/cgl/ - Cosplay & EGL

>>8372892
>they weren't the only ones with that
What other retards thought this was a good idea?

On a semi related note I specifically remember Ventrella arguing it was a good thing that the rulebook cost money because something along the lines of "It looks more professional and you could find a copy in a bookstore." In case there was any doubt in your mind you could not find a dead tree copy of the alliance larp rules in any bookstore I'm aware of.

>>8372940
I'm pretty sure white wolf sells it's MET rulebook for money and a lot of other larp does this with hardcovered book forms, but I've seen at least one game where you have to pay to see even the digital version. Can't remember the game right now and it's nearly midnight here, my memory isn't the best at times like this

Does anyone play instruments at Larps ???

>>8372973
yes, people do that

>>8372959
they do for MET though its treated more as a supplment than anything else really.

>>8372959
>I've seen at least one game where you have to pay to see even the digital version.
This was true of alliance for a long time.

>>8372999
the one I've seen was some small game, not alliance caliber. Although it COULD be that it was some branch of alliance that left them to make their own larp with blackjack and hookers

>>8372546
>Not even joking, they charged money for the alliance rulebook until relatively recently

I don't see a problem with that if there's transparency as to where the money goes. If they state outright that there's a one-time fee for the rulebook as a funding generator for events or starter gear or whatever, I'm cool with it.

>>8372916
>same

>>8373064
>a funding generator for events or starter gear or whatever, I'm cool with it.
Except alliance has chapters throughout the US so there'd be no way to know where the money was going. Though admittedly its a moot point since the rules are free now.

>>8373119
I'd imagine the funds would go into the coffers of the local land, not to some shadowy organization bent on world domination in Ohio or some such place. Like you said, it's moot, but it's not something I would consider to be an egregious affront to human dignity if a game were to charge for a rulebook.

>>8373143
I know it doesn't go back into the local chapter's pocket, but the local chapter also can't sell rulebooks to you, you would (back when they cost money) order online.

Our chapter had a stack of 10 copies in NPC camp for reference and also so new players could read them.

If I had to guess, a lot of the money goes to maintaining HQ's site since they have a private, specialty built area. I expect the rest of the money goes to Ventrella.

I don't begrudge him that money though- If he can make money off a rulebook for game, or the game itself, then good for him. Paying $8 for a hundred page book isn't going to kill anyone.

>>8373190
It's like Amtgard's dues system, where you get the full franchise if you're dues paid at your local park, and that money goes into the land fund for events and awards and other game-related expenses. Unless you've got a shady-ass Chancellor, it's pretty open and clear as to where the money is and what it's used for. I guess Alliance didn't use that kind of system, though.

Having a private site used to be a dream of mine.

>>8372940

I actually have found copies of the old NERO rulebooks in a used bookstore before. And the original one was sold straight out of a local gaming shop. It's good advertisement, if it's done right.

The local LARP sells hardcopy versions of the rulebook, but that's more to cover cost of printing than profit. DLing is free.

>>8373209
All the large local games here pooled their money a few years ago to buy a plot of land, it's still being developed (cabins etc.) but it's very exciting to think that we'll have a permanent, minimum cost place to run weekend games.

>>8373214
>The local LARP sells hardcopy versions of the rulebook, but that's more to cover cost of printing than profit. DLing is free.
That's how alliance does it these days.

>>8373218
I wish there was something like in my part of the country. The campsite we got is quite nice and its twenty bucks for a weekend with cabins and a shower area along with enough copper to feed yourself which is a hell of a good deal if you put that in respects to a camp ground. But it would be nice to pool resources and invest in some land that could be worked and turned into something like bicclone in the states

>>8373229

Camp Sacajawea is pretty darn good in that regard- it'd seen plenty of LARP use before it got bought, and they've been remodeling/adding new cabins ever since they took over the place from the Scouts.

Being "green space" does mean there's limits, but there's plenty of fields big enough for setting up temporary structures ala Mythodea/Drachenfest/Epic Empires.

Watching that horse farm in Brokeloh turn into a small city for a week lets me know it's possible.

>>8372959
By Night Studios does the MET larps now

>>8373229
>>8373244
Temporary isn't really an option in California because nobody has storage space (though... I suppose if we owned the site we could store stuff on it).
Building actual buildings is difficult because we have a lot of earthquake laws regarding building, because the land we stand on could rip open into a gaping maw to hell at any moment.

My ideal would be a fort that we could tent in- with cabins for nobility and a big communal cabin for people who need to sleep indoors/with electricity for medical reasons.

Then litter the site with random walls/scaffolding/places to fight.

>>8373287
>electricity for medical reasons

You have players living in iron lungs?

>>8373315
I have to imagine more for things like the option to be able to call an ambulance and have a proper first aid station.

>>8373315
>iron lung
Not actually entirely wrong- we have players with sleep apnea that need oxygen machines while they sleep. For most of them it's just a nuisance, but for some (like my fiance) it's life threatening to sleep without the machine.

Also >>8373459 has the rest of it.

>week and a half wil next event
>not sure I'll make it

>>8373594
That's actually unfortunate, I was sincerely hoping your LARP had like six or seven people in iron lungs who rule from the shadows as a committee of immortals and whose words are holy writ in-game.

>>8373885
Thank you for the post-apoc concept- all C-PAP users start off as worshiped beings. They can wear their spare masks around the town as representations of their rank, pic related.

>>8373910
Recent inspiration.

>>8373971
Witness Me

why do people like Landsknecht garb?

>>8374109
Because it's distinctive, weird, ostentatious, and just generally fun-looking. You look at them and don't want to have to take them seriously, until you see what's slung across their back. That's my take on it, at least.

>another LARP thread on /cgl
>no pdfs allowed on /cgl/

Why the shit are these still being made here and not on /tg/ where, you know, actual good can be done?

>>8374109
because it has style

>>8374370
there are larpthreads on tg too, it's just cgl is way slower so a larp thread here will survive for weeks. on tg sometimes the thread goes to page 10 in half a day

>>8374398

Fair point. It'd be perfect if /cgl/ would accept pdfs though.

>>8374422
also there is a larp thread on tg right now

>>8372973

I do, mandolin personally, and at least two other people I know of do, bodhran and xaphoon. Did you have any questions regarding?

>>8374539
I was just thinking about picking up the lute

Out of curiosity, how do you stop the instinctive offhand punch in a sword clash?

Used to doing it in reenactment duels but don't wanna get kicked out the game for punching someone.....

>>8374582
Put something in your off-hand, like a shield.

>>8374582
Sword clashes don't really happen, as you're likely to break your weapon doing such. Parrying and deflecting a blade is fine, but proper blade on blade pushing will just wreck.

