Nerds vs. Jocks

not yet anyway

I have been in the past

take a look at my bedroom you may feel different

come see me on any given sunday

Oh you so do not know me

nope not at all, but nerds vs jocks, please surely there are better ideas out there, i am sorry but i would rather shave my bikini line with a cheese grater while chewing tin foil.

but hey i am not the boss of you so go nuts

This is one of those instances where death would actually be possible, and the ramifications of injuring someone very badly and leaving them to die in the woods would become apparent, i.e. police involvement.

I was just not impressed with the way that you critiqued the game by pointing out the reason you would not play is that your not a nerd or a jock in real life… which I think kinda missed the whole idea of LARP…

The more people there are, the more ideas. There will always be more ideas than time and people to run them.

Carl - if some people like the idea, what is the problem? I don’t think it would be my thing either, but if there’s an audience for it then who are we to insult them for their personal tastes in larp?

You reckon? Might be the other way around in, say, America’s larp scene (clarification: America the country! The AMERICA club is pumpin’). I think number of concurrent games would be correlated to community size but I don’t think ideas are the same. We’re just lucky to have larp idea power-houses like Brian churning out decent ideas constantly :smiley:

You reckon? Might be the other way around in, say, America’s larp scene. I think number of concurrent games would be correlated to community size but I don’t think ideas are the same. We’re just lucky to have larp idea power-houses like Brian churning out decent ideas constantly :smiley:[/quote]

The America Club is mainly a tabletop rpg scene. I’m sure they have heaps of people having too many ideas to run too, but they’re tabletop rpg ideas. Also, it’s easy to run a tabletop RPG one-off or campaign with say 4 people. Not so easy for a larp, as many larps require more people and/or higher logistical requirements.

I have around 10 larp ideas that I’d like to run or help write, all stacking up. The ideas people present on this forum are the tip of the iceburg.

So yes, I think there will always be more larp ideas than time and people to run them, and it’s just the nature of the beast. It’s not as severe as situation as making movies, where the limitations of logistics and audience are far more severe. But it’s all good, more ideas means more choice and the popular ones or the ones with a lot of creative drive behind them will get done.

I am not trying to stop them from doing it, or trying to insult them, I merely believe that there are better things that we could spend our time pursuing.

if people want to play Nerds Vs Jocks more power to them.

Now since we are now ok with negative stereotypes can i as an alternative suggest, White trailer trash Vs Upper class Yuppies, or maybe Taliban Fundamentalists Vs Texan Patriots, Or hell lets go with an easy one Blacks Vs Whites.

If One stereotype is Ok and hey even Fun, why are others totally off limits.

Or are Nerds and Jocks like Irish and Blonde jokes, acceptable as long as it is funny?

This is kinda insulting. Not that I was insulted… I still love Transformers, I thought the PS2 game rocked!

But c’mon, we’re talking about games of make believe and you’re implying that some subject matter is too childish?

As for the political incorrectness of labelling people nerds and jocks… it’s not terribly relevant here in NZ is it? It’s a bit like the gyspies in Mordavia - they were not terribly politically correct if you know about the actual prejudices against gypsies in Europe, but taken in context of NZers who see gypsies as kind of fanciful and magical it’s not nearly so offensive.

Besides, does a larp with nerds and jocks merely reinforce the stereotype, or does it explore it for the benefit of the players? Depends on the execution.

[quote=“Ryan Paddy”]
This is kinda insulting. Not that I was insulted… I still love Transformers, I thought the PS2 game rocked! [/quote]

I still love them as well, i count the Movie as one of my all time favourites.

maybe i am getting old, or maybe i am being a stick in the mud, but well yeah, not childish though Assinine would be a better description, but you are right depends on the execution.

and if it was done intelligently i will be glad to admit i was wrong.

I don’t think this idea was intended as a deep and meaningful exploration of the human psyche and social phenomena through larp. I think Brian just wants to do it for laughs.

I also think that there are more worthwhile posts to be making than “What a dumb idea”

Sorry - I’m meant America, the United States of! When I read about larping in America the “Hey, great idea!” moments are few and far between.

However AMERICA the Auckland Uni club is pumpin’ and they do all sorts of cool stuff. They’re packed with neat ideas for table-top roleplaying and run some great larps too.

Hrm, sounds like fun!

Watch this space…