This reminds me of that time a guy flew a drone over a LARP like this to capture some drone footage of the LARP. A guy saw the drone, and without thinking (his own words), LAUNCHED HIS SPEAR AT IT AND _ACTUALLY TOOK THE DRONE DOWN WITH IT._ The guy immediately went, "oh shit, wait, that's someone's drone," and found the owner of it to apologize, but the owner said it was the coolest fucking thing he'd ever seen, and that it was on him for flying a drone through a medieval fantasy LARP. Thing is, the drone footage survived, and it's the most bad ass shit _ever._ And now, that instance is literally a part of that LARP's lore. They have a _giant stone tablet_ that's been _hand carved_ to depict the soldier who threw his spear to take down the flying beast made of metal and dark magic. There's like a fucking festival in honor of the event every year in the LARP, too. This shit is just _so fucking cool._
@@SonjasAdventures I loved Armin Bastler's rants back in the day. I mean he made clothes himself, that looked exactly like in the games and meanwhile Netflix with their budget made costumes, that looked worse like ones we saw in Xena warrior princess or mysthic knights. Heck.. their costume designer even bragged about Henry Cavill bursting through her armor she made for him, not realizing that this wasn't really indicative of true skill in making clothes or armor that fits someone.
mud wizard got exiled to please the weather gods, he must wander our current timeline in eternity to atone for his sins during that one festival where it was raining all 5 days and literally turned everything into a swamp.
@@biyaogw2 In a land plagued by endless rain and muck, there lived a powerful wizard known as The Mud Wizard. He was feared and revered by the people of the land for his ability to control the mud and use it to his advantage. The Mud Wizard used his powers to create vast, fertile fields for the people to grow their crops. He also used his powers to construct grand, towering castles and magnificent roads. The people of the land were grateful to the Mud Wizard and they praised him for his generosity. But as time passed, The Mud Wizard became increasingly obsessed with his power. He began hoarding the mud, keeping it away from the people, and using it only for his own gain. The fields turned barren, the roads crumbled, and the castles began to sink into the muck. The people of the land were outraged. They had trusted and praised the Mud Wizard, only to be betrayed by his greed. They banded together and decided to confront the Mud Wizard and demand that he return the mud to the land. The Mud Wizard, however, refused to listen. He was too consumed by his obsession with power and wealth to see the destruction he had caused. The people, seeing no other choice, banded together and used their combined strength to overthrow the Mud Wizard and take back control of the mud. With the Mud Wizard defeated, the people of the land were able to restore the fields to their former fertility, repair the roads and the castles, and once again live in harmony with the land. The Mud Wizard, consumed by his own greed, was left to wander the land, a lonely and bitter figure, a reminder of the dangers of power and obsession. The story of The Mud Wizard is a cautionary tale about the dangers of greed and the importance of using power responsibly. It reminds us that even the most powerful among us can fall if they lose sight of what truly matters
The Mud Wizard has appeared throughout human history during times of war, halting massive advances with his unparalleled arts; this event is merely his recruiting grounds to find worthy apprentices to pass on his mastery.
@@Juuk-D That really depends on how good you can fit your cam in. I saw an Undead NPC at a LARP with a skull on his shoulder, and he fit a Gopro into its eye, and I am very sure nobody at Epic would have a problem with that.
One of biggest Larp events in germany is "conquest of mythodea". U have a big city, lots if different factions and like 6k people running around there.
@@mithrandirthegrey7644Or they know how to not be self conscious about having fun for literally just a few days while still living fulfilling well paid lives. Better than being stressed at the office and going bar hopping for no reason but to end up in jail.
German here LARP is common yeah but also serious Historical Re-enactments with Villages and People living historically often for at least 1 Month is very common here in Germany. Basically anytime you watch a Documentary on something in the Middle Ages or even earlier the Actors and Actresses you see are either Groups from Germany or France. Definitely worth looking into if you're interested. Prost & Cheers from Berchtesgaden (yeah that Berchtesgaden) in the Bavarian Alps
@@RealTaIk Born and raised here as well. Surprised you never heard of these. Never visited any i can see. Especially in Areas of Germany full of Medieval Burg/Fortress and Castles that are open to the Public there are yearly Events like this. And Germany has almost 25000 Fortresses/Castles so go figure how wide spread it is
Bro I‘m from Germany and this scenario is a big deal here. Gotta admit I‘ve never been into this that much but from a neutral perspective it’s deeply impressing. But u have to differ from fantasy and middle age fantasy. It’s like watching anime and having a bunch of genres to choose from. Enjoy 👏🏻 similar events are taking place in several cities in all Europe, but we do speak English most of the time, well French ppl speak French though.
people can say waht they want, talk the trash they want but I think this looks fun and the people are passionate about it. Must make a lot of new friends going to these things, and meet people that have simular passions and hobby. Real effort too with the costumes and role play
Well, having done my time in the SCA, a lot of this sounds like fun in theory, but knowing what I've seen of human nature in these things it just sounds like another opportunity for various wealthy inner circles to form and ostracize those who can't afford to dress convincingly enough to suit their " full immersion" tldr: sounds like a gaggle of fantasy period nazis.
@@RunyaEithelNar Depends. A lot of these people know how to use a sewing machine and how to scavenge scraps of leather and leftover fabrics. They manage to make the most amazing costumes for less than €50
@@The_Joestar I disagree here. Fabric and Leather isnt exactly cheap - and lets be honest, someone who has those sewing or leatherworking skills, wants to have props as well - helmets, weapons, ornaments, horns you name it. That stuff gets expensive fast. I am crafting costums (LARP/Cosplay) as a hobby and its not a cheap hobby. Also its not only about the raw material, but you nedd tools and a lot of time. And you will make mistakes in the beginning, which als increases your material costs. But tbh I dont see anything wrong with spending some money for a hobby
Not really. The metal offers the path of least resistance so electricity wouldn't jump to you. Acting like a Faraday cage, or in this case a Faraday suit.
@@Seamus.Harper A tazer doesn't have enough energy to do so. Besides heat comes from resistance. Low resistance means low heat. And all of that heat would spread out, and then the armour would act more like a heat sink.
As a german i can tell you, the thing with the children is not because of sexual stuff, it‘s because we don‘t want to scare them and having strong child protection laws. And beside of that, we want to drink a bit alcohol and having fun without to worry. It‘s a good „time off“ for parents :-)
Da du Deutsch bist, schreib ich mal Deutsch. xP Ich war schon sehr lange nicht mehr auf einer LARP aber früher war es ganz normal auf dem 'Drachenfest' das dort auch Kinder rumliefen. Zwar nur in speziellen Lagern, aber da gab es nie Probleme.
@@retsu4262 hab da jetzt irgendwie auch Bock mal mitzumachen, aber weiß nicht ob ich dafür noch Freunde von mir begeistern kann, womöglich nicht, aber vielleicht sieht man sich ja mal auf so einem Event 😂
Concerning conquistadores, muskets and generally gunpowder: There is a very useful practice in place at this kind of Larp. If someone is no fun to play with (and fighting is an aspect of playing) - avoid playing with them. So if you play a character with well visible gunpowder weaponry, it is in your own interest to play your gun a bit ineffective with single shots and long reload times and no long range or hidden sharpshooting. You should be prepared that not everyone will react to you shooting at them - and that is just fine. Because almost none is going to begin a fight with you unless they are ready to play with your type of weaponry. If they do, they probably have e great scene in mind as in 3:30 when the Spießhaufen frontally attacks the blue soldiers just for the whole front rows to be stricken down by their volley. Because that's fun! And it is not in you power to demand this from anyone. If you act like a jerk breaking the balance of fun, people will avoid playing with you. People from your camp will be having a talk with you. And if you still don't get it, your application for your camp will be dismissed the next year. Easy as that.
Couldn't you even use blanks? Or for these types of weapons, just blackpowder. No bullet. Or perhaps there is even something that is safer. Since blackpowder could burn you point blank.
@@ivyr336 At Epic Empires blanks are a bit tricky since blackpowder regulations are peculiar in Germany and "fireworks" are not allowed on the event location because of staying on good terms with the neighbours. But even with them: Blanks do just indicate that you shoot. Nice for ambience and show. But you are still in the hands of the "unspoken fun contract" regarding a reaction to this shot from other players. So, even with blanks, in order to "hit" someone you have to make them see you and your weapon, communicate through actions or even shouting something like "I'm gonna put a hole in you, arrogant pointy-ears!" that you indeed want to shoot at them and while doing this communicating that you are cool and this would be fun or a good scene. And then it is up to your target to decide: If it was a hit at all, just a graze, if the armour held the bullet even when playing impact, if it was just a hit of the hat but they decide to shit their pants and retreat from this mighty boomstick, if they got hit in the leg and shout for their friends to help and kill that sniper over there... There are so many possibilities to generate play and fun. But as someone with this kind of weapon, you always rely on your fellow players to play your gun. And by this you will never be overpowered, In fact you will in contrast to melee fighters probably end up a bit frustrated at first.
