War for Sport: A Look Inside the World of LARP
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In a park on the outskirts of Baltimore, a group of spectators gathered to cheer on friends, parents and significant others. Fans kneeled along the sides of a grassy field, while a few people lounged in fold-out chairs perched under trees.
The scene was set for any soccer, lacrosse or baseball game. But instead of shortstops and center-fielders, they cheered for wizards and warlords.
Darkon fighters prepare for battle at Oregon Park.
It’s called Live-Action Role Playing, or LARPing, where players dress up as fantasy characters and fight one another with foam weapons.
Movies like “Role Models” and “Knights of Badassdom” have caused LARPing to gain more notoriety, but because of the mainstream portrayal of role-playing games, the title of “LARPer” usually comes with a stigma.
“I think in a satirical way they touch on what this is, but you’re not going to get accuracy out of a raunchy comedy,” Gerard McNeal, longtime LARPer, said of movies like “Role Models.”
McNeal, 43, is the former president of Darkon Wargaming, one of the largest LARPing clubs in the country.
In LARP, players battle one another using fake foam swords and other hand-made weapons. They are also encouraged to create a character, whose persona a LARPer adopts while they play. Characters have elaborate background stories that include alternate skills, family lives, religions and relationships.
Players are often accused of using the game as an unhealthy escape from their real lives, but most participants hold steady jobs and have social lives outside of the game, McNeal said.
“People view it as an escapist thing, that it’s not just a fun activity you can do like a videogame,” he said.
Twice a month, Darkon attracts a crowd of a hundred or more to park grounds throughout the Maryland area. It’s not only the most consistently attended LARP clubs, it’s also one of the most inclusive, according to Alynna Lunaris, aka “Foxglove.”
Lunaris, 45, finalized her transition to become a woman nearly 15 years ago, and since then has never found a more welcoming community, she said.
“I have not seen this type of acceptance in almost any other community, so I do think it’s quite unique,” she said.
Lunaris even got married surrounded by her Darkon friends. In May, Lunaris tied the knot with Christina, aka “Bunny,” her partner of nearly four years.
In Darkon, there are no stigmas, she said.
“It’s actually really nice to say and very unusual to say, that there is no transgender community [in Darkon]”,” Alynna Lunaris said. “There is no difference. In the group I’m one of the people, one of the girls.”
And although the character names and weapons are fake, LARPing had some real life lessons to pass on to its players, according to Ianje Castellanos and Sev Gedra, two Darkon fighters.
Castellanos, aka “Fyxe,” was a shy bookworm before she started LARPing at Darkon, she said.
Fyxe uses red contact lenses to give her character a unique twist.
“It just gave me something that I could excel at for the first time in my life,” she said. “I was one of those closeted nerd kids, always behind like a computer, reading a book kind of thing.”
But LARPing, and Darkon specifically, made her learn to make her voice heard, she said. Gedra, who goes by just “Sev” in the game, agreed.
“Some people have louder voices than others, so if you want your voice heard, making it heard is important,” Gedra said. That lesson has helped her not only with wargaming, but also in the business world, where she is a costume maker, special-effects makeup artist and welder, she said.
For Gedra and Castellanos, Darkon is a place where their imaginations and strong personalities can thrive. And dressing up in costumes gives LARPing the extra bit of “flair” they like.
“Why the fuck not?” Castellanos said. “It’s what I want to be.”
Produced by Jacquie Lee
Filmed by Ford Fischer
Production Assistant Dominick Mortarotti
All music from Creative Commons
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Only 1400's kids will remember
I love you for this comment hahahaha
These kids don’t realize what we went through back then smh
Too soon F
Remember WW4 will be fought with swords and shields
*_Leonidas Has join the chat_*
War... War never changes..
Ghost? Have you ever played Fallout 4?
Keith Sauve lmfao
Keith Sauve yes it does it's gone from real weapons to plastic ones..... lol😂😂
Wro wro wro wrong
Harry O. Let me mark it on your map
haha looks pretty fun
One of those things that look dumb and you probably think you're too mature, but once you get into it, you go all out. It's the instinct to have fun!
Sorta like dodgeball or kickball. Grownups are like naaaaa, I'm too old. But when they get in the game, you'll see smiles all around lol
We don't stop playing because we grow old. We grow old because we stop playing.
That's one of my favorite quotes
Seemed really stupid at the start, then quickly realized that it was just a bunch of people playing together.
Seems no different from paintball and people accept that.