>>8374706
we don't edge to edge if that helps it's more for show than anything.

Buckler or dagger is looking to be the solution.

Thanks

>>8374714
It's probably nothing to worry about. Sword clashes will only happen if you are doing a prearranged staged fight. In actual combat it just doesn't happen. However, sword and buckler is a good way to go especially if you're a good larp duelist.

>>8373885
>six or seven people in iron lungs who rule from the shadows as a committee of immortals and whose words are holy writ in-game
10/10 would play

>holy writ
Alliance gets real touchy about religion because someone might get their feelings hurt about it.

>>8374582
If by sword clash you mean "weapons crossed and pushing against each other", like a star wars lighsaber lock, we simply don't do that. Not even in reenactment.

>>8374582
common sense. or sometimes willpower. I can recommend those two

>>8374582
>sword clash
Let me share with you the wisdom of my fencing coach. Sword clashes are for idiots and choreographers, disengage and then stab the shit out of them.

>>8374582

In Kendo if you didn't have both hands on the hilt to support the sword you would either get pushed down or your weapon would be pushed aside to open up for a retreating hit.

At a German swordplay seminar I went to you would be better off using your off hand to grapple and disarm them or push their arm aside to deliver a blow with the blade, hilt or crossguard. Trying to actually hit with your fist is a lot less useful then using your hand to grasp or hold.

In LARP you just have to learn not to do it the same way you have to learn not to do all the crap you've probably picked up from movies.

For whoever it was in last thread who asked what my new Odyssey Rome armour looked like. Based off what Maximus wore in Gladiator in opening scenes.

>>8375066
nothistorical/10

still breddy gud though

Local amtguard group posted a link to this video youtu.be/XaH6v70h3ys on their facebook. from what some of you have said previously, I was somewhat surprised that they would have as much interest in not looking completely bad. It almost makes me want to start working on my chain maile again and show up looking decent. Whilst the vid is lacking in authenticy, it is nice to know they care.

>>8375140
Yeah a lot of the armour in the film was historyfudge but I really liked the asthetic. Plus will only used for larp rather than re-enactment.

>>8375066
I assume leather for the body and metal for the shoulder parts ?

>>8375333
>I was somewhat surprised that they would have as much interest in not looking completely bad
There's always a few people who love having great costume, its the masses who end up looking like shit.

>>8375333
>I was somewhat surprised that they would have as much interest in not looking completely bad

Tabards seem pretty popular and don't require a ton of effort or sewing expertise. There's a whole range of quality though. Some of them look like a beach towel with a hole cut in it and some of them are extremely detailed (appliques, embroidery, different fabrics, etc.). Even the fancier ones still look silly though if you're wearing it over jeans or a utilikilt or something.

>>8375066
I had forgotten people other than me went to ODC, super hyped. You're roman right?

>>8374748

To their credit, Alliance was spawned from a game that started square in the Satanic Panic of the late 80's. The last thing they wanted was hordes of fucked up fundamentalists claiming that people were having devil-worshipping in the woods.

Even afterwards, there were so many players that just didn't want a game with religion in it that it stuck, and later on Alliance carried that with it when they split off.

(By comparison, LAIRE (the first NERO splitoff) gave no fucks and promptly put divine beings into their game shortly after splitting off, and many other spinoffs did in-game religious stuff as well. After the mid-90's or so, people weren't generally shitting bricks about that sort of thing anymore unless they'd started a game earlier.

>>8375380
No, all leather. The shoulders are leather with metal effect paint.

>>8375596
Yeah I play in Rome, in Praxis :)

>>8374582
>sword clash
If you by any chance mean the hollywood sword pushing bullshit, then you are never going to get into that situation. Period. And if you were ever in a LARP that somehow managed to employ the bind in a meaningful manner, then there are a thousand better things to do than throwing a punch.

>>8375066
10/10 would fight

So...Bico is actually working hard on the fort...Hope it's gonna be completed for the Grand battle.

Or even better, for the crusade

>>8375982
Also... i'm really looking forward to receiving my period shoes, this is so much of an eyesore it's bothering me.

>>8375986
Did you sew your own garb? It looks good so far.

"I wanted to raise the bar for costuming and role-playing" - Michael A. Ventrella
page 2

>Fun fact, he didn't.

>>8375911
The only roman house worth talking to.

>>8376248
>>8375911
>I play in Rome, in Praxis
>roman house
So why does a Roman house have a Greek name?

>>8376007
i cant sew for shit.
so no
it's still a work in progress

>>8376396
What do I need for a costume to scream "gnome!"

>>8376504
gadgets, brass, dirty face from smoke or grase, crazy hair ...the world of warcraft gnome look is pretty good i think.

>>8376304
Why do several prominent Roman houses have Etruscan names? Don't be That Guy.

>>8376513
I hope you drove your elbow into fucklick's face after this shot was taken for photobombing you.

>>8376539
nope, but anyways he's a exited teenager.
he's been told to shut the fuck up and stop being a giant douche during the weekend.

>>8376547
Are they looking at you or at him?

>>8376552
probably at my bulge in my tights

For a reason i dont know, i had a lot of game with ladies in this larp.

And a twink pageboy.

>>8376513
So proper steampunk, that's what I was thinking too

Hey hey folks. Sorry to pull us back to the old thread, but I am a huge fan of bathing, just as our ancestors were... Remember that submersion baths on a regular basis is still a relatively new thing.

Twice a day at events. Once in the morning, once at night. Sometimes after fighting too. Heat up water over the pot, and use a basic, ewer, loofa/sponge and soap to wash myself completely.

Pic is my minimum toiletries that sit on a small table in my tent.
*Basin (wash bowl)
*Ewer (wash pitcher)
*Mirror
*Scrubbing lufa
*Towel
*Comb
*Tweezer/earspoon/pick
*Witch hazel for astringent/toner
*Clove oil (to smell good)

Not pictured:
*Sea sponge
*Soap
*Apple cider vinegar for deoderant (kept in the glass carafe) It sounds odd, but it really works.
*Talcum powder (anti prespirant)

>>8376559
>That pic
You're my goddamn spirit animal.

Pic of the twink pageboy!

>>8376130

Realize that to people like Ventrella, he was raising the bar from boffer battle games that barely got past the tabard-and-jeans phase.

He succeeded. Of course, other raised the bar after him, far higher in many cases. And Alliance proceeded to stagnate, as many of it's cousins in the US have before it- although they finally got on the latex weapon bandwagon, most games are chock-fulla boffers in the vast majority.