It isnt just fantasy, Germany and other surrounding countries are pretty serious about historical representation, if you see a documantary its pretty common to see actors from historic sites, who know how to represent themselfs/act according to the needed scenario
in my hometown in bavaria, there is a medieval festival every 3 years. about 2k people wear robes from the landsknecht era. And the whole town smells like a horse stable. Also, everyone is drunk, most people come just to drink.
"My wife is getting angry I have to leave" So during the first phase of TBC classic when our guild was doing the VERY *FIRST* run of Karazan, we had a guy have this happen. The run took about 4 hours because we kept whiping on Romeo & Juliet, (Noobs cannot sync dps on two targets), and about 3 hours in, one of our melee dps just logs and never, ever, ever logged back in again. The funniest part about this, is the entire raid this guy kept making comments like, "this is my first raid guys" "I'm so happy to be raiding for the first time" Later I come to find out that at the 3 hour mark, his wife *STORMED* INTO the computer room and demanded that he DELETE, yes DELETE, his character and close his account immediately or she would leave him. On. His. First. Raid. Ever.
yeah i remember that at the time lol first run... that sounds a bit like people blowing up the raid like a retard on nielis aran running towards the walls in panic mode :') were it not for the fact there were only 4 bosses on the initial release, but hey it wasn't hard to fuck up opera either when you're shit geared, even the thrash packs were a liability in the start, pull one of those goddamn horses too many without a shackle and bam your healers get shat on because there was no ranged taunt yet except for pallies, just intercept for warrs. paladin tanks were so ridicilously overpowered there as well as in naxxramas in wotlk with the holy wrath aoe stun/threat generator and the ranged taunt on top of the single target one...
Fist and foremost, keep in mind that these are European larpers. It's more of a lifestyle than a hobby over there. The dudes with muskets get a pass because those larp-safe muskets are about as accurate as the real thing and take about as long to reload. The easiest way to explain larping to the normals is that a few nerds quantified and wrote down their rules for playing pretend then invited other people to join them. Officials will still use phones. That's kind of given. She meant that you won't see any players sitting around doom scrolling. I make a good point to leave my phone in my tent with the rest of my out-of-play stuff. Around 19:30, what you're talking about is reenactments, and those dudes hate being called larpers. Though I've never heard of any that go for a revisionist history. They strive for historical accuracy and reenact battles as they were fought, and the Confederacy did win a few battles. There are many larps here in the states that cross a wide range of genres. The only hang up is that you can't exactly go pick up a rulebook from the local game store. You have to seek them out, and possibly travel a good bit. The most widespread games in the states are Solar and Nero which are fantasy games that are unfortunately dying out due to lack of interests and many other out-of-play issues, Dystopia Rising which is a post-apocalyptic setting where you can use NERF guns, Vampire: The Masquerade is a parlor game that doesn't have a lot of combat and focuses more on player interactions, and then there's battle sports like Amtgard and Dagorhir. I am reluctant to call them larps because the only roleplay is "We don't like the guys on that side of the field because we're on this side of the field," but they have chapters in every major city like a nerd fight club. The rest are usually organized by smaller groups to fill a need in their area. Like where I live, the closest Nero and Solar groups are 4-6hrs away, so some guys that played both took the rules they liked, amended the ones they didn't, and added a few new ones to create their own game that people travel from all over to enjoy. This game doesn't allow kids because of the alcohol, violence, and other mature content. It's also a MAJOR liability having kids run around the battlefield on the scale they are playing at. A parent can't keep an eye on they all the time, they could easily be crushed by some 200lb adult in around 30-55lbs of armor. Especially with them allowing full-content fighting. Very seldom is it because of anything sexual. Most, if not all, games forbid it for some pretty obvious reasons. The main one being "Women don't like creeps, and if there are no women no one's gonna want to come to play." It's very hard to get new players to join if you can't make your game a safe space, and having a lot of female players is a good way of showing that.
My brother in law goes to Pennsylvania every year for a civil war reenactment. They are organized like this and have strict rules for immersion too. They have it on the actual site of one of the civil war battles.
@@SonjasAdventures you have both in gettysburg you have guides that dress up and give tpurs arpund the city then on the actual battlefield you have reenectors doing the battles
7:12 actually gunpowder guns are more on the "underpowered" side. These are all "muzzle loaded guns". So loading takes quite some time, compared with putting an arrow on your bow string. Some of them fire nerf darts, so the range is quite limited, compared to bows and crossbows. Some do not shoot a projectile, so you rely on the good will of your "enemie" to act like you hit him - and that only works if he saw you firing at him in the first place. So, while being the most powerfull handheld ranged wepons there in theory, if you would play to win (something that has no place at the Epic Empires) a squad of trained bowman would take on a squad of musketeers at any time.
"If your in the Skyrim (Nordic) guild, you can't shower." My guy, the Norse had a reputation of being very clean and aesthetically vain. That's why some of the oldest combs you can find are nordic, and a lot of writing lambasting them criticize them for their long well-washed hair and "womanly ways" of bathing lol "Vikings" weren't caked in dirt and wearing a bunch of pelts and dark leathers like tv and movies show you.
In Iceland Saturday still is called laugadagur from "bath day". They had rules for behavior, including offering your guests water and a towel to wash their hands before eating. And they wore makeup, but many people did that before the got enslaved by the cross.
If this is as closely connected tot he metal head scene as I believe it to be there will also be a ton of drinking there. They probably don’t mention it because here that doesn’t really affect if kids can be there or not. This defiantly looks like the kind of place where people drink beer and met from horns and people give you "potions" that are simply the most stomach melting moonshine schnapps they could fabricate in their garage. At least that’s what I experienced at a medieval market/ festival last year. Good times.
Did a few of these when I was younger. Lots of cool memories. Quality varies a lot obviously depending on the organizer and a ton of other factors, but if it's good it's fantastic. Crowds aren't as nerdy as you might expect as LARPS are a little too social, practical and hands on to draw the most awkward people. Excellent reason to get out there and mingle. Projects go on for months even the whole year before they kick off. Do a wide variety of handicrafts, music, make friends, flirt, practice fighting, plot and tell stories, do theatre, acting and on and on. Highly recommend trying it out if you you haven't already and have the opportunity. I remember one of my favourite ones, it took place in a forest about an hours hike from the nearest infrastructure. I spent 2 weeks there living this fantasy setting, and while I was there, "Barbie Girl" had become a hit and I heard it in a parking lot as we were about to head home. I said: let's go back into the forest.
Closest I ever got to a LARP setting was the Viking village at Wacken. Ended up spending most of my time there enjoying the mead, grilled boar and company.
Been there (I'm actually in Sonjas video), so I can tell you about the guns: It's totally not overpowered, it's the opposite. First off, there is a tech barrier mandated by the organizers, and it's 1815. That's why you see 18th century or Napoleonic uniforms and weapons but nothing more modern. This also means, the most modern firearms are muzzle loaders. - Usually, you get one shot. And you're dependent on your opposite to honour it (as they usually shoot without projectile, sometimes nerf), so he needs to see you shooting. - The others may have bows and crossbows, which you don't need to see to know when you're hit, which thus have a range of 20-30 metres. - And being more medieval, they have armour. Sometimes a lot. - And bayonets are not really working (we will try, next year), but the others have halberds. So basically everyone with a musket knows he's probably going to loose. Because, you know "with halberds you get shit done".
@@LinhNguyen-rn7hl No, just about any manufacturer or self-made will be okay, as long as it's padded enough. Core should be glass reinforced plastic. A bit harder padding is sometimes better, as it soaks up more energy. I'm using LARP-weapons from Czech, British and German manufacturers, and selfmade ones. Also, there is no evaluation, you are responsible yourself.
@@LinhNguyen-rn7hl Neither. A proven design emerged over the years and there is now a well established set of shops. They also sell the materials to hobbyists. It's basically a glas fiber stick surrounded by closed-pored foam. The stick needs a tip protection an proper gluing so it doesn't work itself out of the foam over time, but that's basically it. The design is quite safe for slashing, but not thrusting.
You should check out Bicolline LARP, it's a massive medieval/fantasy town built in Canada and they have giant battles in and around the town for a week long event. There's also the Pennsic Wars in Pennsylvania which is a massive two week long event that brings in over 10,000 people.
Bicolline looks cool, but from what I saw in player made documentaries, noone is really fully in character in any of the videos at least during all the fights. That would be a really big turnoff for a lot of European larpers.
In Highschool, we had many different extracurricular activities to choose from. One was LARP. It was a collaboration between the local youth center (translation from German), and the school. We would fight to capture flags, roleplay, bake medieval things, build armor pieces, and at the end of each half school year, we went to a large, official convention as a group. Only downside: Larp gear is expensive as hell! Oh, and fun fact: Nearly every time we went to the event, I got sick. I remember vomiting my way to that place, at the place, and at the ride back xD
There's a reason a lot of German Mass Larps are organized along the French border: The French Larp community has been decimated by a combination of bad actors scamming associations into accepting extra insurance fees against online visibility, and local law-makers banning minors from the associative world, to ensure the slow death of every amateur group activity. Many of the older French Larpers prefer crossing the border to find a healthy and safe gaming environment, and avoid getting kicked out of a private property by nervous French police thinking you're starting a rave or some kind of hippie commune. I know of people who ended up on a government watch list because they have swords and game books. The disengagement became so bad that in many French medieval festivals, even the pop-up tavern and the ticket booth are now speaking German.
