/cgl/ - Cosplay & EGL

Here's an article on dealing with larping-related anxiety:

http://larphacks.tumblr.com/post/124161970329/process-hack-handling-oc-anxiety-in-larp

>>8511985
>larping-related anxiety
WTF?

I get anxiety-related anxiety. But this?

>>8512008
While I think the article is pretty bullshit and butt-patting it's pretty legit to feel anxious at a larp if you're an anxious person. LARP (ideally, and in a roleplay-heavy game) can open up a lot of situations and scenarios that would never happen in day to day reality.

I am not someone who gets into a lot of conflicts in real life, but I frequently get into them in game (because it's part of the game and conflicts are what makes it fun!). Sadly, I quickly realized that confronting people in game made me feel nauseated to the point of throwing up. Nothing is more embarrassing until that time that you're finally confronting your knight because he murdered people, only go to "Oh, shit, hang on." and fleeing to the bathroom to puke.

>>8512008
I agree with >>8512069 I don't suffer from it myself, but a few of my friends do. It mainly due to the fact that they will be in a field of around 1400 players, and having to deal with the fact you might not always be with people you know and trust.

>>8507890

Which kingdom are you in?

>>8491140
>Kult of Athena
KoA is a retailer and distributor. They don't make anything in-house and they carry a VERY wide range of gear. That isn't to say they're bad; on the contrary they've been known to carry good shit every now and then and the majority of their stock is functional at least. You just have to be careful about what you buy from them. If you ever intend on buying anything expensive from KoA, I'd recommend that you familiarize yourself with the brands they carry beforehand.
My first gear for HEMA that wasn't second-hand came from KoA and it lasted me for quite some time.

>>8512008
>>8512069
I can't really blame people with legit anxiety disorders for not wanting to walk into a tight community, especially not ones centered around nerds smacking each other with foam innawoods.

>>8512467
>I can't really blame people with legit anxiety disorders for not wanting to walk into a tight community, especially not ones centered around nerds smacking each other with foam innawoods.

I have social anxiety and it's helped me be a little more outgoing. Most of the people in my local community have been really nice and really welcoming. I've made a few friends and I've been invited to do social stuff (going out to dinner, going over to peoples houses, etc.) outside of our regular group meetings.

>>8512384
I bounced between Celestial Kingdom and Golden Plains, way back when.

>>8510072
>Elitist
God forbid anyone have any fucking standards.

>>8511589
NGL...I have the weirdest lady-boner for the fatty in OP's pic, right now.

>>8513258
Some like it hot, and some sweat when the heat is on. . .

>>8512069
>it's pretty legit to feel anxious at a larp if you're an anxious person
It's pretty legit to feel anxious EVERYWHERE if you're an anxious person

any ideas for how to make larpsafe traps?

>>8513594
No deadfalls at all if your game forbids striking the head.

For the rest, it depends on how hardcore your game is. Simple trip traps could be disallowed in your game, for instance, but they could just as well be regarded as awesome.

>>8513604
yeah, I dont want to spend half the game digging a hole neither.

>>8513594
Could probably rig a string that launches packets when tripped.

Calimacil discontinued their full length scabbard for shortswords. Life is pain.

Baseball is the best LARP

>>8513594

I've always been fond of party poppers. Pull a string, confetti blasts out with a *BANG*. I used to scavenge gag "exploding" pens for the mechanism that let you set a toy gun cap and would detonate it as well for stuff to rig boxes and doors with.

>>8514518
Damn straight

>>8512714
Iron Mountains here.
Just got to the thread.
I always suggest beginning on single short, then moving on to other weapons. Its important to have a core to work out from, instead of trying to regress down weapon styles.

>>8516839
Yeah, I did it backwards. I started out as Monk and took advantage of the lack of poles at my park (CK at the time) and went with a spear concentration. Then I wound up joining a fighting company that didn't care about polearms and centered everything around single sword, sword-and-board, and dual daggers and realized I'd made a huge mistake.

>>8516046
>baseball
>straight

Pick one

>>8517162
No time like the present.
Poles are great. Truly my greatest fear while playing goblin, but a good range of weapon skill is important.

Anyone else not at DF?

>>8517519
I lack being fabulously wealthy enough to go.

>>8517234
I quit two editions and 10 years ago, I think I'm done with that life now.

>>8517519
Unfortunately, I couldn't attend either.

>>8517519

Sadly, DF/Mythodea equals having a full on Eurovacation for me, and my fun money has become "move into a new place" money.

Just finished a new bull mask commission. The customer was allergic to latex, so I made this out of silicone. Never. Again. It came out lovely, but it was a pain in the ass.

>>8517519
Someday I'll go, but it's halfway around the world from me and would cost a bundle.

>>8519453
damn nice, like the cuts

>>8519490
Just bought a bollocks dagger for 19$ on amazon.

I'm a happy man

>>8520362
What's the specs on it?

>>8520411
Well it has a blade...and a wooden handle and...yeah... i...it's long i think, not sure how long but probably 20cm atleast.

What do you mean?

>>8519453
I like all of the battle damage. Do you have more masks?

>>8520495
Type of steel, weight, balance point, that sort of shite.

>>8521340
Can you stop talking about his cock already? Get his email, meet in a dark room, I don't care. Just take it somewhere else!

>>8521193
I make lots of masks. It's kinda my thing (pic related was for a couple of games ago, a wood spirit and the burned version of it).

Usually they're rush jobs for game staff, though. The bull one is one for an actual player which meant I could go crazy on the detailing. I also made my spider mask.

>>8521403
What are you price points?

>>8521513
Custom masks (like, I sculpt it, mould it, and cast it, paint it) go for between $80-$140US depending on how complicated they are. If the customer wants silicone rather than latex, it's an extra $30 (I have to special order it) and then things like embedded fur, attached jewelry, gold leaf, etc are an extra $15. Then there is shipping, which depends on where you are from.

I do heavy discounts on bulk orders for local games because they give me nice in game perks for it.

Here's the baby I'm currently working on.

>>8521578
It's so CUTE

>>8521578
Cheshire Dementor?

>>8521340
Oh.

Wood handle
Stainless steel blade
comes with leather sheath
12-Inch in overall length
249 g
SZCO Supplies


it is more to have an bollock dagger than to use it really.

For that price...

I was actually looking for a cheap all around knife with a sheat (pic related) and ended up looking at that dagger

>>8521340
>>8521380
Iron. prone to rust.
Weight is all at the tip i have a huge tip like 5 pound.

Over 9000 millimeter

Handle made of diseased flesh.

Engraving on it written Shwan when soft
Saskatchewan when hard

(even if i never ever been to saskatchewan and never plan to)

>>8520362
I've seen these in person. They are actually quite nice. What bothers me is that while my blade is better on my home made one, the handles on the paki made ones is 1000x better than my shitty wood workings skills....

DICK DAGGERS FOR SLAANESH!

>mfw when ordering a rapier and I forgot to get the rubber tips

So, anyone know where to get one or a suitable equivalent real quick?

>>8522936
All rapier tips are, are rubber bird blunts for arrows. Google and rejoice.

So, here's a weird question that occurred to me. I've seen several videos and the like floating around of larpers using the madu in combat, and I was thinking I'd like to make a pair. Looking around several forums, though, I'm seeing a fair bit of concern about them safety-wise. As long as you're not punching with the shield, and the tips are thrust-legal, it doesn't seem like it would be a problem to me. Have any of you run into this issue? What do you think about the madu's legality as a weapon?

>>8523039
These got popular in Amtgard around 2000 or so. Seemed like everyone and their cat was making a fucking madu if their class allowed for one. Never really saw any safety concerns except for inadvertent groin stabs, since you couldn't slash with it anyway. Personally I think they're retarded and humbling madu users always made me smile, but legally I didn't have a leg to stand on to argue against them.

>>8522200
This photoshop job is tripping me out.

>>8523063
Most of the debate I found was from about 2010/11, and I got the impression that they were a fad weapon at some point, yeah. The main argument against that I saw was essentially "our rules don't allow for something to be both weapon and shield," which seems to me like a silly reason to ban them.

The primary safety concern seems to me like it would be accidentally punching somebody with the shield when you try to slash, which, as you mentioned, is no longer an issue if they're exclusively stab weapons.

>>8523039
They were very popular around here for a little while. The central round was usually a lot smaller than your pic because Alliance has a maximum square inch surface area for shields. Never saw any safety worries, but nobody ever tried to thrust with the tips.

>>8523272
Funny enough, I got the picture from a thread about them on the Alliance forums. Seems they were okay with them as long as they were treated as shields with no damaging component.

>>8522200
Really? Mine has Rumbalotte on it.

>>8523039
hexagonal shield > madu

>>8523325
They're two different tools for different purposes. If I could safely dual-wield bigass shields, you can bet your ass I'd be all over that.

