I was looking at pictures of some of my new German LARP friends, and talking to Anna about the universal similarities of LARPers (willingness to lend gear, help out people from out of town, n00bs, etc …).
Then I found this picture: der-rote-stier.de/gallery2/m … temId=3827
I guess there’s a Chris Rosedale, Michelle C, and Vanya in Germany too…
We really ARE the same all over the world!! 
HAHAHAHAHA! Omg. Shared phenotypes, lol.
Classic Jackie. Well spotted too!
Beware world, I have clones.
QFT! Me Too. Jackie, thats a classic find, love it!
Why do I have a sudden and immense presentiment of Doom?
Why do I have a sudden and immense presentiment of Doom?[/quote]
Don’t know why. Won’t they all just set fire to themselves at the critical moment?
If there are Vanya clones all over the world, and they all set fire at the same critical moment (which they would, given they’re Vanya clones) then we’re looking at a world-wide INFERNO!
To add to this, check out this article about Norway’s new Minister of International Development, a long time roleplayer and LARPer who has ‘leveleld up’ in the political world!
[quote=“amphigori”]To add to this, check out this article about Norway’s new Minister of International Development, a long time roleplayer and LARPer who has ‘leveleld up’ in the political world!
imagonem.org/2012/03/27/larps-ca … the-world/[/quote]
I love this!!! Though I think we have a ways to go in NZ before its as socially acceptable!
We’re doing better than a lot of places, though. I was talking to Chris who moved here not that long ago from the UK whose wife was surprised when she opened the Localist and found an ad for nzlarps in it - apparently you just don’t talk about larping in public where they come from.
Here you just don’t call it larping if you want it to be widely acceptable. Call it a ‘murder mystery’ and all sorts will put their hand up to play. It’s really quite bizarre.
Improvised theatre, where the participants are the audience
That sounds similar to how I usually describe it to people - “Improvisational acting, but with foam swords”.