i recently started larps and have been getting some stick from my family (not unexpected) however what i dont get is that they give me more hassle for LARPs than the tabletop gaming i used to do.
so i want to put it to the vote which is more nerdy LARPs or Table Top gameing?
on the onehand with larps theres the dressing up in armour etc but atleast your outside getting exercise and all go to the pub afterwards where as with table top your inside wasting away and the social life tends to be more restricted (LARPS can be 10 - 20 people at my local but at festivals there are hundreds but table top gameing is normally less people(in my experience))
edit: LARPS is Live Action RolePlay and involves you playing the character and running around outside
Neosage: Ah......LARP eh.....um I don' t think it is nerdy, just wierd.
That's a point. It kind of transcends nerd to sheer, outright, odd.
It also looks like a huge steaming pile of fun. Who doesn't want to smash the crap out of one another with fake weapons?
Nerdy as hell, but damn fun all the same. Also, a damn sight more healthy than tabletop. Good for you i fathom. Beats paintball right out the window for sheer enjoyable violence and buggery.
Neosage: Ah......LARP eh.....um I don' t think it is nerdy, just wierd.
That's a point. It kind of transcends nerd to sheer, outright, odd.
It also looks like a huge steaming pile of fun. Who doesn't want to smash the crap out of one another with fake weapons?
Nerdy as hell, but damn fun all the same. Also, a damn sight more healthy than tabletop. Good for you i fathom. Beats paintball right out the window for sheer enjoyable violence and buggery.
I must try this sometime.
I think for what it might get in physical activity the sheer loss of 'cool' involved would be damaging to anyone's health. That and half, nay, most of the fun of table top gaming is about the worlds, stories and systems. In LARPs, well, it's just awful. *Shudder*
rossatdi: I think for what it might get in physical activity the sheer loss of 'cool' involved would be damaging to anyone's health. That and half, nay, most of the fun of table top gaming is about the worlds, stories and systems. In LARPs, well, it's just awful. *Shudder*
I forward that you really need to care less about what other people think. You see no visceral joy in charging at some poor sod with the intention of beating him around the head? You see no worth in the joys of social situations where the premise is good honest fun and bludgeons?
I pity you, good sirrah, i truly do.
To the creator of this thread, how do you go about finding one of these merry bands? And where do you get the nifty weapons? As you can see, i already posses the armor required for this event.
As for my verdict; Outdoors. Physically intensive. Highly social. Challenging. Skillful. Nerdy my shiny blue ass! I may love my Tyranids but i can spot a good thing when i see it.
Tis not for anyone to judge, you either play one, both, or neither. It's the FUN derived that justifies the practice, sure, think it's nerdy if you want, but remember your reading this right now on a gaming forum...MANY consider this a nerdy thing to do.
LARPing is totally awesome. It's so fun to make little quest-games with a few friends. I voted it more nerdy because it includes the whole 'committing to a character' aspect but some people (like our lot) don't bother with that stuff. I guess table-top games have less room for goofing around though, which I'd say makes it pretty nerdy.
For me table topping is more nerdy, at least when i go LARPing i have good time, and a few beers. When i don't have a girlfriend i occasionally score, plus i don't have to read all those, imo nerdy rulebooks. Plus i've experienced that if you play with alot of different, you tend find yourself a crew to join, and being part of a LARP crew boosts the experience in every way. So LARPing it is.
I say table tops are the more nerdy. What with all the rules and preperations and dice throwing, LARP can be improvised most of the way, LARPing can be executed while drunk, more girls LARP, LARPing can be done by regular people. LARP has bigger variety of themes. Alot of things i think makes LARPing less nerdy than table topping.
rossatdi: I think for what it might get in physical activity the sheer loss of 'cool' involved would be damaging to anyone's health. That and half, nay, most of the fun of table top gaming is about the worlds, stories and systems. In LARPs, well, it's just awful. *Shudder*
I forward that you really need to care less about what other people think. You see no visceral joy in charging at some poor sod with the intention of beating him around the head? You see no worth in the joys of social situations where the premise is good honest fun and bludgeons?
