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| − | Live Action Role-Playing is like role-playing, but people actually dress up and do the role-playing instead of rolling dice or typing. | + | '''Live Action Role-Playing''' is like role-playing, but people actually dress up and do the role-playing instead of rolling dice or typing. |
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| + | LARPers are often known to write genre [[fiction]], have a slightly off-kilter sense of style, and often are [[Theatre]] majors. You do not have to be a member of LARC (Live-Action Roleplaying Club) to be a LARPer, but it helps. | ||
[[Mariko Toyoji]] has suggested that [[Model UN]] is a form of LARP called WARP (World Action Role-Playing). | [[Mariko Toyoji]] has suggested that [[Model UN]] is a form of LARP called WARP (World Action Role-Playing). | ||
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| + | ==Making fun of LARPers== | ||
| + | For some reason, Knox thinks it's OK to make fun of LARPers. Even some professors take pokes at the community. This phenomenon should be studied. What makes a supposedly kind and accepting community turn into a bunch of jerks when it come to a large group of students role-playing in their own space on their own time? | ||
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Latest revision as of 20:22, 21 December 2013
Live Action Role-Playing is like role-playing, but people actually dress up and do the role-playing instead of rolling dice or typing.
LARPers are often known to write genre fiction, have a slightly off-kilter sense of style, and often are Theatre majors. You do not have to be a member of LARC (Live-Action Roleplaying Club) to be a LARPer, but it helps.
Mariko Toyoji has suggested that Model UN is a form of LARP called WARP (World Action Role-Playing).
Making fun of LARPers[edit]
For some reason, Knox thinks it's OK to make fun of LARPers. Even some professors take pokes at the community. This phenomenon should be studied. What makes a supposedly kind and accepting community turn into a bunch of jerks when it come to a large group of students role-playing in their own space on their own time?
