So, for those of you who aren't familiar with the (derogatory) term "larper", it's an adjective of an acronym: L.A.R.P.; live-action role-play. Larping is basically a variation of Dungeons & Dragons. Players create a character per the guidelines (race, class, alignment, history, skills, stats, abilities, weapons, anything that almost involves a d10), then dress up as said character (kind of like pathetic nerd cosplay! =D), get together with a bunch of other larpers, go out to a remote field or wood somewhere and hold mock battles, which involve whacking each other with either "weapons" (see the explanation of foam-padded PVC) or "magic staves" (which are constructed in a curiously similar fashion as the "weapons") until their victim runs out of hitpoints. In order for the accosted larper to keep track of his hitpoints, the attacking players kindly shout out a continuous stream of damage counters while they pummel, such as "Two Magic! Two Magic! Two Magic! Two Magic! Two Magic! Two...." and so forth.
Honestly, I would feel less loss of self-esteem either sparring "for real" (heh) or simply playing the game by itself; I have no desire to humiliate myself by running around in a brown robe shouting "Two Magic!" while I beat upon random people with my brown stick Staff of Power. I might have found that entertaining in kindergarten. 'Course, I also might have preferred Tag to that sort of ... thing. ¬_¬
Actually, I still prefer Tag.