Why are all the Medieval/Renaissance larps in my area fucking foam dickswords only? This is fucking stupid, and contributes to poor quality clothing and larping.

>>8523354
Because not being huge faggots is for elitists.

>>8523354

What groups are in your area?

>>8522954
How goes your bohurt crowd fund?

Oi m8, I've been to bico this weekend for the Pré-montage and a lot of new building appeared.

It's gon' be good

>>8525471
Niggas be cheap.

got back from the well armed circus, later today there will be a pic dump among other things, although probably I will do that first on /tg/

>>8528165
meanwhile I already started the image dump at /tg/

>>>/tg/41644409

On tooling and working with leather:

Generally how long should I wait after I'm done tooling my wet leather before I hit it with dye and sealant? I've been letting it sit at least overnight to get rid of any internal moisture but I've also heard of people letting the piece sit for 48 hours to make sure. This is just some 6oz bits I am working with but I am trying to guide a friend down the rabbit hole of leatherworking and realized I don't actually know why I do some of the things I do. Pic related: Something I made for a tripfriend.

>>8528498
Vol 2 - Revenge of the Son of etc...

>>8530939
>>8528498

Err - this could help
>>/tg/41666115

>>8528498
>>>/tg/41666115

>>8523354

Because that's the largest percentage of the population in the US by far, and frankly there's far more "LARPs" in the US that are solely about beating each other with plumbing supplies- combat games, basically.

meanwhile I got my new sword

>>8531788
Seems larpsafe.

>>8531804
well, it will survive the larp

>>8531825
But the larp won't survive it!

>>8531984
you are talking nonsense

>>8527768
Had I the money I'd donate. Its nice to see his updates.

Empire Y3E3 was good, if a little wet towards the end. Got to meet some /cgl/ bros. Was cash!

>>8532036
Rain all day Friday I could handle since I had a nice warm cloak, and could get under canvas and stay dry. But standing for half an hour in the pissing rain on the Sunday for monstering was an utter ball-ache.
Was good meeting you again, and Senate-Knife Club is becoming really popular. Nothing like drunken knife fights with a League Senator to round off a day.

>>8531401
I don't know if I'd say "far more," but they certainly do seem to garner a lot more members and publicity.

As per the process of gradually improving my kit, I'm looking to get a proper gambeson and a set of jack chains for my next event. The gambeson isn't an issue, I've more or less settled on that one; I'm having some trouble with a decision on the jack chains, though.
http://gdfb.co.uk/jack-chains-511-p.asp
http://www.kultofathena.com/product.asp?item=SNSA9360&name=Jack+Chains+-+18+Gauge+Steel+

These are the two I'm trying to decide between. On the one hand, I know Gropey swears by GDFB, and 18 gauge is a bit thinner than I've tended to use in the past, so I'm leaning toward the first set. On the other hand, taking into account shipping to the US, that price tag is quite a bit higher. Is it worth the extra cost, or will the second set be adequate just for LARP?

>>8533005
18-gauge should be more than adequate for LARP purposes.

>>8533005
I think the first pair looks better.

>>>/tg/41680236
>In Florida, it's hot as fuck, so we rarely have people in armor. That and we have 7 scouts and 2 level 6 wizards at the park, so there is no such thing as an enchantment that lasts at our park.

>Most of it is just barbarians poking eachother with huge sticks and BIG ASS SHIELDS using ex-dag players running around as warriors.
Sounds like Florida should look to antiquity for armor instead of just shields.

>>8532066
Ah a Militia-man I see! With Liz no less! It is only a matter of time before my antics at Empire get me caught. BUT NOT THIS DAY!

>>8534444
Hah, I'm no Militia! Just happened to be heading in the same direction as where she was going. Pure coincidence.

>>8534455
Good, because my character has done things. Horrible, often illegal, and sometimes heretical things! Also Herald of the new Virtue - Banter!

On a more serious note. ODC next week and then Empire in September. Hope rain holds off. Can't be doing with bog wading again.

why is it always the fatasses who insist SCA heavy fighting makes them manlier than anybody else? Had to listen to one in my barony rant how he's better than rugby players or even mma fighters. like seriously?

>>8534643
Because fat SCA heavy fighters are typically cunts who are overly impressed with how well they can beat up other fat SCA heavy fighters but wonder why they can't climb a set of stairs without getting winded.

Newbie to weapon-making here. When I'm buying foam, do I want to get regular or cross-linked polyethylene? My group hasn't been very good about answering the question, and I suspect it's because most of them buy their weapons, so they don't actually know which type is used.

>he thinks rapier frogs are historically accurate

AHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA

>>8535169
What the fuck are you talking about?

>>8534477
Nice. Any more where this came from?

>>8535413
on the /tg/ larp thread

>>8535680
Best thread on /tg/.

>>8535169
Who are you quoting?

larpbump

so, the thing is I still don't resized my photos and they are still too big for /cgl/ as here is 4mb is the limit. Then again I have a few smaller ones from another guy in the LKL.
Also I miss Drachenfest, ended too soon...

>>8536028
the 3 larp thread are ded. sad.

>Retaking my name cuz i'm a fag.

I had a 3 day larp last week, and I'm a bit lost.

I played as NPC. Comming with a friend. And boy I was suprised.
To put it in perspective, it was the 9th, and last larp on their setting. The conclusion, the final chapter. I would have though that people would have wanted to go with a bang, to think "It's the last, I've got nothing to loose !" and all go and try to do dramatic things, to end feud with a bang, to capture hated enemies, make hasty judgment and cinematic executions.

Well, none of that. I've only saw one real battle between PC. They were... so fucking inactive... They disregarded most of the main plot. spent most of the time in the tavern. Did they feared for their char and wanted to have the non existant "I survived" pins ? I saw that some took really bad their death.

I heard that they was a good amount of backstabbing but very few open conflict. Still, the larp feld dead. few pc paying attention to the main scenario, not acting at all on the night attack...

Is this unique, or normal on a Larp ?

>pict related : the only PC fight.

>>8537638
>Is this unique, or normal on a Larp ?
It depends on the event.

I can relate. I have been going to the same week of gaming for 15 years. I know everyone and have fond moments to remember with most of them.

We have a main plot. But it's one of twenty things going on at once. And I imagine if the event went belly up for some reason and couldn't be continued in some way (hard to imagine) then we'd have plenty of reminiscing to get through and wouldn't be especially interested in the GM plot either.

I mean no one would actively avoid it. But it would be one of twenty important things going on at once.

But I can understand how a newcomer wouldn't relate to the nostalgia and might instead feel the main plot gets too little attention. LARPs have layers.

>>8537659
>LARPs have layers.

Yea, thought so. but as a npc, we waited so long...
Did group up as a legion, we have taken defensive postition in a camp, far away ( shield wall between a wooden camp and the main road, archer on a hill, called for ambassador ( 3 came ), Made stupid boast about their claim, and waited for the storm.
Fluff wise they were united vs the legion.

We were sorta 40 NPC. They were 200 PC

So, nothing. We were dessicating ourselves in the heat in heavy armor for nothing.

So we marched, and began to form a line just facing the plain were the palio ( the center of interest of the larp ) was taking place. Nothing.

What I've heard later was that they were scared as fuck. The emperor and golden guy were orgas. Players knew they were experimented in historical reconstitution, and good at formation.

Not really what I saw, but a reputation is a reputation.

> I'm the guy on the left with the cape.

>>8537994

I'm dumb.

Only when we advanced in the camp, and were bloqued in 2 side by the big tents of the taverns, right in the fucking middle of the place did we finaly get encircled and stomped.

> we don't even look like 40... 30, tops. I guess i forgot the non combatant npc who didn't joined.

>>8531401

You can find a Bel/Dag/Amtgard group pretty much anywhere there's even a distant chance at a "LARP" being there. As far as the population of US players of what they'll call a LARP goes, they dwarf even the next biggest population (NERO, then Alliance) of players, although there's plenty of under-50-player games scattered around.

"High population" for most non-Bel/Dag/Amtgard LARPs in the USA is around 200 people at a given event. A single event like Ragnarok can often singlehandedly outnumber an entire year's worth of events for most games in the USA, never mind something like a big SCA war event (and Pennsic of course is easily up there in event counts with even the German stuff like Drachenfest/Mythodea).

>>8538211
Empire had 1800 at its last event. Although still a lot smaller than European fest events.

>>8534643

What's hilarious is getting the same people running around in the woods at night and watching them die horribly from being backshot, chopped below the knee, etc. etc.

SCA fighters can be wonderful meleers and shieldwall types, but the second the rules change, they can end up the most awkward player out there. I was at a game a while back with some really decent guys. Shieldwall, sword-and-board, ate up anything that got in front of them.

They ended up dead to a man because half the NPCs stood in front while the other half just kept running laps around them while pelting them with shortbows.

They got better once they realized that people could and would go around them or hit low, but it was that first wipe to a bunch of goblins that started the whole learning process.

