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Joined: Jul 07, 2003 Posts: 606 Location: Mikkeli, Finland
Posted: Tue May 30, 2006 12:25 am Post subject:
Finland
Heittämättömän Arwan Kilta / Guild of the Uncast Die http://s11.invisionfree.com/Hak
- forums, atm only in finnish _________________ Very few rules, very good games and ... Awesome food.
Joined: Jul 07, 2003 Posts: 606 Location: Mikkeli, Finland
Posted: Tue Jun 13, 2006 11:54 pm Post subject:
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What kind of stuff does that society do, Jupe?
-We- are mostly a larp-organizing group. Main goal is of course to have fun, but we try to focus on making larping better. Creating connections, both national and international, trying to upgrade the Wheel to Wheel 2.0 or at least to Wheel 1.01, offering a helping hand to people who are starting their first larp and trying to solve a variety of problems ranging from effective playerbase management to how to make the best mead for the game.
On the theoretical side (atm) :
Focus 1 : Character's relationship to the world
Focus 2 : Character's relationship to other characters
Focus 3 : Describing an action ain't doing (HC-larping)
Focus 4 : Use of psychological horror in larping
Focus 5 : Adaptation of existing gameworlds, books etc. (we have done a lot of this during our history)
On the practical side (atm) :
Focus 1 : Creating working cyberpunk/scifi usable real-time internet based system which will serve both players and their characters
Focus 2 : Better food. More food. Making people eat food and still continue playing (for some reason, finnish larpers have difficulties staying in character while eating). More Food. More Food.
Focus 3 : Cryotanks
Focus 4 : Own fantasy environment/village
LARPS coming (atm)
10th Anniversary LARP events (12 larps from Twilight 2000 workcamp game to celtic high fantasy) _________________ Very few rules, very good games and ... Awesome food.
Are there any U.S. organizations for the general support and progrssion LARPs? I don't want to step on toes and it would be a project I would be willing to head if others could assist. _________________
Joined: Oct 17, 2003 Posts: 264 Location: Seattle, WA
Posted: Thu Aug 31, 2006 12:54 pm Post subject:
Validan wrote:
Are there any U.S. organizations for the general support and progrssion LARPs? I don't want to step on toes and it would be a project I would be willing to head if others could assist.
Really the only US organization that provides general support is LARPA and their focus is more on theater/freeform/convention style.
There is a fledgling group called the LARP Alliance (no relation to LRP Alliance in the UK that I'm aware of) that's looking to do something like that I think.
Joined: Jul 12, 2002 Posts: 1060 Location: Auckland, New Zealand
Posted: Thu Aug 31, 2006 11:42 pm Post subject:
dicemistress wrote:
Really the only US organization that provides general support is LARPA and their focus is more on theater/freeform/convention style.
I think that's LARPA's focus more by history than by design. They recognise all larp as within their realm of support, as far as I know.
I think if you wanted to get involved in larp advocacy in the US then LARPA would be a good place to start, regardless of whether you're into theatre-style larps or live-combat. If you're into the first you'll find a good home there, and if you're into the second you'll have a good pioneering the expansion of LARPA's mission to its full extent. I reckon that their society's vision would support you.
They're a democratic society, so getting involved is as simple as demonstrating your worth and then running for a committee position or helping as a non-committee member.
Live-combat larp probably hasn't needed as much non-profit advocacy as theatre-style, because there are several large commercial groups like NERO that fulfills much of the organisers' need for aid. But with a big commercial organisation comes a certain amount of resistance to change that isn't necessarily the best thing for the players. I'd say that it would be good to balance out the commercial needs of those commercial organisations with an independant player-advocacy group that supports all kinds of larp & experimentation with the form, and LARPA could fill that role.
Joined: Oct 29, 2006 Posts: 13 Location: Bratislava - Slovakia (central europe)
Posted: Thu Nov 02, 2006 4:40 pm Post subject:
SLOVAKIA (country in central europe)
www.slad.annun.sk
slovak LARP community. About 600registred players and organisers, forums, gallery, reports from actions, list of slovak LARPs and lot of other things allied on LARPs
problem is that the page is only in slovak so probably nobody here will understand it (maybe except people from czech or poland)
http://www.fangornvideo.ru/
“Fangorn-video” studio. You may buy video from Russian LARP’s here (9-13$ a disk+5-7$ for airmailing +cost of transferring money to Russia)
There are some sites at Ukraine and Israel too, but I don't know their adresses. Communications between LARPers within CIS (former USSR) and with Israel is very wide.
Joined: Aug 09, 2004 Posts: 153 Location: Kiel, Germany
Posted: Tue Jan 23, 2007 5:11 am Post subject:
Wow, thank You for the concise description of LARP in the Moscow region - if not Russia!
As far as I can see, about the same rules and type of fighting can be found at the Society of Creative Anachronism - which prefers more or less historical settings and less fantasy and generally has more amateurs with a strong interest in historical reenactment and detail. LARPs over here seem to be the fantasy game for the masses where the foam (or boffer) weapons are in use since the normal player does not want to be required to invest more time, effort or money into weapons training or protective gear. A fantasy LARP over here may have it's battles - sometimes with several thousand players - and these battles may be nearly as 'tough' as those You see in Russia - but the rules differ slightly. Usually the head, the hands and the genitals are not hit locations and the blows have to be 'pulled' so there won't be full strikes against the opponent even with the softer foam weapons. In theory, LARP combat is more of a simulation of combat than the real thing. Of course, heavily armoured opponents or those using shields may be the target of heavier blows so it is definitely wise to wear armour and a helmet in the midst of a battle. The arrow construction - as far as I understand the pictures - is similar, carbon shafts may be in use though some people advise against them since they say it is easier to discover a nearly broken (and dangerous) wooden arrow than a near-splintering carbon arrow. The arrowhead is usually foam and/or latex on the outside, that is the only difference I can see. Shield-bashing and infighting is usually not allowed BUT the combattants may aggree to allow this at their own risk if both want to use these maneuvers.
Since I am more of the 'talking or running'-kind and not a combattant - and since I prefer to be able to play my schamanistic 'mage' - I try to avoid battle-heavy games. I prefer story-based games where fighting might occur but is not the main part of the game. Thus I am not the best to describe 'usual and common' LARP practice over here.
*just curious* How did it come to the good contact with Israeli LARPers? They are not exactly neighbours, that's why I ask. _________________ "Like the moon goddess on her path eternal..."
Joined: Jan 19, 2007 Posts: 12 Location: Troitsk, Moscow region
Posted: Tue Jan 23, 2007 9:10 am Post subject:
Rraurgrimm wrote:
*just curious* How did it come to the good contact with Israeli LARPers? They are not exactly neighbours, that's why I ask.
KGB made it!
Just joking.
It's because during the last decades of USSR many people from here emmigrated there. They still communicate with their friends here and their children communicate also. Many people there speak russian. Their games quite differ from ours. Maybe because they have enough 'military' in their lives.
Israel is just a country where many Russians emmigrated. I saw some people coming to our LARP-games from USA. These of course were russians who left Russia to live and work there.
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