>>8376504

Also, some time literally spent smoking your clothing. Rare is the gnomish tinkerer that doesn't end up spending quality time with something on fire, and that subtle touch of scenting stuff can go a long way.

>>8376733
like he said, bathing is pretty damn important.

but i only bath once a day.

I wake up
eat some breakfast
get armored
figth pretty much until 5
go take a shit (why lie)
go take a bath in the river
put on my nice outfit for the night
got to sleep after a night of partying
wake up
repeat


Also pic unrelated to bathing , but this is the armor i was talking about, really nice looking leather armor, even more nice looking in real

>>8376763
>go take a bath in the river
I'll do this is so able, but I wont lie that my household has a portable water heater and shower stall we hide in a small tent...

Our next goal is a half-barrel tub. It'll be lines with modern polymer seal, but will still be a large wooden tub to bathe in.

Remember: Praise Slaanesh, not Nurgle!

>>8376733
If this is how you "rough it", then im doing it so very wrong.

Just finished the outfit for a friend's new baby who is coming to game in two weeks. They wanted an acorn dryad, but I tried to keep it simple and on the 'regular baby clothes' side of things so it can be washed/put on easily.
The hat pattern I used turned out adorable, though.

>>8374578
Not sure about where you're from, but lutes around here start at around 500 euros. And that very much is the equivalent of a 50 euro accoustic guitar. Decent ones go for around 1500 euros.

Bringing an instrument like this to a LARP is a bad idea, and that's completely disregarding that "picking up the lute" might just be a tad more difficult than you imagine, barring several years of classical schooling.

My honest to god advice? Find a guitar shaped like a lute, those go for around 400, which is still probably a bad idea.

>>8376895
That is adorable.

>tfw steamtent, strigil and buckets of cold water for washing purposes

If you have a tent to sacrifice and little to no body shame, it really is something fun to try.

>>8376763
while that's a good looking leather armor I will never understand the purpose of those kind of leather gorgets...

>>8376736
>he was raising the bar from boffer battle games that barely got past the tabard-and-jeans phase.
The bar may have been raised but that's a worthless statement since the bar was already set so low that doing anything would technically be an improvement.

>>8377180
>using a strigil without oil
What kind of pleb are you?

>>8377391

While I'll admit I forgot to mention it, it should go without saying, no? Otherwise you're just rubbing yourself with a piece of metal.

>>8377402
I assumed the worst and though you were a retard. Glad to see I was wrong.

>>8377180
Where would one even purchase a strigil?

>>8377435
Easy enough to make, or google it. Turkish/Greek bath supplies.

>>8376744
Oh, good stuff. I suppose smelling like deodorant and strawberry shampoo isn't very immersive

>>8377775
>I suppose smelling like deodorant and strawberry shampoo isn't very immersive
I really want to go to a game where others smelling like deodorant and/or strawberry is what breaks my immersion.

>>8377783
I have a pretty good imagination is all

>>8377805
if you have good imagination then you can imagine that they smell differently

>>8377813
I usually can't though

>>8377819
I'm sorry for your loss

>>8377825
Thank you, I appreciate it

>>8376733
clean larpfags are the best larpfags

>>8377388

It's also worth nothing that when he started doing this, it was the 1980s. European LARP was basically a few primitive games in the UK that wouldn't have seemed out of place a decade later in the US.

Alliance was indeed a significant improvement at the time it was created, but it's become obsolete in many ways vs. "modern" games since. Considering how backwards a lot of US LARPs are in terms of costuming/kit, he's still doing better than the vast majority of what the US considers "fantasy LARP".

Remember: "LARPs" like pic related are far, far, far more prevalent in numbers and population than even the small step up Alliance represents in the US.

>>8377813

Yeah, but the less you have to imagine (within safety/hygienic limits), the easier it is to fool the rest.

>>8375066
Wait a whole larp about greek and roman stuff ?? Sign me up

>>8377180
This really only works when you have slaves to handle the scraping for all the hard-to-reach spots. That'd be one dedicated household.

>>8376733
You're such a dandy.

>>8377997
Thats probably why he's so popular with the ladies. "Hey bby I don't smell like shit"

>>8377775
I really dont care about that.

Mosquitoes on the other end..they do like that a lot.

>>8377391
Wait like olive oil??

>>8378319
Exactly like olive oil.

>>8378361
How does that help at all versus water ?fucking Greeks man

>>8378319

Yep. Olive oil.

>>8378382

It helps quite a lot, actually. The oil does good things for the skin and makes it easy to gently scrape the dirt and dead skin off, leaving you nicely exfoliated and clean. They'd frequently use a scented oil so you not only were clean, but smelled nice too.

>>8378386
Damn fucking Greeks man

>>8378382
olive oil improves everything from bread to people

Next week can't come soon enough!

Did Greeks have special olive oil carrying containers ?

>>8378408
Is that helmet plastic?

>>8378410

Generally, amphora- a twohandled, narrow-necked jar.

>>8378408
it totally can. Next friday I will be at a school with a bunch of people holding a mini-larp for roughly 320 kids

>>8378439
Nah someth like this with a leather string tied to the wrist

>>8378415
Leather mate

>>8378441
Better you than me! You're a braver man than I!

>>8378507
>wearing leather instead of glorious bronze
what a fucking pleb

>>8378507
I also have more armour... and experience... and a better party

>>8378408
Can we get a pic of it all on?

>>8378529
Still finishing new tunic at the moment, but should be ready for event next week. Will post a pic of it all together after event.

>>8378512
Barbarians seized my copper mines

>>8378518
Leave no survivors

>>8378535
What color??

>>8378542

>>8378535
>Barbarians seized my copper mines

Best answer ever.

https://www.tugg.com/events/23416
anyone going to any of these on the west coast?

what is the medieval fantasy equivalent of a hawaiian shirt and bolero tie?

>>8377997
Damn straight!

>>8378226
Whats wrong? You some kind of hetrofag or somethin'? Seriously though, I find it no different than having your bro help give you a straight razor shave or scrub you with laurel in a sauna. You get desensitized to it if its not explicitly sexual.

Also, great excuse for sexy women to oil you up.

>>8378280
I didn't choose the fop life-the fop life chose me.

>>8378287
It helps.

>>8378290
THIS. Mosquito and wasps life sweet things. Smell like fruit and sugar, and you should expect to attract them.

>>8378319
Yup. I mix clove in with mine.

>>8378382
Exactly what >>8378386 says. Keep in mind, we use soap as an emulsifier to strip the dirty oil from our skin when we bathe. This dries out the skin and damages the dermis, and leads to the need for lotions and moisturizers.

