D&D Can Change the World (or Norway at least)

[Drunken Durfin]

Norwegian diplomat thinks D&D can change the world

http://blastr.com/2012/03/norwegian-diplomat-thinks.php

The commentary after the article is kind of amusing.


Please don't compare paper and pencil rpg players to larper's. Larpers are just weird.
Thanks. I know we're weird. LARPing is best.

NERD FIGHT!!!!

[SHAFT]

Posted by Chris via*Facebook
Mar 28, 2012 12:23 PM
My 27th level paladin just converted to islam and declared jihad against the elves.
reply to Chris's comment
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[Archigeek]

I think it already has!

In his honor, I shall name my next dwarven warrior Heikki Holmas. "toss meh"

[Latrinsorm]

"D&D championship"

wat?

"Holmas has also moved on to participating in LARPs, including one set in World War II-era Norway that had a particular impact on his view of society.

"It was an incredible staging of 1942," he said. "We had people dressed like German soldiers, driving around in amphibious vehicles. It was totally ... it was an amazing LARP. I've never before or since felt such a total feeling of isolation in society. Isolation, and the despair that grabs you when you realized that your German masters didn't give a s--t.""

wat???

Heikki Holmas is a pretty sweet D&D name, though.

[Bhaalizmo]

On a related note, Wizards of the Coast is offering free playtesting of the forthcoming new version of D&D. Anybody in NC wanna get a group together?

[Gelston]

"D&D championship"

wat?

"Holmas has also moved on to participating in LARPs, including one set in World War II-era Norway that had a particular impact on his view of society.

"It was an incredible staging of 1942," he said. "We had people dressed like German soldiers, driving around in amphibious vehicles. It was totally ... it was an amazing LARP. I've never before or since felt such a total feeling of isolation in society. Isolation, and the despair that grabs you when you realized that your German masters didn't give a s--t.""

wat???

Heikki Holmas is a pretty sweet D&D name, though.

If they have vehicles and all that shit, doesn't it really just become reenactments at that point?

[Drunken Durfin]

If they have vehicles and all that shit, doesn't it really just become reenactments at that point?

And it comes full circle: Larpers are just weird.

[Delias]

And it comes full circle: Larpers are just weird.

Yeah... The only thing you do with larpers is push them in the river.

See, all the Vampire players would do their silly larping at the Riverwalk... well, then if you were a teenager with nothing better to do you might run into the middle of their game, yelling "Garou!" and push people into the river for sucking so bad at life.

Just, uh, something I heard about.

[Stanley Burrell]

Jeg kastet magiske missil i mørket.

[Delias]

Jeg kastet magiske missil i mørket.

I...uh... agree?

[Stanley Burrell]

I...uh... agree?

I think it's supposed to say, "I cast magic missile at the darkness" via online translation.

[Drunken Durfin]

"I cast magic missile at the darkness"

Win.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zng5kRle4FA

[joehollywood]

So about 2 months ago, my school had an event where all the clubs set up a booth and could recruit members and such. One of my friends, being the awesomely funny dude that he is ( and I only say that somewhat sarcasticly due to the fact that I'm the butt of this joke, he's actually a freaking riot )...

...he decided to sign my email up for each and every club...80ish in all...so for the past 2 months I have to weed through about 5-10 emails a day.

Most of the clubs removed my name from the list after a brief explanation and an email or two to remind them. Oh no...not the LARP club!

I get on average 5 emails a week from one or more of them...

They gist tends to go like this...

Emailer#1:We're meeting this week at such and such, and you all need to go over the rules cause I got a lot of complaints...

Emailer#2:Emailer#1 brings up a good point, but we have to remember that we're transitioning from these rules to those rules, and we have to do that too...

Emailer#3:We borrowed some shit from this other LARP club and since we changed our rules, they want our shit back...

etc etc etc...round and round we go...

I keep emailing them to get them to take me off but it's just not working. Good thing I only have to use that Email for the next year or so...

...sigh...

[Drunken Durfin]

A friend of mine was a really big deal in the SCA years back. For those of you who are not familiar, think LARP but they don't use foam weapons - they use wooden ones and real armor. The battle reenactments they do very often end up with injuries, and I'm not talking just bruises which are expected.