>>8538269

Exactly. 1800 would be a largish regional SCA event, for example. The biggest Dag Ragnarok event (one of the big wars for them) had a gate count of just over 1600.

>>8537638
i dont know, i always tend to bring the ''bang'' everywhere i go in larp anyways.

I remember in a post apo firing my last bullet while injured and just started laughing at an aproaching zombie horde made of npc and converted pc and just fliping them the bird and started laughing like a madman while going.

''Yeah?! well fuck you too ugly motherfuckers!

and continued laughing as i got ''eaten''.
Then i ''respawned'' as a zombie right on the spot and lets just say i really like playing zombies because i just have what is needed to freak people out.

(i used to be deatly afraid of zombies when i was a kid but now i just dont care, so i know what is really really freaky about them and its not screaming and acting like a monster to get quickly killed but its actually to be this presence that is always there and keep harrassing the players.

in the end i got healed and i had no idea a zombie could even get healed wtf, i just went with it.

>>8534477
>the guy on the left in yellow's codpiece

wot.

>>8538304
I do love fest events. They feel like a living breathing world, and the set piece battles are amazing! Monsterous creatures and charging hordes!

Smallest event I do is Animatium which has about 40 players. But has a massive amount of personal player plot and downtime focus. Think Pride and Prejudice meets Sharpe. Last event was in a old boarding school a bit like Hogwarts. Was amazing!

>>8538322
Welcome, you must be new around these parts. That's Hungarian and his famous ersatz penis.

>>8538280
Sounds like they should have formed a testudo.

>>8538313
Yea, I don't understand this state of mind either.

But some people got really pissed that their char was killed. Like, this one girl who had her char since the first larp of the series ( so 9 years ) and, when she ended second on the fencing tournament, was unconscious, and had to be healed ( because last duel was with "real" weapon ), and was dragged and finished by his apoticary.

I waited her to join the NPC team, but she just went to sulk for the rest of the larp.

Others were just piss off that theirs death was just "suprise attack at the camp + be beaten+left to die" without any rp.

> smought and his pal. As usual for the barbarian, best small team at group warfare.

>>8538322

yup, yellow guy is Hungarian, the guy responsable for most of the content here.
Why he is dressed like that ? because lansquenet. And lansquenet have to be fabulous to fight properly.

Another note. Is it me, or are the common larper pretty bad at duel ? Most were okayish in teamplay and line-combat, but what I saw at the fencing duel left me... very un-impressed.

Not only the placement of their weapons, but also the distance between the players, (always too close), and the lack of lateral moves while attacking.
Without judging about the attack themselves. They look bad, but when your weapon is shitty balanced like the cali it's not like you can do much about it.

The only ones who seemed decent were somes weaboos, armed with a yari, a naginata, and a nodachi. May have done kendo before, but I don't know what it look like, so can't say.

Still, good footwork, moved with each attack, and really had their weapon in a position that protected them. shame for them that they had no hilt.

After experience, with matching training, a good 2h sword will beat reliably any 2h lance. Larp lance, dunno about boffer.
Can aim and hit their hand without risking mine, can block a blow, and just slide/push the thing while keeping them from do anything nasty, and in general can be more offensive without risking as much as the lance guy.

>>8538009
>dem hexagonal shields
Hexagon shields are under appreciated.

Update on my larp sword....

Thevikingstore emailed to say that they have dispatched it today...... so i wont get it till after states trip.

Yay.....

>>8538693
One of the few strong points about Amtgard: the ditch field provides ample opportunity to face an opponent one-on-one, as long as the rest of your side is doing their job. Fighting companies also have one-on-one sparring.

Half a pound of Nobles Herbs

2g of Perlinpinpin's Powder

30 vials of Love potions (sounds better in french tho)

Unknown number of Parchement of vision

Some Maleficien Truffles


Alrigth we're bico ready.

>>8538644

I can remember a case where at a LARP, Team Evil basically rolled everyone else courtesy of getting Plot to allow them to summon a major demon. Goodie-twoshoes, neutrals, didn't matter. Blood for the blood god, skulls for the skull throne. The only ones that actually lived through it were in the Healer's Guild, by sheer good fortune and protective magic circle.

The resulting backlash at Plot resulted in the entire Team Evil leaving, the Plot team getting off the game entirely, and anyone going full Evil becoming a Plot NPC for the new people running things.

On the other hand, they ended up starting with another game and that's part of what made Knight Realms, so silver linings all round.

>>8525471
Two generous donations so far. I need to get a pic of me in harness wearing my new cock and swallow tabbard!

>>8527768
>>8532023
Hey, its a hard financial climate. Not everyone can or wants to give me money to beat people/get killed.

>>8528165
>well armed circus
Cool pics, but a misleading name.

>>8531788
Unf.

>>8531988
What the fuck are you posting a pussy level q-tip like that for?

>>8533005
Nigga, 18 gauge is more than enough for larp. Not enough for baton or steel, but 18 gauge is fine for you.

As for which pair, the fluted ones are cooler.

>>8534387
I am from New Orleans. I wore my gambeson and plate just fine. Its all about acclimating to it.

>>8534471
:>Good, because my character has done things. Horrible, often illegal, and sometimes heretical things!

Pwaise Swunsh!

>>8534643
>>8534721
Because they live in a vacuum without people who actually practice and excessive? Big bellies talk big game until someone who can see their own penis takes the field.

>>8538280
Fun fact: Most overweight guys who claim to be SCA and brag about it at larps tend to be very shitty SCA fighters. Running and skirmishing are very important. Pic related.

>>8538322
Thats Hungarian Larpfag. What part of "Pwaise Swunsh" don't you understand?

>>8539184
>Nigga, 18 gauge is more than enough for larp. Not enough for baton or steel, but 18 gauge is fine for you.

Word of Gropey, can't argue with that. Thanks man!

>>8538391
>That's Hungarian and his famous ersatz penis.
it's not even my final form!


>>8539184
>What part of "Pwaise Swunsh" don't you understand?
It doesn't matter how much you want it I'm still not praising Slaneesh.
I believe in CHANGE!

>>8537638
>I heard that they was a good amount of backstabbing but very few open conflict. Still, the larp feld dead. few pc paying attention to the main scenario, not acting at all on the night attack...
>Is this unique, or normal on a Larp ?

Two things:
1. in US larps it's kind of normal. Although it's kind of normal in every system where you can lose a lot if you die
2. That said, going all suicidal _because_ it's the last event and your stuff will no longer have consequences is retarded as fuck and meta gaming too. There is nothing wrong with being careful so you won't die, that's what successful people do.

>>8539638
The drummer has a 'bitch plz' expression.

>>8539710
well it was after we went into the meatgrinder with roughly 70 guys and an army that hired us and that's what left of our guys. And we wasn't even successfull, Then we had to stand outside of the besieged gate and wait for an hour of diplomatic dickery.

on pic: when we went into the meatgrinder

>>8539723
That feeling when you realise that you are just a decoy and you are an ''acceptable casualty''.

That feeling when you lead these mens into death knowing very well its a suicide mission that may win you the war.

That feeling when you come back alive from that suicide mission while still having done it.

That feeling when people still tell the story of that time a small band of crazies mofos defied all odds and helped win a objective with minimal losses and even came back to hit the main ennemy army on the back, causing total chaos and help win the battle.

feelsgoodman.jpg

>>8539730
we are mercenaries. Those are in our work descriptions.

I mean the landsknechte on Drachenfest is among the most effective force. not the most powerful as we don't have that much guys but the msot effective. IF you know how to use them. If the guy who hire us says we should stand outside of the walls of the green camp while they figure out what to do then we will do that although a few thousand archer from behind a wall is not something we are good against.

Then again if it's an open battle we will fuck your shit up big time. All dem polearms man, all dem polearms. Plus we actually know how to move as a group, there is a clear chain of command and stuff like that. Even contingency plans for shit hit the fan situations.
And we also dump a fuckload of money into the field hospital guys so they get our bodies

>>8539633
Yes, of course, going all "my life has no longuer any importance, to battle !" is retarded, but trying to have a glorious end in the last chapter of the story is more sensible than "saturday night my char had just taken a boat to [far away] with all my gold, hurray I won the gn !" when it's supposed to last until sunday 3pm.

As NPC saturday night we attacked as sans-culotte, hunting for noble or bourgeois, and we met zero resistance and found zero noble. While we were nothing more than poorly armed peasant.

Even when we were armed our number made us rather useless.

> Depression while in the guard : "please don't eat the body, it belong to the milicia".

>>8539745
I wanted to read your post but first I have to figure out why is there a fat guy in your picture with BDSM gear and why does he want to fuck everybody.
I hope he was a torture master or an executioner

>>8539743
>And we also dump a fuckload of MONEY into the field hospital guys so they get our bodies
Man this is gonna be awkward when the Templars are gonna heal me in battle...

