WOD, where did you go

I miss the World of Darkness (WOD). It changed, so I guess I would have to say that I miss the old World of Darkness (oWOD). I don't know who came up with these abbreviations, but the new one for the old system sucks. I love playing Werewolf: the Apocalypse. It was the coolest game ever. I mean, what beats playing werewolves. They are by far the biggest bad asses in the WOD and especially in the oWOD. I am a larper and well, I know that there is only a handful of people that know what larping is. Larp or L.A.R.P. stands for Live Action Role Playing.

I know this seems like a stupid thing to bitch about, but I want to know why everyone is so afraid of larping. Was it because there was that stupid bunch of people that took it too far and actually killed someone. That isn't larping, that is insane. The main rule for larping is having fun, not killing someone, that just doesn't sound fun, OK, maybe a little, but who hasn't had those thoughts of stringing someone up on a hook and just torturing them by making them watch Barney. I mean, nothing says cruel and unusual punishment like making someone watch the stupid purple dinosaur. I have nightmares, truly.

Anyways, larping is about getting away from the everyday grind, the job, the strife, your life. It is fun being someone else, even if it is only for a couple hours. But your not just someone else, you are a werewolf, a vampire, a different human, a funky human, a human with magic powers, a mummy, a changeling, a ghost, a wraith, etc. Regardless of what you play, you literally become that other person, through your actions, your thoughts, your words, you portray your character and become something different, something powerful, something special. You become what you want to and you role-play out that character. Just like in the movies. The same actor, but different roles. The actor isn't the characters he/she acts out, just like you don't become what you role-play, but you want to make it just as believable as those actors do in the movies.