-Playing. It's either called "Airsoft", "Paintball", or "Taking cheep replications of melee weapons and whacking eachother".

The latter one is the closest we would get to actual LARPing.

 

[Ultra_Caboose]

Only with real weapons and armor. And real people I can use them on.

Foam is for sissies.

Anyone up for a game of real-world Hexen?

Now now, that's not LARP-ing. That's murder.

I would probably try LARP-ing at least once. I like acting like a goofy asshole anyway, might as well do it in character.

 

[GHMonkey]

meh, to each his own. not my cup of tea. all i know is that i am more than content with my plumbing, hot water, video games, and internet. oh yeah, not to mention some semblence of law

 

[Gruthar]

I don't think I would LARP. While smacking people with foam sounds fun, I'm pretty self-conscious when role-playing. I tried D&D, and that's about all I could take.

Yes I do. It's called Airsoft.

You get with a whole bunch of people and play the role of actual soldiers.

I used to airsoft as well. Unfortunately, running around parks and washes with realistic-looking guns got the cops called on us several times. Plus I think I would need to buy a less-potent close range weapon to use if I ever got back into it again. The last game I played, I left some pretty nasty welts on a couple of people. I still feel bad about it. :/

 

[traceur_]

Nope, I'd be waaaaay too embarrassed. It's just way too nerdy and pointless to dress up and hit my mates with a plastic sword when we could just wrestle or have a punch-up.

 

[ottenni]

No, it'd be too funny. Way to funny.

 

[Vimbert]

Already being a D&D nerd, I don't think it'd be too much of a stretch to do this.

 

[KittywifaMohawk]

Probably not. I've had the chance many many times. But I still never did it.
But I might with friends.

 

[Bobkat1252]

I've do it every other week with the tabletop gaming club at my school. It feels awkward at first but once you get accustomed to it, it can be boatloads of fun.

 

[Shadeovblack]

Hark! KOBOLDS!

 

[CobaltBomber]

I do it already.

 

[Gawspel]

Yes, I've done Amtgard and am now doing Belegarth.

 

[Pifflestick]

I once LARPed with someone. We were playing "You Owe Me Money B****". Didn't see them again for a couple weeks cause I used a real bat. JK.

Back on topic though, yes I would LARP as long as I could roleplay as someone I would actually want to be. Barbarian from a relativly unknown southern kingdom? Okay. Lameass knight in some douchebags court? Not so much. If I roleplay I want to be more of the mercenary type rather than some subserviant punching bag.

 

[Zildjin81]

I'm not THAT geeky....