>>8539749

look there for the full assembly. Fear the fat.
>>8538644

I named "it" smought because I had to fight him after another guy with a lance. Won using the power of bramble.

>>8539755
are those guys for real?

also
>But some people got really pissed that their char was killed. Like, this one girl who had her char since the first larp of the series ( so 9 years ) and, when she ended second on the fencing tournament, was unconscious, and had to be healed ( because last duel was with "real" weapon ), and was dragged and finished by his apoticary.
>I waited her to join the NPC team, but she just went to sulk for the rest of the larp.

I once killed a girl... Okay let's be honest I killed a fuckton of girls in larps. But there was one specific girl I killed in the last minutes of a larp and she went full bitching about how this was unfair, and there was so much in her character and I ruined the game for her forever, etc. She was also a feminazi.

>>8539760
My Larp was weird.

As a proud captain of the guard, I had to protect the daughter of the rich master of the palio.
As a soldier of the legion, I have cut her to piece after her attempt to... block my flamberge charge with two daggers.
As a revolutionnary, I searched for the filty rich family responsable of this mascarade, to stone them to death because the guillotine was broken.
As a schizophrenic NPC, I talked to my shield.

>>8539763
best kind of larp always are.


>>8539760
lerl, dying in a larp in the finalistion of a good char.
Its better to burn out than to fade aways.


Also, Bico is in..oh...24h and i swear my dogs dont want me to go, these little fuckers keep making my preparations difficult, and i cant really push them aways because..they are so godamn cute.

>>8539087
>Fren
love potions as in rape drugs or like extasy?

SHIT BICO IS TOMORROW (TONIGHT) AND I'M NOT READY.
I'm into too much stuff at the same time, so i'm not really ready for anything.

>>8539710
What's standing there is the rest of the surviving Landsknecht group after we've been pushed back in a brutal siege situation.
As mercenarys we are the ones that had to lead the attack while most of the remaining army did almost nothing. During the retreat we got attacked by our own allys, because some of them thought we were the enemy storming out of the gate.
After we counted our numerous losses some run of the mill soldiers of the hiring army told us to "Go back in there and give them the rest."

That's why he looks like that.

>>8540046
If you drink it you'll start to love potions. Almost all who've drunk it begin their own career in alchemy.

So I have a question about outfits. I purchased a tabard for our larp (which by the way if anyone is in the upstate NY area, we're looking for more members) thinking it would look good as a start to my characters garb, but honestly it looks like it engulfs everything and i look not as good as I want. How do you go about choosing an outfit without wasting money? it's not exactly like you can try on the stuff online when you purchase it, and if it's shit then you've just wasted money online.

>>8540046
méthylènedioxy-méthamphétamine
rape drugs wtf never

>>8540060
i know that feel

>>8538859
Sounds like Vikingstore. Great shop and in person. Never order online as they are basically a supplier intermediatry and order in from Germany etc.

>>8540117
lots of reasearch

Oh boy here we go...

Our pageboy decided to chronicle everything we're gonna do during the purple knigth nigth out and write it on paper using aliases so it can be read without incriminating us.

>>8540237
>using aliases so it can be read without incriminating us.
he isn't very clever I presume

>>8540237

Bicolline Chronicles
''A Formidable Journey of Debauchery''
Anno Domini MXV


>>8540251
none of us are

Also its mostly so we can read it and laugh later.

Last year Purple knight night out was so epic, its the sort of stuff you can tell your grandkids on your deathbed.

>>8540259
I have a hard time getting to the "debauchery" stage of partying, I get stuck at "watching over drunk people so they don't hurt themselves and others".
(I just wasted 2 hours going to 4 thrift stores and finding absolutely nothing $%&@*!)

>>8539184
PWAISE SWUNSH!

>>8540624
i've spent the last week making around 50 arrows.

and they look good i'm almost proud.

Also, dont forget that you have a special Larpthread resident deal on my calimacil. come see me at my encampment..or better just ask for Montmagny, everyone will point to the direction of a really loud (and scarily high pitched) dude running everywhere.

>I get stuck at "watching over drunk people so they don't hurt themselves and others".
If you see me almost dead in a ditch somwhere please tell my mom she's a nice person and dont tell her i drank dem alcool.

Funny little thing, you know larping has obtained a better reputation when my mother went from ''this shit is weird and probably a cult'' to , Wow i just love this medieval stuff you do all my friends love to see pics of you in armor.

So i got a lot of games with old womans now, M'ladies!

>(I just wasted 2 hours going to 4 thrift stores and finding absolutely nothing $%&@*!)
So, are you pannicking yet? it's tommorow.

You need a good pair of boots.
spend a little bit of cash on long heu...''chemise'' and find a belt that look the part.

Its okay for a first costume.

>>8540674
pwez sloush


Also wtf capcha, i never got into the idea of calling an hamburger a sandwish, do not force me to aknowledge that.

>>8540677
It's my 4th time ;) but yeah, boots, I bought good ones last week but they are ass-pale tan leather army boots... hope I find boot covers but it's not the end of the world.
And you wont be proud of me, I still don't own a helmet. Bought a badass burgonet online (pic related), too heavy for my neck, sold it to a SCA dude for profit! (thank you high value of american dollars!)

>>8540715
forgot pic

>>8540716
Nice helmet.
can you see well throught it ?

>>8540841
Not toooo bad. That buff (face plate) is removable (see hinge and pin) and there is another bargrill face protection. But the weight distribution is different. That thing was over 13 pounds.

>>8540117
Poke around the Internet for people who like to post pics of themselves at LARPs and scribble down stuff you like on them that you think would make you look the bomb-diggity. Then either do the ballsy thing and contact them out of the blue to find out where they got theirs/had theirs made/got the pattern for it and made it themselves. If they're super nice and answer your questions, you'll have sources for how to acquire what you seek, or you might have just found someone who does contract work and will make stuff for you for money. LARPing is networking like just about anything else.

>>8540716
Yo my niggah.
Its today.


So yeah, if i di from an overdose or go to jail for whatever reason, it was nice talking to you all.

Now, to Bico i go.

>>8542018
also, wow... one of the organisator just posted a pic of the line to enter, its already starting at 7am.

with the mild climate annonced for this week and the fact that its the 20th anniversary, i think its gonna be a really big Bico.

>>8540237

Oh look, a hedge knight.

So, i waited a bit so i would not get stuck in the line.

I'm off to another land fuckers.

Jk i love you all you dirty animals.

>Bad time friend ahead
>maybe no computer
>maybe no home
>i go away but we are two of soul
>i will return
>last online: 615 day ago

Your deit(ies)y of choice bless you on the epic adventures, whether it be Canada or Germany this time. Or anywhere else. But those are big-ass games.

Do we have anything like a list ?

May be cool to have some jolly cooperation between yuropoor.

>>8543231
There is a namefag list somewhere, I believe Hungarian keeps it mostly.

What kind of cooperation did you have in mind?

>>8543250
At first, I thought about just going to see if some of us are close, but...

Form a group to participate to a larp ?
having a party of /tg/ guys on a moderately sized Larp ( like 100 pj ) where a small group matter, could be cool. Hard to find people with equivalent powerlevel/autism in my zone.

Also, fuck, a bunch of strangers from different nationality, with different stuffs, culture and shits, working together in a glorious fucking adventure, isn't that one of the biggest thrope of larp, and p&p ?
Wouldn't that be really nice to do this, but with real strangers this time ?

Also, /int/ banter, In and out of character.

But yea, the idea of a italian elf, with a german barbarian, french knight, and english rogue trying to coordinate together with broken english and then swear and yell in their own foreign language when shit hit the fan, would be for me really fun and imersive.

>>8543350
I would Larp with y'all. Well, if I had any good larps within a reasonable driving distance from my house. I don't have the time or money to go across the country, or to Canada or Europe or something like that.

>>8543350
before bigger events we always ask if anyone else goes there. But then again not everyone finds the larp threads.

Also namefag and tripfag list
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1yRS2vlSJ5nApYyAcjWKJer8oHfLuknR6i--6wQjk6Do/edit#gid=0

Probably I will need to refresh it soon

>>8544225
>https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1yRS2vlSJ5nApYyAcjWKJer8oHfLuknR6i--6wQjk6Do/edit#gid=0

Crap, nobody is in old europe, not even a kraut.
But this list is awfully thin, even for a board like /tg/. Maybe passing the list along would help. Or make it editable by all. Or, well, passing it on /tg/.

Also, the slow pacing of /cgl/ is good for not losing the thread, but isn't that a bit far of the fatguy ?

>>8544225
My feelings, they are hurt.

>>8544273
>Crap, nobody is in old europe, not even a kraut.
like the two german guys?

> Or make it editable by all
That's a clusterfuck you don't want for an informative list. Otherwise people would troll it up and even the non-trolls would write every kind of stupidity in it. Like they are experts on wrestling or other shit that nobody cares about and not larp related

>Or, well, passing it on /tg/
happens every once in a while.