Now, mixing our body oil with a thicker oil (olive) and then scraping it off, help remove the dread skin particles and dirt missed by the scrubbing after bathing, and moisturizes the skin Add some lemon, clove, or lavender oil, and you're set for a hot date.

>>8378393
And Romans (including the Italians all the way until the 1800's). And Ottomans (and later Turks)...

>>8378396
Im stealing the quote. Its the secret to my magnificent hair and delicious caprese.

>>8378408
Nifty! Not a huge fan of the helmet, but the rest is tits!

>>8378439
That is for trade and storage.

>>8378468
Gorgeous!

>>8378441
Holy shit bro. Wish I could join in.

>>8378855
Kilt and karate gi.


Pic unrelated, but a friend insisted on taking it of me. Never say no to a pretty girl.

>>8378878
>Whats wrong? You some kind of hetrofag or somethin'? Seriously though, I find it no different than having your bro help give you a straight razor shave or scrub you with laurel in a sauna. You get desensitized to it if its not explicitly sexual.

I don't think that anon was objecting in a prudish sense. I got the impression it was more that your average larper isn't going to have slaves to do that.

>>8378894
Exactly, but it wasn't always slaves. Its good, brotherly bonding. There is also tons of artwork of people doing it themselves.

Now lift your sack for a second...

>>8378083
I see nothing wrong with this picture.

>>8379002
>guy on the far left wearing a white tablecloth over a t-shirt and jeans
at least he's trying, I guess?

Despite the dickswords and the whole 'tabbards over t-shirts' thing, that pseudo-roman in the bottom right looks kinds neat.

>>8379035
I was being slightly sarcastic but I hadn't seen the not-roman that said, what are good things for someone looking to be a spice merchant?

>>8379041
Grope's the guy for garb, but my impression is that spice merchants were wordly fuckers, often living in trade center and cultural crossroads. Also rich as fuck, so there's that.
I'm guessing robes, silk and the like. I'd recommend looking at merchants from the eastern half of Europe as inspiration, maybe drawing from Persian or middle Eastern sources.

>>8379103
I might, my base culture is a fantastical Rome, the other cultures present are Tribals that borrow from the typical fur and leather armor style, Asiatic Goblins, A westernish Europe and well Elves. As He's just starting out I might have him not quite as swanky as your typical mercant.

>>8379103
What are you talking about?

>>8378878
>Im stealing the quote.
Can't steal it if I give it to you faggot. Ha! My generosity makes it impossible for you to steal my thoughts about how awesome one olive oil is!

>>8379132
Hey, you, check your gmail.

>>8379035
I like the archer at the top-left, they've got kind of a Lucatiel look going on.

>>8379109
Sounds like Byzantine fashion might be a good baseline for your costume design.

>>8378894
If you can't reach every part of your body yourself, it might be time to start stretching.

>>8379721
even that spot in the back that you cant reach alone to scratch?

okay guys and gals new topic.
best places to grab quick food off camp and the high jinks that go along with the quick runs for the most prized food stuff of your area.

>>8379109
>asiatic goblins

Cool beans.

>>8379721
see>>8379723
Good luck reaching everywhere while having to grip something in your hand.

>>8379735
>leaving camp for food

Not even once.

>>8379723
I have no such spot, but your mileage may vary.

>>8379746
Being one of those unlucky guys that shaves his back, I can honestly say I got this.

>>8379749
hey camp food is good going on great depending on how good people can cook but sometimes a diner or stand calls your name.

>>8379751
That's gutsy. I'd never shave my own back, I gotta have someone else do it or I know I'll miss spots.

>>8379749
I bet you doesn't even know where Swadia is

>>8379735
I'm quite lucky that Empire has places to eat and drink IC. Most take real world cash (we use the term Barbarian Currency to signify this) but there are plenty of places to drink, and a couple to eat with IC money.
Never had to leave site to pick anything up.

>>8379963
I tend to do a booze and snack run on the Thurs night/Fri morning at Empire. Then keep myself alive at Feast or Noodle Man.

Found a picture of my bandana sporting plate wearing crossbow Orc at last event!

>>8379987
and if you look for the black headed halberd and the black and white feathers you can see me in this crowd from last Drachenfest

>>8379987
Oh god, a hoard of internet trolls
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jclPWidTfak

>>8380137
horde*

>>8380146
Damnit. I'm going to go play Hoard now.

>>8379968
We stop off at Tebay services on the way down, I tend to pick up half a dozen Steak & Stilton pies for snacking throughout the event.
For actual food it's Mhorish I normally go to. I really should try Tykes at some point.

I wish my larp wasn't super butthurt about drinking.

>>8380344
It drives insurance costs through the roof. Not worth dealing with

>>8380352
also, less assholes in the game this way

>>8380355
Definitely, you eliminate so many horrible players by saying "no, you can't be a drunken fuck all weekend"

>>8380352
>>8380355
>>8380358
I suppose you've got a valid point, its much easier to ban things than make people act like adults and use moderation.

>>8380368
if someone is really upset that he can't drink somewhere I automatically presume they can't moderate themselves

>>8380352
>>8380355
>>8380358
>>8380373
Maybe it's a cultural thing, but Empire really feels like a living world when in the evening, you can have a drink round the fire singing songs and telling tales.
Or drinking in the Senate building watching Senate Knife Fight Club.
Or visiting Varushka for a late night toastie (Virtues bless the Gremani)

Maybe it's because of the size, meaning that you are highly unlikely to come across proper drunken idiots.

>>8380373
I only dislike it because I keep hearing stuff like >>8380385 's story about how great it is to go fight all day and sit around a campfire at night having a few drinks and shooting the shit. Then I think about how my larp doesn't have campfires or drinking and think maybe if it did it would be better but all my local larpers think I'm worse than hitler if I want to enjoy a bottle of hard cider at game.

>>8380391
>no campfires
Your larp has bigger problems than the drinking one

>>8380385
I completely agree that is can do a lot for atmosphere. The rise in insurance cost still doesn't make that worth it though

>>8380396
I'm aware. We had a campfire once when we were doing things at boy scout camps and sitting around it shooting the shit with people with no electric lighting was the most I've ever been immersed in that game. But now everyone hangs out in the electrically lit not at all medieval looking house at our new permanent site.

>>8380400
Possibly, never had to organise an event, so can't comment on insurance costs.

>>8380400
>The rise in insurance cost still doesn't make that worth it though
only if you have such thing as insurance on the site

>>8380407
Well that's an entirely different circumstance then lol

>>8380137

Can't hold a candle to fighting trousers, though.