Come to think of it, its actually pretty sad you dont see big streamers do videos based on big events like this and them actually going to them, maybe its a security thing, but I like to think its a not touching grass thing.
@@masterofreality230 the reason streamers don't do this is probably because it's still common for people to think LARP = cringe. It can be cool, it can definitely be cringe. Big events like this seem like decent content though.
jup, that's a gun... so the gunner shots 1x then takes ages to reload, while the target takes the one hit, runs up and starts smashing away with whatever hand weapon he/she has... fun times :) BTW, the banner at 11:57 translates loosely into : Raise your fists Raise your cups hit it in the face Alley of Knives but don't ask me the meaning, without context it does not make sense in German, too :o)
9:32 a bit late to the party, but ive been at the epic empires once and at similar big german larp events from 2009 onward. guns would be really powerfull indeed. but its hard to portray a real shot if you compare it to a hit with a sword. you can throw a lightning bolt, by throwing a soft ball or similar prop to simulate the flight path and see whats being hit. but you also have to sell it by incanting some sort of latin magical spell, begging the elements for help or what not. ive seen an orc using single packed tampons as ammunition for a blowdart, which was a cool idea, but theres still the risk of hitting someone in the eye (also imagine that field from the video littered with hundrets of tampons). so in my larping experience, getting shot at with a gun is treated more like being hit with a really strong gust of wind that knocks you away and to the ground instead of a bullet wound (even though you could walk over to a healer and have them act like they remove a projectile). there is a difference between smaller handguns like the ones a pirate would use and someone actually bringing a musket prop. not to mention facing a ships crew of around 20 people, all simultaneously aiming their rifles at you. when you get shot at, its your job to act accordingly. so if its a single guy with a gun, you stumble back a few metres, yell out in pain and drop to a knee. but if its the crew, its still technically a strong windblast hitting you. but youd most probably just stay down as that should be fatal.
"Necromancy" is such an evil word. We as forensic magicians (and not Necromancers) prefer to call it "post mortal magic". And, well, isn't it the same if you make flesh grow again to seal a wound and make flesh move again to seal the breach in your formation? There is so much misunderstanding happening about an honorable profession like ours. We are healers. We make you walk again, when those amateurs have given up on you. Peace of mind? No problem. You can even have pieces of someone else's mind...in a more physical "the organ where the mind is located" way.
in LARP you are : Actor, Author & Audience at the same time you have a rulebook and a world setting , a character skilled by playtime and backround additional to your group/camps backrounds. there are NPC workers forneeded roles of Plots(quests) and events created by the gamerleadership which you can recocnize wearing black clothes and a red band over their torso you can kill other characters with thoose fake weapons , thats why people create second characters for thoose mega events. but seriously while there will come an ambulance to every LARP-CONventions with 100 people , CONventions like Epic empire have their ambulance stationed their xD There are a lot of L.A.R.P. associations/guilds in germany and thoose are organized by a bigger groupd which creates a whole continent on which each guild has their region in called MittellandeKampagne - Karte DrachenFest , Epic Empire , Conquest of Mythodea are mass events which arent part of the main story but have their own subdimension
I met someone in WoW who used to fantasy LARP in the USA, she told me some pretty wild stories about the shit that went down. You wouldn't want any kids there at night time...
Larping in Europe is very vibrant and diverse. Classic fantasy and horror (some events have run for 35 years), ship voyages with a vampire aboard, space voyages on generation ships that are VERY immersive, a Eurovision larp, a desert larp in an actual desert (no toilet, dump it over the hill but watch out for scorpions) etc. And the cool thing: language is not a barrier because most larpers speak english and will quickly switch to english when needed.
@@deformiertergolfball4847 Yeah, and Chtulhu inspired larps. Even some supernatural/scifi post apocalypse stuff. Many are one-offs though because horror relies on the dread/shock effect so do not expect to find a plethora of larps of that genre. Just google larp calendar europe and you will find links to many events. Happy browsing.
You should check out Conquest of Mythodea, the world's largest larp in Germany. On the showering note, at Bicolline in Canada, you can choose to wash in the local river.
The phones at 17:40 are them handing them in for storage, I think. Or making sure the organizers have everyone's phone-numbers, in case someone goes missing or something.
not quite: They are checking in her ticket with a barcode 😂 So she is registered and then gets a wristband. After that, the phones stay away. Noone is interested in looking at them anyways. There's fun stuff going on
Zach's right: those are the organizers. What you see there is the check in. They check if you payed, hand you a armband to mark you as attending, collect a couple of bucks colleteral for the camp site, that'll be returned to you when you leave once you cleaned up your spot again. Normal festival stuff. They don't keep your phones, though. Nobody wants to be resposible for storing and returning the cellphones of 100-5000 people (depending on the event size). Phones are usually kept turned off in the player's tents. But ofc you'll see people using them or cameras to take pictures
As someone who has done a few LARPS in France I can say it's pretty much the same here as well. The rules are also in most cases the same, they all copied their predecessors and added a few twists. For those that are curious here's a bit of info on that as well as "guns" in a medieval larp: - You need an immersive costume, most places don't judge that much so even the cheap pirate outfit they showed as a bad example in the beginning is fine in most places. Also most people ignore shoes as it's actually hard to find good ones that don't cost hundreds euros. I started of with some leather boots and as time went on I just got some black shoes that don't look so modern. - You need larp weapons if you want to fight. They need to be professional quality foam weapons, either you know your stuff (rigid carbon/plexi core + foam + silicone coating with paint) or you can just buy one, prices literally go from 50 to 300 euros on those and you can also find good second hand ones and there are always merchants on big events that sell them. - You make a player character with a certain number of XP (increases with every consecutive year you visit), you spend XP on additional hit points or skills that enable you to do stuff ingame. For example if you have a harvesting skill you can harvest ingame resource nodes and get items, if you have an evasion skill, you can once per combat say "evaded" to someone who managed to hit you and ignore the damage he did. - Everyone is supposed to in good faith play out announcements, if someone does a certain action and tells you a keyword such as "stunned", you are supposed to (if its a valid keyword in the rulebook) to play it out and act as if you were stunned as the one who announced it is supposed to have a skill that enables him/her to do that. - Combat is simple, if you hit someone with your weapon anywhere other then a shield or another weapon, they lose 1 or more HP depending on the weapon. You start of with a certain amount of HP (1 or 2) and you can buy more with XP. Armor adds armor points that are basically HP and the amount of AP you have is decided by what you are wearing right now. Leather adds something like 2 and plate or anything that realistically looks like plate (super realistic foam/latex or plastic) adds something like 3. - One handed weapons do 1 damage, 2 handed weapons do 2 damage and most projectile weapons also do 1. If for any reason you hits do more then 1 damage you're supposed to yell the number as you hit someone like with a 2 handed weapon as you hit you'd yell "Two!". - A broad array of ranged weapons are usually allowed (depending on the larp) but usually its arrows, crossbows bolts or throwing weapons. Most guns are very low tech, they either need a huge time to reload and do only the standard of 1 damage or they do non at all but are able to stun an enemy and make them fall on the ground (yes they have to really fall over like a panda). - Cheating is heavily frowned upon and if you get caught or a lot of people report you, the GMs can either impose heavy penalties on you or outright ban you form the event. There was one whole faction that was banned from using a very crucial combat skill for a whole year (2-3 events) because a lot of people in their faction were reported cheating in many battles. Hope this was helpful :)
To be honest, I'm a LARP player from Germany, and I've never heard of 'Epic Empires.' However, we do have dozens of small LARP events throughout the year. The largest ones I know of are 'Drachenfest' and 'Mythodea,' with 'Drachenfest' attracting around 5,000-7,000 participants and 'Mythodea' hosting 7,000-10,000 participants over several days. I just learned that 'Epic Empires' only attracts around 1,500 to 2,000 participants. And I don't know how it is today, but ten years ago, children were running around there without any problems. They were obviously not allowed to participate in the fights, but they could take part in the camp and city life.
I'm not sure if it is still standing, but in Bavaria there was "Pullman city", which literally was a reenactment location for old west events. You even could enter for free, if you wore historically accurate attire.
I really don't understand people who are scoffing about "nerds" and "adults playing". It's a wholesome hobby and combines historical recreation, theater, camping and socializing all in one event
Some people are just too stupid to grasp the concept of just having fun for the sake of it and not letting your inner child die, just to seem "Professional" and "adult", acting as if all you are allowed to do is working your ass of for some company not giving a fuck about your well being and then proceeding to drink your sorrows away, before repeating the cycle.