Then again I don't put on the list everyone who once put up a name, and never posted again.


>>8544278
you never here when I ask what should I put there

>>8544273
>isn't that a bit far of the fatguy ?
And now, say it in English.

>>8544285
Well there is that

>>8544285
>like the two german guys?
derp.

> rest.
Ok, better keep it in a small format with real people rather than have a phantom army who never show up.

>>8544287
Jamais !
Bon.

Now the larp thread is on cgl. understandable, /tg/ is now faster, and slow thread like this one would be in concurence with the quest thread and die fast. the pacing of cgl is better, and larp isn't very far of cosplay, in a way.
But it's still the fa/tg/uy that is the main audience. Before i was into larp, I lurked those thread, by curiosity, and the storytimes and shit inspired me to try this shit, as well as the story of /tg/ to try p&p.
But now the thread is "far" from the catalog of /tg/, and random fatguy has few chance to end up here without be actively looking for this thread.

Cant do shit about it, but it's just a observation.

>>8544321
So... /tg/ used to not suck?
Great blog post, mang.

>>8544321
In the last week there were at least 4 different larp threads on /tg/. Just saying.

>>8544334
Well, three of those were DF pic threads you initiated. Great threads, but they were your initiative, not /tg/ culture.

>>8544342
I'm somehow outside of the /tg/ culture?

Also there were times on /tg/ where you could find a larp thread every day. And we talked about the same things in every thread. It was more boring. Also there are also a little fluctuation on when people start threads. Quest threads has nothing to do with it

>>8544348
You are old /tg/, just like me, Esh, Teka, everyone...

/tg/ today is cyoa your last paladin falls lewd general

>>8544350
Nothing stopping you to start a larp thread there.
Case in point: I just started a larp thread there because I can and nobody could stop me
>>>/tg/41786475

Cant find anything interesting to play
My group is a bunch of "Generic all around Undead/Horror and supernatural folks"
Gimme something stupid to play as that isnt a fucking vampire or zombie

>>8544360
you are a ghoul who wants to recite poetry but you are missing your lower jaw. and your tongue is just hanging from there. You also shy and hide in the shadows.
In the last effort to praise the arts you kill people who are bad at singing/music/etc and write poems next to their corpse with their blood. Or just draw something

alright so thin captain america and redmiww. What should I write to your rows in the spreadsheet

Hema fag, blacksmith.
France and belgium as location, for starter.
Fantasy, sci-fi.

>>8544372
I believe we have spoken! Based in UK, toiling away in the tea mines.

How do I summon Gropey to the thread? I need to email him about a thing.

>>8544660
start shittalking the SCA

>>8544744
I dunno, he'll totally join in about 90% of the SCA being tools.

>>8544916
I meant shittalking the whole group. And not arguing about how there are idiots there too as in every large group.

Let me show you
SCA IS FOR MANCHILDREN FAGGOTS WHO DON'T KNOW SHIT ABOUT ANYTHING AND WOULD BE REKT BY EVEN AMTGARDERS!

There. He will be here in a few hours or less

>>8544660

Mention that you liked some article clothing that he wore in the past and he'll start posting selfies.

>>8544660
>>8544744
>>8544916
>>8544928
>>8544944
Meeeeeeeeeh. Im drunk. What do you bastards want.

>>8544976
Forgot my trip.

>>8544980
It's WM freshman anon, and I was wondering if you wanted me to do some publicity or something for your larps.

>>8544976

>>8544987
LSDT is on hiatus for the time being as I focus on the new resturant and ACL. Im still open to hang out and talk and shit.

>>8545039
I approve.

>>8543350

Mythodea for me was going to Germany, hanging out with a New Zealander, getting to know a pair of Malaysians, and roguing it up through a camp or two full of Germans. And hanging out in between with a camp full of English knights on one side and a pack of Finnish archers on the other.

Frickin' awesome.

>>8543350
>But yea, the idea of a italian elf, with a german barbarian, french knight, and english rogue trying to coordinate together with broken english and then swear and yell in their own foreign language when shit hit the fan, would be for me really fun and imersive.
about this, the one thing I learned in the LKL that as long as everyone gets the idea the language isn't THAT important in combat.
I mean we did a lot of formation drills during the game and it went pretty well if you realize that there was one whole rotte that didn't spoke german (I was there with 5 estonians) and even the germans had sometimes difficulty to understand each other as they spoke different dialects. I mean there were some german germans, some germans from switzerland who spoke some kind of half german half french language and there were guys from southern tirol who are basically italian germans. The list goes on.
But during the battles and the formations we didn't had too much trouble, if the most part of the people there now what to do the rest can just simply follow

>>8545253
Come on now. Südtiroler are really easy to understand. Austria has much more challenging dialects.

And you got the impression that Schwizerdütsch sounds French? I'm German, and I'm a little insulted. But I imagine it will be much worse with the Swiss, or the French. Try not calling the Swiss Germans, they really do not appreciate that.

I think Schwizerdütsch has a very dynamic melodic structure, while French has a dramatic melodic arc.

Anyway, sounds like a great camp. What was the lingua franca? English?

>>8545271
I'm not saying it sounds like french. I'm saying they mixed in french words in the german when they couldn't remember a word. Same with the italian guys, etc.

But mostly everyone used German, with the aforementioned mixings. When someone insisted they talked english if they could.

>>8545281
Are you totally gay for the Obrist?

>>8545324
nah, just partially

>>8544987
BTW, screwloosecircus@gmail.com

>>8544273

As a reminder, that list consists only of namefags, not all resident larpers.

>>8544543

Avatarfag detected!

>>8545332
You're cuter than he is, boo. You could do better.

>getting shit from SCAfags because I dare to use a drone to record the events/big battles

Fuck you all, it's like 20m up and away from everybody what harm is it doing you? I'm not doing it during courts either where the noise would be distracting.

I should just take it to a beach in my hometown instead.

>>8546621
>not wanting total war style footage from above the battle
wut?

>>8546482
well for a start you didn't really looked at my pictures or just looked at the good ones.
Secondly the obrist was a really charismatic leader. He know how to lead a bunch of landsknechte and do it in a jolly manner. I respect that quality in him.

>>8546965
Hellenic trias: leather, bronze (brass), and steel(?).

Anyone know Latin enough to double check this means what I think it means? I want to paint it on my helmet for a post apoc game.

occultatio pro cunnis est

It should say hiding is for cunts.

>>8546976
>for a post apoc game.
then it doesn't metter if the translation is good or not, broken latin was viable even in the middle ages, it's even more valid for a post apoc era when nobody even knows latin anymore.

Plus it's a dead language, you will get 5 different translations if you ask 4 different people

>>8546978
>it's even more valid for a post apoc era when nobody even knows latin anymore.
Latin already survived one apocalypse, it can manage two.

>Plus it's a dead language, you will get 5 different translations if you ask 4 different people
Except as a dead language nothing ever changes meaning or gets a different connotation over time like living languages do. So actually it should be much more clear for translation.

>>8546976
My sense of the language isn't what it used to be but it probably translates too something semantically awkward like...
>Secrecy is good in vaginas

>>8546980
>Except as a dead language nothing ever changes meaning or gets a different connotation over time like living languages do. So actually it should be much more clear for translation.
This is not true.

For one linguists across the world keep reinterpreting relics and adjusting the meaning of words. It changed quite a lot for some words over the ages and regions of the empire.

And the Vatican very much uses Latin as a living language, inventing words for airport or nuclear reactor, space station, or Internet all the time.

>>8546980
>Except as a dead language nothing ever changes meaning or gets a different connotation over time like living languages do. So actually it should be much more clear for translation.
and yet most of the time there are huge arguments about translating to latin, apart from a few proverbs there are always different opinions how it should be translated

Lots of technical terms in biology and medicine are Latin. These are not words the Romans used in that sense.

>>8546982
brian plz go

>>8546994
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zjz16xjeBAA

>>8546976
Sounds alright.

>>8546621
What the hell are you talking about? Gopro and arial drone footage are awesome and we do it all the time. The danger is the drone being hit by arrows and siege weapons.

Quit pulling stuff out of your ass.

>>8546621
Hasn't it been mentioned before in past threads that SCA attracts the worst kind of people to itself? Sounds like you found a coven of them.

>>8547288

Large orgs inevitable end up with assholes, they're a given part of the population.

Also, drone footage is awesome and a good way to review big battles, unless you fly it so low they're gonna get pegged with random missiles.

>>8546457

Wot ? I just become namefag since some anon said "this guy on the right look like captain america before he get buff " on a group photo I've posted. It was me, so I've taken the name.

>Here, I'm avatarfaging.

>>8546438 right. still usefull, we are not gotta get a complete, actualised and not shitted up list of every resident larper, i'm affraid.

