Lightning bolt,Lightning bolt(you guys MUST see this)

[Mr Bean]

I'm sorry but I think I can speak safly for some of us the board when we say we kick all thiere little out of shap rears to the county line and back when it comes to play sword fighting and then theres SWORD FIGHTING

I'm half wondering if I should zip the link of to my old instructor to see how much he will explode over those woeful stances and terrible stylings

Hell if you just copied the animations you see on EQ videos you have a fair chance of beating those smucks

[Alyrium Denryle]

That is the first time I have seen anybody just slip and fall over. While they were standing there. Just standing there. I know that is really random, but what the hey?

He didnt just randomly fall over, the mage cast a death spell and hit him with a ping-pong ball

[HemlockGrey]

You know, I could probably slay those bastards with a three-inch foam dagger. They're just running around like numbnuts thwacking everything in sight.

[Eleas]

http://www.planetradio.net/ogre-battle.large.mpeg

Having done some LARPing on my own, I have to say (on pain of seeming elitist) that this is complete and utter shite. The environments sucked, the clothing was pathetic, the attempts at suspension of disbelief, whatever they may have been, were beyond ridicule. In short, a travesty of all that proper LARP is.

I'm not saying people shouldn't play it if they like it. I am, however, defending the concept of Live Action Role Playing, in which one plays a role.



An Orc. These usually are difficult to kill, but not impossible.



Dhieldin Mithgôl, dark elf swordsman.

Again, people should be allowed to play what they want, just as people are allowed to watch what they want. But there is a certain difference between LARP and LARP, just as there is a difference between, say, the Matrix and Debbie Does Dallas.

[Mr Bean]

First one, Hmm Staves at ten paces, Fight goes to me in two to fifty seconds

The Swordsman?

I'll take my Katana aginst his sword any day

Six second fight

[Eleas]

First one, Hmm Staves at ten paces, Fight goes to me in two to fifty seconds

The Swordsman?

I'll take my Katana aginst his sword any day

Six second fight

*smirk* That's me, Bean. I wielded that thing as a katana.

[HemlockGrey]

So, Eleas, any movies of what a proper LARP should look like?

[Eleas]

So, Eleas, any movies of what a proper LARP should look like?

No, just pictures.

Actually, talking about "a proper LARP" like I did was pretty stupid. I'm just so tired of LARPs that look crappy for no reason. If you don't have some serious pyrotechnics, IMHO you shouldn't walk around with "lightning bolts". Think about it - what would a true lightning bolt do to a human being, especially one in armor?

It's like when last I played. At the end of each day, we held a Twilight Ritual to celebrate the night. The difference this time was that I concluded this ritual by mocking our kyerari (high priest) Valenduin, concluding my posturing by challenging him and attempted to slay him with magic. Valenduin, however, was far more powerful, and my character had known this, which was why he had counted on the ritual to strengthen him. It, well, didn't work.

In conclusion, we had planned that whole scene loosely, on my initiative. I knew I wasn't going to win, but we thought it would make for such a great scene that it didn't matter. And it worked, in character, and that is how it should be, IMO.

By the same principle, I wouldn't play a macári (warrior) unless I had the knowledge I have on kendo and iaido. If any of our warriors got into trouble, he or she would either haul ass back to the camp or stay and fight... BUT, here's the kicker, the fight would be meaningless if it didn't look good. Which means posture, weight of weapons, and even language has to be factored in. I'm not expert at our own, but I'm still working on it.

[Spanky The Dolphin]

Wow, it's so lame but so cool at the same time.

[Mr Bean]

*smirk* That's me, Bean. I wielded that thing as a katana

Heh heh heh
At least I know who I'm talking to when I say I would dance on your grave

[Eleas]

*smirk* That's me, Bean. I wielded that thing as a katana

Heh heh heh
At least I know who I'm talking to when I say I would dance on your grave

True. Just curious - do you possess a real katana? If so, is it an antique?

[Mr Bean]

Not any more, I left it as a gift when last I moved to an old friend

But then as I used to say I play dirty so if it was a Katana fight between us I would have the Katana air-shiped

And bring this

Note picture not me

[Eleas]

Not any more, I left it as a gift when last I moved to an old friend

But then as I used to say I play dirty so if it was a Katana fight between us I would have the Katana air-shiped

I expect you have the training?

And bring this

Note picture not me

Play fair.

[Mr Bean]

I expect you have the training?

Indeed though I have to admit I'm not as good as I used to be due to lack of pratice and like I said I left it behind hmm five months ago now? But I keep up my Stick pratice though I need a new one due to an accident whereby it fell over some how and a law-mower ran over it... Ahh well not a problem, I'll get a replacement in a week or two

Play fair.

Ahh so none of this
?

None of this?


And I guess you mean none of these

And then I guess these to

[HemlockGrey]

-assumes insane Wheel of Time fighting pose-

Heron Crosses River! Bee Flies over the Mountain! Stream undercuts the bank!


And now...!


MAD PUSSY WILLOW ATTACK!

[haas mark]

lol!!! I didn't know how many other people read WoT...you should check out my web page and tell me what you think of it (so far).