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Joseph Fasulo this is not larp
Joseph Fasulo larp is baseclly role play now this is not role play
it depends on the larp, ones like Vampire the Masquerade, that is entirely role-playing, While Larps like Alliance, Nero, Amtgard, and Dystopia Rising, have combat similar to this, but they also including Role-playing
Jason S yes but do u know how un realistic it is
So, this is like being a Civil War reenactor but in a different time period.
+Patriot Sons of Liberty no if you wan that you need to look up belegarth on here but most Larp uses magic not saying this one does but who knows.
And you get to choose the battles.
+Red Pill Patriot Darkon does have different classes and includes magic
+Patriot Sons of Liberty Some people play it that way - many like to think it is D&D or Lord of the Rings meets "hit-your-friend-with-a-stick"
awesome
Will I get kicked out if I come in full plate armour with a european long sword?
Deus vult.
I would probably get sent to jail for murder if i got involved
Time for a fucking crusade
There are groups that do that, but most use wooden swords or big sticks.
Yo dude fuck larping. Have you heard of full contact sword fighting
They should do Spartan sheild wall formations. That would be really cool.
Lol that and wait for them to charge and push them all over and strikes the spear at their enemies shields
Well actually, I larped once with my brothers when I was like, 8, in a public park and I was surrounded by teens as well as adult men. (I was a tiny, 8 y.o girl😂) I felt tiny, which is what granted me the name "Sluthe the goddess petite" 😅 (She had a badass backstory too) Anyway, they made me their leader, they asked me before we went into battle what our plan for attack was. This was when I was getting into watching Vikings so.... When the other side yelled charge, I got to shout "Hold............ SHEILD WALL!" And everyone put their shields up, and it. WAS. AWESOME! To sum it up, we won. And I still larp to this day. (Tho, now the name is Laylith the Blood Jotuun, but still😅)
You mean a phalanx?
Shields can get broken
@@sluggers_7746 Awww what a cute story!!
Say what you will about LARP, this looks a hell of a lot funner than going to a bar or watching a sporting event.
There are bars at LARP events. The sport is duelling :)
The night life at big LARP events is awesome believe you me they love their alcohol.
I thought i partied and drank alot untill i went to a larp event haha got damn they can drink and party on a whole other level haha
lol what ? You’re comparing apples to oranges
Tell me you’re underage without telling me you’re underage.
Goblins don't say that they go EEAH! XD I lost it
Orange_apple57 LMFAO
I stopped the video
"we have lawyers, doctors, accountants"...........and one black guy.
WHERE ARE THE LIGHTNING BOLTS?!?
actually fireballs are a bigger issue in Darkon XD
I heard this before. But I'm not sure.
We need a dark souls thing like this
Amtguard
The mages were out of mana
As weird as they may seem. I would totally get into that.
middle earth/larp/archery I don't see the difference other than language barriers.
It is a big difference. 4 exampel the equipment (weapons) dose not look realistic but in most european larps they do. And the way they fight dose not look realistic either. And its also less rp in this.
But there r of course many better larps in america but there few who do stuff realistic.
better do buhurt, that's the real thing
Peter parker nah if u r a battle dude then sure but it dose not look fun to me
Dude, do you really have nothing better to do? Peter Parker
I wanna join this shit XD
GANSTA6033 trust me its not that much fun if its just combat and fighting with those wepons 😂😂😂 would just not be worth it
+Blanka
Specially if people strike like that guy at the very beginning.
Lame.
Still, I'd like to join in.
omg u get it why boffer wepon combat sucks.
and feel free to join man im ain stoping ya ;)
Most larps, examples being Post-apocolyptic Dystopia Rising, and Fantasy based, Nero, and Alliance, Tend to have a ton of story, plot, but they also have fighting like that,
most of the bigger larps don't allow that, Dystopia rising its three consectutive hits, in different spots, then pause then repeat
" Kill em, kill em, kill em!!!".....like, every dude ever on that field...
This looks like legit fun. I'm a crafter and I do a lot of d&d games, so actually getting into something like this and making a character to fight with seems like a shit ton of fun. Kudos for the wedding couple, that's perfectly amazing.
Idk if asking is going to work but what the hell?! Do you got any online d&d games going on that I could join?
They seem like good people at least they are outside unlike most people attached to their phones now a days.
Darkon is a fun, engaging, non-profit organization. One of its many perks is it does indeed get people off their phones, and out of their homes :)
That's a good point, I've never really thought of that.
I have a new found respect for larping. It is a hell of a workout trying beat the sh#t out of your buddy while trying not to get stabbed.
