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From:  kingfox |
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March 8th, 2004 01:43 pm (UTC)
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RIP New Brunswick fun
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Newz closed down in 1995 or 1996, despite what this page says. That guy is wrong. I was driving my Cougar and dating Christina when it closed down. I was in high school. It was the place where I went many nights after working at Roy Rogers. Friends of mine worked there and/or hung out there regularly. Some little blond pierced (less common in 1994-1996) chick that friends of mine kept on trying to set me up with worked there. An idol of mine, the future slum lord of South Plainfield, dated her. A year later I would have a fun drunken night with her, gushing all over her, wandering the streets of Woodbridge proper to sneak into my father's house, spiking our Slurpees with booze from a party we were attending. A year later she quit the LARP with both were on the administrative staff for. Goth high school Russell had it for her in a big way, and drank most of a bottle of rum while flirting poorly with her. A friend, former drug runner and black and white photographer, went there a few times with me. I remember us having a spirited religious debate with two cultists. It was just a happening laid-back place, run by a crazy old guy. One employee explained that if he remembered to take his meds, it was a good day for all the employees. If he forgot, their lives were a living hell. I miss the place, and have yet to find a place quite like it. Much like The Melody Bar, another New Brunswick spot that's had its swan song.
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From: angryjonny |
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March 8th, 2004 03:49 pm (UTC)
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Yet another coincidence between you and I
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Ref: During my time at lovely  drewuniversity I, too, was on the admin staff for a vampire LARP.  phyiscsninja and I started it in the fall of 2001. For a year, it was good, then for the next year it was pretty kickass. After we left, well, I've heard that it's kinda petered out. And as for the lack of a foster coffeehouse- I hear you loud and clear. Sweet Dreams blows and you'll never find that cozy, dorky atmospehere in a Starbucks. I, for one, like Van Gogh's Ear... holy fuck- I've just realized that I, too, had the long-term hots for a waitress at a coffeehouse (Van Gogh's) and awkwardly/unsuccessfully tried to flirt with her (ask physicsninja or leprechaung)- which is an odd and anomalous experience for me... I'm usually pretty successful! STOP LIVING MY LIFE, SPRAGUE!!!!!!1!!!1111
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From: kingfox |
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March 10th, 2004 10:08 pm (UTC)
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DORK DORK DORK DORK DORK
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I found the ``No Balls'' tag the other day while cleaning up my room with jenniever. It wasn't a goth LARP. It was a fantasy LARP. Though the most powerful race was a life force draining shapeshifting demonic vampire beast with paralysis powers. But they were hunted by every other race, and only once did someone actually dress up as a non-shapeshifted one. He's also the same guy who used to run a WoD LARP in the largest goth club in NYC in the 90's, The Bank. Unlike redvector's fantasy LARP, we had PVP. It was a small town in an important geographical location. Many factions wanted the town, and they were all represented by members of the playerbase. So often one faction leaned on the town with help from their local blood, while the other factions resisted. Alliances shifted, other things happened, but it kept things fresh. Instead of doing ``a necromancer comes to town'' for an evening and having to come up with something else a few hours from that, we could set up the Crimson Order with troops to maintain the border against the empire from the north who was encroaching, while we also had miniplots and dungeons going on. Made things much better. Worse than heading into Manhattan for games? I once attended a WoD LARP in the basement of a bar on Staten Island where a KISS cover band was playing above. Yeah. In these massive underground caverns under the place which was pretty cool, but still. I was a feature NPC, the ``kindred from the East'' demon warrior bodyguard. Best WoD game I ever played was in Manhattan's Chinatown, and I think it was run by the guy who runs redvector's LARP. He had detailed histories for every character done up, got an off-Broadway actor for the Prince, and ran it well. Walking in off the street, I had a sheet full of details that fit into and intersected with many others there. As a Ventrue I had to wheel and deal to keep my scandals covered up and exploit others, maneuvering my way into a safe and strong position by the end of the night. Fun.
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I read: Unlike redvector's fantasy LARP, we had PVP As: Unlike redvector's fantasy LARP, we had PCP No wonder you liked LARPs so much. I've done both the Rock-Paper-Scissors WoD thing (never in a bar in Staten Island...), and the PVP thing. I prefer the latter, especially when you have gigantic, overweight D&D players trying to use a gigantic, 12-foot-long "claymore". Extra humour points if they're wearing fur and, come on, you know they will be. You and I should get inebriated and invade redvector's LARP. No fur, though.
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From: kingfox |
Date:
March 11th, 2004 08:33 am (UTC)
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With this PVC and foam, I strike at thee!
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Oh, redvector's LARP has boffer combat, but it's still not PVP. You're interchanging the two terms. PVP - player versus player - Players can attack each other, kill each other, and are set up to confront each other. boffer - foam weapons - Players and NPCs fight with fake weapons, actually striking each other. roshambo - rock paper scissors - Players duke it out with freaky hand gestures. You can have either of the latter two with the former or without the former. Your LARP had roshambo PVP, his has non-PVP boffer, my LARP had boffer PVP. redvector has great stories about boffer combat, fat geeks slamming into people, horribly disgracing people, getting injured by fools, and so on. You can read more about his LARP here.
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