Musket Guns aren't really OP in a roleplay standpoint, the reason guns are so effective in real life is a culmination of several things; the deafening blast, the sight of your teammates falling around you after a volley. A moments' hesitation can be the difference between life and death on a real battlefield, in roleplay its like ahh man I got shot, guess thats 50 hit points gone.
also don't forget the fact that muskets were known for being very inaccurate.
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If you are shot in game you decide what happens. You can just walk on, or drop "dead". It's up to you. Usually you choose the option which is the coolest for everyone.
Drachenfest is another german one that has over 5000 visitors. I do recommend non-fantasy LARPs like the NordicLARPing that do Cthulhu inspired or even Scifi (The Monitor Celestra is an incredible event from over 10 years ago utilizing old army boats and u-boats as dystopian space ship interiors), also post apocalyptic events like Blodsband or even the alternative reality game that was The Truth About Marika that built on prior LARPs about urban magick and myths and won an actual Emmy Award in 2008.
iv'e attended a couple larp events years ago , first as NPC and then as my own character and it's really alot of fun. its a great way to make friends who have similar interests & are into geeky stuff. sometimes its tough to get into the events though because of the rules are amount of people who sign up. However if u have a solid character and a good costume then u should be fin. also NEVER go to larp events where they do allow kids. kids ruin the immersion alot. If you never been to a event i would recommend signing up as a NPC first, its a great way to get introduced and see how the event goes.
It's so weird to see this as I've been to this event many times and know a lot of people in there. Your reaction was really cool and respectful but some of the comments on stream didn't pass the vibe check. Criticism is ok but there are some ppl who literally segsualize every pretty woman on the video, like how old are oyu 14? It reminded me why I'm happy that there are usually (almost) no videos of the events. You can really let yourself go in the game without having to fear the judgement or segsualization from random creeps on the internet.
About the guns. I'm pretty sure that they have implemented major drawbacks like loading speed and max ammo to balance them out. A Gun is worth nothing in this setting, if you're not in a tight formation and coordinated, when the others can just charge you after the first volley.
a friend of mine is in a Clan of Vikings who Participate in ummm... Middleage Events. Everything they wear is handmade by themselves, they have real weapons (not sharpened of course) and they fight like hell. Bruises are normal and broken bones happen too every now and then. Their ex-leader even lost an eye because someone didn't follow the fighting rules.
At this point, I just assume if there’s guns in a fantasy setting and not everyone is using them, it means that the general power level of the melee fighters is high enough that guns don’t make as big an impact
When i was young i would go to the local larp meet up at the park. Took me 3 weeks to unlock duel wielding. The meet ups to build armor and weapons was always a blast. I forget the chapters name , southeast Michigan.
Looks fun - personally i think i'd fall in with the Warhammer Fantasy fellas since Warhammer has been a huge consistent in my life and ive enjoyed playing the TT and Digital games to boot. But, being a picky eater, i'd have no fun trying to find sustenance in a vegie stew that someone made haha, i'd be living on bread and water for those 5 days xD
Your comment about it being too hot in there to get naughty reminded me of a Family Guy joke that in one of a medieval cutscene said "Oh I can't wait to go down on you 500 years before the invention of toilet paper" and I kinda chuckled
2:50 those orks look amazing! and please check 6:30... those two got it right! pause it and see their expressions and body language. I`m not into fantasy these days but I would love to see this live one day.
the flintlocks are not a big problem there are no dmg numbers (dmg is normalized per hit), you´ll die after a certain amount of hits so the reload of a flintlock is much worse than that of a bow. so bow is much more op than a flintlock
imagine someone getting a bit too immersed in the larp during a battle, goes full berserk and actually starts killing people in his schizophrenic hallicunation
Stonepistols, Muskets and all are okay... the loadingtime and all are a counterweight to the Power of "BANG!". If the lines are close the shooting stops too... pretty funny is if there a Shieldwall you storm but last second before impact a shield opens and a thundergun/musket look out and shoot you before the Shield close again and the fight starts. Fucking epic.
This reminds me of that time a guy flew a drone over a LARP like this to capture some drone footage of the LARP. A guy saw the drone, and without thinking (his own words), LAUNCHED HIS SPEAR AT IT AND _ACTUALLY TOOK THE DRONE DOWN WITH IT._ The guy immediately went, "oh shit, wait, that's someone's drone," and found the owner of it to apologize, but the owner said it was the coolest fucking thing he'd ever seen, and that it was on him for flying a drone through a medieval fantasy LARP.
Thing is, the drone footage survived, and it's the most bad ass shit _ever._ And now, that instance is literally a part of that LARP's lore. They have a _giant stone tablet_ that's been _hand carved_ to depict the soldier who threw his spear to take down the flying beast made of metal and dark magic. There's like a fucking festival in honor of the event every year in the LARP, too.
This shit is just _so fucking cool._
Can you link the source for this story? I wanna see the video
@Zoran54321 If you just google "drone spear" it's the first hundred things to show up lol
That is the most amazing story i've heard in a long while. Gives me hope for humanity. Thanks!
man i love larps
@@ThwipThwipBoom "Nah real life is lame, ill stick to living through the screen"
"Half if the costumes are better than the ones in the Witcher"
Because they actually care
😂 you should've seen the enrage about the Witcher costumes in the German Larp community...it was crazy
oufff the burn
@@SonjasAdventures I loved Armin Bastler's rants back in the day. I mean he made clothes himself, that looked exactly like in the games and meanwhile Netflix with their budget made costumes, that looked worse like ones we saw in Xena warrior princess or mysthic knights. Heck.. their costume designer even bragged about Henry Cavill bursting through her armor she made for him, not realizing that this wasn't really indicative of true skill in making clothes or armor that fits someone.
Ja 😂
I wonder if the mud wizard is a raid boss in here.
This is where he was raised. The video we saw was just him passing through…
The mud wizard is to powerfull for mere mortals to be challanged.
mud wizard got exiled to please the weather gods, he must wander our current timeline in eternity to atone for his sins during that one festival where it was raining all 5 days and literally turned everything into a swamp.
@@biyaogw2 In a land plagued by endless rain and muck, there lived a powerful wizard known as The Mud Wizard. He was feared and revered by the people of the land for his ability to control the mud and use it to his advantage.
The Mud Wizard used his powers to create vast, fertile fields for the people to grow their crops. He also used his powers to construct grand, towering castles and magnificent roads. The people of the land were grateful to the Mud Wizard and they praised him for his generosity.
But as time passed, The Mud Wizard became increasingly obsessed with his power. He began hoarding the mud, keeping it away from the people, and using it only for his own gain. The fields turned barren, the roads crumbled, and the castles began to sink into the muck.
The people of the land were outraged. They had trusted and praised the Mud Wizard, only to be betrayed by his greed. They banded together and decided to confront the Mud Wizard and demand that he return the mud to the land.
The Mud Wizard, however, refused to listen. He was too consumed by his obsession with power and wealth to see the destruction he had caused. The people, seeing no other choice, banded together and used their combined strength to overthrow the Mud Wizard and take back control of the mud.
With the Mud Wizard defeated, the people of the land were able to restore the fields to their former fertility, repair the roads and the castles, and once again live in harmony with the land. The Mud Wizard, consumed by his own greed, was left to wander the land, a lonely and bitter figure, a reminder of the dangers of power and obsession.
The story of The Mud Wizard is a cautionary tale about the dangers of greed and the importance of using power responsibly. It reminds us that even the most powerful among us can fall if they lose sight of what truly matters
The Mud Wizard has appeared throughout human history during times of war, halting massive advances with his unparalleled arts; this event is merely his recruiting grounds to find worthy apprentices to pass on his mastery.
I've been to a german larp once, it was a pirate theme where we spent three days at sea on a boat. By far one of my best most cherrished memories :)
@@wolvewick4414 probably neither
@@wolvewick4414 w rizz
that sounds fun, I'd do that. But you should be able to board other ships and have some local tavern on an island and drink rum around a bon fire etc.
Be honest, how much lewd stuff happened? Because from my experience anytime adults RP pirates there is a lot of fucking going on, and drinking.
@@ivyr336 she ain’t gonna tell you 😂
I demand to have a video where Asmongold drags his friends to this event and they record their adventures.
There is one. It's called "The Knights of Badassdom".
You can't film or have cameras, it's supposed to be immersive. But would be a good video tho but highly doubt it will ever happen tho :i
Aliance from WoW camp i guess
Thats a dream. Asmongold doesnt do what his audience would like to see.
@@Juuk-D That really depends on how good you can fit your cam in. I saw an Undead NPC at a LARP with a skull on his shoulder, and he fit a Gopro into its eye, and I am very sure nobody at Epic would have a problem with that.
Asmongold should attend a LARP and do a Live Transmog competition!
I would pay to see that. It would be so cool
That would be gold
Then he would have to go outside
One of biggest Larp events in germany is "conquest of mythodea". U have a big city, lots if different factions and like 6k people running around there.
