21-04-2005 05:31									#1
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http://www.darkonthemovie.com/darkon_video.html

This is embarrassing to watch even though I'm not a participant.

	21-04-2005 05:33									#2
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Lightning bolt! lightning bolt!

	21-04-2005 05:38									#3
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	21-04-2005 05:44									#4
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So is this some kind of documentary?

	21-04-2005 05:47									#5
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I'm amazed that they have one member of the cast that's somehow charismatic (the bearded big guy)

	21-04-2005 06:24									#6
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I don't get it?

what's going on? why are they doing this?

	21-04-2005 06:25									#7
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I think I would watch it if filmed like a documentary

I will laugh the whole way through

but I find subcultures like that interesting


8d8 for Lightning bolt right?

	21-04-2005 06:27									#8
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quote: Originally posted by Dissident I don't get it? what's going on? why are they doing this?

From what I can tell these freaks are known as LARPers. Not as bad as furries but pretty low on the nerd hierarchy. I’ve only recently discovered such people exist.

	21-04-2005 06:32									#9
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quote: Originally posted by Japher but I find subcultures like that interesting

Emphasis on sub.

	21-04-2005 06:34									#10
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I've begun to rethink this whole larpers thing. It's easy to laugh and point fingers at them.


But is it really any more stupid than actors in a movie? True, they aren't vey good actors. But they are just acting. We don't make fun of Ben Afflect do we? hmm, well that's not a good example. But you get my point.

	21-04-2005 06:34									#11
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Wait, is this the lighting bolt video again?

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No it is a whole new level of geek.

	21-04-2005 06:34									#13
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I have known ppl like that

I use to play a pen and paper game with a DM who was one of those...

it's intriguing what some ppl do

it looks well filmed

hell, at least it ain't about warhammer

	21-04-2005 06:35									#14
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quote: Originally posted by Dissident I've begun to rethink this whole larpers thing. It's easy to laugh and point fingers at them. But is it really any more stupid than actors in a movie? True, they aren't vey good actors. But they are just acting. We don't make fun of Ben Afflect do we? hmm, well that's not a good example. But you get my point.

True; if these LARPers had a million dollar budget, then it might be a different story.

But at the same time, we make fun of all crappy B-films. This is no different.

	21-04-2005 06:36									#15
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Sam Ramey began with B-films

now where is he

SPiderman!

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In fact, I have more respect for these people than people who willingly sit through crappy movies sitting on their ass eating popcorn and other junk food. At least these geeks are getting off their asses and doing something that entertains them. They don't sit around complaining: "I'm bored". They make their own adventures.

	21-04-2005 06:39									#17
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I know quite a few LARPers. It's just like unscripted acting, although that Darkon thing appears to be on a pretty large-scale. Personally, I never have enough time and barely enough inclination to sustain the character I was born with, let alone 'live' another, and certainly not on film.

I find it amusing how scifi/fantasy nerds have arrived at exactly the same place as history nerds and drama nerds: dressing up in silly clothes and hitting one another with sticks.

	21-04-2005 06:40									#18
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quote: Originally posted by Dissident I've begun to rethink this whole larpers thing. It's easy to laugh and point fingers at them. But is it really any more stupid than actors in a movie? True, they aren't vey good actors. But they are just acting. We don't make fun of Ben Afflect do we? hmm, well that's not a good example. But you get my point.

They must be persecuted and forced in Ghettos. They are Untermenschen.

	21-04-2005 06:59									#19
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Larpers.


There was a guy in my old shadowbane guild who was some high-up in the police/legal hierarchy in Toronto who belongs to the Society for Creative Anachronism and spends his spare time making suits of armour out of sheet metal and beating people with batons.

	21-04-2005 07:03									#20
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I don't have the talent, energy, or desire to do these sort of things. But I won't make fun of other people for doing what they love. Just like I don't want people to make fun of me for doing what I love.

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quote: Originally posted by Dissident I don't have the talent, energy, or desire to do these sort of things. But I won't make fun of other people for doing what they love. Just like I don't want people to make fun of me for doing what I love.

Is it alright to make fun of you in general, though?

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quote: Originally posted by Dissident I don't have the talent, energy, or desire to do these sort of things. But I won't make fun of other people for doing what they love. Just like I don't want people to make fun of me for doing what I love.

What if they love raping puppies and eating babies?

	21-04-2005 07:10									#23
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quote: Originally posted by Riesstiu IV What if they love raping puppies and eating babies?

those are illegal activities.

	21-04-2005 07:12									#24
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quote: Originally posted by General Ludd Larpers. There was a guy in my old shadowbane guild who was some high-up in the police/legal hierarchy in Toronto who belongs to the Society for Creative Anachronism and spends his spare time making suits of armour out of sheet metal and beating people with batons.

Actually, last I heard from him he was wanting to get a forge and learn proper blacksmithing. :envy:

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quote: Originally posted by Japher I think I would watch it if filmed like a documentary I will laugh the whole way through but I find subcultures like that interesting 8d8 for Lightning bolt right?

1d8 per level of the caster for a maximum of 8d8, IIRC.

	21-04-2005 07:49									#26
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any link to a nonquicktime source?

JM

	21-04-2005 09:42									#27
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It looks like a Documentary similar to Trekkies. It's not trying to belittle the participants.



I'd never do it myself though.....

ACK!

	21-04-2005 11:11									#28
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How do they decide who "wins" and who "loses" ?

	21-04-2005 11:14									#29
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quote: Originally posted by Ted Striker How do they decide who "wins" and who "loses" ?

It's not whether you win or lose, it's how you play the game. They probably script this stuff in advance anyways.

	21-04-2005 11:27									#30
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I'm bringing my switch blade and AR-15 to the next match


BECAUSE I WANT TO WIN