>>8380344
Our events card people at the gate and make the ones legal to drink wear an armband. Doesn't eliminate all the issues but it helps. We have a harder time getting campfires approved because 90% of the time there are drought conditions.

>>8380518
I like Cup of Brown Joy personally, and I don't even drink coffee

>>8380535

>>8379735

I used to work the game's bar, so if I went off camp to resupply, I might grab something at a Wawa/QuickChek to nosh on while I zipped around. Fuck 7-11s or most fast food joints, they're shit-tier for LARP fuel.

If I wasn't leaving camp, I can usually (still) find something to refuel with at the bar, assuming the kitchen doesn't just hand me a plate and tell me to eat something.

>>8379755

We generally save the diner run for post-game dinner here. Considering the people I usually leave game with are the kitchen head, having someone else cooking is a blessing after slaving away for a weekend, and the kitchen makes enough profit easy to cover it with interest.

>>8380848
Ya the after game diner run for our game has become a regular thing.

>>8379963
Wish we could have a game that expansive but to be fair we manage to make some Great IG food.

>>8380846
ya theres a few GREAT places to eat near our camp. some our used to our shenanagans some are to nice and people bring a fine set of spare cloths to spiff ourselves up.

>>8381019
>>8381015
Honestly I've a passion for Camp cooking, If there's a stream near where we're LARPING I'm all for trying to ply a rod and reel on it and nab myself some nice trout or bullhead.

>>8381172
I wish there were more larpers like you in my area.

>>8381183
You don't I'm a terrible fisherman.

>>8381184
Doesn't matter, more people with some varied interests doing more than sitting around the cabin waiting for monsters or quest hooks is a good thing.

>>8379574
Kind of. Be thankful the picture's so grainy, though. I doubt any of this holds up so well under scrutiny.
Also the fact that I had to sit there and marvel about the fact that he was using an actual bow just made me cry a little on the inside. My kingdom for actual archery.

>>8381239
Battlegames like dagorhir are generally more willing to allow real bows instead of boffer facsimiles and packet throwing.

>>8378408
looks terrible.

yellow dyed leather? Why not just go for the bronze? Seems like at that point it would be around the same price.

>>8381172
Lucky you. The only stream in our area is populated just about exclusively by garfish. Even if one were inclined to fish, that's all you'd manage to get.

>>8381496
Gar aint a bad sport fish really and I've heard if you can deal with the scales they aint bad eating. Then again I'll happily cook carp.

>>8381504
They're a veritable pain in the ass, and not really worth the cleaning hassle at the end.

>>8381573
ah a shame I find them an amazing animal personally though I also enjoy fishing bowhead as they're just a cool fish.

>>8380137
Seen him live, was not enthused tbh

>>8381790
Really? He was awesome when I saw him, loved the free style he did to random props in the crowd.

>>8381496
Gars are beautiful animals and a fascinating reminder of the aquatic life of eras gone by.
That being said they're also toothy assholes who taste like shit.

So I spent today fighting with my new cast-iron 4qt Dutch oven. It required "seasoning", but first I had to bake the damn thing in an oven to melt the hideous wax off the surfaces. That stuff is super tenacious; I ended up having to take steel wool to the stuff after it laughed at the anti-grease dishwashing soap and the Brillo pad. I also managed to set off the fire alarm from the wax smoke because we can't open the damn windows and there's no ventilation. First world has no damn respect for people who might need to bake their ovens in their ovens so that they can be ovens.

>>8381963
we have two lakes and a pond all connected by a stream at our camp. Dureing the longer events we catch fish and cook them. Everything from Bass to lake trout.

>>8382224
anyone ever fell into the water and drown because they were interrupted by a carp?

>>8382080
Why the hell did it even have a sealant layer like that in the first place?

>>8382719
I guess to prove how new it was. Beats me, really, it came in a box wrapped in plastic in the first place, I was satisfied enough of its newness.

That wax reeks when it melts, too. I've evacuated my residence hall for the weekend to give it time to clear out. When I return, I'll apply the olive oil and start the actual seasoning process.

>>8383230
Quite foolish really.

>>8379991
Dude next to you appears to be wearing a top hat and a tanktop. I thought that shit was supposed to get you lynched outside of the states.

>>8385145
IIRC it was more of a vest than a tanktop and he was some kind of Caribbean woodoo doctor whatever. Don't ask, that's how the Blue camp rolls

After being "honoured" by the Navarr senator at the last event my friend and I got to experiment with scar makeup. She has a real talent for it.

>>8385436
Looking good. I have to bring a big sheet of latex bark to cut up if I get a new scar. I'm now going to experiment with adding veins coming out from the bark pieces I use.

>>8385465
Dammit, forgot the name.

>>8385465
The friend that does it works on the past life trauma team and has large battlechest full of makeup bits. She did the Briar makeup for the lass in kingstoke with the barky cheeks and sap weeping eye. Jealous of her talent! Will try and find a pic of her work if you like?

>>8385724
if it's who I think you mean, you totally should, that stuff looks brilliant.

>>8382310
nope but one time a swan charged a bunch of people and ended a skermish.

>>8385145
Vest and top hat are acceptable attire for weird ol' witchdoctors. Certainly, it feels a little off in a setting which prides itself in its realism, but if it's done well, it's done well.

And most of those guys tend to be really well done creeps, in the good way

>>8381239
Thank God my larp, tiny American one though it is, allows archery. Fuck packet throwing.

>>8379236
DAMN YOUR POLITE DISCOURSE!

>>8379313
...What the flying fuck is on his hat?

>>8379721
>>8379723
Ya'll are forgetting that you have a long curved tool to help reach, like a handled bath brush helps you scrub your back.

>>8379750
I don't either, and I chubby. Simple stretches yo.

>>8379751
>>8379759
I used to shave an wax too. Too much of a hassle, and I found most women don't mind unless they are into hairless bishis.

>>8379987
Too clean. 0/10 would not WAAAAAAAAGH! with.

>>8380344
Your larp is dildos.

>>8380619
Brutal.

>>8382080
>>8383230
...The fuck you talking about Anon? Did you even read the box or any care sheet that might have came with it? I have $10 saying you just stripped a factory nonstick coating off your new dutch oven

>>8387873
>Ya'll are forgetting that you have a long curved tool to help reach, like a handled bath brush helps you scrub your back.
i dont get it


also i'm reposting this because i poster it on Bico's page and the internet is now going crazy over it.

>>8387873
The box said "Must be seasoned". There was enough wax coating the lid and the pot itself that they were yellow, and what baked off of it was a orange-colored goo. No other paperwork came with it, I guess Stansport doesn't do care-and-feeding instructions via manual.

