Check this out:
http://www.darkonthemovie.com/A documentary about LARPing.
The trailer's pretty good.
A lot of people are very passionate about LARPing. I'm not one of them. Of course, I've only played in one, horrible WoD LARP years ago. Even though I know I could have had a better time, it wasn't for me. Tabletop is where I belong.
Boffer LARPs have much more appeal to me, though I've only experienced them through others tales. To do such a thing, which requires being in a very public place, is something I just can't do though. I'm certainly not hiding my nerdery, but there are depths even I fear to go to. And it's sad. It shouldn't be that way. How many of us devote hours a week to playing video games where you accomplish nothing save entertaining yourself for a few hours? Devote that time to something like boffer LARPs and at least you'd have genuine social interaction and get some exercise.
I'm torn. Part of me would love to try this kind of thing out. The rest of me knows I never can without feeling some degree of shame. And that's kind of sad.