>>8547491

Yes, but this one org seem to be made for the ground up by and for elitist asshole.

I mean what ? the king is the dude who hit harder ? Is that a Ork monarchy ? with a hierarchy that demand constant deepthroating of your superior ? Not a single fuck given to historical accuracy but still smug and "superior" to larper, while they fking fight with wooden sword ? If half the thing I heard about them are true, they seem to be "smug asshole, the organisation."

Can't be sure because other than on their forum, never meet some. We don't have that in yurop, am I wrong ?

>>8545253
Aren't those thing with big group on a mass larp ? I mean, if everyone form the line it's hard to miss.

I was rather thinking about a small larp, where group/faction are on a pen & paper group scale, where the heterogeneous factor is more visible.

>>8545217
Lucky bastard. Not understanding a fucking word of what the kraut you are infiltrating are saying must be really cool. And tense.

>>8547288
Not at all. Its just the largest group of the same breed of nerds you find in larp/hist-rec/cosplay ect.

Lets say 1 in 10 of these kinds of folks is an insufferable douchecanoe.

Lets say your local largest larp is 100. Thats 10 fuckweasles.

Lets say the same locale has a large SCA event of 800. Thats 80 wastes of oxygen.

Its no worse, just a larger number.

>>8547611
>the king is the dude who hit harder ?
No, he lasted through a single elimination tourney of non-stop combat with 50 other guys.

>Is that a Ork monarchy ?
No, fighting for your crown is quite normal.

>with a hierarchy that demand constant deepthroating of your superior ?
Say wut? You don't have to pretend to like anyone

>Not a single fuck given to historical accuracy
Depends on the individual and local clime. We have standards, and some shoot for the bare mins, but most do better

>"superior" to larper, while they fking fight with wooden sword ?
Most of us crossgame. Also, wooden sword tournies were historic...

>If half the thing I heard about them are true,
Its not. Why not try talking to one of us?

>We don't have that in yurop, am I wrong ?
Drachenwald is centered in Germany and is one of the largest SCA kingdoms.

Maybe I can help answer your questions, Anon? Most people who say shit about the SCA are bitter former (by social shunning for being a dick, or just asspained by certain people) SCA members, who set up their own groups (Amtgard, Dagohir, Adrian Empire, Empire for Medieval pursuits etc were all founded by former SCA) and would tell folks who passed on second hand rumors.

Now, many people crossgame and don't let the shit get to them.

Pic is a German SCA fighter

>>8547611
>we are not gotta get a complete, actualised and not shitted up list of every resident larper, i'm affraid.
why would we need a list of EVERYONE who goes to a larpthread? you would need a database for that

>Aren't those thing with big group on a mass larp ? I mean, if everyone form the line it's hard to miss.
We could do change of formations during the larp and maneuver, etc

>>8546965
FUCK GREECE. DISHONORABLE BASTARDS TO A MAN *ahem*

I'm sure some of them are nice really.

>>8547234
Just because your chapter is good doesn't mean his is.

>>8548185
Except "Chapter" for us means "several dozen 100+ member local groups".

I didn't like the alphanerd douches of New Orleans, so I played with the group 30 minutes away. Whats hard about that?

Play with who you like, not who's closest.

>>8547611
I was refering to a Belgian mass larp named Avatar, no worries

So i'm new to this. Just got into d&d maybe a year ago. Suddenly these threads started popping up and it looks really interesting.

Can you guys recommend any communities in SoCal that a beginner can attend and come out with a pretty good experience?

>>8548283
Semantics. My point is, just because the group of people you play with are cool and allow sensible things like that, doesn't mean all the other groups are. Kinda makes your accusation of him pulling stuff out of his ass look needlessly hostile.

>>8546976
>The cunt is hidden for
Here's a better one
>Sola cunnus in occultatio
Only a cunt goes into hiding

>>8549111
>>Sola cunnus in occultatio
>Only a cunt goes into hiding
Shit I fucked up. That reads one cunt is in hiding.
Sola cunnus delitiscot should be correct

Forgot to get my trip back, still not used to that.

>>8547724

A first hand anwser, great.
> Why not try talking to one of us?
Haven't found a single one of those in my area. SCA is non existant in France. Not even a website, the wikipedia page is barebone. they don't exist. thus the "do they exist in yurop ?"

And nearly all others org that know their existance talk shit about them. Histofag, hema fag, larpfag. For differents and sometime opposed reasons.
The english wikipedia page don't help, pict related is the illustration. Look at this fucking photo. They didn't even removed the sticker from the helmet, and it look more like bloodbowl than anything medieval themed with that helmet.
Why is that the image they choosed to use for their description, if you have some armor like on your pic ?

>Say wut? You don't have to pretend to like anyone

My personal blacksmith has stumbled on their forum, looking for some template, and found some "historical" with welding only doable with a blowtorch. After he had corrected some broscience on another thread about metal resistance, he got banned because the broscience emanated from an admin/officier. The rest of the forum seemed to be bathed in "praise everything that the officier say".

Cue the deepthroating conclusion. Just browsing the rules, hierarchy seem to be powerful. giving power to the guy who win the tournament seem also a big way to invite all the bad sport practice. Depend if everyone is people are all Serious business.

Heard that you begin as a squire, have to serve a knight, and that for that he could get training from him to be knighted.

Blacksmith concluded that you can repay the guy that do you chores by beating him up, and that this organisation was taillor made for him and that he wanna join.

he can't source this shit, other than "sca forum"

so, no direct source, hence the "if half of this shit is real"

>>8549111
How is "pro cunnis" the subject? How did you come to your translation. No idea if cunnis is the correct ablative tho.

>>8546980
see?

>>8549111
>>8549121
>>8549160

Also, the thing that is bugging me the most.

>Ork monarchy

Fighting to get your crown is normal, yes, but I would prefer to get a leader based on personal charisma, reputation and lawfulness. If he has to be the leader of the group, and the arbitrer of the rules on his org, taking the winner of a tournament may not be the best way to get the best people on this job.

It look like people with grade In character also have authority out of character, like for things like checking weapon and armor validity.

Seem weird for me if the arbitrer are involved in the game. DMPC in p&p, or Orga with permanent roles in larp seem to be a recipe for abuses. And srs bsn about the role rather than be laid back. In short, assholess.

But maybe i read wrong, and peer like marchall and shit are not in game role, but orga.

Also, question.

Is your budget transportation to a larp bigger than the budget for the larp itself (stuff+price) ?

>>8548866 Haw fuck, that Avatar. I'm dumb.

>>8549176
depends. Nowdays there are larps when I just bring some of my older costumes. If we doesn't count the price of those stuff becasue I already had them then we can say there are larps where I spend more on transportion.
But usually that's not the case. Not even for drachenfest, even though I spent roughly around 180 euro on the train tickets

Anyone off to Odyssey this weekend? As usual it is predicted to rain again. So arena mudbath is on the cards.

>>8549152
Im sorry anon, but I have to side with the clown on this. This all sounds like second hand ass-pull. Fuck france.

>>8549152
Nigga, its receation, not reenactment. You're barking up the wrong dick.

>>8549111
>the cunt
Check your Latin again, cunnis is not singular.

>>8549438
About that thing I know. My smith is just asspained everytime something is said to be "historical" when they are not. So, often.

>>8549437
Yes, it's second hand. Because they don't fucking exist in my country, so I can only have second hand opinion about them, and every singles of them ( exept for their DIY skill, and household items ) are bad.

This is why I writed on my first post about them" if half of that is true", "Can't be sure because..."

But now that I have a real one at hand, I write all those second hand thingy and ask what of it is true.

I think the core of the question, about their reputation is what >>8549438 said.

What is their position about what they do ?

A big part of SCA people seem to really want to distance themselve from the LARP, hence their "pretentious asshats" reputation who disregard the larper and his foam weapon ( somes reflex blow on the head by crossgamer didn't help, I guess. ) .
Another argument that seem to be throw arround a lot when differencing with larp is "they try to be accurate". hence next thing.

Some among them believe they are a historical re-enactment group. They are seen by the common public as such, and even have "educationnal statut". If this is their official position, "true" reenactor can shit on them for inaccuracy.

Also heard somes brag about it was a martial art or sport, and that they recreates the fighting styles used in the middle ages. But it is no Hema or Behourd, and so they get shit on by them.

So, the question is. What is the official position on that ? what are they, officially trying to do ?

>>8549567
>So, the question is. What is the official position on that ? what are they, officially trying to do ?

I'm not sure you could ask a dozen SCA members and get the same answer to those questions.

>>8549567

The truth is, the whole "historical re-enactment" bit is more for tax purposes than anything else. There are people who do SCA and indeed work up a persona, try to be super historically accurate, etc. etc.

There are SCAdians that just like hitting bros in armor with sticks.

There are SCAdians who barely dress for the occasion but like the social aspects, hanging out to drink mead, listen to songs, and maybe some light shopping at the merchant's alley like it was a games convention.