+Duantless more like beat off your buddy and get stabbed by his meat-sword.
Looks damn fun. And I bet you'd get a hell of a workout if you are actually into it
As a former football free safety, I love LARPing. It helps me stay active and it gives me a chance to hit people again, without having to worry as much about suffering another catastrophic knee or shoulder injury.
problem is you gonna get some nerd who pretends you didn't hit them "nah man i had force field on! didn't count!!!"
+Phil Moufarrege That's where you are wrong. LARP is a honor base system much like air softing. It encourages chivalry and taking hits like an adult. Are there people who come with those attitudes? Sure, but they don't last long. if I hit someone, and they don't take the hit, I first give them the benefit of a doubt. Maybe they didn't feel it. We are all wearing armor. With adrenaline, it's easy to not feel shots. So I hit them again. If I can hit them once, then I can hit them twice. If they still don't acknowledge my shots, then I hit them harder and harder until they do. Others will do the same. But we will never accuse someone and say "I hit you, you're cheating." That's not what the game is about. They will eventually acknowledge the hits themselves because it's silly not to.
+Phil Moufarrege
You have evidently been larping and understand the rules I see.
Use a real club.
A Toothless Larp player has never been slain.
None of them have ever been laid either!
In the very first scene of this video u could see a power larper, hitting his oppenent like sonic lol
J Siggie hahaha made my day 😂
Lightning bolt!.......
What impressive about these folks is they are actually really savy and creating community that can exist online and offline in a lot of different and inspiring ways. You dont have to be into this to understand how hard it is to get people on the same page.
"God damn it!"
"Goblins don't say that!!"
😂😂ROFL
goblins are more like "TEHEHEHE... SNIFF SNIFF"
I...I want to try this..
+Serena Usoyev Я рекомендую , что вы посмотрите на LARP групп в Москве, или , если вы когда-нибудь решите съездить в США , штат Техас имеет чрезвычайно активное сообщество Amtgard .
Есть группы, как это в Москве? Я никогда не думал, чтобы смотреть на один. По крайней мере, не локально! Большое спасибо за информацию, хотя.
+Serena Usoyev I worked on a film called "Lloyd the Conquerer" all about LARPing... it was a riot. I ended up going out and buying my own sword after it wrapped...)
+Serena Usoyev go ahead ^^ it is a very warm and welcoming community, with tons of fun and entertaining activities! and if anything, it is deffinitly one of those things that will get you into shape XD
+Serena Usoyev so did you try it?
Cast meteor storm. Dead.
I see you're a man of culture as well
Imagine if we had real gladiator fights, like in the time of Rome. I am talking about real fights to the death, I am sure there would be many volunteers crazy enough to go into the ring.
PK PK i would defintly watch it
Considering most gladiator fights weren't to the death i'm pretty sure It woud develop in some big mma like sports, maybe with a little more armor and a little less rusted-nail-glove-things
People will do anything if the money is good enough
Werent Gladiators slaves trained to fight for their Dominos (masters) ?
MMA is modern gladiator fights and I love to watch
This looks great! The media doesn't usually "get" larp like this piece does. Well done.
+Shard Live Action Roleplaying Have any of your people been out to Darkon? Tell me more about your game - I saw some heraldry of people that play Dagorhir
+Leon Bruce (Odii - Darkon) Very observant! A number of Massagonians play Dagorhir. Shards of Massagon is a high fantasy game with a focus on roleplay and character development. The combat system is a unique hybrid of simple hit-points and magic effects. Each event features a dynamic story driven by player agency. Player characters advance the story and solve problems through diplomacy, puzzles, and boffer combat. Check us out on facebook: facebook.com/ShardsOfMassagon
+Shard Live Action Roleplaying Would love to come down and join the fun but i live in Louisiana also i like the very complex system of the group (Edit: plus im sure i couldnt pay to play every month)
Shard Live Action Roleplaying Is this still active ?
Media Addict Yes. Www.darkon.org if you want info
Probably not something I'd get into, but this offered good insight into the community. Definitely a nice change from all the unflattering documentaries and mockumentaries that have been made about larping.
The interview with the transgender individuals was particularly moving. The description of larp enthusiast as genuinely accepting left me with a very positive view of a subculture I realize I know very little about.
trans are dumb
"we have a fantasy battle film at home"
The fantasy battle film at home:
I feel like if I were to become interested in something like this I would work my way into a community, become trusted and then after several months or even years and then one day unsheathe a great sword from the foam and go on a wild killing rampage
If the american LARPing-community invested more time in costume-making and costume-research, combined with more realistic weapons and armour, LARP wouldn't have the NERD-factor it has got in the U.S.A. ...