I pity you, good sirrah, i truly do.
To the creator of this thread, how do you go about finding one of these merry bands? And where do you get the nifty weapons? As you can see, i already posses the armor required for this event.
As for my verdict; Outdoors. Physically intensive. Highly social. Challenging. Skillful. Nerdy my shiny blue ass! I may love my Tyranids but i can spot a good thing when i see it.
rossatdi: I think for what it might get in physical activity the sheer loss of 'cool' involved would be damaging to anyone's health. That and half, nay, most of the fun of table top gaming is about the worlds, stories and systems. In LARPs, well, it's just awful. *Shudder*
I forward that you really need to care less about what other people think. You see no visceral joy in charging at some poor sod with the intention of beating him around the head? You see no worth in the joys of social situations where the premise is good honest fun and bludgeons?
I pity you, good sirrah, i truly do.
To the creator of this thread, how do you go about finding one of these merry bands? And where do you get the nifty weapons? As you can see, i already posses the armor required for this event.
As for my verdict; Outdoors. Physically intensive. Highly social. Challenging. Skillful. Nerdy my shiny blue ass! I may love my Tyranids but i can spot a good thing when i see it.
Danny Ocean: We all used to do this when we were small with toy swords and guns.
Although you make it sound an awful lot like acting.
It is. I've done alot of it.
Fantasy themed. Horror Zombie survival themed. Lousy teenage movies themed. And assorted stuff. The biggest part comes fro playing a role, hence the name. Contrary to common belief that is is like, sigh, WoW.
Is that question even worth asking? I mean seriously. Table-top RPG's are basically board games that last a long time (like Risk; is Risk nerdy?). And seriously, LARP is people dressing-up in incredibly goofy, nerdy costumes, make-believing they are actually casting spells and pretending to beat each other up. Sounds like something a 4-year-old would do.
Risk = not nerdy Playing dress-up and house = nerdy
rossatdi: I think for what it might get in physical activity the sheer loss of 'cool' involved would be damaging to anyone's health. That and half, nay, most of the fun of table top gaming is about the worlds, stories and systems. In LARPs, well, it's just awful. *Shudder*
I forward that you really need to care less about what other people think. You see no visceral joy in charging at some poor sod with the intention of beating him around the head? You see no worth in the joys of social situations where the premise is good honest fun and bludgeons?
I pity you, good sirrah, i truly do.
To the creator of this thread, how do you go about finding one of these merry bands? And where do you get the nifty weapons? As you can see, i already posses the armor required for this event.
As for my verdict; Outdoors. Physically intensive. Highly social. Challenging. Skillful. Nerdy my shiny blue ass! I may love my Tyranids but i can spot a good thing when i see it.
All well and good but:
*Facepalm* "lightning bolt" and the guy chucks some sticks.....
Stammer: Is that question even worth asking? I mean seriously. Table-top RPG's are basically board games that last a long time (like Risk; is Risk nerdy?). And seriously, LARP is people dressing-up in incredibly goofy, nerdy costumes, make-believing they are actually casting spells and pretending to beat each other up. Sounds like something a 4-year-old would do.
Risk = not nerdy Playing dress-up and house = nerdy
Well you have to role play in table tops as well, if not you might as well play an MMO
Neosage: Ah......LARP eh.....um I don' t think it is nerdy, just wierd.
That's a point. It kind of transcends nerd to sheer, outright, odd.
It also looks like a huge steaming pile of fun. Who doesn't want to smash the crap out of one another with fake weapons?
Nerdy as hell, but damn fun all the same. Also, a damn sight more healthy than tabletop. Good for you i fathom. Beats paintball right out the window for sheer enjoyable violence and buggery.
I must try this sometime.