As a German, I never heard of that lol
@@justinhadasch What if you're already part of it but never realized. Aware
@@mithrandirthegrey7644 whatever you say, Mithrandir
@@mithrandirthegrey7644Or they know how to not be self conscious about having fun for literally just a few days while still living fulfilling well paid lives. Better than being stressed at the office and going bar hopping for no reason but to end up in jail.
@@mithrandirthegrey7644 nice that you say krauts (a word that only us soldier used in ww2 for nazi soldiers!) to this nice and talented larp player!
German here LARP is common yeah but also serious Historical Re-enactments with Villages and People living historically often for at least 1 Month is very common here in Germany.
Basically anytime you watch a Documentary on something in the Middle Ages or even earlier the Actors and Actresses you see are either Groups from Germany or France.
Definitely worth looking into if you're interested.
Prost & Cheers from Berchtesgaden (yeah that Berchtesgaden) in the Bavarian Alps
That sounds dope, like renesanse fairy re-enactmensts.
@@RealTaIk
Born and raised here as well. Surprised you never heard of these. Never visited any i can see. Especially in Areas of Germany full of Medieval Burg/Fortress and Castles that are open to the Public there are yearly Events like this.
And Germany has almost 25000 Fortresses/Castles so go figure how wide spread it is
That's so awesome man. Keep the culture alive
@@chartreux1532Never heard of this as well 😭😂
You also find LARPers in Switzerland, and maybe Belgium?
Bro I‘m from Germany and this scenario is a big deal here. Gotta admit I‘ve never been into this that much but from a neutral perspective it’s deeply impressing. But u have to differ from fantasy and middle age fantasy. It’s like watching anime and having a bunch of genres to choose from. Enjoy 👏🏻 similar events are taking place in several cities in all Europe, but we do speak English most of the time, well French ppl speak French though.
Heh.. the french ..
Je ne parle pas vraiment français!
@@simonprvi1994 pipe down frenchie
people can say waht they want, talk the trash they want but I think this looks fun and the people are passionate about it. Must make a lot of new friends going to these things, and meet people that have simular passions and hobby. Real effort too with the costumes and role play
Funnily enough I found my girlfriend of now 6 years while larping
Everyone that likes RPG games should try it at least once imo
@@markus4732 I been to a Resident Evil/Zombie LARP in Sweden, its was great fun
Well, having done my time in the SCA, a lot of this sounds like fun in theory, but knowing what I've seen of human nature in these things it just sounds like another opportunity for various wealthy inner circles to form and ostracize those who can't afford to dress convincingly enough to suit their " full immersion" tldr: sounds like a gaggle of fantasy period nazis.
For me, I cringe just seeing it, and I could never partake. But I'm glad they're having fun.
15:05 this elf lady looks more like an elf than the entire rings of power and witcher cast
I‘ll tell her. She‘ll be happy to hear. Her name is Ariannath and she is a former ruler of her kingdom. :)
@@tingilyaweasley9588 I've never LARPed or followed any storyline within them but now I gotta know... Why 'former'?
the one with the purple smoke is so goddamn hot! she knows this obviously...
I love the effort they put in the fantasy costumes, pretty cool
@@SquaulDuNeant And money.
@@RunyaEithelNar Depends. A lot of these people know how to use a sewing machine and how to scavenge scraps of leather and leftover fabrics. They manage to make the most amazing costumes for less than €50
@@The_Joestar I disagree here. Fabric and Leather isnt exactly cheap - and lets be honest, someone who has those sewing or leatherworking skills, wants to have props as well - helmets, weapons, ornaments, horns you name it. That stuff gets expensive fast. I am crafting costums (LARP/Cosplay) as a hobby and its not a cheap hobby. Also its not only about the raw material, but you nedd tools and a lot of time. And you will make mistakes in the beginning, which als increases your material costs.
But tbh I dont see anything wrong with spending some money for a hobby
"My wife is getting angry, I gotta leave." ...we all felt that one.
Well that's on you for getting married
wait people here have wifes??? or Orcs? (or are an Orc themselves XD )
"I wear chainmail and full plate armor, I am INVINCIBLE!"
"And I cast Tazer!" _it was very effective_
Not really.
The metal offers the path of least resistance so electricity wouldn't jump to you.
Acting like a Faraday cage, or in this case a Faraday suit.
@@andregon4366 Depending how long you taze that armor could get very hot though...
@@Seamus.Harper A tazer doesn't have enough energy to do so.
Besides heat comes from resistance.
Low resistance means low heat.
And all of that heat would spread out, and then the armour would act more like a heat sink.
@@andregon4366 You need a stronger tazer then... bring the powerplant too. MORE POWAAA!
_insert Kylo Ren "MORE" here_
You also have your normal clothes and at least a gambison (thick padded coat) on under the mail to pad it.
As a german i can tell you, the thing with the children is not because of sexual stuff, it‘s because we don‘t want to scare them and having strong child protection laws. And beside of that, we want to drink a bit alcohol and having fun without to worry. It‘s a good „time off“ for parents :-)
Yeah... We want to protect them... *Looks at Grim's fairy tales* at least we want to do it now I guess xDDD (just joking)
Da du Deutsch bist, schreib ich mal Deutsch. xP Ich war schon sehr lange nicht mehr auf einer LARP aber früher war es ganz normal auf dem 'Drachenfest' das dort auch Kinder rumliefen. Zwar nur in speziellen Lagern, aber da gab es nie Probleme.
Der Algorithmus ist schon funny, sass wir das 1 Jahr alte Video alle jetzt sehen. Das sieht echt richtig cool aus 😮
@@MrZelektronzich glaube das haben jetzt alle deutschen empfohlen bekommen 😂😂
@@retsu4262 hab da jetzt irgendwie auch Bock mal mitzumachen, aber weiß nicht ob ich dafür noch Freunde von mir begeistern kann, womöglich nicht, aber vielleicht sieht man sich ja mal auf so einem Event 😂
Concerning conquistadores, muskets and generally gunpowder: There is a very useful practice in place at this kind of Larp.
If someone is no fun to play with (and fighting is an aspect of playing) - avoid playing with them.
So if you play a character with well visible gunpowder weaponry, it is in your own interest to play your gun a bit ineffective with single shots and long reload times and no long range or hidden sharpshooting.
You should be prepared that not everyone will react to you shooting at them - and that is just fine.
Because almost none is going to begin a fight with you unless they are ready to play with your type of weaponry. If they do, they probably have e great scene in mind as in 3:30 when the Spießhaufen frontally attacks the blue soldiers just for the whole front rows to be stricken down by their volley. Because that's fun! And it is not in you power to demand this from anyone.
If you act like a jerk breaking the balance of fun, people will avoid playing with you. People from your camp will be having a talk with you. And if you still don't get it, your application for your camp will be dismissed the next year. Easy as that.
Couldn't you even use blanks? Or for these types of weapons, just blackpowder. No bullet.
Or perhaps there is even something that is safer. Since blackpowder could burn you point blank.
@@ivyr336 At Epic Empires blanks are a bit tricky since blackpowder regulations are peculiar in Germany and "fireworks" are not allowed on the event location because of staying on good terms with the neighbours.
But even with them: Blanks do just indicate that you shoot. Nice for ambience and show. But you are still in the hands of the "unspoken fun contract" regarding a reaction to this shot from other players.
So, even with blanks, in order to "hit" someone you have to make them see you and your weapon, communicate through actions or even shouting something like "I'm gonna put a hole in you, arrogant pointy-ears!" that you indeed want to shoot at them and while doing this communicating that you are cool and this would be fun or a good scene.
And then it is up to your target to decide:
If it was a hit at all, just a graze, if the armour held the bullet even when playing impact, if it was just a hit of the hat but they decide to shit their pants and retreat from this mighty boomstick, if they got hit in the leg and shout for their friends to help and kill that sniper over there...
There are so many possibilities to generate play and fun. But as someone with this kind of weapon, you always rely on your fellow players to play your gun. And by this you will never be overpowered, In fact you will in contrast to melee fighters probably end up a bit frustrated at first.
It isnt just fantasy, Germany and other surrounding countries are pretty serious about historical representation, if you see a documantary its pretty common to see actors from historic sites, who know how to represent themselfs/act according to the needed scenario
in my hometown in bavaria, there is a medieval festival every 3 years. about 2k people wear robes from the landsknecht era. And the whole town smells like a horse stable. Also, everyone is drunk, most people come just to drink.
"My wife is getting angry I have to leave"
So during the first phase of TBC classic when our guild was doing the VERY *FIRST* run of Karazan, we had a guy have this happen.
The run took about 4 hours because we kept whiping on Romeo & Juliet, (Noobs cannot sync dps on two targets), and about 3 hours in, one of our melee dps just logs and never, ever, ever logged back in again.
The funniest part about this, is the entire raid this guy kept making comments like, "this is my first raid guys" "I'm so happy to be raiding for the first time"
Later I come to find out that at the 3 hour mark, his wife *STORMED* INTO the computer room and demanded that he DELETE, yes DELETE, his character and close his account immediately or she would leave him.
On. His. First. Raid. Ever.