The reason the SCA has trial-by-tournament rulers is literally so it CAN'T be too serious. Sadly, there are always No Fun Allowed types that fuck this up, and that's why there's plenty of SCAdian splitoffs.

>>8549665

This. The SCA is not a monolithic organization- in fact, it's rather balkanized.

>>8548904
http://www.larping.org/larps/

That should help you out a little bit as a starting point, at least. We've got a few people from that area here, I believe, so let's hope one of them sees this.

>>8549567
Okay consider my jimmies rustled.

First off what forum are you talking about, as far as I know there is no official sca forum.

So I'm not sure what power you think the King and Queen (crown) has? While it's true that they can change laws, kick members out ect. It has been my impression that sort of power is very very sparingly used.

Mostly the Crown sets the example for the "game", gives events an additional ceremonial and regal touch, and gives out awards. It's considered a time consuming and often tiring job. For example my kingdom; The East Kingdom covers Delaware, eastern Pennsylvania and New York, the New England states and eastern Canada. Royalty must travel all over the kingdom attending events.

Also the reign is only half a year long. If someone decided to be despotic, then it's likely that they would be shunned and considered bad sports, basically blacklisted. Totally not worth it.

In terms of considering ourselves better then larpers, that is something I have never heard before. The SCA started before larping, and we are just something different. I don't see the deal

So yeah historical accuracy. We aren't a reenactment group that checks to see whether the thread count of your linen is accurate. Accuracy and research is encouraged and rewarded. For instance if you want to enter something in an arts and sciences competition you need write of documentation of your research and sources. Sca members have done mountains of historical research; and also actually do try out theories. You think that viking dresses were constructed a particular way? Make that shit, write papers/websites about it, show how you are right! You think that person is wrong? Make your shit and show how it makes more sense!

>>8550464
That is another thing, it's not primarily a battle game. While many members are very focused on the martial aspect of it, it's a small fraction of what is done and researched.

So yeah congrats on the prime bait, got me out of larpthread hibernation.

One of the things that does frustraite me about the sca is the fact that all the research the members do can be hard to find but here are two example I like.

http://www.godecookery.com/godeboke/godeboke.htm
historical cooking website written by a scadian

https://www.pinterest.com/gbertholet/
my favorite SCA pintrest person. It really shows the breadth of research/subject matter just one person involved in the sca can be doing.

>>8549160
cunnis is dative singular. Unless I am mistaken and cunnus is not third declension feminine.

>>8550571
And people wonder why no one speaks Latin.

>>8550571
Dative singular of cunnus is cunno, dative plural is cunnis which is the same as the ablative plural. You need more practice.

>>8549164
>see?
No, this is like saying asking four different people what 2 + 2 is will get four different answers. Even if three people insist the answer is 5 they're still fucking wrong.

>>8550985
it would be more like x+y=z and nobody has a clue what numbers are those represent

>>8550468

That seem to be the problem. no official forum, so anyone seem as legit as another.

And about that. For sca and larp relation, just type "SCA LARP" on google.
no "vs", no "better", just that.

The first result, from "utrama-imperium" don't really need commentary.

On the second, a video of a SCA guy, who explain that for him light fighting is the most realistic form of battlefield fighting there is, and then taunt Larping with their mage with beanbag of doom.

Disregarding any not D&D fat friendly larp, while considering SCA the "most realistic" thus disregarding any reenacting done without football helmet and with steel sword. or sport like bohurt
This rustle my jimmies.

The commentary seem to have the same idea.
"When someone asks me "do you LARP?" I say "God no!" for one reason, I do not wish to associate my attempt at historical re-enactment fighting with face painted LARPing crazies..."
Well, youtube commentary. But you see that's the popular idea. It's not "SCA is different", it's "Larp is for fattass".

But yes, the people who do both seem to have more moderate opinion on it, like the third result.

But the others are just more than enought to create the "What an elitist douchebag" impression.

The not-battle thing isn't as discuted and don't seem to have this reputation. In fact very few others organisation try to recreate all aspect of life.

So yes, of course a whole organisation can't be made of asshole, and can have very wide rechearch and works, but... you know what make more noise.

On the research matter, are they not more on the "not fighting" part ?

>>8551269
Except every word in a latin sentence means something very specific. The problems start when you insist that x is actually y because you did latin 1 in school 10 years ago and remember none of it and then keep trying to fit everything else into your completely wrong sentence.

>>8550974
My mistake.

I covered my ugly duct tape boffer shield with cloth and plasti dip to make it look better. It's a good start.

>>8555110
And I dropped my picture like a derp.

>>8555113
And the back.

>>8555115
>>8538847

Does this shield have the same problem that the hexagonal shield ? Namely, that with this grip, any blow made on the down or upper edge throw the shield off balance ?

Last weekend I was part of the crew for a 40k Rogue Trader larp.

Highlights include:
Setting up a pitch black room, only illumination is a couple of glow sticks. Meant to be horrible psychic visions. Get one member of crew to dress as his dead PC, crucified to a wall. Me and another crew wear hooded robes, latex demon masks, tied red glosticks behind our ears so it looks like disembodied heads in the dark.
Players enter and the door slams shut behind them. Dead PC guy starts singing his old war song as the two demons come out of the dark corners cackling. Players shit themselves and start banging on the door to get out. Guys on the outside frantically trying to unjam the door to the sounds of screaming and fists pounding on the other side. That room on the site now dubbed Terror Room.

Oh and playing a false vision of Malcador taunting the players as they navigate a tesseract labyrinth in the dark while being slowly stalked by a C'tan shard.

>>8556204
SO.
JEALOUS.

>>8556204
40k LARP ?
Rogue trader larp ?
Larp with great effort in atmosphere, AND players playing well their char ?

>>8556483 get it.

In the name of the Auld Alliance, tell me your secret !

>>8555113

You should paint a design or something on the front.

>finally buy a sword for SCA fencing
>suddenly lose all interest in the SCA

Well, shit. Anyone else have this happen to them? What should I do from this point on?

>>8556204
Reveal your secret. Tell us more. Pics?

>>8556508
>>8558257
I think the secret is that the vast majority of the players are a mixture of long term field larpers and long term pub larpers. A lot of us are older (mid-late 20's and early 30's) than your usual small system larps. Therefore we put a fair bit of effort in making the game fun for everyone.
Now we still have our share of dickheads, but they get called out more often than not.
It's not perfect, but it's damn good fun.

Pics haven't been published yet, will post a couple when I see them.

>>8557175
I intended to but just managed to finish it in time to take it to a game.

>>8556147
My game is lightest touch so I haven't had a problem with it.

>>8557442
if its a suitable quality sword, maybe you could try takeing up either fencing or reenacment?
it would put the sword to good use, help train you up in how to use it safely and [if you ever get interested in SCA again] you'll be able to get into the swing[sic] of fighting with it much quicker than if you start from srcatch.

I'm back

>>8557442
>suddenly lose all interest in the SCA

Why? Most of the SCA is great. We have assholes, but who doesn't?

Also: Fencing melees with 1000+ people.

>>8559010
That doesn't look even remotely safe.

>>8559207
>the possibility exists to get a booboo doing something therefore it is completely unsafe and no one should do it
If you want safe you should stay inside and play chess.

>>8559213
I'm aware nothing's risk free, it's just to my untrained eye thousands of rebated steel swords with only a helmet for protection doesn't exactly seem like the most safety conscious thing you could be doing. Given people are actually doing it I'd assume there's more to the safety measures than I'm seeing, but, just saying.

>>8559222

All rapier combatants must have...
*clothing of a suitable nature as to resist cuts and tears
*A punch-test passing layer around the entire torso (spectra, fencing jacket, heavy wool, leather, kevlar etc)
*100% coverage of skin with no exposure durring movement.
*Groin protection
*A heavy/three weapon fencing mask (preferenced for perf plate visored helms)

Most of all, they must pass the Society's and their kingdom's combat authorization.

We've been doing it for over 50 years, with no issues. Whats missing from that pic is the rubber blunted arrows from our combat archers, heavy surgical-tubing band muskets/pistols and siege weapons.

Some tease pic drops.

I have so much stuff to greentext/show and tell

But for now some pics that already surfaced on facebookos

>>8559918

>>8559928

>>8559944

>>8559918
>>8559928
>>8559944
>>8559947
You know, one of these days I have to visit Canada for vacation and participation in Bicolline and poutine.

Back from Odyssey. Weekend was awesome. Everything hurts. But the rain stayed away for the most part.

>>8560058
It was cool meeting you, even if it was only on the Sunday. Next time come to Greece and get crunk with us.

Are these Garnetts photos? The only set I know I'm in is Facey's.

>>8560047
Where is Odyssey?

>>8560654

Odyssey's a UK game.

>>8560047
Did Rome smash the barbarians?

