Comments on: The world of LARPing http://themoderatevoice.com/16116/the-world-of-larping/ An Internet hub with domestic and international news, analysis, original reporting, and popular features from the left, center, indies, centrists, moderates, and right Mon, 28 May 2012 02:47:59 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.2 By: Lynnette Rose » The world of LARPing http://themoderatevoice.com/16116/the-world-of-larping/comment-page-1/#comment-218033 Lynnette Rose » The world of LARPing Mon, 28 Sep 2009 01:33:46 +0000 http://themoderatevoice.com/society/16116/the-world-of-larping/#comment-218033 [...] Put another way, we all have dreams, dreams about ourselves, ideal images of ourselves, self-constructs. Society requires one to be many things, to wear many masks, to play many roles, some fulfilling, some not, or not so much, but even the happiest person, even the most self-aware, finding happiness in genuine self-awareness, in knowing oneself, cannot but fall short of the ideal. (Even Socrates must have had his doubts and disappointments, and, yes, his fantasies.) And this is especially true, I think, in our age of the deification of the self, an age in which the self is celebrated, in which freedom reigns, in which individuals, in our more progressive societies, are able to “find” themselves in so many different ways, an age in which choice is supreme, an age in which choices can be made, and are made, for the greater glorification of the self. more [...] [...] Put another way, we all have dreams, dreams about ourselves, ideal images of ourselves, self-constructs. Society requires one to be many things, to wear many masks, to play many roles, some fulfilling, some not, or not so much, but even the happiest person, even the most self-aware, finding happiness in genuine self-awareness, in knowing oneself, cannot but fall short of the ideal. (Even Socrates must have had his doubts and disappointments, and, yes, his fantasies.) And this is especially true, I think, in our age of the deification of the self, an age in which the self is celebrated, in which freedom reigns, in which individuals, in our more progressive societies, are able to “find” themselves in so many different ways, an age in which choice is supreme, an age in which choices can be made, and are made, for the greater glorification of the self. more [...]

]]> By: hanginjohnny http://themoderatevoice.com/16116/the-world-of-larping/comment-page-1/#comment-105192 hanginjohnny Fri, 16 Nov 2007 20:29:22 +0000 http://themoderatevoice.com/society/16116/the-world-of-larping/#comment-105192 Yeah same thing as SCA and re-enactors- As a past paid performer at renaissance faires- I prefer to at least get some cash for running around in 90 degree heat wearing heavy fabric and speaking in accent. whatever floats your boat. Yeah same thing as SCA and re-enactors- As a past paid performer at renaissance faires- I prefer to at least get some cash for running around in 90 degree heat wearing heavy fabric and speaking in accent.
whatever floats your boat.

]]> By: Crut http://themoderatevoice.com/16116/the-world-of-larping/comment-page-1/#comment-105102 Crut Fri, 16 Nov 2007 00:51:09 +0000 http://themoderatevoice.com/society/16116/the-world-of-larping/#comment-105102 What about Civil War reenactors? Or the SCA? This isn't exactly a new thing is my point... What about Civil War reenactors? Or the SCA? This isn’t exactly a new thing is my point…

]]> By: Sam http://themoderatevoice.com/16116/the-world-of-larping/comment-page-1/#comment-105091 Sam Fri, 16 Nov 2007 00:19:37 +0000 http://themoderatevoice.com/society/16116/the-world-of-larping/#comment-105091 Hehe, check some youtube on the topic. There are some side bustingly hilarious, non-satryical videos of LARPers in action. Hehe, check some youtube on the topic. There are some side bustingly hilarious, non-satryical videos of LARPers in action.

]]> By: pacatrue http://themoderatevoice.com/16116/the-world-of-larping/comment-page-1/#comment-105066 pacatrue Thu, 15 Nov 2007 22:50:46 +0000 http://themoderatevoice.com/society/16116/the-world-of-larping/#comment-105066 sounds like an unscripted play, basically. I have no trouble with it. It's the same as making a movie or acting on Broadway. The trouble for LARP, Hollywood, and Broadway's participants only if they cannot separate their acting from their life. There are some in all three realms who suffer from this. sounds like an unscripted play, basically. I have no trouble with it. It’s the same as making a movie or acting on Broadway. The trouble for LARP, Hollywood, and Broadway’s participants only if they cannot separate their acting from their life. There are some in all three realms who suffer from this.

]]> By: Sam http://themoderatevoice.com/16116/the-world-of-larping/comment-page-1/#comment-105042 Sam Thu, 15 Nov 2007 19:04:45 +0000 http://themoderatevoice.com/society/16116/the-world-of-larping/#comment-105042 I've been familiar with LARPing for some time now, and even though I consider myself a bona fide geek, I could never bring myself to get anywhere near it. Altho, don't be too rough on it and its practitioners. As an atheist a good friend of mine asked what I thought of religous people, like him for example. I had a lot of respect for him and somehow the connection was made in my mind. Religon is the original LARP. I’ve been familiar with LARPing for some time now, and even though I consider myself a bona fide geek, I could never bring myself to get anywhere near it.

Altho, don’t be too rough on it and its practitioners. As an atheist a good friend of mine asked what I thought of religous people, like him for example. I had a lot of respect for him and somehow the connection was made in my mind. Religon is the original LARP.

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