+Microbe1972 I think also in europe it has a high NERD-factor
+IchhabezuvielCZcamsgegucktO_o :
Yes, but it doesn't deserve it here ;-) No, really, I can see a change in the NERD-factor here in europe:
If you are LARPing with a high level of costume-design and acting attitude, mixed with some basic research of cultural/historical background of your clothing, LARPing is quite accepted...
But mixing different genres might be creativ, but it really looks NERDish in 95% of all cases...
Just like the one in the video at 0:45 with the stupid NVA-helmet and the piercings, the modern protective gloves... this one would be called NERD even here in europe...
Microbe1972 Im larping in europe too and I think a little NERD-factor is there everytime but all in all you are right.
there are some LARP systems in the U.S. that focus more on realism but this group and a few other of the larger ones are more of a foam fighting group. they hit much harder with safer weapons. The groups that allow more real looking weapons are limited to medium or light contact fighting because of their insurance generally
The fighting itself is bullshit but i like to make these kind of weapons the old traditional way as a blacksmith amd the camping
Dang this is dope, I wonder if an archer of some sort could find a place in that type of thing. Like a foam tipped arrow or sometvung
Foam wouldn't really fly well, but I've seen battle reenactments where rubber-tips were used. They hurt like a bitch if you're unarmoured but they fly as straight and true as a real arrow would.
Fcreveryoung Dagorhir and Belegarth use exactly that. Real arrows that are blunted and then have a large foam tip grafted on. They fly surprisingly well and don't hit all that hard. I have been hit in the face by arrows numerous times and have suffered no ill effects.
Depends on the build, I suppose... as well as the poundage of the bow you're firing it from. Foamnhave gas trapped in them so they tend to much lighter and also can push inwards (on themselves) when colliding to transfer less kinetic energy... hence why they hurt less.
Fcreveryoung I was actually at this event we do have archers
Yh saw one in the video
as a member of LARP, Dagerhir battle games more specifically, I will say that it is highly entertaining. no, their is no magic in dag, only your skill with a sword and tactics with a friend.
the events are a great place to make friends and everyone are just so nice and kind. I encourage people to join and see what its all about.
*'We're normal people!'*
-not normal people
Well, normal is overrated anyway.
No, they are not normal people. They are mutated extra terrestrials
"we're very special snowflakes" normaly the most basic people - assimilated to the core.
@Benny lol 😂
Normal people: doctors, lawyers, archeologists.... So.... Nerds
That girl, with the red eyes looks like she would be so fun yo chill and nerd out with
Olek_Gannon No.
yes.
She looked so stoned!
she had colored contacts in
Olek_Gannon yes good
Fantastic. I want to be a part of it! The only thing that is confusing to me is with LARP, Star Trek cons, cos-play, etc, there are always people commenting in the interviews, saying "people see us as weird, but we're just normal people." or "I'm not one of the people that are completely over the top like some." Why is it necessary to say this? There is no reason to prove normalcy. I agree that many ordinary boring people make fun of creative people that are involved in these activities. My response to that is to say yes, in the eyes of boring average people who can't think of anything more interesting to do than follow a major sports team while drunk, and gossip about people that are slightly different than them, I am a weirdo, and I hope that differentiation remains strong throughout my life. I have no desire to fit in with that level of normalcy, and no desire to convince them that I am just normal like them. I do not mean that in an antagonistic way, but we have nothing to prove to them whatsoever. I'd rather say hell yes, I am very different from you. Now if you don't have anything interesting to say or suggest as an activity, please let me get back to hanging around the fun creative people who are LARPing, SCAing, StarTreking, cosplaying, et al.
Yeah that annoyed me too. They know damn well western society loves nerd culture and all things nerd like now days. There is no need to say ''we are not weird!''.
Js usually cauae the choice is made for u
Oh, I see. LARP is dodge ball, only with costumes, strategy, and swords. Fun!
It's a GAME, people.
Remember when we were kids and stuff was both fun and funny?
That's more or less how I see this. All you tight arses out there loosen up please!
yo wtf that is the most legit eye contacts ive ever seen at 0:37
4:28 : Mandalorian!!!! Family before blood!
I have a background in martial arts and when I discovered LARP at uni, I took to it like a duck to water. Was quite good at the combat side although the magic uses often beat me. I guess that's how it would work in a real fantasy world!
