August Weekend Event (8/24/18 to 8/26/18) Information

The terrian is jagged and high uphill and high downhill, just preparing everyone, our thighs are going to look great! - I think you mean terrain and steep versus high..though if it's steep uphill, it has to be steep downhill.

You will be assigned a cabin when you come to camp by staff, of course you can offer requests but for the first time there we will be assigning for ease! - Shouldn't that be an In-game decision made by the characters? If forced by OOG choices, it puts IG characters at risk from nefarious characters they wouldn't sleep next to and/or doesn't allow the midnight sudden attack from a false ally.

I think it all can be handled IG. If blood thirsty Sage rolls into town before others and tosses her stuff in a cabin and says it's hers..then I guess the other characters accept that or handle it..IG. I'm a big proponent for letting IG handle itself without OOG forcing it. How freaking awesome would it be for blood thirsty Sage to rip out back-talking Gwengwens tongue and the grand noble Bolos heart, just because they tried to stay in her cabin??

Ok, please let me know.

Not sure why being assigned a sleeping spot OOC changes anything. Seems pretty obvious Plot is just trying to ensure everyone has a spot where they can sleep. Just handle IC, do what your character would do.

A look into the Hardcore.

I've always been an extremist which most of you know as you are my friends and family.

It took my friend a while to get me to go out to a LARP. I'd gamed for years but arrogance, trust, and the idea that it was silly held me back. I finally agreed and loved it.

I started in NERO Dallas/Fort Worth in 1994. Within three events I was running that chapter. I had a group of people around me (about 3-5) that loved my vision and drive and helped me to accomplish it. A while later, my ex-wife and I split and I found it difficult to be around her as well as a group that I felt ashamed in so I decided to move back to Colorado.

A few friends and I took a roadtrip out to see Ford and I got my own Chapter: NERO Colorado.

I loved NERO. Primarily because I had no other reference to LARP and I loved LARP but I was missing much in the NERO system. Even at the beginning I didn't like the lack of religion. I didn't care for the lack of end game or the way that character building such as Other Craftsman Skills were throw away in that they only gave you coin. It quickly became apparent that the system was a combat system and that the role-playing aspect of it was encouraged but not the focus.

So, I changed it. I made Nature magic AND Descration magic (which no one talks about!), incorporated a non-religious "religion" and started implementing a new chapter variation on abilities and powers that made end game more enjoyable.

But I was fairly fresh out of the military and just embracing my new Asatru faith and full of testosterone and so were the core high school group that came out. So we were insane. We figured if it's too hardcore, you're too old. We did shit that should have killed or at the least maimed us and there WERE a few hospital visits.

But that's what we did. Physical contact rule, throw it out. Rulebook, throw it out. Pretty much do it or shut up. This didn't lead to sexual harrassment or really any kind of harrassment but looking back, it was careless and could have really ended poorly. It didn't and I'm grateful for the days.

All of this is preface to say that we had a motto that I'm sure many of you have heard from me. "Take it in game." Didn't matter what it was, I directed everyone to take it in game. Unless it was done offsite and it was clear that it was between players, the game system was the ultimate judge and jury of all actions.

The only people in this game with us that were there are Suzanne and Kris. Tim was in at the end of my reign and beginning of Suzanne's so he will have seen some of it if not heard stories but it was our mantra. Suzanne's reign was much more politically and safety oriented but she, too, was part of Hardcore LARP so kept a lot of our key ideals.

He recently argued a point about assigning cabins. I don't think he argued it properly nor do I completely agree with his stance but I DO understand it. And ultimately, his stated point is that he's holding true to the principles which I, myself, taught him. "Everything is handled in game."

And that's mostly what I wanted to say. Krike is old. lol He comes from a different breed of LARPers which I fostered and pretty much raised. Nikki's generation is a lot more into feelings and how things affect people and everything being fair. Ultimately, I agree with that but it's hard to change mind sets.

So I just wanted to post to give context to what Krike is saying.

Thanks for reading and happy LARPing all!

Good morning adventurers!

The food for this coming overnight has been decided on: We will be feeding everyone at the event so people don’t need to worry about cooking, etc. I am requesting 10$ a person donation for food, however, if you can't afford that, I get it. It is last minute notice AND it's a very small event.

Let me know and we can work something out, we can always use the help or even people to assist in helping in the kitchen (though it's a small kitchen so I might send you out to kill small rodents for the stew. J/K) Right now myself and Will are running the chaos of cooking, serving, etc.

If you have dietary restrictions/allergies, let me know, most meals can be dished up vegetarian. We will also have snacks out during the days.

We will be offering Texas style Sweet tea and unsweetened tea.

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