Yep, I nail the pipe onto the wood to hold the bend I want, heta it up with a torch and there it is after 3-4 tries I'll have my katana Posted by Tante Shvester (Member # 8202) on :
Sid? Is that you?
Posted by mr_porteiro_head (Member # 4644) on :
Yup. Bending PVC is really easy.
Am I more or less of a geek if I've made LARP garb but never acutally LARPed?
Posted by Blayne Bradley (Member # 8565) on :
Tante did you miss my opening thread for new screen name on the other side
Yes you get geek points, at Abbott we're trying to expand our new LARP club among the first years, I'm currently second year so I can boss em around.
While my chinese friend Ben makes the swords+armour I hope to make the exotic weapons and exotic armour when I get the money.
so far we should have theotetically have 10 people, with a few moderatly attractive females so we don't seem too pathetic *grin*
Posted by mackillian (Member # 586) on :
Posted by Bob_Scopatz (Member # 1227) on :
Could someone clue me in to what LARP is?
I feel like a complete numbskull for asking, but this sounds absolutely fascinating. Making a sword out of PVC. With a blow torch...
Got pictures?
Posted by Bob_Scopatz (Member # 1227) on :
Oh, never mind. I googled it.
Posted by The Pixiest (Member # 1863) on :
Where do you LARP Blayne? and what system?
I useda play NERO.
Posted by Blayne Bradley (Member # 8565) on :
We're trying to muddle a way that has common sense and hopefully non harmful to the participants until we get practice, were doing it at out local college but its mostly DnD stuff, we abandoned the hit point system we experimented with.
and mack, whats so funny *grin
Posted by mackillian (Member # 586) on :
I fence. So reading about PVC swords makes me giggle. Posted by Tante Shvester (Member # 8202) on :
Well, Mack, to be honest, the whole thing seems kind of silly in a geeky sort of way.
But I suppose it is a very good way for the geeks to seek each other out so that they may find their own kind and mate.
Posted by mackillian (Member # 586) on :
Wait, wait. Fencing, as in the Olympic sport, is geeky?
Posted by Tante Shvester (Member # 8202) on :
No, not fencing. LARP-ing.
Posted by Blayne Bradley (Member # 8565) on :
Tante: lol, sooooo true. Course' the best way to attract new members is usually to say its basically you get a foam weapon and you can beat people up with it, then when they've accepted then we pile a ton of bricks of rules on them
Yeah, my friend who started the club is trying to fence as well, the smith Ben managed to make a fenceing blade or whatever you call it (i dont remember) from PVC and foam and works pretty well.
I hope to learn Kenjutsu/Kendo since I want to use Katana's.
[ September 05, 2005, 11:45 AM: Message edited by: Blayne Bradley ]
Posted by mackillian (Member # 586) on :
See, obviously, you LARPers should fence instead.
Posted by Tante Shvester (Member # 8202) on :
I went down to Atlanta to see the '96 Olympics. Of all the events that we saw, fencing was by far the coolest.
And because it is not as popular as, say, gymnastics, the venue is much smaller, and we could go up to the athletes between matches, get autographs.
I showed my sister's picture to the mother of one of the fencers. He was fencing for the Israeli team, but was a medical student in New York. She took my sister's number.
Posted by mackillian (Member # 586) on :
Posted by Sopwith (Member # 4640) on :
I'd just like to thank LARPers for being there when anyone does a TV news story about RPGers.
You're really helping to keep the dweeb and dork titles firmly attached to all of us.
Way to go!
"Lighting bolt! Lightning bolt!" Someone smack that guy, wouldya?
Posted by Uprooted (Member # 8353) on :
quote: Tante Shvester originally posted: But I suppose it is a very good way for the geeks to seek each other out so that they may find their own kind and mate.
Posted by The Pixiest (Member # 1863) on :
Ah the "less-geeky-than-thou" have come to raid the thread.
Don't let them bother you. Just have fun LARPing. I wish there was a good game being run 'round here. It would be a hoot to get back into it.
I miss the fighting, sitting around the tavern, casting "SHUN" on guys who try to sexually harass me... Good times...
Pix
Posted by Blayne Bradley (Member # 8565) on :
rofl
Posted by Enigmatic (Member # 7785) on :
When I lived in Cedar Rapids, the big LARP game was Vampire: The Masquerade. Every saturday night you'd have a bunch of goth teenagers and near-teenagers wandering around town in little black-glad huddles pretending to be vampires.
I never really figured out how this was different than what they did every other night.
--Enigmatic
Posted by The Pixiest (Member # 1863) on :
Never got into V:tM.. No boffer combat. And what's the fun without the boffer combat?
Posted by Blayne Bradley (Member # 8565) on :
heh, *amused* I hope that for our larp club we can train two different styles, formation fighting for when we join up with larger groups and 3-Man-Teams for smaller tournament like events.
Posted by FlyingCow (Member # 2150) on :
Friends don't let friends LARP.
Posted by Derrell (Member # 6062) on :
Is there a 12 step program for LARP addicts? Posted by Blayne Bradley (Member # 8565) on :
Nope, its a fatal addiction, if you try to break it it kills you if you don't it bruises you.
Posted by dkw (Member # 3264) on :
Jamie, your fencing photography is amazing.
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Posted by erosomniac (Member # 6834) on :
quote:When I lived in Cedar Rapids, the big LARP game was Vampire: The Masquerade. Every saturday night you'd have a bunch of goth teenagers and near-teenagers wandering around town in little black-glad huddles pretending to be vampires.
I never really figured out how this was different than what they did every other night.
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