Doesn't everyone cheats? or like aren't really sure who hit who first?
You'll find that most LARPers are honorable/honest as these systems work on an honor system for the most part. Cheaters are eventually outed because people aren't stupid and will report them to the organizers or just refuse to fight the cheaters.
What system do you participate in? I do dagorhir, it doesn’t have magic and the combat is so fun without having to worry about people shouting stuff at you
I use to Larp as a kid and never realized how big it is now lol. it's fun as hell beating each other. long live the medieval hour.
The year after I graduated high school, they added a LARP club and it's at least 50% football team because it is actually a good workout.
OMG, I've never seen so many cool people gathered, I wish I was there! Fyxe was so bad ass in her full armor * . *
🥲
how does archery work in LARP?
felix vogel Foam arrows?
Quentin Bundy but they are so inacurate
Not sure about LARP, but in historical battle reenactment, we use wooden arrows with specialized rubber tips. They still hurt like a bitch if they hit anything unarmoured, but they don't do any real damage and fly like a true arrow.
As for foam, they wouldn't fly properly... or at least not in a realistic manner... which could shatter immersion pretty damn quickly.
Angryboy True. Makes total sense. But could they do it?
Darkon uses regular arrow shafts you can buy anywhere with foam tips and a well made tip only decreases speed and distance not accuracy.
I'm starting to understand the fun of the battlefield part... but for the lore and roleplay, I would be the guy always saying ''sorry, im busy cleaning my sword, go ahead, do what you gota do'' ...or fake-sleeping in the field hahaha.
Though I prefer historically accurate reenactment fighting, this looks like so much fun too!
NO QUARTER!!
Chilled my blood. One of the coolest videos I've watched this year
Never saw such of these larp weapons. I just use "Real" Larp Weapons. So it means, Swords, Staff and so on. But this is kinda like "I take a Foam beater and kill someone"
One of the reasons that reenacters tend to have little respect for LARPers; you get too many people who pick up a massive slab of foam, slap it around at the speed of light and call it "fighting". Its either the style of fighting or the weapon of choice that they get horrifically wrong.
Bro, this looks awesome. I would love this!
Love the machine-gunning at 4:15.
In our LARP, he'd be kicked off the field. And any repeats of behaviour like that, he'd be asked to leave and never come back.
For any and all interested Darkon can be found at Darkon.org and facebook.com/groups/darkongroup/ --- We have an event every 2 weeks and 6+ campouts during nice weather. We also have a large yearly event called Bellum Aeternus, next year will be our 5th Bellum Aeternus - one not to miss ;)
Why you doesn´t use latexweapons in the USA? Here in europe everybody use them. And with which rules are you playing?
I don't have an answer for your question about latex weapons, but they're probably using the basic limb system, which goes as follows; If you get hit in your arm, you are unable to use that arm properly and must, for example, drop your weapon if you're holding one with that arm.
Ok thx ^^ and whats about armor?
+IchhabezuvielCZcamsgegucktO_o can't really say about the armor since it's not really shown, but maybe the limbs protected by the armor won't get handicapped when hit? Can't say if that's the case, but it might be.
Kaiscoolness Ok, I´m just interested in it because there are 2-3 big systems here in germany and very much little systems from little organisators.
+IchhabezuvielCZcamsgegucktO_o In Belgium/France it's almost always the same : You've 1 or 2 hp / lock, the armour give more hp (from 1 to 3) and you are unable to use the part of your body "destroyed" ! Also piercing damages like arrows go through the armor
The biggest misconseption of LARPers is that they're weird?
THEY ARE WEIRD
Not like that's a bad thing.
Before LARPing: "This looks dumb and cringy."
During LARPing: "This is fun!"😃
I live in England, down in Devon, I love larp, but the nearest one is 30 miles away and I don't have a car
Then just make your own!
OMG! I want to go there!!
+Sergiu Topan Come on out!
Don't see why others hate on this. This is no different than air soft, paint ball competition and civil war re enactments. Hell, these air soft competitions can sometime go for days here in the midwest. They want to make the "war" scenario feel as real as possible. Check them on youtube, its crazy.
I always thought they were losers, I tried to give them a chance but this man just said soccer was a physical sport
"Fuck yeah, I wanna *BE* Xena."
Quote of the century. Hell yeah.
Best pastime ever
+nick kornafel Thanks Nick - have you been out to a Darkon event?
