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**happyman** · 05-22-2007, 03:59 AM

I may have mentioned that LARP was the last step to doing kendo for me so I can't really cast too many stones, however it does allow me to speak with a certain amount of 'authority'. Darkon looks shit!

When I was doing it back in '94 I first got access to the internet and saw the 'gaffa' weapons they were using in the states it was laughable but understandable considering the letigious nature. Recently I did stumble across a LARPing forum where they were discussing how to make realistic looking latex weapons and there seemed to be a great deal of knowledge in the US about the various foams and rubbers to get the best looking weapons.

So it fills me with a certain confused disgust that the best they can represent is a few dozen Braveheart wannabe's standing behind a plywood castle using nerf swords from the early nineties. That's not a good 'advert' for the genre, which is a shame.

05-22-2007, 03:59 AM	#7
happyman Join Date Oct 2005 Posts 423 Senior Member	I may have mentioned that LARP was the last step to doing kendo for me so I can't really cast too many stones, however it does allow me to speak with a certain amount of 'authority'. Darkon looks shit! When I was doing it back in '94 I first got access to the internet and saw the 'gaffa' weapons they were using in the states it was laughable but understandable considering the letigious nature. Recently I did stumble across a LARPing forum where they were discussing how to make realistic looking latex weapons and there seemed to be a great deal of knowledge in the US about the various foams and rubbers to get the best looking weapons. So it fills me with a certain confused disgust that the best they can represent is a few dozen Braveheart wannabe's standing behind a plywood castle using nerf swords from the early nineties. That's not a good 'advert' for the genre, which is a shame.
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