I have one question. What is a "LARP"? Is it the same as a "LaRP"? On Saturday, October 11, 2003, at 12:13 AM, GibelMaria at aol.com wrote: > In a message dated 10/10/2003 9:21:35 PM Eastern Daylight Time, > jjnichol at MIT.EDU writes: > >> I orignally read Brust because my college ran a LARP based >> on the Vlad series. > > > (Warning... Geek moment abut to happen...) > > Well, Funny thing you mentioned LaRPs... Cause my friend and I.. > perhaps in a > state of Steven-Brust-Enduced-Euphoria, after reading LoCB ... where > Throwing > around ideas regarding sponsoring a Dragerea Based LaRP at next years > I-Con > convention in the North East... We planned to perhaps do a > Party/Murder/Mystery > show... Now I am not sure how many of you live in the North East but > what do > we all think about a Dragerea inspired LaRP and would it Succeed at a > convention ... we really do want to sponsor, and heck, run the Event, > I know my friend > is itching to write up the murder mystery... > > The Rules would be...: No one can play Vlad.. Except SKZB himself, (if > he > wished to that is)....if he deems to show himself, in the case he does > not, well > ... it would be assumed it is taking place around the time Vlad is > very young > ... just after meeting Kiera, and still works for his father as a > delivery > boy... One must be in a costume ... must have a name and house, and be > wearing > appropriate house colors... > > Heck, we might even put in a contest for the best public > discussion/argument > in the "Paarafi-style-Dialogue" For which I mean that the sentences > will be > elongated as to describe in an ridiculous mount of words and an almost > Exhausting number of sentences, the same phrase. > > I am highly interested in your opinions on whether this might work > out, and > also in finding out how many of us North Easterners (Heheheh I made a > Funny) > might be interested... > > GB-in-the-midst-of-insomnia > > Ps... Sorry f I am using too many punctuation marks and or not > enough. I > haven't slept in the Gods know how long and it don't look like I will > any time > soon. > > PPs... Wow... I think this is the longest mail I've written for this > site... > I am almost impressed with myself... (Yawn)... Almost