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Heroic Knight
 
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HAHAHA
-Jay
LT- Vastya
EOS- Achmed the dead NPC
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Squire
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Have you ever met someone at a LRP event?
Not in so many words.
Would you even bother looking?
I don't tend to look for "someone" anywhere, I prefer to let relationships grow organically. If it happens, it happens, if not it doesent.
How do you make certain their interest is IC or OOC?
Short version would be to see how things go after time out. or between events. Never rush anything ;o)
How the hell can you tell if they're cute under all that makeup?
Imagination ;o)
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Heroic Knight
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| I met my wife at an event, but got to know her (and later got together with her) at OOC social events. We once played an IC married couple, but only because the characters made sense that way. I generally don't get into IC relationships with anyone I don't know well enough OOC to be able to keep the IC/OOC boundary firmly fixed.
You're entitled to your opinion as long as you realise it's wrong.
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Champion
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OKay... *waves hand in air* I met Ian at Maelstrom...
Technically we first met at SINergy where he was playing psychotic anthropomorphic cat with large axe and I was usually playing scared nervous writer... Needless to say our characters didn't interact at all, ever... I was also dating someone else seriously at the time and Ian wasn't the 'type' of guy I'd go for - very self-confident, arrogant, rugged-handsome, not pretty-boy, bleached-blonde hair, not skinny, and, well, a strong accent...  The only time I remotely remember paying attention to him was when he was getting changed the other end of the room and I thought 'cute' because he had a nice looking body... Otherwise, no interaction, no interest and he's SCARY with his axe...
Maelstrom comes around and I go with the guy I was dating. Things were a little rocky at that point (see the IC/OC relationship thread on Pagga *hides*) but I STILL didn't notice Ian while he was playing his necromancer and occassionally dropping by our camp. I didn't even notice him while he was carrying the Axe... Then he got killed, and my character got randomly jobbed...
So, I start a new character, a wemic, and start noticing this male wemic wandering around... My character gets interested... And one evening after time out I sit up chatting to Ian, who - having re-done his fursuit and mask - I didn't realise was playing the wemic at first!
So once I've established he doesn't mind me flirting IC with him (bear in mind I'm crap at OC flirting!) we end up in the Malathian tent pawing each other... Me reminding myself I'm dating someone else...
After the event, we arrange to meet up in Notts to sort out how we're going to run this and how it'll work, and, of course, boundries - just how much is too far... We end up chatting for hours in the Sal... Both of us were trying to remember that I was dating someone else... And Ian was interested, but as I was dating a friend...
I then go on holiday with my ex, and half way through, with a lot of angst, 'phone Ian up and ask if he'd go out with me if i was single... After a long pause & repeat, I got a 'Yes, I think I might...' My ex was kind of expecting all this and wasn't exactly surprised when I broke up with him to go on a date with Ian... The offer was made (by him!) to let me go on a date 'just to see' without breaking up, but I wasn't at all comfortable with that idea!
And, well, that date happened a year ago yesterday, and we've been married for 10 days. Our characters are married IC and, while we may well play seperate characters in the future (Ian's a combat munchkin who scares me in combat mode and I'm more a talk-y skill/trade person...) it's currently working well.  And the OC marriage is definately working!
We've both decided no more IC relationships except with each other - I'm not great at seperating... I'm just glad Ian was interested OC - it's kind of hard to tell with his mask on!
So, yeah, it's perfectly possible to find love in LARP, you just need to meet up OC and make sure it's the person, not the character you're falling for... While I did initially fall for Jeager, Jeager is a large part of Ian (bloody furries... ) and I very soon found myself falling for the rest of him!
R7: Xarra // RL: Clare Selley // PD: Serengeti Blackpaw
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Heroic Knight
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caution: if you marry a larper you end up with a house overflowing with tat.
Crazy like Croolis-Ulv!
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Squire
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| I also met the hubby at a larp event, but we have always played unrelated characters and left the canoodling totally OOC. I've had IC relationships before, but I've laid down pretty strict rules. It has to be someone that I know well and trust - and also someone I wouldn't fancy. No IC relationship ever involves holding hands, hugging, sitting by fireside looking into each others eyes etc. Other people may be able to do that - but for me, it'd just be far too creepy.
------------------------------------------------- "Clothes make the man. Naked people have little or no influence on society." Mark Twain
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Prodigal
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fat goth (8/16/2006)
caution: if you marry a larper you end up with a house overflowing with tat.Very true. And further caution: if you marry someone who organises events you end up living and breathing the event the closer it gets.
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Champion
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fat goth (8/16/2006)
caution: if you marry a larperyouend up with a house overflowing with tat.
*looks at her spare room*
Yep... Agreed...
R7: Xarra // RL: Clare Selley // PD: Serengeti Blackpaw
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