>>8560029
our camp lady ''Mom''

Was so efficient and did so much good food, i only ate one poutine this week, and it did not live up to how good mom's cooking was.


Pic related, our guild's kitchen/chilling spot

>>8561018
Sounds/looks like good times.

>>8561099
it was.

Some people tougth the fireworks were unnescessary but i think it was great, i really really like colorful explosions


But this is also 4chan so yeah i'll tell the rumors and confirm them.

Yes, a dude hung himself during the nigth of saturday and sunday lerl.


And Darkwing Duck is a chill dude, tall as fuck also like 6feet thousand.

>>8561157
>dude hung himself during the nigth of saturday and sunday lerl
Hanged? Because if there is a way you can hung yourself then I want to advertise for it in unsolicited mass mailings!

But please, elaborate.

>>8561171
lerl.
Hanging, like suicide.

On a ligther note, find what i did there.

>>8561304
This isn't /tg/. I'm not sure if katanas are trolling here.

>>8561157
Thanks mate, and you are as crazy (and fun) as you sound here (and more).
Pic of me and my buddies on the right begind black tower shields.

On a darker note, the guy who hanged himself was a friend, so : not lerl, at all.

>>8561549
Why would he do that there?

Or at all for that matter.

>>8561549
Yeah it kinda felt weird the sunday morning.

Without going into details, the girl that found him is a good friend of mine and i'm not totally sure how she's taking it since she just... acted like it did not happened at all.

So yeah, i make a lot of jokes but i think i'd prefer to not elaborate here and just say that i never seen a Bico with so much medical intervention.

I even had to leave before the end of the battle saturday , just like 1/3 of the armies who had heatstrokes.

>>8561557
I suspect its because of a woman, its always because of a woman.

But yeah, thats actually pretty sad but i do think suicide is something disgusting and weak.

I dont think we should talk about it too much.

>>8561580
Yup, agreed :/

So, onwards to other subjects : our team totally won against the hellish heat. Mostly thanks to our dedicated intendant who did 2 round trips with big water jugs and then accompanied a teammate to the hospital, only to come back after dark.

Also, prettiest girl at Bicolline this year?

How can everyone be sure he did it himself?

>>8561623
It's under investigation.

Garding the Lady's night with my guys at the inn was a blast. The Bélier tried to come inside and we blocked them, then they layed siege with 30 drunk pirates and 2 canons (really).

>>8561617
Thanks to ''Mom'' who took good care of our group and other people we did not get dehydrated too much.

told her to put water in the front and back of my gambeson and i kept drinking and drinking but i actually passed out because i'm a dumbass who did not take my pills because i was too excited and when the first battle ended and the adrenaline went away i just began to feel really bad and i had to keep breathing slowly to calm my heart.
Add to that taking 3 vials of love the day before and sleeping only 3 hours.

I was a wreck but people take good care of me.

>>8561646
if you've seen the Bico papers they talked about it and they also talked about my group's piss helmet (photo coming soon...and yes..its gross)

I could not take pics after people puked on it since i'm very very sensitive to puke i cant see it or i'll puke too

>>8561617
>Also, prettiest girl at Bicolline this year?
Hard to say, it's full of them.

Now i tried to help the Green Knigth have sex with Larpgirl just so Hungarian would laugh but he did not do it.

But hey, have you seen that tall faun ?
damn that was cute.

Esh Just finished these for a guy in a fantasy LARP, and who is also apparently taking them to Burning man here in the US.

Different from her normal bracers of light, these are made from real leather.

>>8561803

They light up! :D

>>8561806

>>8561814
Details.

>>8561828

>>8561580
Heatstroke? In Canada? Is such a thing even possible?

>>8561304
>that lightsaber
Huhuhu

>>8561806
How ? technique usable by lightsaber ?

>>8562372
Selenite crystal with an LED at one end makes the crystal glow.

>>8562438
Pretty much this.

So Sadly not really lightsaber-able to scale using crystals. Resign rods, or plastic rods yes.

>>8562115
Funny thing is we saw 'murikans bath in the river and shiver in the same week.

But yeah, what a californian would consider normal is what a canadian would consider a good temperature to pass out.

Just as a normal temperature in winter here is considered as being the second ice age by a californian.

>>8563026
I hear ye.
10/10 by the way, would shoot french with

So I'm going to some local LARP as a 'poor' fighter, like a dude from the slums. However I'm in the frontline fighter group of the thing.
What sort of armour should I use?

>>8563421
technicaly this is all we did all week long.

>>8559918
>>8560047
So jelly of both of you!

>>8561157
>Dude hung himself

WTF?! Any motive?

>>8561549
My condolences bro.

>>8561664
Camp moms are best moms. Unless they are your real mom. Then it can get weird when people hit on her right in front of you.

Still, my mom has kept me fed, alive and armoured...

>>8561688
Holy crap, is that really her parrot?

>>8562115
That far north of the wall, even the lightest of heat will kill them. I would LOVE to see them fight in the south.

>>8563468
What kind of florintine? Why the fuck would a frontline fighter handicap themselves like that?

Either go sword+dagger/buckler as a common street duelist/muscle for hire, or get a shield.

>>8563631
>So jelly of both of you!
Be there next year you dirty animal

>Camp moms are best moms. Unless they are your real mom
she brougth her kids , both around 10yo, i was not comfortable at first but they ended up being really nice kids with a quick wit and a very compatible humour, plus, since we are the Mangy dogs , we can call them the little Son of a bitch and they like it.

>Holy crap, is that really her parrot?
Nope its another dude parrot , the photo is still pretty nice, one of my favorite.

>I would LOVE to see them fight in the south.
If pennsic was not so close to bico i'd go, i made some SCA friend this summer.

>>8563695
>Be there next year you dirty animal
Next year is a no-go. Its an anniversary Pennsic, and I GOT to go!

>Camp moms
No, I mean my mom is actually the matriarch of my household. She's Mama Scungilli and her word is law. Pic related.

>Frenadian at Pennsic
Oh the parties I could show you...

>>8563724
I wish my parents shared my interests. Thats pretty cool.

So I've been assembling a viking kit for TRF this year and it's the first time I've ever attempted to make a costume. I gotta say man... I should have just bought the damn costume instead of making it. I probably could have saved a lot of damn money...

On that note, does anyone here do metal work? I'm looking for a tool with which to make this pattern

>>8563631
"Frontline," not "florentine." As in, he's the guy on the front lines in combat.

>>8563966
No, but I know what you can do with a simple triangle punch...

http://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/cheating-wonders-the-mysterious-cloaked-figure-of-gastonia?utm_source=facebook.com&utm_medium=atlas-page

Which one of you fuckers is this?

>>8563559
Schooting french? Awesome.

>>8563631
Hm, might be true. On the other hand those southerners start freezing as soon as the temperature drops to one diggit (Celsius, not Fahrenheit).

>>8564293
Would join if they were parisian.

Also, I'm a bit at a loss here. I got a star wars larp soon, theme is a sith academy on Kesh, a planet where a lone sith ship crashed long ago, seen as god by local pop, ect.

Game should be a GoT-like with 4 clans of sith disputing powers and reputation.

And the orga just updated their rules and player list. and the thing is.. a quarter of the players are hight level sith, with insanely OP power. others class are shit, compared to. Nearly unfuckable in frontal combat, and RP say "they rules, you suck theirs dicks"
Asked Orgas about that, they said "yes it's totaly unbalanced, and it's meant to be", offered refund if i'm not happy with that.

I'm playing a grunt of the guard. they are 18 hight level sith, 12 guards, 16 initiates sith, and 12 aliens, which have even lower statut than standart human.

I'm asking myself if I should take their refund offer. Can a game be fun if a quarter of the players are just totaly op ?

New thread?

We have mere hours before this one will fall off page 11.

>>8564521

I'm guessing the orgs expect the other three to work together long enough to take out the "big guys", predicting somewhere along the line one of the other three factions will then backstab the other two in traditional Dark Side fashion.

It's actually pretty realistic in terms of how the Sith Empire worked. You had a dominant group and the others kissed their ass on the outside while attempting to bring the whole thing down without being crushed.

Be visibly useful. Stab the dominant clan in the back at any opportunity that you can either pin it on a rival or at least not be caught on your own.

>>8563468

Padded jack, a shield, maybe a metal skullcap or the like. Slummers don't really have or need "real" armor, being as most of what you're fighting in there is thugs with clubs and knives vs. serious weaponry.

>>8565007
seem good. after looking at the roster, the dominant group, the one with the ruling emperor, is the weakest. so it's gonna be hard to rule, if discension happen in the family, and even more to have a common front against the common folk.

But hey more seriously its actually 38degree celsius in Montréal rigth now.

So yeah, past 30 degree any person from the north will start feeling bad.

But we can go -30 and still be operational.

but yeah, -30 we begin to larp inside.

this thread is now on the last results, the end is night.

creating a new one.

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