Any news for this year on appearances?

~KF

Vindication awoke hungover, disgruntled and proceeded to emasculate another abbreviated news clip.  Exasperated with tiresome drivel constantly quoting Garfield he searched in vain for immaculate reporting.  Valiantly ignoring vivacious vixens with the biggest, loudest dance-routines, he decided not to apply logic, rather to invoke vainglorious abortions of dogmatic speeches that did exterminate any chance and distinguished Camembert from those devious dairy turncoats.  What the hell!  Flinging a piece of Havarti and starting a stirring of goulash, he felt intensely satisfied that he wasn't medicated

I will not use Little Chicago to decimate every parking meter in Big Chicago.
* even if I've just gotten a parking ticket
* well, maybe on April Fools' Day

I will not use powers to affect sporting events.
* Even for the Cubs

I will not ask Bob to help me with a spell to put Ammorachius in a rock until the proper wielder comes along.
* Nor will I ask Arthur Langtree if any of his predecessors left any notes about it either

I will not make any "Sith" references about myself and Molly ...
* Especially around Morgan
* Mostly because he probably wouldn't get my humor
* Especially because Molly my start with the Nimue comments again ...

I will not cackle madly and say "its time to make the donuts" in a sleepy voice whenever I see a Summer Court Fey from now on...
* Especially if Thomas is with me

I will not make any more comments about Wizards, secrets and heroin when meeting with members of the white council
* Especially after Ramirez was felony-stopped when someone overheard me the last time I said it

That's ...hmmm...kind of....retarded.

QFT
Always hated the fact that conflict resolution in what was supposed to be a horror genre game is most often mastered before 2nd grade.

As a point of interest, some LARPs DO use some dice rolling to determine randomness, but its rarely involved in anything "fast-paced".

Another point is there are two main "styles" of LARP:

1. "Boffer LARPs" - I hit you with a padded weapon (generally in the woods) and we're dressed and living as our characters for the duration of the game.  Almost everyone is "in play" though everywhere may not be.

2. "Salon-Style LARPs" - I tell you what I'm doing in a manner similar to what tabletop RPGers would see as standard role-playing.  There are GMs who spend time OOP moderating or doing GMish things, but most interaction is between PCs.  Conflict resolution is generally done via some sort of randomizing element (R/S/P, dice, coin-toss, etc) or occassionally on a point-system basis. 

"Salon-style" LARPs have been, in my experience, less time consuming, require a less "active" player base, less about costuming and more PvP heavy.  Where as "Boffer" LARPs tend to be involve a longer time commitment (usually a full day at least, more often a whole weekend), generally involve more makeup/costuming/ props, more PVE centric and require a more active player base.

~KF