Larpers on the rise.

[Burzuru Burzuru]

Okay thanks but seriously how do i change the title?

i don't believe you can.

 

[Metroid_Hybrid]

"May your hobby become mainstream" is a subtly evil curse that's analogous to the classic "may you live in interesting times"..

The current era is proof-positive that Gatekeeping absolutely can be a good thing, and should be exercised in order to, well, exorcise the more recent polluting subversives out..

Traditional elements of a hobby (etc.) can, and should, be maintained– and without apology. Sure, "the only constant in the universe, is change." But unlimited growth & change just for the sake of unlimited growth & change is, by definition, CANCER... and cancer left unchecked always results in the eventual death of the host organism. But any & all aggressive cancer treatments are also extremely unpleasant (to put it mildly), but necessary. The analogous "chemotherapy" that is necessary will also invariably "kill off" some positive elements as well during the course of "treatment," but the consequences of allowing this "cancer" to freely metastasize further will eventually be far worse..

 

[silada]

I wasn't talking about you, nor did I threaten you. Though if you choose to follow those fools, then that is on you. They could not give a fuck about you. Only their wants and desires. All they care about is "engagement", your attention and your fears/prejudice for dat easy money. They don't even give a fuck about each other, and will eventually betray/backstab each other at the drop of a hat or when its convenient. It's happened many times before. It's all that awaits those only united by hate and propaganda. Have fun with that. Let met know how they make life better for you by bringing misery onto those who've done nothing wrong, other than existing and for being born different.

Good! Glad we cleared that out. People like me usually thrive on active communication, even when others suggest its antithesis. Regarding the advice, thanks but I prefer it my way.
I reserve the right to choose my company, parasocial circles, interests, hobbies, etc. Which some would suggest is bad. What is bad is bad and what is good is good, that is as long as I can still decide it for myself.

I prefer to remain friendly and avoid losing the right to navigate the forum and interact with others, but I wouldn't trade that for mutual respect. We don't have to agree with each other, but I believe some sort of respect must exist. If you or anyone disagrees on this maxim, please lets make it clear right here. I love honesty, refer to my inbox for insults(ps.: do not send viruses).

 

[RageBurner]

Okay thanks but seriously how do i change the title?

What do you want me to change it to?

 

[extermist]

I think we all have heard of this meme making the rounds. People who pretend to be fans of a franchise but don't interact with it in the most basic ways. This phenomenon is prominent in the gaming sphere because people would rather watch playthroughs of games than playing it, and im not speaking about E-Sports or Speedruns as in watching other more experienced people a game in a way you don't play it, i mean watching someone else play the game yet you don't do it.

Thoughts?

There will always be people like those.
Just focus on the hobby and not the people orbiting the hobby.
They'll go away eventually.

"Larpers could be here" he thought, "I HATE larpers"

I will forever recognize that image.

 

[silada]

Not referring to you, but I don't respect assholes who abuse their power and hide behind fascism and are thin skinned/flippant on their actual 'beliefs' or don't believe in a damn thing, but the grift. Once again, you keep your company however you wish. I don't cozy up to shallow, know nothing, racist and sexist butt fucks. All of those people you mentioned are on my "go to hell and go fuck yourselves list". I can think for myself and don't need them to make my own decisions nor gaming decisions especially.

Also, I am black and all for equality. They're are all the complete opposite of what I believe and fight for, and they could not give a fuck about actual gaming, nor the positives they bring. Nor do they care about the different walks of life who make games. Any game that is Asian/Japanese/Chinese/Korean they will use as a stepping stone, and then ditch when they no longer need it, or forget about within a week or two. They only care about the all mighty dollar for themselves. Again, you choose that poison. So don't blame me, nor anyone, but yourself. That is all you get from me.

You are entitled to your opinions, but this is not even of my concern, whether you black or pink. I don't see race, only avatars and text, the subjectivity it may carry, the respect it deserves and earns on top of that. That is the best I can do. But I will not pretend I don't see the veiled irony, passive-aggressive girl club hostility. Feel free to meme, insult, but tell it to my face, I guarantee you mods will get no complaint from me and if criticism is earned I'll gladly own it.

I welcome full-blown hostility, like using sexist butt-fucks, I could go to town over that term, but why would I!? I prefer to give another chance, it is in my nature, propensity to backfire included. I will un-watch this thread. The best I can hope is that this exchange and my reluctance into kneel don't develop into a dedicated Shīkuretto kurabu dedicated to my online persona, but it might be too late for that. Have a good weekend mate, all the best for you.

 

[Oracle16?]

A little annoying, but no more than that. I knew this girl who claimed to love Silent Hill, especially 2 & 3, and I had just finished up 1. One day we hung out, and I got stuck during the apartment segment in 2 and asked if she could help me out. She didn't even know SH2 used TANK controls. I couldn't help but laugh; not to be malicious, but all the talk of being a fan but not even knowing the basic walk controls was a bit ridiculous. Turns out every game she claimed to love she hadn't played, so I gifted her a PS3 that I had modded. Last time I checked, she played Asuras Wrath and Bayonetta. At least she's playing now right?

