Anyone into LARPing?

[ilikegunspdx]

Edit : I know understand why LARPing sounds stupid haha

Looking for friends or group that go out and train/ larp lol. It sounds like it'd be a ton of fun. Is anybody familiar with local groups in the PNW?

This may be close to "larp" training. Has physical, mental, and marksmanship components.

View: https://youtu.be/14aBuXCrCYI?si=tUzOdcE3xSNqF8yr

 

[Tony617]

We had a Dungeon and Dragons club in high school but I was never interested in it. I was in marching band in the fall for football games and concert band started after the high football season was over.

 

[bradsteen]

Yes.

Oregon Senate passes bill to rein in paramilitary activity

The Senate on Saturday passed a bill that would clamp down on paramilitary activity and give law enforcement and private citizens tools to combat illegal intimidation, including through civil actions.

www.ijpr.org

"Under the proposal, unlawful paramilitary activity would be defined as three or more people who operate as a unit with a coordinated command structure. The group, armed with firearms, explosives or other weapons, would be considered a paramilitary organization if it publicly patrolled, held drills or engaged in activities that could injure or kill. The bill would apply to paramilitary activity regardless of ideology."

I think this applies to public spaces.

And the coup de grace will be the passage of M114 where you must ask permission from the crown to exercise your constitutional 2A right.

The way I read that so long as there is no "coordinated command structure" then you can train all you want. Though I really doubt it would stand up to legal challenge, given the whole "well regulated militia" part of 2A, and the fact that one cannot effectively bear arms without training.

 

[Yarome]

Once during a FTX...
We weren't issued blanks for whatever reason ...
Anyways....
My platoon was given the classic order to :
" Men , take that hill ! "

So there we were ....
In the hot sun charging up that hill doing all that good old Infantry "fire and maneuver " stuff...
All the while yelling : Bang , Bang....I swear I remember our 60 gunner yelling : "Budda , Budda , Budda "...
Just like in an old Sgt. Rock comic book.

Meanwhile the OPFOR troops were yelling back just as loudly...
Bang , Bang ...Boom...I got you...

When we got about to the middle of hill...we all kinda just said f#@K it...and stopped and started laughing...
A bunch of so called grown men yelling their fool heads off just like kids playing Army

Our Lieutenant did not like or appreciate our sense of irony...luckily our First Sergeant did ...
Andy

An old thread and I have heard the term LARPing, but didn't know what it means either.

This kind of reminded me of a story I once heard though.

A recruit had shown up for exercises without his rifle and his drill instructor handed him a stick... telling him... aim down your stick and yell "bangity, bang, bang. If a combatant is in close range, poke him with it and yell, "stabity, stab, stab".

He knew he's being rightfully made a fool of, but knows better than to not do as instructed. The exercise begins... he sights downfield at an "enemy" and yells, "Bangity, bang, bang!" and the guy drops. Cool! He's really going at it and dropping a good number of his fellows. One came flanking in down their defensive line... he pokes him in the ribs... yells, "stabity, stab, stab!" and the guy drops. Nice!!

If finally get's down to just him and one other big monster of a guy walking slowly in from the other side. He takes aim, yells, "bangity, bang, bang!", but nothin. The guy keeps walking straight at him and figured he must not have heard him. Again, louder, "bangity, bang, bang!". Again... nothin! He then get's the bright idea that maybe he was supposed to be reloading so he acts out reloading his stick, "clickity, click, click", takes aim again and yells as loud as he can, "bangity, bang, bang!" The guy keeps coming straight at him!

He's practically on top of him so he pokes the guy in the ribs and yells, "stabbity, stab, stab!", but the guy get's right up, kicks him in the shin... that puts him on the ground... and the guy walks right over the top of him... stepping on his shoulder.

It was about then he finally heard the guy muttering, "tankity, tank, tank... tankity, tank tank..."

Welcome to the Army!

 

[bradsteen]

Edit : I know understand why LARPing sounds stupid haha

Looking for friends or group that go out and train/ larp lol. It sounds like it'd be a ton of fun. Is anybody familiar with local groups in the PNW?

Not sure of your background, but simply going through the motions of moving and shooting with something like airsoft will help you get a better feel for what to expect. Not something I would confuse with proper training, but it definitely can be helpful to experience it firsthand. Doing so can help put scenario-specific training in context so you can better absorb it when you do get professional instruction. I'm sure you could probably find some friends in your area willing to shoot each other with plastic pellets. It falls flat at any kind of distance, but close range it's decent. Just don't expect it to replace instructor-led training - it doesn't.