+Leon Bruce I primarily play Amtgard and Belegarth. And I participated in a Dargarth battle at Alls-Fair in Bonney Lake Wa this summer, but I have yet to attend an actual Darkon event. Really want to though.
better do buhurt, that's the real deal
red eyed lady has the mandalorian emblem on her armour, im sold.
Its cool too see adults bring out their inner kid inside. Many will judge but we need some fun in their life.
well looks fun but I think from what I have seen the Ameican Larp community could really work on their weapos and outfits
+C4lipp0 Its a blast! would love to have you come out
+C4lipp0 being an american larper i can tell you first hand that the problem is that its very expensive to get quality costuming or weapons because you usually have to get them imported from elsewhere so in the case of darkon its beneficial to use the less expensive options
+C4lipp0 A lot of Larp in America doesn't like Latex weapons, and instead tends to use boffer weapons from boffer fighting as they are easier to make and purchase. Armor tends to conform to SCA standard and is much more expensive, so the scale for armor tends to be homemade- hobbyist- SCA
C4lipp0 Bravo, you judge the whole community by watching this one group. Short sighted much..
C4lipp0 latex weapons would break at this game...they have considered them. And if you don't break then they hurt others. Americans don't have cheap or free healthcare and insurance costs for clubs is high as it is...add more chances for getting hurt and eeeeeehhhhh
As weird as this may seem, it’s still weird
..I still remember my first time getting into larp. *sigh* makes me miss it.
The lady dressed like an 18th century maiden, who has a strange sun umbrella, defending that they aren't weird made me laugh.
better this than be a SJW :))))
Dacus Decebalus I’m sure the LARP community has their fair share SJWs.
I see that this one was all about combat, but I'd like it if they'd focused on some of the story/roleplay elements that are so important to lots of LARPing.
Blanka
Americans can totally larp! It's not as mainstream here, but we know how to roleplay. I mean, we invented D&D.
Blanka
Well, let's agree to disagree, I guess.
This one has had some story elements and groups that heavily RP unfortunately the bro/jock element has made sure to run some of them out of the game...including through bullying and assault (breaking a nose and making fun of the person).
1:59 "We cover the entire spectrum of humanity"
Little did they know that there was a drug deal going on in the back of a car...
The reporter seemed to have so much fun when she tried it out!
meanwhile in Europe we use heavy metal objects.
Don't kid youeself Europeans have no balls. Your EU overloads have made all sorts of laws to control you sheep.
One thing i'd like to add to this is the "real HEMA fights".
While HEMA is the closest thing we have to the real thing (as I understand), it still is not really going to do you much good in the modern real world..... just like the foam fighting. Also, a lot of people cannot afford it. If you go to SCA, then there is the problem with the fact that every fighter has armor is still inaccurate.
They are all games in the end. None is better than the other. It is all personal preference. Play what you enjoy........ ( and have fun shit talking each other in good fun people who walk around with metal sticks XD)
@@tjk5992 2.4 school schoting in USA per month since 2009.
0.05 school schoting in Europe per month since 2009.
I do not say that gun control is the best way to avoid this, but it sure help a little bit
No matter what. Europe is lame and dainty. The US is where the men of courage live :)
@@Demosthenes84 you ever realise how stupid america is its full of these sjw types and people that think the world revolves around america the people living there are also egotistical and incredibly dumb
2:14 hahaha
LARP can be a lot of fun. There are tons of organizations that do combat like this. I play in the Society for Creative Anachronism. its like LARP but we use wooden padded weapons and metal armor. all the organizations are a lot of fun and very accepting of all
People say playing with foam weapons in a medieval theme is weird, but they obsess over people giving other people brain damage to get a mid-shapen ball from one end of a field to the other.
"It's a constant struggle... You have to constantly prove yourself..."
Welcome to exactly how every man is treated by every other man.
Congratulations, you're being treated equally.
YAY!!!
I think this is awesome and will definitely try it 😌
did you?
Have you tried it yet?
the moment at 4:19 the shoulder armor she is wearing has the Mandalorian logo on it
Not a fan of the fantasy aspect and the feel of foam weapons but it's understandable why this is enjoyable. Close community and having the drive to build things and fight is always good. Just prefer using synthetic trainers and steel with more history based armor. Also not a fan of people assuming you LARP as a reenactor.
Can i dress as a Mamluke and say im a slave.
I want to be that awkward guy that brings real weapons to a LARP fight...
.... and then get immediately kicked out because that's not allowed.
Grohiiksos Jorkriid oops, sorry.
