/cgl/ - Cosplay & EGL

>>10030994
>>10031060
>>10031076
It's obviously a joke based on what I do for a living, slavbro.

>>10030723
Pretty much, but between the museum and taking care of my grandparents, I have a little time for my lady and friends, and that's it.

>>10029571
I never went away. I lurk when I can, but my life has been nothing but work lately, so I have nothing new really to contribute. No reenactments, no non-work living history, no larps.

>>10026224
<3

>>10026789
I honestly don't know who you are bro.

As for larpsocks, we talk often on Facebook, and he's doing excellent, just busy with life and work, like most of us.

Random pic

>>10025532
Nostalgia goggles are thick.

>>10025697
Not bad at all for an informal tea.

>>10025953
D'aww, thanks.

>>10026045
I second that anon. The self awareness and worry about appearing in the next cringe/horror story thread seems to help keep everyone on their best behavior.

>>10026131
Why? My armour waifu is superior.

>>10023466
>>10023952
I like tea and sandwiches, and dressing in breeches. It's a natural progression.

>>10024424
As someone who has been attending and presenting Neko for years, I am completely and totally done with it. The con has gone downhill dramatically, with the people that run it being shady as fuck.

Happy Halloween, nerds.

>>10022638
Sup?

>>10009295
Its funny though that all the games I know of that allow headshots, tend to be of higher quality and standards

>>10009211
Then I must have lucked out, because every larp I have been to outside the US has allowed responsible (IE, pulled and only to the sides and back of head) head shots.

>>10008643
Same reason most games don't allow the head as a target, or real armour. They are afraid of someone going full retard, hurting someone, and getting sued. Thats why good games are hard to find.

>>10008080
I completely argue against that. if you want people to take pride in what they do, give them something to be prideful about. if you surround them with mediocrity, and allow him to dress me joke really, all you're going to do is enforce that as a fact of life. Have good loaner kit. Have craft days where people bring their sewing machines, and allow newbies to pay for enough linen and thread to learn how to make a shirt from more experienced members. By actively helping somebody make a good kit, you actively make your own game better.

Personally, if I went to my first event, and everyone was dressed like a crap, and they didn't help me not dress like crap, then I would totally lose interest in investing my own time and money into it.

>>10007652
Missing a few:
>Cargo pants for maximum cargo capacity
>Lightsaber dick bat, because edge alignment and profile is for fags
>Maximum length dickbat handle held by the pommel

>>10007554
But here's the sad thing, he is still better dressed than a lot of others...

>>10006567
I am totally with Hungarian in >>10006730. People always bring the strawman argument of new players in the discussion of costuming standards. Having good loaner kit and actively helping new folks is key to helping set a dress standard, and growing.

When we talk dress standards, its never the new folks. Its the regular players who refuse to try, and make every excuse and argument against it. High-level powerplayerswho have several campaigns under their belt should look like it.

>>10006372
He could be a lot more insufferable. He's being downright nice right now.

You asked a question. You got an answer.

Again, the answer is yes. It really just depends on your players self control and your rule set

>>10006032
Truth. Well put.

>>10006116
Not the words I would use, but close enough. If you want to see gypsy-face, you can go into literally every major retailer right now and spend five minutes looking through the Halloween costumes.

>>10005251
Well, I know my native buddy would suggest "Wanabi".

>>10005641
...Are you implying that merchants don't exist?

>>10002590
It's the same ol' story of the east Euro armour market boom:

>Be small, east euro Armourer
>Start selling to western market
>Make absolute bank due to cost-quality ratio, undercutting western Craftsmen
>Demand outpaces production
>Cut corners on quality
>Raise prices to hire more apprentices
>Quantity of product over quality becomes focus

>>10002429
No, I enjoy Laotian lantern shows just as much as the next Anon. What sickens me, is shitty armor, particularly Sugarloaf helms on later plate.

>>10001091
As long as it's still steel, I am ok with it. I'm even ok with other people with non-obvious rubber soles on their shoes (ain't quite my thing). If we were talking aluminum or titanium armour, then we'd have issue.

>>10002019
Yes. They have no problem sending you shoddy, dangerous shit because of their predatory return policy, on top of the difficulty that returns would be from most of the world.

Buying in person is safe. Ordering is a promise to get ripped off and then told to suck it.

>>10002079
Yup. Really makes you think of footwork differently.

>>10002082
>>10002110
I love fighting in pattens and clogs. It always makes people look at my feet... Which is dumb when I am swinging at you.

>>10002122
It would be easier if you tell us what period/culture you're ripping off, but in reality, a "sword master" looks just like everyone else with the style of sword he carries, just a lot more confident.

I would also be wary of playing a sword master in larps... Unless you play a shitty game where yelling "parry" or "dodge" beats actual skill, you need to actually be skilled in fighting.

>>10002295
Well, I actually cook-cook. Depends on my time set up, and the general "theme". Roasts, stews, pies, pottages...

>>10000997
Yes? I like my skull in one piece, and don't like scrubbing rust.

>>10000850
Gauges? Material? Treatment?

For example, my ACL/SCA helmet is 12 gauge hardened spring stainless.

>>10000835
also got to be very frank with you brother, I'll have good money running that your armor is absolutely useless for combat sports. got a pic? Who's the maker?