>>8388311

That honestly sounds like it was dipped in friggin' Cosmoline, Mosin-Nagant-style.

Scraping is almost always a bad idea; Mineral Spirits or Paint Thinner are better. Heating the stuff CAN work, but it smells terrible and doesn't always work well.

So i've never been to or even seen an actual LARP before. in terms of the combat..how the hell does that shit work? i mean how does a character level outweigh say someone's actual skill in swinging a weapon around?

>>8388368
Depends where you go, some games are trying to be D&D in real life and make you yell numbers while you swing and bigger level means not giving a shit about what the tiny people can swing.

>>8388368
Very different systems all around.

Some games require "turns"... you swing three times, they swing three times, repeat.

Some games go by hit location... hit a head, instakill, hit an arm, leg, different things. This usually requires actual skill.

Some games are all out brawls, whoever can whip their weapon the fastest does the most damage first wins, no matter the location or the "fairness".

>>8388368
>>8388407
IMO the skill based ones are the best as long as you stick to the big organizations.
The combat systems (and the cultures) vary wildly and going from one combat system to another can be very jarring
Amtgarder here and I once showed up at a HFS (High Fantasy Society) park and they kinda tried to hug me with their swords in slow motion while I rolled the field, I was very confused. I went to an SCA event and they asked me and a buddy to leave because we were sparring with our Amtgard legal gear in our down time and they had deemed our boffer swords as too dangerous. Went to a local LARP called Action League (very poorly put together and having almost no rules) and I made a few poor kids very scared after rolling their field and adhering to their rule of calling all of your shots before throwing them.

>>8388368
Tapfights with padded sword simulacrums. Sometimes there are bows that fire ~30-40 feet and people throwing birdseed packets to represent magic.

But seriously some LARPs use stats and have set damage numbers and effects you have to call out. Others use a 'black knight' system where attacks will disable the individual body parts they hit. There are others, but those are the big ones we have stateside.

>>8388466
....Yeah, no. It would just void thier insurance.

Also, it is INCREDIBLY rude to go to another group and just start playing your game.

>>8388535
They all run off the same hit-location system, and as for the SCA story fuck off dude i played their game when they were playing their game when theres down time I'll do what i want.

>>8388332
It seems to have worked out, it's now very metal-colored and no longer feels slippery or greasy. Olive oil application 1 starts tomorrow.

>>8388466
Our HFS group are all people that left Amtgard because the local land was full of shitbags. If you're ever down in Temple, we'll show you a good time.

>>8388701
>uck off dude i played their game when they were playing their game when theres down time I'll do what i want.

Wow. Dude. You're a cunt. Like anon said, the have insurance to worry about. Don't get butthurt because you were a douchebag.

>>8388734
I am legitimately unsure what happened. You should have taken pics.

>>8388701
>I'm going to act like a faggot at someone else's game and they can't stop me.
>They stopped me.
>So I'll complain about it on the internet.

>>8388736
Hell yeah, It may have been because the members of the park looked like they were just broken people, very very slow paced combat with a system built for speed. Drakenfjord i think was the park name.

>>8388755
>>8388756
Have fun straddling your rattan, don't get splinters from riding that edge too hard.

>>8388767
....You know I larp and fight steel too? Right?

Its past your bedtime bubbulah.

>>8388759
Ours is Havenswatch.

BTW, I am the rizon chat if anyone is around.

>>8388772
>I larp
>I use live steel

WOW I didn't know I was posting in a LARP thread. Please post "fight me irl" next namefag

>>8388781
I'll drop by if I'm up that ways, IIRC HFS has nothing against closed cell foam do they? I stopped using pool noodle a long time ago.

>>8388790
You're adorable, and either new or a troll.

If you're the former, just a quick FYI: LARPthread covers larping, historic reenacting, historic recreation, historic martial arts and even renfair folk. Im just informing you, that like many of the others here, I cross game.

No need to defend one game over another. We're all just different flavors of geek.

>>8388790
Nope, as long as it's foam and within the build regs for cores and padding depth it should be good. I never use noodle, fuck that shit.

>>8388767
>tells a story about acting like a faggot
>is called out for being a faggot
>acts like an even bigger faggot

>>8388837
>>8388767
dont you fucking boy>>8388759
he want to be 40 so he can be fisted>>8388756
other gaydjud>>8388772
calm your sidburn

>>8388466
For the anon who was asking about how Amtgard was perceived around here a while ago, this.
I don't start throwing around ringen and making cuts to the head in boffer games because that is just not how those games work. Not being able to adapt to another group's type of game is a poor reflection on your, not the people playing it.

also
>they had deemed our boffer swords as too dangerous
Yes I am certain that is exactly why the organization that supports a system of full-contact sparring asked you to leave. The only reason, I'm sure.

way to go plebs uys, way to go

way to go plebs guys, way to go

>>8373073
>Whatcha thinkin' about?
>Oh, you know, conquistador things.

>>8389290
stabbing the shit out of natives. Which was kind of true on Terra Nova.
Also I recently realized that probably I have the highest kill-count on player characters in Croatian larps combined.
Basically the hungarian team exported bullshit and asskicking to the croatian larps.

>>8389334
Don't forget collecting gold. Gotta collect that gold, man. If you think about it, with all the gold jewelry that the Spanish got, they were basically sanic the hedgehog.

>>8389335
I wasn't spanish, just a templar of the Emperor and had to stab the living shit out of the non-believers

>>8389341
Oh, all right. How many unbelievers did you smite?

>>8389347
none, they just turned up dead or missing. Miracle of the Emperor really.

>>8389348
Didn't you at least smite their corpses a bit for good measure? Are there assists in unbeliever smiting?

>>8389352
lets say it this way: Noone could prove that I did any murdering against the local population, although I was always close by when the miracle of the Emperor happened

>>8389353
>"Praise the Emperor, another dead infidel!"
>surreptitious sword cleaning

>>8389355
It was a dagger but yeah, pretty much that. One time with the help of another two hungarians we did the perfect murder in plain sight during the day when everyone was looking, and nobody realized what happened

>>8389358
How'd it go down?

>>8389362
well first of all the target:
It was the local governor.
He started to act strangely doing strange things, and sometimes even borderline heretically, but mostly he was disoriented, forgeting things, etc. So brother Kasimir, a monk, did a little magically what the fuck is happening spell on him and realized that he no longer has a soul. I asked for help from the captain of a mercenary band so the miracle of the Emperor can happen in a subtle way. I mean if we start killing people in plain sight people will get confused and there will be chaos and more dead bodies. We needed a miracle instead.

