I’m a big fan of Tolkien and the Silmarillion in particular. However it is in this very book we see all the negative qualities of elves come to the fore.
You dont find the elves (the Noldor primarily) in the Silmarillion arrogant, prideful, haughty, deceptive, jealous, greedy, vengefull?
Its actually these kind of Elves that may be fun to play (although others would find them extremely irritating)
Well, if elves had no negative traits at all who would ever be interested in them? 
What you listed there is true, they have all these, as well as positive stuff I listed earlier (you and I are mutually complementary 
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Noldor are the most interesting among the elves, and my most favorite Tolkien’s character is Feanaro 
. Blind Guardian have a nice song about Feanaro, and another about Noldor, both showing how wrong they were in their deeds (the line “Noldor, blood is on your hands” is just wonderful. Murdering crowds of other elves for ships…)
What was said earlier about difficulty in playing such an old creature is true, but that’s as well what make them interesting.
[quote=“Scotty”]I voted indifferent.
Part of my problem with elves is that everyone wants to play one.
I always saw elves as a rarity amoung humans, but some many games I play the elves outnumber the humans.
What is it about elves that people like playing them so much?
Can you not try something else for a change…[/quote]
One of the reasons I made Megilinidir an Elf is that at the 3 games I had with Boris there was only 1 PC elf, so I would totally disagree with the statement. An once Meglinidir was created, only about 1/2 of his retainers were elfves
Yeah, elves are either too few or too many… Where is the golden mean? 
As for you retainers, my lord, you even had an orc there… Very tolerant you are, yup .
By the way, I don’t know if I ever told you, but I was seriously thinking of making a half-orc character. Something completely opposite to elves. Which makes me think that making elf character may be a period in larper’s experience. Not necessarily a certain time period, it can jump there and back again. However, your Boris and Megilindir seem to confirm this idea. What would you say?
Anyone else had such experience?
Maybe elves are just one of popular options. I would say that the other option of this kind would be vampires. Which gives me interesting idea…
Actually i played a psychopathis elf for a day game once. He was mentally scared from 200 years of constant battle. He talked like Clint eastwood and keep trying to knife everyone in th eback.
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By the way, I don’t know if I ever told you, but I was seriously thinking of making a half-orc character.[/quote]
Ah ha! my elf npc in the last game was pretty driven as their ancient forest home was being swampified. Even such long-lived ones have to respond to immediate threats. To have a driven elf with any credibility you’d have to have a plot catalyst that was a challenge to someone with such a long history.
It was great fun playing an elf at Endgame; haughty and racist but charming when she wanted to be, esp feeling very at home dragging a load of mostly human players through the forest in the dark who were well out of their comfort zone!
Agree LOTR books and movies will have done more to affect popular view of elves than D&D these days. And its changed the way they are larped. The Lorien Trust larps used to have elves with ridiculous squeaky voices (so much so they used to be called ‘squeakies’) but no one plays them like that anymore.
I think its just as possible to play a dull and stereotypical half-orc or fae as it is elf, personally, and the ears are cute! 
I think the main point is probably that its fantasy. We are all human in real life, so many people prefer to be something else in a LARP. Whether that is an elf or vampire or (pick flavour of choice) it is something different. The popularity of elves and vampires over, say, orcs is probably just that they are physically prettier… plus on a real life level, wearing a nasty latex mask all weekend is just not that attractive a thought.
Having said that, I don’t like the pointy ears all that much. Maybe that’s because the crew ones actually block your hearing, so all NPC elves are half deaf. Perhaps that’s an age thing
Oh, so much true! I guess it would require some experience and lots of efforts to play an unusual human, while elves are unusual by default.
And being pretty also helps. I said above that I was thinking of half-orc character (I like Adam’s reaction on that;-), but I must admit this was inspired by some web stuff that had a very pretty female orc, not by the LotR movie;-)))))
Well come on, you’ve got to show us these pretty orc-lady pictures now!
ne.manga.ru/archive/viewmsg.php?pid=554
Text is Russian, but you need picture, right?
The pale one in black is dark elf, and the green one is her orc sister;-)))
I guess I like elves, because they aren’t human, but aren’t too different either.
I’m not really the Tree-hugger elf type though, I prefer stories where the elves have massive, well crafted cities, which are much grander than humans could ever make =D.
It’s probably also because they often have an affinity for magic, I love magic =D. [size=60]And the women just look really good.[/size]
I even started my own race of space elves in Star Trek Online. (using the @alien race which u can modify up the wazoo).
I have to add 2 more words:
DARK ELVES!!!
Gotta love them elves.
I think elves are really cute, but I can never picture myself as one. Maybe if I was a foot taller and really slim.
(*changes her name to Clockworkpixie )
Tolkien elves are tall and slim, classic D&D elves were 5 foot something… and slim. Teonn Elves seem to be quite variable, as are Knightshade Iltherin Elves.
But I have to say I think you should keep up with the Blue/Green Oasis Greek look… quite the classical Greek hero look going there…
Um, Vucans and Romulans?
Argh typo’s! Supposed to say, Vulcans and Romulans?