A sci-fi LARPer in Brighton I vaguely know, one autumn day in '84
decided to walk home from picking up the huge blank-firing machine gun his mate was lending him (or that he'd just bought, I forget which) - with the firearm simply slung over his shoulder. Not in a bag, or anything.

Very shortly after he arrived at home, a squad of armed police broke the door in, threw him to the floor with their very real guns pointed at him, and dragged him off for questioning.
( Invisible Wizard - 10th Level Nerf-herder, Sat 18 May 2013, 11:02, 8 replies)

Is it star wars?

( 2 Can Chunder Word to your mums, I came to prod bums, Sat 18 May 2013, 12:38, closed)

Were they real police or was it some kind of meta-larp?
Are you just pretending to be someone posting a story on qftw?
( 4Q just lurking, Sat 18 May 2013, 14:42, closed)

Am I just logging into other accounts to generate replies as another kind of roleplaying?

( drimble he'd been white, he'd been black, Sat 18 May 2013, 15:03, closed)

No, are you?

(spanishfly 2, Sat 18 May 2013, 15:05, closed)

I didn't know larping existed that long ago.

(Pookie Bear had some very shiny foez, Sat 18 May 2013, 15:25, closed)

I think he's just pretending or something.

( 4Q just lurking, Sat 18 May 2013, 15:28, closed)

Probably yes.
The little scamp.
(Pookie Bear had some very shiny foez, Sat 18 May 2013, 15:35, closed)

They didn't call it "LARP" back then
just "live roleplaying".

I first heard about LRPing in the early 80s, myself. The tabletop gamers tended to think the rubber sword brigade were "a bit dorky" - but in retrospect, at least they tended to be fit and outdoorsy, in comparison.
( Invisible Wizard - 10th Level Nerf-herder, Sat 18 May 2013, 17:10, closed)