What a pain she must be
or she would leave him......he should have let her do him that favor
@@m.c.schock2933 HaPpY wIfE hApPy LiFe AmMi RiGhT?
yeah i remember that at the time lol
first run... that sounds a bit like people blowing up the raid like a retard on nielis aran running towards the walls in panic mode :')
were it not for the fact there were only 4 bosses on the initial release, but hey it wasn't hard to fuck up opera either when you're shit geared, even the thrash packs were a liability in the start, pull one of those goddamn horses too many without a shackle and bam your healers get shat on because there was no ranged taunt yet except for pallies, just intercept for warrs.
paladin tanks were so ridicilously overpowered there as well as in naxxramas in wotlk with the holy wrath aoe stun/threat generator and the ranged taunt on top of the single target one...
Moment of silence for our fallen brother
Fist and foremost, keep in mind that these are European larpers. It's more of a lifestyle than a hobby over there.
The dudes with muskets get a pass because those larp-safe muskets are about as accurate as the real thing and take about as long to reload.
The easiest way to explain larping to the normals is that a few nerds quantified and wrote down their rules for playing pretend then invited other people to join them.
Officials will still use phones. That's kind of given. She meant that you won't see any players sitting around doom scrolling. I make a good point to leave my phone in my tent with the rest of my out-of-play stuff.
Around 19:30, what you're talking about is reenactments, and those dudes hate being called larpers. Though I've never heard of any that go for a revisionist history. They strive for historical accuracy and reenact battles as they were fought, and the Confederacy did win a few battles. There are many larps here in the states that cross a wide range of genres. The only hang up is that you can't exactly go pick up a rulebook from the local game store. You have to seek them out, and possibly travel a good bit. The most widespread games in the states are Solar and Nero which are fantasy games that are unfortunately dying out due to lack of interests and many other out-of-play issues, Dystopia Rising which is a post-apocalyptic setting where you can use NERF guns, Vampire: The Masquerade is a parlor game that doesn't have a lot of combat and focuses more on player interactions, and then there's battle sports like Amtgard and Dagorhir. I am reluctant to call them larps because the only roleplay is "We don't like the guys on that side of the field because we're on this side of the field," but they have chapters in every major city like a nerd fight club.
The rest are usually organized by smaller groups to fill a need in their area. Like where I live, the closest Nero and Solar groups are 4-6hrs away, so some guys that played both took the rules they liked, amended the ones they didn't, and added a few new ones to create their own game that people travel from all over to enjoy.
This game doesn't allow kids because of the alcohol, violence, and other mature content. It's also a MAJOR liability having kids run around the battlefield on the scale they are playing at. A parent can't keep an eye on they all the time, they could easily be crushed by some 200lb adult in around 30-55lbs of armor. Especially with them allowing full-content fighting. Very seldom is it because of anything sexual. Most, if not all, games forbid it for some pretty obvious reasons. The main one being "Women don't like creeps, and if there are no women no one's gonna want to come to play." It's very hard to get new players to join if you can't make your game a safe space, and having a lot of female players is a good way of showing that.
My brother in law goes to Pennsylvania every year for a civil war reenactment. They are organized like this and have strict rules for immersion too. They have it on the actual site of one of the civil war battles.
Is it civil war reenactment or could it be Pennsic War, which is SCA (and therefore closer to Larp than reenactment)? Just curious
LoL civil war reenactots are cringe and half of them are degen Nazis.
@@SonjasAdventures you have both in gettysburg you have guides that dress up and give tpurs arpund the city then on the actual battlefield you have reenectors doing the battles
7:12 actually gunpowder guns are more on the "underpowered" side. These are all "muzzle loaded guns". So loading takes quite some time, compared with putting an arrow on your bow string. Some of them fire nerf darts, so the range is quite limited, compared to bows and crossbows. Some do not shoot a projectile, so you rely on the good will of your "enemie" to act like you hit him - and that only works if he saw you firing at him in the first place. So, while being the most powerfull handheld ranged wepons there in theory, if you would play to win (something that has no place at the Epic Empires) a squad of trained bowman would take on a squad of musketeers at any time.
"If your in the Skyrim (Nordic) guild, you can't shower." My guy, the Norse had a reputation of being very clean and aesthetically vain. That's why some of the oldest combs you can find are nordic, and a lot of writing lambasting them criticize them for their long well-washed hair and "womanly ways" of bathing lol "Vikings" weren't caked in dirt and wearing a bunch of pelts and dark leathers like tv and movies show you.
In Iceland Saturday still is called laugadagur from "bath day".
They had rules for behavior, including offering your guests water and a towel to wash their hands before eating.
And they wore makeup, but many people did that before the got enslaved by the cross.
@@Bear-rl6uk So true. The Church of Rome took away so many cultures, and replaced it with their brand.
2:42 the joy on Asmon's face when he talks about Orcs
If this is as closely connected tot he metal head scene as I believe it to be there will also be a ton of drinking there. They probably don’t mention it because here that doesn’t really affect if kids can be there or not.
This defiantly looks like the kind of place where people drink beer and met from horns and people give you "potions" that are simply the most stomach melting moonshine schnapps they could fabricate in their garage. At least that’s what I experienced at a medieval market/ festival last year. Good times.
Did a few of these when I was younger. Lots of cool memories. Quality varies a lot obviously depending on the organizer and a ton of other factors, but if it's good it's fantastic. Crowds aren't as nerdy as you might expect as LARPS are a little too social, practical and hands on to draw the most awkward people. Excellent reason to get out there and mingle. Projects go on for months even the whole year before they kick off. Do a wide variety of handicrafts, music, make friends, flirt, practice fighting, plot and tell stories, do theatre, acting and on and on. Highly recommend trying it out if you you haven't already and have the opportunity.
I remember one of my favourite ones, it took place in a forest about an hours hike from the nearest infrastructure. I spent 2 weeks there living this fantasy setting, and while I was there, "Barbie Girl" had become a hit and I heard it in a parking lot as we were about to head home. I said: let's go back into the forest.
As a german who recently got into larping like a week ago - this is very convenient information
SAARLANDER ....IST KANN NUR EINER SEIN ...Willkommen !!
@@MrDeadHead69 gehts dir nicht gut oder brauchst nen spr. kurs?
@@armminus3741 Stoned !!
Zufällig in Mönchengladbach oder Umgebung? Ich hab ne ganze Menge Ausrüstung günstig abzugeben. :)
Closest I ever got to a LARP setting was the Viking village at Wacken. Ended up spending most of my time there enjoying the mead, grilled boar and company.
Been there (I'm actually in Sonjas video), so I can tell you about the guns: It's totally not overpowered, it's the opposite. First off, there is a tech barrier mandated by the organizers, and it's 1815. That's why you see 18th century or Napoleonic uniforms and weapons but nothing more modern. This also means, the most modern firearms are muzzle loaders.
- Usually, you get one shot. And you're dependent on your opposite to honour it (as they usually shoot without projectile, sometimes nerf), so he needs to see you shooting.
- The others may have bows and crossbows, which you don't need to see to know when you're hit, which thus have a range of 20-30 metres.
- And being more medieval, they have armour. Sometimes a lot.
- And bayonets are not really working (we will try, next year), but the others have halberds.
So basically everyone with a musket knows he's probably going to loose. Because, you know "with halberds you get shit done".
@@LinhNguyen-rn7hl No, just about any manufacturer or self-made will be okay, as long as it's padded enough. Core should be glass reinforced plastic. A bit harder padding is sometimes better, as it soaks up more energy. I'm using LARP-weapons from Czech, British and German manufacturers, and selfmade ones.
Also, there is no evaluation, you are responsible yourself.
@@LinhNguyen-rn7hl Neither. A proven design emerged over the years and there is now a well established set of shops. They also sell the materials to hobbyists. It's basically a glas fiber stick surrounded by closed-pored foam. The stick needs a tip protection an proper gluing so it doesn't work itself out of the foam over time, but that's basically it.
The design is quite safe for slashing, but not thrusting.
You should check out Bicolline LARP, it's a massive medieval/fantasy town built in Canada and they have giant battles in and around the town for a week long event.
There's also the Pennsic Wars in Pennsylvania which is a massive two week long event that brings in over 10,000 people.
Bicolline looks cool, but from what I saw in player made documentaries, noone is really fully in character in any of the videos at least during all the fights. That would be a really big turnoff for a lot of European larpers.
In Highschool, we had many different extracurricular activities to choose from. One was LARP. It was a collaboration between the local youth center (translation from German), and the school. We would fight to capture flags, roleplay, bake medieval things, build armor pieces, and at the end of each half school year, we went to a large, official convention as a group. Only downside: Larp gear is expensive as hell!
Oh, and fun fact: Nearly every time we went to the event, I got sick. I remember vomiting my way to that place, at the place, and at the ride back xD
There's a reason a lot of German Mass Larps are organized along the French border:
The French Larp community has been decimated by a combination of bad actors scamming associations into accepting extra insurance fees against online visibility, and local law-makers banning minors from the associative world, to ensure the slow death of every amateur group activity.