Well, one day a bunch of LARP people showed up at one of his combat practice events and asked if they would be interested in being a group of goblins in one of their upcoming sessions, giving the LARP'ers someone to fight as a group rather than dividing up amongst themselves.

Now, the SCA guys were not allowed to use their rattan weapons, but, even with the foam stuff they were issued by the LARP guys, they were deadly. The SCA folks take combat pretty seriously.

The quote that I remember most from all of that was this: "The goblins won the day. I do not think we will be invited back."

[SHAFT]

A friend of mine was a really big deal in the SCA years back. For those of you who are not familiar, think LARP but they don't use foam weapons - they use wooden ones and real armor. The battle reenactments they do very often end up with injuries, and I'm not talking just bruises which are expected.

Well, one day a bunch of LARP people showed up at one of his combat practice events and asked if they would be interested in being a group of goblins in one of their upcoming sessions, giving the LARP'ers someone to fight as a group rather than dividing up amongst themselves.

Now, the SCA guys were not allowed to use their rattan weapons, but, even with the foam stuff they were issued by the LARP guys, they were deadly. The SCA folks take combat pretty seriously.

The quote that I remember most from all of that was this: "The goblins won the day. I do not think we will be invited back."

That's awesome, I really did lol

[Delias]

I always thought the SCA would be fun to get into but something kept getting in the way. I think it was my dignity, maybe, or a desire for pussy.

[Bhaalizmo]

I always thought the SCA would be fun to get into but something kept getting in the way. I think it was my dignity, maybe, or a desire for pussy.

There's plenty of willing pussy in the SCA. Among that crowd it's well known that 9 out of 10 chicks in the SCA are horndogs. They can also likely bench press you.

[Delias]

There's plenty of willing pussy in the SCA. Among that crowd it's well known that 9 out of 10 chicks in the SCA are horndogs. They can also likely bench press you.

I prefer a slender woman who cannot bench press me. I dislike the ones that are scary skinny, but also no fatties or people who can beat me up.

Edit: This was almost a whole 'nother page on me rambling about female body types that I like to touch, but then I realized how go d amn high I am. Whoa. I think I went too far. It was my goodbye weed fiesta, as I am quitting... not for any moral reasons, but because it is getting in the way of something I want to do which is this: http://www.coolrunning.com/engine/2/2_3/181.shtml

Ok I think I am done. Oh, hey, pizza.

[Bhaalizmo]

I prefer a slender woman who cannot bench press me. I dislike the ones that are scary skinny, but also no fatties or people who can beat me up.

Well yeah, me too. Just sayin. SCA cannot be categorized as a bad place to get some stank on your hanglo, because it's kinda good odds.

[Delias]

Well yeah, me too. Just sayin. SCA cannot be categorized as a bad place to get some stank on your hanglo, because it's kinda good odds.

Dude, fishing with dynamite is not the same as fishing. I am trying to catch a certain species, not every damn thing in the lake.

[Gelston]

http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_2pSV1CBssXk/SzrQCTQK4NI/AAAAAAAAA38/SbSmFo6v8OM/s400/1126673419.jpg

Looking for something like that?

[Bhaalizmo]

Dude, fishing with dynamite is not the same as fishing. I am trying to catch a certain species, not every damn thing in the lake.

Me neither. I don't want every thing in the lake. However, I'm just responding to your comment that you never got into the SCA because you like pussy. (quoted below)


I always thought the SCA would be fun to get into but something kept getting in the way. I think it was my dignity, maybe, or a desire for pussy.

Pussy is easily available in the SCA, being my point.

[Delias]

More like this.
http://i.imgur.com/LQeYWl.jpg

[Bhaalizmo]

Yep, I'll take some o that.

[Delias]

Yep, I'll take some o that.

Ok but I'm goin first. I'm not going sloppy second to some dude I know only as Ball-leesimo.

[Androidpk]

Too slow, I got there first.

[Delias]

Too slow, I got there first.

Once the black mamba has been there, there is no point in going back. He strips the tread right off the tire.

[Androidpk]

Once the black mamba has been there, there is no point in going back. He strips the tread right off the tire.

:lol: