[UA] Way in advance

[Twist0059 at aol.com]

In a message dated 12/21/99 12:00:30 PM Eastern Standard Time, indra at scc.net 
writes:

> > Well, it seems to me that there is a stigma of sorts involved with the 
LARP
>  > crowd that I want to avoid here. Not that I have anything against 
LARPers,
>  > I'm an avid one myself both in the World of Darkness and Live-Combat 
> venues.
>  > But I want to get some players interested that haven't had the 
opportunity
>  > to be exposed to UA yet, and if the program says "UA LARP", that might 
> tend
>  > to push more people away than it would draw them in.
>  
>  This is interesting; I'd almost say it's the other way around. 
>  I've heard the "pretenious snob" LARPer stereotypes, but I'd
>  think the "unshowered geek" stereotype would be more detrimental
>  to turn-out.

No offense to those who like LARPing, but in the RPG circles I run in LARPers 
are consistently the punchlines in jokes, and those whole phenomenon is 
looked on as a bunch of angst-ridden WW teengers wearing capes and talking 
about how dark and depressed they are.

I love UA, but if I saw UA LARP on the schedule I'd definitely hesitate to 
sign up.

The irony of all this?  Remember that movie "The Game"?  If that's what UA 
LARP was like, I'd be the first one to sign up.  Just from my POV, LARP tends 
to be kids pretending to be vampires.




-Twist

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