Then you should take up real reenactment! True, if you want to fight you'll have to blunt your weapons, but at least they can be made of metal...
@@SYD.0_o r/whoosh
Looks cool and all but I couldn't resist: 1:55 "the biggest misconception is that we're weird people" oh?
"We cover the entire spectrum of... " weirdness? "humanity" Oh.
2:02 "We have lawyers, doctors, accountants, archeologists. We're just normal every day people" That's actually very far from normal everyday people I think. I would love to see the trial where the courtroom is waiting for council to show up, and he rushes in saying "sorry guys, I had some LARPing do to, got carried away. Alright, lets do this."
What i think this needs, Is VR glasses, and boom everyone will want to join in on this
5:08 Why did this turn into a transgender marriage?
lol and this is WHY you'll never see a SCA or a "Blunt Edge" fighter at a LARP group LOL!!!
Because they're two people who love eachother and enjoy a hobby together, are loved by that group and wanted to share an important step in their lives together. bet if it was a straight couple talking about their wedding, you wouldn't be bitching.
Thrifikionor except the fact that trans people aren’t mentally ill. Science has proved that. Being trans isn’t a mental illness in science anymore. It’s something that’s happened biologically in pregnancy that affects the brain of the person. Not something that “just happens” like depression or PTSD. It’s 2018. Wake up. The only people who hate trans now are assholes and religious idiots.
Nebula you’re right. None of us would be “bitching” as you put it. However, I do say this to educate and not to belittle you or anyone else here, but only true marriage can be in the presence of God and with God. True marriage can ONLY be between a man and a woman, because God brought women and men together so they may fully join in their love. Not two men and not two women. Marriage is when a man, a woman, and the Lord our God all join and become one. The immorality and evil going on here is the furthest thing from marriage. I don’t want to sound mean or hateful. I’m only spending my time writing this, because I’m doing my part as a Christian. Keep this or flush it, but it’s up to you. The sin and evil doesn’t come from loving the same sex, but comes from the physical and lustful acts with the same sex. Love the sinner, but hate the sin, and remember that the Lord our God is forgiving and desires to forgive us all for our sins. Wouldn’t you desire to forgive your children for their wrongs? For those of you who would like to trash this message, I did my part and kept you reading so I hope I got you guys thinking. Thank you!!
@@joeyv9688 Yeah, I'm not a christian and i have no sympathy for christians like you hiding behind your religion to punch down at marginalized groups, marriage can be a non-religious, socially motivated thing, and staying in your own little world about that is counter-productive. you ARE being hateful and bigoted, and being exactly the opposite of what jesus intended to bring upon the world. know your source material. Let people love eachother, don't be a stuck-up ass.
I might be strongly biased on this, LARPing in Europe, but I have a hard time to see something that has character interactions primarily based on hitting each other as LARP, no matter if you dress up. Where's did the "RP" in "LARP" go?
I'm not saying that this can't be fun, or that they shouldn't have fun with it - but they should not put it like *this* is *the* one way to LARP.
Also, at 1:00: There is *no way* that bit of maille, an open helmet and a few steel plates add up to 70 pounds. That's 20-25 pounds, at best. A full late medieval plate armour (hardened steel completely covering you) typically weighs 20-30kg, so 45-65 pounds.
+DRSNova I see what you're saying (as do many of the players in these types of games), but you *are* still playing the role of a fighter who is killing people, losing limbs, and dying--even though you aren't actually doing any of those things. That's what classifies it as a LARP ;).
Personally, I'd like to see more actual character interaction when I play, but it's still loads of fun ;P.
SpiderboyN2Jesus
But are you actually "playing a role" by just being dressed the part? I'm not saying that fighting can't contain plenty of roleplaying, but in the case of this video, it seems to me more like players trying to "win" a game than characters acting out a battle. No banter, no fear, no cries of pain, no playing "dead", no blood or wounds.
To me, that certainly classifies it as "Live Action", but the part about "Role Playing" seems a bit of a borderline case.
But either way, my objection was not the classification *as* LARP, but rather that the video presents this event as if it was the one way LARP is done everywhere.
That's fair about it portraying it as the one and only form of LARP, but what they're saying about it, and the participants is still true across the board, right? That we're all just normal people having fun and not weirdos trapped in another world all the time, lol XD.
Anyway, you do more than just "dress the part"; you go into battle and pretend to lose limbs and/or die. Sure, it is just barely a Role Play, but it is still a Role Play ;P.