I think for what it might get in physical activity the sheer loss of 'cool' involved would be damaging to anyone's health. That and half, nay, most of the fun of table top gaming is about the worlds, stories and systems. In LARPs, well, it's just awful. *Shudder*
larps has different systems, stories and worlds associated with it as well depending on where you are. i would also like to say most systems are less violent than the german one in th vid (most wouldnt allow people to throw eachother arround for fear of serious injury)
i am fairly new to this my self but most universities will have a LARPs group and i am sure somewhere on the internet will be able to tell you more than me. as for the weapons ebay or other sites but make sure it says they are LARP safe or there are huge frestivals like Malestrom where people can get kit then kill each other.
larps has different systems, stories and worlds associated with it as well depending on where you are. i would also like to say most systems are less violent than the german one in th vid (most wouldnt allow people to throw eachother arround for fear of serious injury)
Which makes it sound even less fun! I don't play RPGs for the acting though so I see little to no point in LARPing. The only possible reason might be to find a hot elf princess. As one of the more outwardly normal people who regularly play AD&D I'd be able to woo her with relative ease.
"So I'm going to cast Lay On Hands on the Elf Archeress again." "But I'm not hurt."
larps has different systems, stories and worlds associated with it as well depending on where you are. i would also like to say most systems are less violent than the german one in th vid (most wouldnt allow people to throw eachother arround for fear of serious injury)
Which makes it sound even less fun! I don't play RPGs for the acting though so I see little to no point in LARPing. The only possible reason might be to find a hot elf princess. As one of the more outwardly normal people who regularly play AD&D I'd be able to woo her with relative ease.
"So I'm going to cast Lay On Hands on the Elf Archeress again." "But I'm not hurt."
I myself tend to steer clear of LARPs that involves magic, because most people screw it up. But i've been to an pirate LARP whith my friends. We had loads of fun, because we played a ship crew, and our roles reflecting both ourselves, and the group as we usally are, so basically what we did was have a good time in outfits with fake, weapons hating on the other crews, killing them, and looting their gold, then having the off game drink afterwards. Thats my idea of a good time, brawling (some of them for real when people had to much to drink), drinking, laughing and hitting on girls. If your table top is better that this then go right ahead, ill stick with LARPing, as i see is way cooler. Sure uptight people, who has to put personal appearence into dayplanner don't like it, but imo. they can go suck a big fat one. LARPs are about the action, but the action isn't just about twatting each other with foam latex swords, that however is funny.
larps has different systems, stories and worlds associated with it as well depending on where you are. i would also like to say most systems are less violent than the german one in th vid (most wouldnt allow people to throw eachother arround for fear of serious injury)
Which makes it sound even less fun! I don't play RPGs for the acting though so I see little to no point in LARPing. The only possible reason might be to find a hot elf princess. As one of the more outwardly normal people who regularly play AD&D I'd be able to woo her with relative ease.
"So I'm going to cast Lay On Hands on the Elf Archeress again." "But I'm not hurt."
I myself tend to steer clear of LARPs that involves magic, because most people screw it up. But i've been to an pirate LARP whith my friends. We had loads of fun, because we played a ship crew, and our roles reflecting both ourselves, and the group as we usally are, so basically what we did was have a good time in outfits with fake, weapons hating on the crews, killing them, and looting their gold, that having the off game drink afterwards. Thats my idea of a good time, brawling (some of them for real when people had to much to drink), drinking, laughing and hitting on girls. If your table top is better that this then go right ahead, ill stick with LARPing, as i see is way cooler. Sure uptight people, who has to put personal appearence into dayplanner don't like it, but imo. they can go suck a big fat one.
Yeah...I'm going to stick with not dressing up in a costume to play make believe. Most of the examples I've seen I would have been embarrassed to be a part of when I was about 10. I could almost see the point if it were a well organised large scale event but the actual level of money to do what I would want to do would be restrictive.
Also, I do shower and shave every morning. There's a difference between labels and male hygiene products, and just knowing how to look half decent when you turn up for work. I'm quite looking forward to the Christmas break, no shaving for two weeks!
LARPS?!! lats a LAUGHS. but i would do it, then again i am reading neuromancer. any groups in ballarat vvictoria? i am moving their soon (i hope, uni offers in 1/2 a month!) .
Tabletop gaming is incredibly fun. LARPing looks just as, if not more enjoyable. I parrot the Ultrajoe's query: how do I go about finding a band with whom to do this? How expensive is it, generally? Money is a big problem for me.
larps has different systems, stories and worlds associated with it as well depending on where you are. i would also like to say most systems are less violent than the german one in th vid (most wouldnt allow people to throw eachother arround for fear of serious injury)
Which makes it sound even less fun! I don't play RPGs for the acting though so I see little to no point in LARPing. The only possible reason might be to find a hot elf princess. As one of the more outwardly normal people who regularly play AD&D I'd be able to woo her with relative ease.
"So I'm going to cast Lay On Hands on the Elf Archeress again." "But I'm not hurt."
I myself tend to steer clear of LARPs that involves magic, because most people screw it up. But i've been to an pirate LARP whith my friends. We had loads of fun, because we played a ship crew, and our roles reflecting both ourselves, and the group as we usally are, so basically what we did was have a good time in outfits with fake, weapons hating on the crews, killing them, and looting their gold, that having the off game drink afterwards. Thats my idea of a good time, brawling (some of them for real when people had to much to drink), drinking, laughing and hitting on girls. If your table top is better that this then go right ahead, ill stick with LARPing, as i see is way cooler. Sure uptight people, who has to put personal appearence into dayplanner don't like it, but imo. they can go suck a big fat one.
Yeah...I'm going to stick with not dressing up in a costume to play make believe. Most of the examples I've seen I would have been embarrassed to be a part of when I was about 10. I could almost see the point if it were a well organised large scale event but the actual level of money to do what I would want to do would be restrictive.
Also, I do shower and shave every morning. There's a difference between labels and male hygiene products, and just knowing how to look half decent when you turn up for work. I'm quite looking forward to the Christmas break, no shaving for two weeks!
Aah the money issue, the same reason i myself have been cuting down. Well there has been large scale LARPs, theres an annaul event every year in denmark, with warhammer based themed, and then its about the battle. I believe attendants is about 300 at average or so. But the biggest larps have amassed 1000 people. Which is outrageous, in the awesome way. but even theese are affordable, but its still is pricy, and it usually takes a long time. The minimum for such an event is usaully an entire weekend.
Aah the money issue, the same reason i myself have been cuting down. Well there has been large scale LARPs, theres an annaul event every year in denmark, with warhammer based themed, and then its about the battle. I believe attendants is about 300 at average or so. But the biggest larps have amassed 1000 people. Which is outrageous, in the awesome way. but even theese are affordable, but its still is pricy, and it usually takes a long time. The minimum for such an event is usaully an entire weekend.
I'm so cheap I don't even buy the systems books for table top RPGs anymore, I make 'em! Currently polishing one off for the New Year.
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i recently started larps and have been getting some stick from my family (not unexpected) however what i dont get is that they give me more hassle for LARPs than the tabletop gaming i used to do.
so i want to put it to the vote which is more nerdy LARPs or Table Top gameing?
on the onehand with larps theres the dressing up in armour etc but atleast your outside getting exercise and all go to the pub afterwards where as with table top your inside wasting away and the social life tends to be more restricted (LARPS can be 10 - 20 people at my local but at festivals there are hundreds but table top gameing is normally less people(in my experience))
edit: LARPS is Live Action RolePlay and involves you playing the character and running around outside
heres a trailer http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=vpeLlbe2OoI
yes i know its german but i cant be bothered to serch for a better one and it showes you what LARPs is.