Many of the older French Larpers prefer crossing the border to find a healthy and safe gaming environment, and avoid getting kicked out of a private property by nervous French police thinking you're starting a rave or some kind of hippie commune. I know of people who ended up on a government watch list because they have swords and game books.
The disengagement became so bad that in many French medieval festivals, even the pop-up tavern and the ticket booth are now speaking German.
“These are the people that buy Skyrim every year” omfg asmon that one had be rocking back and forth laughing 😂😂😂❤
US citizen: amazed. EU citizen: Normal holiday
asmon should go there and do a transmog competition. Make it happen man!
Come to think of it, its actually pretty sad you dont see big streamers do videos based on big events like this and them actually going to them, maybe its a security thing, but I like to think its a not touching grass thing.
His leash range doesn't allow him to venture that far from his lair.
@@masterofreality230 the reason streamers don't do this is probably because it's still common for people to think LARP = cringe. It can be cool, it can definitely be cringe. Big events like this seem like decent content though.
jup, that's a gun... so the gunner shots 1x then takes ages to reload, while the target takes the one hit, runs up and starts smashing away with whatever hand weapon he/she has... fun times :)
BTW, the banner at 11:57 translates loosely into :
Raise your fists
Raise your cups
hit it in the face
Alley of Knives
but don't ask me the meaning, without context it does not make sense in German, too :o)
THAT
How she says LARP always puts a smile on my face.
I would go as a Tauren Druid with a tell exclamation mark over my head and pay everyone 2 copper who can bring me 10 dead rats.
Then take them home and put I to a freezer to keep to feed my snakes
"Half of these costumes are better than those in the Witcher."
And all of them are better than those in Rings of Power.
If wow players touched grass.
We do, right before it goes into the grinder..
i've never larped but i think it should be more popular, fantasy, renaissance and all that
Cheers, mate! I agree =D
Just wish everyone around me stopped laughing at larping lol
OTK LARP festival with all of our favorite Twitch streamers ! Make it happen
Having Asmon and Esfand visit and stream such an event would be the peak.
Well no phones.
💯
And Charlie
15:25 the guy he laughs at is the freakin mud wizard!
Seriously?! I saw the mud wizard to Ozzyman's YT channel, he was an actual wizard!
@@lollylula6399 i have no clue, but he sure looks like him. And both videos are from Germany. Just thought it was a fun coincidence. 😂
@@KnittedSister Cool 🙌🏼I was getting too deep into the mud wizard lore 😂
@@lollylula6399 the mud wizard walks amongst us. Effortlessly he strides across any surface, blessing his surroundings with muddy goodness. 😂👍
9:32 a bit late to the party, but ive been at the epic empires once and at similar big german larp events from 2009 onward.
guns would be really powerfull indeed. but its hard to portray a real shot if you compare it to a hit with a sword.
you can throw a lightning bolt, by throwing a soft ball or similar prop to simulate the flight path and see whats being hit.
but you also have to sell it by incanting some sort of latin magical spell, begging the elements for help or what not.
ive seen an orc using single packed tampons as ammunition for a blowdart, which was a cool idea, but theres still the risk of
hitting someone in the eye (also imagine that field from the video littered with hundrets of tampons).
so in my larping experience, getting shot at with a gun is treated more like being hit with a really strong gust of wind that knocks you away
and to the ground instead of a bullet wound (even though you could walk over to a healer and have them act like they remove a projectile).
there is a difference between smaller handguns like the ones a pirate would use and someone actually bringing a musket prop.
not to mention facing a ships crew of around 20 people, all simultaneously aiming their rifles at you.
when you get shot at, its your job to act accordingly. so if its a single guy with a gun, you stumble back a few metres, yell out in pain and drop to a knee.
but if its the crew, its still technically a strong windblast hitting you. but youd most probably just stay down as that should be fatal.
Just larp as a necromancer and resurrect everyone that dies into your eternal army. Easy win
"ruuuuules" :/
imagine you want to "win" at a larp 🤡
Let's add a Necron army to the list next year
"Necromancy" is such an evil word. We as forensic magicians (and not Necromancers) prefer to call it "post mortal magic". And, well, isn't it the same if you make flesh grow again to seal a wound and make flesh move again to seal the breach in your formation? There is so much misunderstanding happening about an honorable profession like ours. We are healers. We make you walk again, when those amateurs have given up on you. Peace of mind? No problem. You can even have pieces of someone else's mind...in a more physical "the organ where the mind is located" way.
@@rwandaforever6744 Good one.
Imagine making a cooking guild that wants to rule over the lands with the power of food buffs :'D
*buys frozen bratswurts... sell them as grilled slain orc D's * ....you know to boost morale XD
LMFAO at the wizard with the ultramarine cloak 15:26
That's our Ulric Priest's apprentice, so you're not wrong!
imagine going on a little hike and suddenly there's an elven warband marching through the forest
5:27 these two women are more believable as elves than any actor in blood origin
That crazy chaos Eldar lady looks amazing
Bro, you should go to one of these and do a real transmog competition!!
in LARP you are :
Actor, Author & Audience at the same time you have a rulebook and a world setting , a character skilled by playtime and backround additional to your group/camps backrounds.
there are NPC workers forneeded roles of Plots(quests) and events created by the gamerleadership which you can recocnize wearing black clothes and a red band over their torso
you can kill other characters with thoose fake weapons , thats why people create second characters for thoose mega events.
but seriously while there will come an ambulance to every LARP-CONventions with 100 people , CONventions like Epic empire have their ambulance stationed their xD
There are a lot of L.A.R.P. associations/guilds in germany and thoose are organized by a bigger groupd which creates a whole continent on which each guild has their region in called MittellandeKampagne - Karte
DrachenFest , Epic Empire , Conquest of Mythodea are mass events which arent part of the main story but have their own subdimension
A lot of these costumes look better than what's on the new Lord of the Rings series...
The thing you called a grill is actually called "Biertischgarnitur" and consists of one long table and two benches. You can easily fit 10 people.
I met someone in WoW who used to fantasy LARP in the USA, she told me some pretty wild stories about the shit that went down. You wouldn't want any kids there at night time...
Ymean they destroy each other... Without weapons 😂
It's what i heard about too. Apparently these peps go hard, in more ways then one.
You think the condoms break the immersive experience?
Larping in Europe is very vibrant and diverse. Classic fantasy and horror (some events have run for 35 years), ship voyages with a vampire aboard, space voyages on generation ships that are VERY immersive, a Eurovision larp, a desert larp in an actual desert (no toilet, dump it over the hill but watch out for scorpions) etc.
And the cool thing: language is not a barrier because most larpers speak english and will quickly switch to english when needed.
horror ? do you mean something like zombie apocalypse larp ? - my cousin has been there, he had the time of his life.
@@deformiertergolfball4847 Yeah, and Chtulhu inspired larps. Even some supernatural/scifi post apocalypse stuff. Many are one-offs though because horror relies on the dread/shock effect so do not expect to find a plethora of larps of that genre.
Just google larp calendar europe and you will find links to many events. Happy browsing.
You should check out Conquest of Mythodea, the world's largest larp in Germany. On the showering note, at Bicolline in Canada, you can choose to wash in the local river.
Some of the make up and wardrobes were better then half the shows on netflix.
Guns overlapped medieval weapons for hundreds of years. It wasn't until WW1 that guns became the primary weapons everywhere.
imagine doing irl erp in an event like this
Its called a fetish event
I'm the king and I demand 10 wives.
@@Joullele9 I demand MORRRRRE
@@Joullele9 im a na zi and i demand correct spelling of wifes
There's crazy stories about chicks who got chased out of larps cause of this shit
There's some seriously awesome costumes in here, like all these guys 5:39
The phones at 17:40 are them handing them in for storage, I think. Or making sure the organizers have everyone's phone-numbers, in case someone goes missing or something.
not quite: They are checking in her ticket with a barcode 😂 So she is registered and then gets a wristband. After that, the phones stay away. Noone is interested in looking at them anyways. There's fun stuff going on
Zach's right: those are the organizers. What you see there is the check in. They check if you payed, hand you a armband to mark you as attending, collect a couple of bucks colleteral for the camp site, that'll be returned to you when you leave once you cleaned up your spot again. Normal festival stuff.
They don't keep your phones, though. Nobody wants to be resposible for storing and returning the cellphones of 100-5000 people (depending on the event size). Phones are usually kept turned off in the player's tents.
But ofc you'll see people using them or cameras to take pictures
As someone who has done a few LARPS in France I can say it's pretty much the same here as well. The rules are also in most cases the same, they all copied their predecessors and added a few twists. For those that are curious here's a bit of info on that as well as "guns" in a medieval larp:
- You need an immersive costume, most places don't judge that much so even the cheap pirate outfit they showed as a bad example in the beginning is fine in most places. Also most people ignore shoes as it's actually hard to find good ones that don't cost hundreds euros. I started of with some leather boots and as time went on I just got some black shoes that don't look so modern.
