Courageous Thunder Dash 7,810 March 6, 2014 Share March 6, 2014 LARPing, or Live Action Roleplaying has been a bit of a trend for the past few years. So I ask you people of the forums Have you LARPed before? If so, what was it like?\ I've LARPed before and it was so much fun. Here's a little deviantart journal entry to summarize it all: I went to SCarowinds with my friends yersterday and we role-played throughout the park. My friend role-played as his DBZ related character Gozak and I role-played as Steller the Raichu (Names will be role-playing names from this point on). My other friend role-played as Naruto. Every now and then, we transformed into higher levels. After getting scared several times, Gozak transfromed into SSJ3. At around 8:50, the time came for Gozak to transform into Golden Ape and he thrashed about in an open space, until Naruto cut off his tail. Unfortunately, I was injured during that time, but Gozak had a sack of Senzu beans to heal us all. Gozak then became SSJ4. I then finally transformed into The Legendary Eighteen Tailed Golden Winged Ultimate Raichu. It felt unconfortable riding rides in this form, as my wings and tails kept on getting crammed. Gozak had to blast a few zombies, as they were getting in our way. Soon, we headed to the arcade. I did DanceDanceRevolution. Gozak said that my power was 950,000 and rising. He said to not let it go over 1,000,000 or else it would be dangerous. Fortunately I could supress my power, and so could Gozak. But Naruto couldn't, as his power kept rising since he was the Nine Tailed Fox. If Naruto did not release any power, he would explode. After some more rides, it was over. We returned to our normal forms as we departed in seperate ways... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fhaolan 4,468 March 6, 2014 Share March 6, 2014 Oh lord, it's been over a decade since I LARPed. I just never found a group that I felt comfortable with. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fluttershyfan94 5,739 March 6, 2014 Share March 6, 2014 I have never done that, seems fun. There are no larping groups around here. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Courageous Thunder Dash 7,810 March 6, 2014 Author Share March 6, 2014 @@Fhaolan, What did you LARP about? Anime? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Berrycicle 66 March 6, 2014 Share March 6, 2014 (edited) Me my sis and my bro has I play as Twilight Sparkle, my sis Rainbow Dash and/or Batman and my bro Applejack most ofthe time. Edited March 6, 2014 by Berrycicle Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Courageous Thunder Dash 7,810 March 6, 2014 Author Share March 6, 2014 @@Berrycicle, Did you have a set story, or was it just random? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Berrycicle 66 March 6, 2014 Share March 6, 2014 Sometimes we do, sometimes we don't. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Neutrino 47 March 6, 2014 Share March 6, 2014 You mean like dnd? Sure! All the time, that stuff is freakin awesome. Plus, technically speaking, any and every videogame you have ever played is a form of roleplay... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Courageous Thunder Dash 7,810 March 6, 2014 Author Share March 6, 2014 @@Neutrino, Not really, I mean like taking roleplaying out to the streets, doing it in public. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest March 6, 2014 Share March 6, 2014 (edited) I used to LARP A LOT when I was younger. It was "brutal" stuff, tbh. We went out to a privately owned forest, with a custom built castle and all sorts of crazy stuff, picked a faction and received a specific quest from the gamemaster that we had to do. You had people dressing up as monsters, orcs, knights etc. Some even brought custom made weapons, like crossbows, which for the most part were approved by the gamemaster, since they only fired "non-lethal" arrows. We were maybe over a 100 people, maybe more (close to 150), fighting each other on a grand scale. It was a lot of fun, but very expensive! Edited March 6, 2014 by Guest Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Courageous Thunder Dash 7,810 March 6, 2014 Author Share March 6, 2014 @@Royce, Oh now that's awesome! And expensive...did you spend like $100 on stuff. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest March 6, 2014 Share March 6, 2014 @@Royce, Oh now that's awesome! And expensive...did you spend like $100 on stuff. Some of whom I knew spend over a 1000 bucks on equipment, and no i'm not making that up. I spend perhaps a 70-90 bucks on equipment, which included swords and shields. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Courageous Thunder Dash 7,810 March 6, 2014 Author Share March 6, 2014 @@Royce, Oh jeez! You must've took LARPing as if it were a job or something! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest March 6, 2014 Share March 6, 2014 (edited) @@Royce, Oh jeez! You must've took LARPing as if it were a job or something! Haha, yeah I guess. Most of the more "mature" players kinda looked like this once you saw them on the "battlefield", and they took it pretty personal when you engaged them. Trust me, if you want good LARP, come to Europe. All we have here are lots of medieval castles, fortresses and forests. Edited March 6, 2014 by Guest Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Courageous Thunder Dash 7,810 March 6, 2014 Author Share March 6, 2014 @@Royce, Ah. I will plan to come to where you are at. I have an interest in that stuff. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest March 6, 2014 Share March 6, 2014 @@Royce, Ah. I will plan to come to where you are at. I have an interest in that stuff. The biggest LARP in Europe currently is ConQuest, with around 6000 attendees, on a GRAND scale. http://www.live-adventure.de/ConQuest_english/informationen.php Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Courageous Thunder Dash 7,810 March 6, 2014 Author Share March 6, 2014 @@Royce, I'm all the way here in the USA. Once I plan to come there, I will make sure to attend. It looks totally awesome. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest March 6, 2014 Share March 6, 2014 @@Royce, I'm all the way here in the USA. Once I plan to come there, I will make sure to attend. It looks totally awesome. Just remember to bring lots of muneh. These events don't hold back in regards to prices on various things. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Courageous Thunder Dash 7,810 March 6, 2014 Author Share March 6, 2014 @@Royce, I hope it's not out of the roof. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest March 6, 2014 Share March 6, 2014 (edited) @@Royce, I hope it's not out of the roof. Usually one ticket is around 135 euroes, which would be a 185 USD. Edited March 6, 2014 by Guest Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fhaolan 4,468 March 6, 2014 Share March 6, 2014 Thunder-Dash, on 06 Mar 2014 - 06:55 AM, said: @@Fhaolan, What did you LARP about? Anime? Nope. Mostly fantasy, true, but not Anime. Did a Mind's Eye Theatre thing with vampires once, wasn't really my scene. Ran around in the woods in costume several times with a bunch of different groups, but those tended to be either *all* about the combat with no roleplaying, or were standing around doing only inter-character drama with no adventure. Just really couldn't find a balance point. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Syannax the Changeling 101 March 6, 2014 Share March 6, 2014 I do. Its in BETA test right now. So no real details about it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CT-1138 3,180 March 6, 2014 Share March 6, 2014 I have never LARPed, but I've wanted to try it. My friends and I used to fight with those wooden construction marks as kids. We used to turn them into swords, paint 'em, all that. It hurt if you got hit with one, but nothing more than a bruise. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
~Silver Essence~ 2,622 March 6, 2014 Share March 6, 2014 Never done it, but no offense, it's a bit embarrassing if your playing this live with those who don't know what your doing... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Courageous Thunder Dash 7,810 March 6, 2014 Author Share March 6, 2014 @, Well, that's why it's best to have a set plot before you start. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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