I went LARPing(Live Action Role Playing) this weekend. I have not LAPRed in over 8 years. It was strange to go back. My nephew wanted to try it and I though it would be a good excuse to try it again.
I started LARPing maybe around 2005. I only know this because one of the plot people like to start the LARP. He would say “my daughter is only 14 years old”. She is 26 now, so I am just guessing on time line.
By playing at a LARP. I made incredible friends I still have to day. I also learn a lot about myself. As I am not really a people person LARPing was very difficult. You have to create this character and become this role that you created. As I am not the most extroverted person. This pushed me in brand new fun ways.
The issue was at the end. I really liked being myself. So I would go to the game just and just monster the whole time. This was fun as I would get to see some friends, and get a good amount of exercise.
When I stopping LARPing. I was starting to feel this incredible sadness each time I would go, and while I was there. The best description would be that feeling right after you finish eating a whole pizza, or maybe that feeling when you realize you just did the last whippets from a box of 24. Just felt regret.
The straw that broke the camels back, and why I had to leave. I went to the bathroom late at night. Someone had thrown a paper towel in the toilet bowel. I know this does not seem like much. I believe everyone was told when they were young. Dont throw paper towels in the toilet. This is just an asshole move. You backup the toilet then no one can use the toilet. Shows a complete lack of respect for people. It seems like a small thing, and it was. It was just the last note to tell me I needed to not go back.
Through the years I have talked with friends that LARP and I would say. Haha maybe I should try it again. It used to be a lot of fun.
My nephew asked me if I would take him, I said yes. This would be a good excuse to see how my memory lined up. Could it be as fun as I remembered it being. Could it be all of the fun things, without all the sad things.
This is were I started to think of LARPing like Prozac. I had a buddy that did a lot of Prozac. He described the experience like this. Well you see you are this personalty. You have all these issues you cant really handle so you take Prozac. Then its great you are this brand new personalty, and you dont experience all your old problems. Then as you keep taking Prozac. This new personalty gets its own brand new problems. You cant really handle any of these brand new Prozac personality problems. So you decided to stop taking Prozac. Well that would be great except your old No-Prozac personality has all of its old problems you could not handle which is why you started taking Prozac in the first place. Well then you try and comment suicide. NOTE: If you feel depressed get help call 1-800-273-8255.
I kind of see LARPing like that. I went back I did not get that sadness. I got happiness. I got see some old friends. How they changed. I got to see my nephew have tons of fun.
I dont really understand people. AKA kind of why I started this blog to help me think and see people. The people still doing LARP. Why do they keep doing it. I ended up understanding it does not matter. This was an experience I already had. I completed it. There a lot of things I want to be doing in life. LARPing helped immensely in who I am today.
I would most likely not be writing this blog were it is without LARPing. I took a comedy improv class and want to do more with this. I have all kinds of new adventures I want to go own, I feel LARPing helped me down the road. I can not even state all the ways LARPing changed my life. I just now know I dont want to go back.
I guess sometimes going back helps you remember there is a lot of new fun things you need to be doing today.
Lay on.
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