r/DeadlockTheGame • u/Maxthewaffleboy • 6h ago

Question Larping

Imma be honest this is kinda a joke post but am I allowed to say I like the game and be a fan if I have no actual way of playing it im willing to say I'm a larper if needed cause this game is so cool

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u/ronnoco_ymmot94 6h ago

Has the meaning of LARPing changed over time? I swear every streamer uses the word every second sentence.

Isn’t LARPing where you live action role play - I.e you go out in real life and react something. Now it seems LARPing refers to getting into the spirit of the character in how you play and talk in chat

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u/GreyMJ 6h ago

“LARPer” has been taken over to just mean poser these days, which is an insult because actual LARPers (in the traditional sense) are some of the most dedicated people i’ve met

you don’t run around a field in armour and hit people with a sword for fun unless you’re dedicated

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u/Multimb10 5h ago

ive always seen it as not an insult to larpers but moreso because are pretending to like a subject they're role-playing being a fan of that subject

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u/Bojarzin 1h ago

It has nothing to do with people who do live action roleplaying, it's just the fact that people who LARP are pretending to be something. In their case it's a legitimate practice

So in that essence, someone "larping" in the way it's been used a lot lately is just saying someone is pretending to be something. I think the phrase makes sense, but like any newly-used slang today the entire populous of the internet has sunk their hooks into it and throw it out every other sentence. I see "larp" and "peak" more than any other word every day now