The Governor lingered around the main place of the settlement, in front of the inn, close to the shrine and a lot of campsites, so obviously people always walking left and right.
To drop down the number of witnesses brother Kasimir started to talk with various people, told them they are needed elsewhere, or asked if they can help with various religios duties, etc. Meanwhile the Captain stood in the door of the inn, talking with the innkeeper and basically covering me and the Governor with his full body so noone can see us from there.
In the meantime I stood next to the Governor and did a little small talk about random things and kept an open eye to the moment when nobody is watching.

>>8389370
Meanwhile the undead not too far away from us did their undead thing constantly making noises, sometimes sounding horns, etc. One such time the right moment came, noone was watching so I knocked the Governor out then shouted that the undead are coming,
Little panic was ensued, people getting ready to an undead attack and I brought the unconscious body of the Governor to the shrine (witch was the backroom of the inn) and put him on a bed.
The Captain immediately stood in the door so noone can see what's happening and calm down the random people. I just casually grabbed the fluffy from the shrine, rolled it up and started to choke to death the Governor. Because I didn't wanted to leave any weapon marks on his body. Although the choking sounds were a little too loud so the Captain had to raise his voice a little, talking to the people outside of the shrine, fortunately brother Kasimir arrived just in time and realized what's happening so he started to pray loudly and encouraged others to do that too. This way nobody could heard the strange sounds from the shrine.
At last the Governor choked to that and to my surprise his body disappeared and a very strange sound was made by his disappearing body (he was overcome by an entity, later known as to us as the Emptiness)
Anyway a little later the undead indeed attacked because of that strange sound, there was no corpse that some meddling kids could investigate and we secretly high fived with brother Kasimir and the Captain when noone was looking on the fact that another miracle of the Emperor happened when it was needed

>>8389370
>>8389385
Oh man, awesome

>>8388790
>all this salt
>all this hate

Gropey has been an inspiration and helpful for as long as he's been on here.
You're just sounding like a butthurt faggot who got mad for no reason other than being told "no".

Nobody's on your side here, anon.

Post apocalyptic larpfags, whats your favorite type of armor? Repurposed motocross armor? Something pieced together from cut up tires? Modern military equipment? Something completely different?

>>8389432
A namefag who plays more than one game called him out. Keyword, namefag. Larp thread/tg/cgl/ culture actively embraces folks identifying themselves liken Hungarian and co.

He's just butthurt.

>>8389939
Where can I find a pattern for a simple jerkin?

>>8389887
>Repurposed motocross armor?
>Something pieced together from cut up tires?
>Modern military equipment?
>Something completely different?
Yes not actually post-apoc larpfag, but wish I was

>>8389887

I use actual military stuff, largely because the Army gave it to me for the low, low price of a year of my life, a lot of metal in my leg, and a limp.

But I'm playing a character who both came from a well-equipped corporate background in an area that wasn't under a fallout plume in our game documentation (east of Houston TX) and so had access to such gear, and who explicitly raided a storage locker at the edge of the Wright-Patterson Air Force Base Crater during my first game, so having that stuff isn't a stretch. If I hadn't done so, I'd be wearing a great deal more repurposed ice hockey gear.

>>8390296
>Hammershot
My friend of african origin.

Also, you really need to fill in the screw holes on the grip and stock of the Thompson, they really ruin it.

>>8390311

If I had a quality Thompson, I absolutely would.

The game rules limit us to <250fps and single-action weapons (no automatics). Which in turn means that we can only really buy fairly cheap airsofts, and in turn THAT means that they break a lot. At one point I went through 3 Thompsons in 4 games, and at that point I stopped giving much of a shit about detailing the weapon. I throw some silver weathering on it and it's "good enough" for as long as it lasts. At $20 for a replacement, it's not worth spending 10 hours on filling the holes and painting them to match the wood grain.

I've got my eye on a full-weight, low-FPS replica Thompson airsoft (without stuff like screw holes) if I ever manage to find a fully-automatic gun in-game, but actual automatics are really expensive (in-game) to purchase AND to keep running, and I just don't have the resources to pull that off yet.

Besides, it doesn't look so bad in action.

>>8390332
>Scope on a Thompson.
My inner WW2 nerd is sad right now.
(I know it's for a post-apoc game, but it still!)

>>8390350

You're not the first person to say that. I think I was, honestly.

But the thing only comes with rails, and the top rail is molded directly into the plastic, so I can't remove it. AND the rail interferes with the iron sights. It's a reflex sight, not a telescopic sight, but if I want to be able to hit anything at all, the uselessness of the iron sight necessitates a scope.

Since the spam filter keeps catching my direct link, go look at Airsoft Megastore and search for "Cybergun Thompson M1A1 RIS Railed Concept Spring Rifle w/ Hi-Cap Mag". That's the gun.

If'n it makes you feel better, I go out of my way to load the magazines correctly. 20 rounds per stick magazine, 7 rounds in each M1911 magazine. I do things correctly where I can.

>>8390296

I was going to upbraid you for combining UCP with Woodland BDU, but honestly, when I saw >>8390332 it wasn't that bad.

Your camo should still match, though.

Currently holidaying in Ireland, went to Inniskillin castle today. Most stuff there was to do with the Inniskillin dragoons, as it was currently undergoing renovations, though they had a room on the Maguires, the Gaelic owners of the castle before the Ulster Plantation, as well as stuff pertaining to the Jacobite Rebellion, which was in the scope of my interests. Couple pictures to go, not sure if what I chose to take was the best to take pictures of, but eh. Here's a Inniskillin Militia Halberdier from the Jacobite Rebellion.

>>8390758
Don't know what's up with 4chan autoflipping my mobile images. Here's a pretty display matchlock musket.

>>8390767
Damn potato internet. Here's a leine from a box of medieval Irish clothing they let you mess around with.

>>8390779
Display of an Irish feast had by the Maguire family at the tail end of the 1500's. Note the ring pommel on the sword, characteristic of Irish swords.

>>8390785
I'll finish with something that tickled me a little. They had a display where people of the Maguire name around the world could add themselves to. This caught my eye.

>>8390794
>a literal muh heritage in the corner

>>8389887
No armor, just guts and balls

>>8390717
Shut the fuck up, herbivore, we were mix-matching BDU and DCU-patterns for three years of OIF.

>>8390296
dat raptor

>>8391077

What raptor?

>>8389432
>>8389939
He'll learn.

>>8390143
Try searching for it by its common name: doublet. All "jerkin" is, is an English term for a sleeveless leather doublet. In the 18thC, it is also called a Buff coat.

>>8390758
>>8390767
>>8390779
>>8390785
>>8390794
Awesome! Also: I just made a new linen leine Super comfy, pants optional and covers almost 500 years of history!