 

[bogartt]

Man, who cares. Gatekeeping silliness ITT.
WRONG: "You've never even played this game, so what does your opinion matter?"
RIGHT: "Oh, nice, maybe you'll play it sometime. But even without playing, you can appreciate the story/music/voicework/etc. Let me know if you do decide to play it, I can give tips!"

 

[Guinea]

They can larp deez nuts.

 

[gabiigool]

my opinion on larpers (ik posers is the better term, but larper sounds WAAAYYYY funnier to say) is kinda mixed, cause yeah: the best way to be a fan is to play the game that u think is cool. but also sometimes that game is just balls hard to even play at times, like yeah theres emulation for older games, but ur not always gonna be able to run the game u want always (might be more reasons why but im a bit tired of thinking for now lol). even then, i had someone super close to me tell me that, every larper eventually becomes a real fan, its only a matter of time, and honestly truer words have never been spoken lol

 

[Sinmenon]

I do have bad experiences with LARPers in the RP community.

The first one was when I was rping this character from a game and I mentioned, in ooc, that I wished to interact with some characters and I mentioned them, but there was no active people doing these characters. Lo and behold, someone who had been pretty much stalking me decided to pick up one of these characters. I'm always up for interactions so when they replied a prompt I kept interacting. But, of course, the character they were doing was completely off. Turns out they only had read the fandom wiki and never actually played the game... And then in the following prompt it was supposed to be something "simple". The prompt was "My character walks into your character's room and find them in pajamas ready to go to bed" or something along these lines.

Spoiler: welp it escalated quickly

instead of sending a picture in pajamas of the character they sent a nsfw fanart....

The second one was when setting up the scene, the person accused me of "assuming things" when describing their characters' bedroom. Turns out that this person had no idea that you actually go into their character's bedroom during an event and if you write "<character name> bedroom" on google you'll see screenshots of the game... And yes, their only experience with the game was watching youtube.

Now that I shared my bad experiences, let me share my personal opinion.
I don't particularly mind if someone's experience was mostly watching youtubers. After all, some games can be grindy, or too time-consuming, or in a system that the person has no access to. Not everyone has 30 hours to pour in a game. Or 135 hours in some very lore-heavy titles.
The one thing that I do care is when these people walk in and talk as if they are an authority in these games. I saw someone doing a LORE video on something, and this person had never actually played the game but watched one youtuber playing and that youtuber didn't find that one note with lore info - so they complained about how it should be more obvious and blahblahblah.
Another thing I do care is when they superimpose their own takes and headcanons as being the only acceptable. For example, when they want to foist a Western America-Eurocentric view on a Japanese or Chinese game.

 

[ToMattoSauce]

They have always been there; people like to pretend they are something they are not, whether it is for attention or social validation. The only difference is that now you see it everywhere because of the internet.

 

[RageBurner]

The one thing that I do care is when these people walk in and talk as if they are an authority in these games. I saw someone doing a LORE video on something, and this person had never actually played the game but watched one youtuber playing and that youtuber didn't find that one note with lore info - so they complained about how it should be more obvious and blahblahblah.

Another thing I do care is when they superimpose their own takes and headcanons as being the only acceptable. For example, when they want to foist a Western America-Eurocentric view on a Japanese or Chinese game.

I think that's generally how LARPers/posers are perceived, and hence the negative baggage associated with them.

 

[beefbowl]

This phenomenon is prominent in the gaming sphere because people would rather watch playthroughs of games than playing it

Only some people do this, everybody else plays games one way or another.

I think this behavior is silly, and as we see on twitter, they are generally not smart. I've never seen a double-digit iq person larp as a gamer.

 

[ConanTheDestroyer]

I have hard time understanding the idea of calling yourself a fan of a game without ever playing it. I have no problem with someone being a fan of individual elements of a game like music, artwork, etc. I would most definitely encourage them to check out the game itself in that case. But a game is not just those individual elements but a combination of all of them that you would have to experience yourself since it's meant to be interactive.

My problem however has always been with people who frame themselves as the authority without ever playing the game. Not everyone will like everything and not everyone will be a fan of everything so I don't understand this insistence on wanting to be a fan of something that you haven't even played and moreover claiming to be an expert on it. Like a game's music or lore if you want but at the end of the day it's not the game itself you're a fan of, but the things that surround it.

 

[Pandaprewmaster325]

they can burn in hell for all i care! You don't just come around and act smug when all you did was watching a YT video

Its a clear and cut case , no buts no ifs , didn't play the game you aren't a fan so gtfo it's that straightforward

Anything else allows people to infiltrate the game Fandom and in most cases it's negative not positive

"May your hobby become mainstream" is a subtly evil curse

Also this!

 

[Vexicrypt]

Clearly this topic is very popular right now, but I guess I'm weird because I don't engage with any fandoms, so its not a big "problem" for me. Though I think being overdefensive and franchise/company/brand-loyal is generally bad for the brain of any human being, on both sides.

Also ragebait is a huge thing these days -- heck, people make tons of money out of it -- so engaging with people like that (doesn't matter if they are real posers or not) essentially means you will end up helping them. So more times than not its better to just ignore them, log off and keep doing what you like doing. Sure, ignoring the problem is not helping to resolve it, but at least won't cost you your mental health. Besides, I don't think it can be solved to begin with.