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Does anyone larp? It means Live Action Role Playing. Basically what you do is get swords and shields and whatever weapons you like and duel. I know it sounds nerdy (I thought the same thing) and the truth is... it is really nerdy. It's probably the funnest thing I've done in a while though.

If you've seen the movie "Role Models" it's what they do in that park where everyone is dressed like knights.

Believe it or not Role Models is exactly what came to my head straight away once you described larping. Very funny movie.

As for actually doing it, no, I haven't larped before.

You should try it, I've only done it a couple of times and it's fun and a pretty good workout too.

I believe you're supposed to use an overpriced plastic sword.

I have never officially larped before but me, my brother, and a few freinds used to beat the hell out of each other with sticks in the backyard. It is basically the same thing except their were no rules and the only way to win would be to get all the other people to give up,cry, or get knocked out. Sadly I only won once, and that was because my brother was sick that day.

LARP'ing was invented in the 70s.....

Technically, it’s been around at least as long as ‘cops & robbers’ and ‘cowboys & indians’; but yeah, the invention of D&D really launched it into the forefront of geek culture.

Actually it would be invented by the greeks for their theaters unless that dosen't count as Larping.

At first glance, yeah... It really is dorky. But that doesn't mean I didn't want to try it haha...

I've yet to experience my first "battle" but I'd love to find a group of people in my area who were up to the task. Sadly, my friends would probably laugh in my face if I ever asked them about it. But then again, who knows... Maybe I'll just float the idea their way and see what happens.

It may be dorky but it's also fucking awesome. Mind my language.

What's not to like about smacking your friends with a foam-covered stick?

When they pick up a dog chain and start using it as a mace...

Ouch.

Yeah... my friend Nikko was mad at me for a week since I hit him in the eye with it haha.

Sounds more like illegal pit fighting than Larping ha ha!

Now hold on there, if you think hitting my friend in the face with a dog chain is the worst I've done that just hold on there!

You remember the episode of Family Guy when Stewie allowed Brian to iht him in the face but Brian held it off to torture Stewie before pushing him in front of a bus?

Well, imagine I'm Brian and my little brother is Stewie but instead of pushing him in front of a bus, I hit him in the groin with a metal baseball bat as hard as I could.

Wtf... that wasn't supposed to be little brother I don't know why I typed that. It was the same kid I hit with the "mace."

When I was younger, me and all the kids that lived in my townhouse complex (20+ kids) all got sticks and fought with each other for a few hours. Back when kids had imagination and played outside.

That's about as close as I've ever gotten.

t's pretty much what I do except me and my friends use foam swords, bows, and hammers. We don't even do it that often though which kind of irritates me. It's really just something we do in my friend's backyard every now and then.

My three brothers and I used to fight with plastic/foam swords with some friends outside when we were bored. We used Monty Python's black knight as an example. (You could cut off arms and legs but they can still move until you cut the head off.(not in real life though) It's sad that most kids just stay inside these days.

I larped ALOT in my younger years, now that I do have a life, I only do it with my nephews...

Nah, never LARPed. Always wanted to (especially with the costumes :P) but never got to.

It's fun, I was just doing it a while ago and I'm still sore. Getting hit in the face with a giant sword still hurts even if it is made of foam.

And me and my friends had a milestone today! We finally drew blood for the first time... maybe we should tone it down a little.

Considering the swords are FOAM and you drew BLOOD . . . ? Yeah. Tone it down. WAY down.

The blood was from a broken nose... we also allow UFC fighting in our larping as it's just a backyard brawl sort of thing.

I thought it was from the nose. But, a broken nose? I still think that's pretty harsh.

Well, he was pissed off when he threw the punch. They were locked in a struggle for a sword when one kid kneed the other in the groin. The other kid thought it was a cheap shot and punched him clean in the face.

It's just a broken nose though, we've done FAR worse too each other.

Maybe I'm just a little weak when it comes to fighting, even if it's LARPing.

Not at all, most people I know say that we can take it too far at times so it's not like you're overreacting or anything.

Oh, okay, that's good. I hate overreacting to stuff.

I don't believe video games are Live Action Role Play.