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Pierce wrote:no magic.
Arrakis wrote:We and our closed-source counterpart, Dagorhir, are the only major full-contact version. We're higher contact than the SCA.
Amtgard and Dagorhir do as well. It's amazing to see the big three combat boffer sports all share this tendency for multi-generational interaction unseen in most other parts of society.Atman wrote:Inclusivity. I don't believe any other LARP/reenactment group has the same spectrum of young and old in addition to having pure stick-jocks fighting alongside pointy-eared fantasy types. Just about every type of person can and does fight.
Arrakis wrote:We and our closed-source counterpart, Dagorhir, are the only major full-contact version. We're higher contact than the SCA, for God's sake.
Darkon has the same exact angle, but Darkon seems to be a regional thing.bangor wrote:What does Belegarth offer that the rest of the fantasy larp world doesn't? First off, it's not a Larp. It's a fantasy-based combat sport. Just look at that shield bashing and grappling. They'd never let that fly on any other fields other than Dag.
Thomas MacFinn wrote:I'd leave words like LARP and SCA and Amtguard out of it all together unless the interviewer asks specific questions about them.
Bevin wrote:Do you have females in your group? That could be your selling point, since people always seem to be shocked that girls do this.
Or a really old dude/chick? Or a prominent community member?
savetuba wrote:SCA you must buy armor and equipment($300 US$ minimum).
HesinRaca wrote:savetuba wrote:SCA you must buy armor and equipment($300 US$ minimum).
This isn't true. Because of the material allowances, you could have full armour for under 50$, including sword and shield. Pickle-barrel and ply wood, rattan and heavy canvas. I've seen someone make full "plate" armour for a total of 65$ including his shield and sword in the cost. So price isn't a different really.
Spike wrote:This is the funniest thing I've ever read on these boards and the rest of you are bad at things generally, too.
Tiberius Claudius wrote:I don't get cosplay. It's like a weekend-long Halloween in a hotel where everyone gets the herp, but there's no candy.
I strongly dislike this angle, despite how true it may be for many of us. The Darkon film makes my eyes roll with the whole focus on ordinary blue collar people that become mythical heroes on the weekend. It's demeaning to those of us who don't work at Starbucks or live in our parents basement. Not everyone who likes to put on a dress and beat up nerds is a headcase or a social misfit. It's asking the impossible, but it would be nice for media to concentrate on the hobby aspect of it instead of the delusional outcasts that wish they were elves.Garath de Lorac wrote:For Darkon, when the media started focusing on us, we pulled on the "How Darkon has changed you" bit. Because really, this hobby for most of us, has affected our personalities, and our real lives.
Big Jimmy wrote:Good article.
Big Jimmy wrote:It might just be the picture, but it looks that shield REALLY fails. I finished shield should be about a couple of inches thick, that looks like half an inch or so.
Spike wrote:This is the funniest thing I've ever read on these boards and the rest of you are bad at things generally, too.
Tiberius Claudius wrote:I don't get cosplay. It's like a weekend-long Halloween in a hotel where everyone gets the herp, but there's no candy.
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