>>8391151
>Try searching for it by its common name: doublet.
So many names, no wonder I can't find it. I was originally googling medieval vest lol
Thanks a bunch

>>8391142
My bad, Revenant. I'm getting my guns mixed up.

>>8372916
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MuptN8BgAU8

>>8391334
once, for whatever kind of mental illness I had then, I watched the full Darkon "documentary" I still think that I lost a lot of braincells back then. Also It was totally uninformative about the game but it was successful on showing the players as pathetic as it is possible

>Looking at a potential new LARP in my area
>The setting looks really cool
>Creative races, very high fantasy with an emphasis on good costuming
>Check out the rules
>130 page rulebook
>"Touching is not allowed"
>"You should not be hitting with force, a light tap is enough"
>"Remember that big weapons are heavy and should be swung appropriately slowly"
>"Every three swings, you must take a step back and reset your stance to give your opponent a chance"
>Can't physically use a weapon unless you have the skill for it

Why do all the fun-looking settings have to have such ass-backwards rules? Might as well be sitting around playing D&D in costume at that point.

>>8392148
with those rules, maybe you will do just that

>>8392148
it always baffles me when seasoned larp organizers insist on the misconception that real swords are 10kg+ in weight.

>>8392270
More likely than not, they have never even seen a sword, let alone held one. The ones that did are probably so out of shape, they cannot imagine fighting with that weight.
Some will have held an iron bar, and realized that shit's heavy, and assumed a sword weighs and handles the same, then extrapolate that to a pollaxe or bec de corbin, despite the handle being wood.

>>8392405
>The ones that did are probably so out of shape, they cannot imagine fighting with that weight.
well, most people never really held anything heavier than a pen for more than a few minutes

>>8392148
I don't mind games that ask for weapons to be swung in a meaningful way, it's usually put in to stop "drum-rolling" with weapons. And it looks fucking cool when someone does a big overhand smash with a 2 hander onto my raised shield.

I really don't get the 3 attack then rest rule. Why have this? It totally wrecks any advantage you get over a less skilled opponent. If I get inside the reach of a polearm I'm not going to step back and reset so he gets his reach advantage back.

>>8392499
>I really don't get the 3 attack then rest rule. Why have this? It totally wrecks any advantage you get over a less skilled opponent.

There's actually three reasons for this. It's generally called a "flurry" rule.

1) A ton of US larps don't want you to have an advantage over a less-skilled opponent. The thought is that you are not your character, and it's unfair for somebody who is skilled OOG (but a new player in that larp) to be able to stomp on somebody who is unskilled OOG (but has been playing that PC in the larp for years). The veteran's CHARACTER should be more skilled than the PLAYER. Note that this is a dumb policy, but it's extremely common.

2) It's a reaction to ultralight dickswords. Unless you've tried to fight a UL wielder, it's difficult to articulate how much of an disadvantage a guy swinging a reasonably-weighted, 1-lb latex weapon built like a real sword has, when facing a guy with a ludicrously-long, 5oz dicksword that can change direction 3 or more times in the middle of a swing. Generally speaking, each feint in the middle of a swing counts as a "swing" to the flurry rule, so this rule is *intended* to put a little bit of a break on UL wielders. It also stops people from "machine-gunning" swings; moving their 5oz weapon through 4 inches of motion during the swing and damaging you each time it hits (but if you knock their weapon away, you're "hitting too hard") at a rough "3 swings per second" rate.

>cont

>>8392639
>cont


3) It stops people from panicking when under a sustained assault. Most folks don't know how to handle a fast, sustained, series of attacks, and a fair few will essentially curl up into a mental shell when you do it. While I disagree with this rule in general, this rationalization I can actually sort of sympathize with, even though I disagree with the rule; I watched a teenage girl go into a full-bore, "call an ambulance" panic/asthma attack as a direct result of being pressed - hard - by an attacker. This is something that SHOULD be trained for by larp organizations; even the SCA requires you to get "pressed" by your veteran test partner when you're getting your weapon authorizations. But since the big draw on larps here is that you can walk in off the street and play without any mandatory competency or safety training whatsoever, it becomes difficult to actually get people to a point where they can be pressed safely.

Let me reiterate this. I DO NOT agree with this sort of rule. You ARE your character in a larp, and it's functionally impossible to separate out the PC's physical abilities from the players as long as live combat is a part of the system. But these are the reasons cited as to why this sort of rule exists.

Hell, during CASTLE development, this rule was pushed for, and I was actually cited as a reason FOR the rule; I use swords professionally, and it was "unfair" to other players that I get that sort of advantage when I haven't done anything in-game to "earn" it (like pay skill points or something).

MEANWHILE in Illinois http://www.myfoxchicago.com/clip/11584227/hundreds-gather-in-elgin-park-get-medieval-in-live-action-role-play

>>8392656
meanwhile in Russia
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wj51h62ewEw

>>8392499
>wrecks any advantage you get over a less skilled opponent
Answered your own question, man. Nerds get really mad when someone is just better at them at something. Bear in mind that most local LARPs have to cater to whatever whiny manbaby contingent makes up their core.

>>8392405
For the longest time my brother was convinced that swords were either fencing foils or 10 lb wrought iron bars. Sadly this viewpoint a lot more common than you think; there are a few guys at my game who own 'swords' from a local smith. The issue is that these swords are untapered lengths of stainless steel with a huge secondary bevel on one side and no sense of balance whatsoever. these guys all insist that this is what 'real broadswords' handled like.

Also a Sci-fi/Fantasy LARP in my area posted pictures from their recent event. Want some?

>>8393106
Yes please to pictures.

>>8393142
Disclaimer: I am not a part of this LARP, nor do I ever have any intention of going. That being said, I'd really like some fucking context for this.

>>8393169
I have no idea what this is so I'm just going to call it the cone of shame

The fact that this shares players with my own game is revolting

>>8393169
I feel like I should know what game this is! Oh well!'

>>8393198
Adding this to "very cool ideas if anyone was actually capable of putting stuff together."

>>8393169
I'm more weirded out by the bulge on the guy on the right. It reminds me of the pregnant enemy from dead space for some reason.

I actually know the guy on the left. It goes to say that he's put more energy into costuming than anyone else there

Jesus help me I'm not prepared for this shit

>>8393229
Fantasy The Monarch? Also, Autosage.

>>8393229
Flesh tone! Whyyyy! if you are tan/taupe colored don't make garb in that color. It will make you look like a saggy baggy elephant gijinka.

>>8393242
indeed. autosage

here is the new thread
>>8393295

>>8393245
Perhaps that was the intention?