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Drudwyn (2/22/2007)
As far as I'm aware, most people don't understand what LRP is, so it's often easier to describe it in terms that they'll understand.My name's Peter and I've been larping for over 7 years. It's got so bad that I'm even monstering for a high fantasy system. Good ways to describe LARP: Cross country pantomime Interactive Theatre Fantasy Re-inactment Bad ways to describe LARP Art A game A team game played at National level "Well, have you ever played Dungeons and Dragons? Well it's sort of like that but you dress up as your character and play it in a field. No, you don't use real weapons, they're rubber swords which are carbon fibre cores covered in high density packing foam then coated with latex and painted. It's really good! Honest!" And anything else I've ever said ever.
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Drudwyn (2/22/2007)
As far as I'm aware, most people don't understand what LRP is, so it's often easier to describe it in terms that they'll understand.
This is true. Also given that, to a first approximation, no one ever listens properly (or reads fully) any attempt to describe LRP results in people picking out the key words 'roleplay...rubber...latex' and getting the wrong idea.
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Hense I say, 'I am going camping', my work mates wouldn't have cared for the propper explanation.
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I find that people with a passing familiarity with table-top roleplaying (which is most of the people at my place of work, as I work in the tech industry) relate best to 'it's like D&D but with actually dressing around and hitting each other with foam swords', and people who don't have that familiarity (which is most of the people I meet at church) tend to relate better to terms like 'it's like improvisational theatre, but the cast are the only audience'.
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This is true. Also given that, to a first approximation, no one ever listens properly (or reads fully) any attempt to describe LRP results in people picking out the key words 'roleplay...rubber...latex' and getting the wrong idea. But the wrong idea is at least 63% more socially acceptable then the RIGHT idea!
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Tart (3/27/2007)
SMB (3/22/2007)
This is true. Also given that, to a first approximation, no one ever listens properly (or reads fully) any attempt to describe LRP results in people picking out the key words 'roleplay...rubber...latex' and getting the wrong idea. But the wrong idea is at least 63% more socially acceptable then the RIGHT idea! It depends. My girlfriend's family finds the idea of me taking her to a field for fun and frolics infinitely more acceptable than any other interpretation.
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You are a real Live-Role-player if...
... you have no trouble getting some sleep despite a mob of drunkards singing, gambling and fighting behind your tent
... you store weapons in your living room
... you can't sing without a tankard in your hand
... you drive past a field and your first thought is 'what a splendid place for a battle!'
... you converted a whole room in your house into an armoury
... you had to suffer cuts, bruises, abrasions and a twisted ankle and you are still looking forward to the next event.
... it's 35 degrees Celsius on the campsite and you are seen wearing a platemail/chainmail/gambeson combination
... it's Monday morning and your colleagues on the job ask you if you had 'killed anybody this weekend?'
... your dining table completely disappears under a thousands of rings belonging to a chainmail shirt in the making
... boring swordfights or uninspired costumes completely ruin a film for you
... you can eat just as well with a dagger as you can with a fork
... you decorate a birthday cake with Celtic knot patterns
... you witness one of the most romantic scenes in the history of cinema and all you can think about is the guy's armour
... you visit a castle or museum and discover errors in the guide
... you name your kids after obscure historic characters
... the only time the floor of your living room is visible is when you've packed your kit for the next event
... you buy a bottle of booze only because of the label
... you're hard pressed coming up with a costume for Halloween because your kit really doesn't feel like one anymore
... you start wearing your belt pouch in public because it's so damn useful
... you start work on a Monday morning with interesting bruises and a sunburn in a chainmail pattern
... your children don't know left from right but know their sword arm from their shield arm
... your daughter's teacher complains that he can't decipher her handwriting - because it's in Nordic runes
---- my friend posted this on the old dragons forums and thought it was appropriate (sp?) got thirteen, would have been 14 but i don't wear chain, although i always come back with one little bit of sunburn between the bottom of my t-shirt and the top of my vanbraces.
typical bloke
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| Fun starts when you are forced to have councilling or a trip to hospital and they really dont understand it at all, and the more you describe LRP the more horrid thoughts are in your mind what they are thinking about it all,and it all goes horribly wrong and tell them you aint coming back.... I describe now like re-enactment but fake weapons like in Braveheart. REal world sucks lots. DM you are a bad bad man where are my loads of events  See you at next one. 
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