- You need larp weapons if you want to fight. They need to be professional quality foam weapons, either you know your stuff (rigid carbon/plexi core + foam + silicone coating with paint) or you can just buy one, prices literally go from 50 to 300 euros on those and you can also find good second hand ones and there are always merchants on big events that sell them.
- You make a player character with a certain number of XP (increases with every consecutive year you visit), you spend XP on additional hit points or skills that enable you to do stuff ingame. For example if you have a harvesting skill you can harvest ingame resource nodes and get items, if you have an evasion skill, you can once per combat say "evaded" to someone who managed to hit you and ignore the damage he did.
- Everyone is supposed to in good faith play out announcements, if someone does a certain action and tells you a keyword such as "stunned", you are supposed to (if its a valid keyword in the rulebook) to play it out and act as if you were stunned as the one who announced it is supposed to have a skill that enables him/her to do that.
- Combat is simple, if you hit someone with your weapon anywhere other then a shield or another weapon, they lose 1 or more HP depending on the weapon. You start of with a certain amount of HP (1 or 2) and you can buy more with XP. Armor adds armor points that are basically HP and the amount of AP you have is decided by what you are wearing right now. Leather adds something like 2 and plate or anything that realistically looks like plate (super realistic foam/latex or plastic) adds something like 3.
- One handed weapons do 1 damage, 2 handed weapons do 2 damage and most projectile weapons also do 1. If for any reason you hits do more then 1 damage you're supposed to yell the number as you hit someone like with a 2 handed weapon as you hit you'd yell "Two!".
- A broad array of ranged weapons are usually allowed (depending on the larp) but usually its arrows, crossbows bolts or throwing weapons. Most guns are very low tech, they either need a huge time to reload and do only the standard of 1 damage or they do non at all but are able to stun an enemy and make them fall on the ground (yes they have to really fall over like a panda).
- Cheating is heavily frowned upon and if you get caught or a lot of people report you, the GMs can either impose heavy penalties on you or outright ban you form the event. There was one whole faction that was banned from using a very crucial combat skill for a whole year (2-3 events) because a lot of people in their faction were reported cheating in many battles.
Hope this was helpful :)
i went to a larp when i was a little kid in summer camp and it was actually awesome. they gave us foam swords and we beat the f out of dragons
2:24 This guy's death sequence is better than anything coming out of Hollywood
Im waiting for Asmon’s Live Action Balding
To be honest, I'm a LARP player from Germany, and I've never heard of 'Epic Empires.' However, we do have dozens of small LARP events throughout the year. The largest ones I know of are 'Drachenfest' and 'Mythodea,' with 'Drachenfest' attracting around 5,000-7,000 participants and 'Mythodea' hosting 7,000-10,000 participants over several days. I just learned that 'Epic Empires' only attracts around 1,500 to 2,000 participants.
And I don't know how it is today, but ten years ago, children were running around there without any problems. They were obviously not allowed to participate in the fights, but they could take part in the camp and city life.
We need more places like this. One step closer to real life Westworld.
I'm not sure if it is still standing, but in Bavaria there was "Pullman city", which literally was a reenactment location for old west events. You even could enter for free, if you wore historically accurate attire.
@@Thareldis that’s actually sick, thanks for letting me know!
3:07 These costumes are also better than the Amazon LoTR series costumes.
I really don't understand people who are scoffing about "nerds" and "adults playing". It's a wholesome hobby and combines historical recreation, theater, camping and socializing all in one event
Some people are just too stupid to grasp the concept of just having fun for the sake of it and not letting your inner child die, just to seem "Professional" and "adult", acting as if all you are allowed to do is working your ass of for some company not giving a fuck about your well being and then proceeding to drink your sorrows away, before repeating the cycle.
Musket Guns aren't really OP in a roleplay standpoint, the reason guns are so effective in real life is a culmination of several things; the deafening blast, the sight of your teammates falling around you after a volley. A moments' hesitation can be the difference between life and death on a real battlefield, in roleplay its like ahh man I got shot, guess thats 50 hit points gone.
also don't forget the fact that muskets were known for being very inaccurate.
If you are shot in game you decide what happens. You can just walk on, or drop "dead". It's up to you. Usually you choose the option which is the coolest for everyone.
This community is honestly so damn cool. Imagine ditching society with hundreds of people to live in a different period for a week. So dope
Drachenfest is another german one that has over 5000 visitors. I do recommend non-fantasy LARPs like the NordicLARPing that do Cthulhu inspired or even Scifi (The Monitor Celestra is an incredible event from over 10 years ago utilizing old army boats and u-boats as dystopian space ship interiors), also post apocalyptic events like Blodsband or even the alternative reality game that was The Truth About Marika that built on prior LARPs about urban magick and myths and won an actual Emmy Award in 2008.
18+ means female knights that get captured get the Ork Pork.
That one dude LARPing: "Shouldn't have brought a sword to a gun fight."
*how it looks inside Asmon's mind*
iv'e attended a couple larp events years ago , first as NPC and then as my own character and it's really alot of fun. its a great way to make friends who have similar interests & are into geeky stuff.
sometimes its tough to get into the events though because of the rules are amount of people who sign up. However if u have a solid character and a good costume then u should be fin. also NEVER go to larp events where they do allow kids. kids ruin the immersion alot. If you never been to a event i would recommend signing up as a NPC first, its a great way to get introduced and see how the event goes.
1000 people, where do you find soo many geeks?
I thought everyone on the internet had depression or social anxiety.... Strange to see them all in a field playing medieval paintball.
Have you ever been to a concert or a convention? Im more shocked thats it's not 10k attending
DUDE, I got this video recommended yesterday and I was like Asmon need to see this
haha nice - well then you might have made it happen
It's so weird to see this as I've been to this event many times and know a lot of people in there. Your reaction was really cool and respectful but some of the comments on stream didn't pass the vibe check. Criticism is ok but there are some ppl who literally segsualize every pretty woman on the video, like how old are oyu 14?
It reminded me why I'm happy that there are usually (almost) no videos of the events. You can really let yourself go in the game without having to fear the judgement or segsualization from random creeps on the internet.
About the guns. I'm pretty sure that they have implemented major drawbacks like loading speed and max ammo to balance them out. A Gun is worth nothing in this setting, if you're not in a tight formation and coordinated, when the others can just charge you after the first volley.
Fresh content.
a friend of mine is in a Clan of Vikings who Participate in ummm... Middleage Events. Everything they wear is handmade by themselves, they have real weapons (not sharpened of course) and they fight like hell. Bruises are normal and broken bones happen too every now and then. Their ex-leader even lost an eye because someone didn't follow the fighting rules.
At this point, I just assume if there’s guns in a fantasy setting and not everyone is using them, it means that the general power level of the melee fighters is high enough that guns don’t make as big an impact
When i was young i would go to the local larp meet up at the park. Took me 3 weeks to unlock duel wielding. The meet ups to build armor and weapons was always a blast. I forget the chapters name , southeast Michigan.
Looks fun - personally i think i'd fall in with the Warhammer Fantasy fellas since Warhammer has been a huge consistent in my life and ive enjoyed playing the TT and Digital games to boot.
But, being a picky eater, i'd have no fun trying to find sustenance in a vegie stew that someone made haha, i'd be living on bread and water for those 5 days xD
Your comment about it being too hot in there to get naughty reminded me of a Family Guy joke that in one of a medieval cutscene said "Oh I can't wait to go down on you 500 years before the invention of toilet paper" and I kinda chuckled
17:57
the background noise adds soooo much to this lol
2:50 those orks look amazing! and please check 6:30... those two got it right! pause it and see their expressions and body language. I`m not into fantasy these days but I would love to see this live one day.
I hope it's not too hot there
"It's called like a ironing board, is that what it's called? I've never used one before." Well gosh golly! I didn't expect that!
Actually looks sick ngl... Never attended something like this but would sure be an experience.
"Who the fuck pays for this" asks the Twitch Prime sub. Irony.
the flintlocks are not a big problem there are no dmg numbers (dmg is normalized per hit), you´ll die after a certain amount of hits so the reload of a flintlock is much worse than that of a bow. so bow is much more op than a flintlock
7:46 That elf girl is *enjoying it* bit too much xD
Oh, a video about Sonya, i watched her channel for years. Unfortunately, she's quitting her LARPing projects, but those larps are pretty legendary.
This is amazing! I used to larp in NJ and it was alot of fun but this looks wayyy better
imagine someone getting a bit too immersed in the larp during a battle, goes full berserk and actually starts killing people in his schizophrenic hallicunation
11:20 "a chainsaw for full immersion" well... at our post apo larp events we actually use modded chainsaws for battles :D
Plus the chainsaw is Warhammer 40k
Stonepistols, Muskets and all are okay... the loadingtime and all are a counterweight to the Power of "BANG!". If the lines are close the shooting stops too... pretty funny is if there a Shieldwall you storm but last second before impact a shield opens and a thundergun/musket look out and shoot you before the Shield close again and the fight starts. Fucking epic.