SpiderboyN2Jesus
Oh, sure, no objections there. Where I live the "weirdos lost in a fantasy world"-critizism isn't even a thing anymore. When there's a report in a newspaper or on tv about a game, it's more "adults having harmless fun".
When you say that people pretend to lose limbs...how does that happen, exactly? Hiding your arm behind your back and continue fighting? The way we play is very much "show, don't tell", and it would be something like this: Scream and go down, using lots and lots of fake blood, possibly a prosthetic, then either doing complicated and long battlefield surgery that will likely take the remainder of the event to heal or...bleed out and die. For that reason, it is also hardly ever done as a result of a random hit on a battlefield. It would incapacitate players for too long. Broken limbs, cuts and bruises are far more common.
Mainly we stop using the limb. We drop our weapon and continue fighting. Most people put it behind their back (or go down on one knee, if they lost a leg), but I don't think it's required in most of these games. It's all about simulated (or rp-ing ;P) the loss--or at least incapacitation--of a limb.
Your way sounds needlessly complicated; I'd prefer to use my imagination than to simulate all the blood and gore visually. Our fights are all about keeping it moving more like a real battle. I would think you'd have to stop and gather all the blood and prosthetics to act out a scene like that (which, like you said is why you don't usually do it).
Also, one could argue that the way we lose limbs is more of a role play than the way you do it, considering how much of it is physically represented in your game ;P. Sure, we don't act it out--or don't have to anyway, we're free to do so if we like--but still, lol ;P.
I'd like to find a way of merging the fighting rules from our game (with some obvious adaptations) with straight up LARPing. I've mentioned it to some people, but I don't think anyone in my area is invested enough to put for the effort to do something like that :/.
I tried to get into this about 2 years before this was uploaded. After I met the group *once* I was kicked out. Apparently because I didn't recognize someone I had met, once, while drunk, in a dark concert hall.
Some of the people were friendly, but my experience was not at all how it's being portrayed here. Most took social awkwardness and assholery to new levels. There was *A LOT* of gatekeeping from people who had been in the hobby for a long time.
That's terrible to hear. Looks like you found a bad bunch, and I'm sorry you did. No one deserves to be treated like that.
I did SCA for 12 years. We used heavier rattan swords that definitely left bruises and would crack ribs and break unprotected fingers. Lots of fun.
"there's a lot of athleticism"
Smitty Flufferson says the fat guy lol
Smitty Flufferson it's not fat just disproportional lumps of muscle
hmmm yeah sure
Shit man there's NFL players that are chubby but their still athletic they got bellies on em but they still kick ass
Have you tried it, it’s a workout
This is not like football
No one claimed it was. The person in the video just claimed that anyone that enjoys a physical activity could enjoy this, and people playing football were among the examples he gave.
That looks like so much fun!
Teacher: DO YOU HEAR ME. CAN YOU HEAR ME. DID YOU HERE THE LESSON.
Me:LARP
I wannnnnaaa playyyy....!
who decides who is dead and when they die , how do they handle the cheaters because you know there are ones who cheat
Like it says in the video, they have a sorta ministry for ethical issues like hurting someone in a way that violates the rules primary, but cheating (or stealing!) would be included in that.
News2Share So they police there own lol , and when someone on the ministry is caught cheating ? I don't know i saw one guy get hit 5 times yet still going on killing people
So honestly I’d recommend asking them if you want it expanded on. What I explained is just what they told us. I’d add though that these guys seemed to enjoy the game for fun. I think some of the game’s thrill is the simulated representation of combat. Would you have fun playing a video game where you’re invincible?
I’m sure some people fudge it and stay standing once in a while when they’re supposed to go down, but it seems that’d ruin the fun and people would start to notice.
News2Share I'm sure more do then you think I saw over 10 , but whatever they police it them selves
Steve A you're a fuckin idiot
Thats the thing i love about nerds like these once, they respect people for who they are. I learned that the first time when i went from school where everybody judge people and they go in groups. and then i went to an animator school and everybody was some level of nerds but every body was different and every body was just accepted for who they ware. It was awesome!
I love that move "The Wild Hunt" where it's like a larping horror/thriller movie.
wow. just wow
+Ryan Cahill Darkon is a ton of fun! you should come check us out
In Europe, especially in Germany, larp is a lot better
sfmatthis not as many nerds + better costumes
I love all of the surplus Warsaw pact helmets that they're repurposing as medieval war helmets.
I genuinely thought it was nerdy until I went and Larped now I'm in love with it