Ethan Cord Posted May 30, 2022 Share Posted May 30, 2022 I was explaining Cowboy Action Shooting to one of my relatives today. I told her we wear 1880’s style clothes, shoot old west cowboy guns at various targets, etc. She said, “oh, you’re a Larper!” In more than 30 years of playing this game, I have never considered this as a Live Action Role Play (LARP) game. What say ye? Do we LARP? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crazy Gun Barney, SASS #2428 Posted May 30, 2022 Share Posted May 30, 2022 No, this is not LARP. If we were to use air soft or paint ball and get into “gunfights” with each other, then maybe. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Garrison Joe, SASS #60708 Posted May 30, 2022 Share Posted May 30, 2022 No, we're kinda like target shooters, only much more fun. good luck, GJ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tennessee williams Posted May 30, 2022 Share Posted May 30, 2022 Never even heard of her Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Silver Sam, SASS #34718L Posted May 30, 2022 Share Posted May 30, 2022 There are Too Many Categories now! But If SASS ever creates a Category for Plastic Swords and Air Soft.......... I'm Outta Here Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ozark Huckleberry Posted May 30, 2022 Share Posted May 30, 2022 I can see the 'LARP' connection for someone watching a match: If there's a back story read before a stage, it's almost always from a western (duh). I've heard of stages drawn up to (vaguely) replicate a shootout from a movie or from the history books. Some clubs use targets cut in western shapes. Props are western-themed. Guidelines for attire and equipment all give a nod to a western influence. Lots of starting lines are associated with movie shootouts. Some people even replace scripted starting lines with a gunfight initiating line from a movie, like, 'Fill your hand, you summabich!' But as far as actually being LARP -- what you have going on in your mind while you're shooting a stage is your own business. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lunger Dan Posted May 30, 2022 Share Posted May 30, 2022 More like AARP with the average age these days Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ethan Cord Posted May 30, 2022 Author Share Posted May 30, 2022 21 minutes ago, Lunger Dan said: More like AARP with the average age these days That’s some funny Sh$t right there! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
H. K. Uriah, SASS #74619 Posted May 30, 2022 Share Posted May 30, 2022 There is a peripheral resemblance to LARP, but strictly speaking, I'd say no. On the other hand, something we are often compared to, Civil War Reenacting, I would say IS a LARP. So I can see how people would make a connection. It might be a good way to describe us to the uninitiated, "Sorta LARP-like with an Old West theme." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dantankerous Posted May 30, 2022 Share Posted May 30, 2022 Shooting competition with some people in costume. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cusz M. Dutch SASS Life 55326 Posted May 30, 2022 Share Posted May 30, 2022 Playing Cowboys and Indians with real guns and bullets usually gets people's attention. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fast Enuff Posted May 30, 2022 Share Posted May 30, 2022 No, definitely not LARP. LARPing would typically be defined as everyone having to actually try to act out an alternate persona during the whole event. What we are is a cosplay shooting event. The rules require a certain minimal amount of cosplay to participate. Some go minimal and some go all in on costumes. Any acting is purely optional. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Possum Skinner, SASS#60697 Posted May 30, 2022 Share Posted May 30, 2022 Nope Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Col Del Rio Posted May 31, 2022 Share Posted May 31, 2022 SASS, COS(tume) play, with recoil! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rip Snorter Posted May 31, 2022 Share Posted May 31, 2022 I'd rather LRRP (LURP) than LARP. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
watab kid Posted May 31, 2022 Share Posted May 31, 2022 never think of it that way - the targets would have killed me in the first year Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Griff Posted May 31, 2022 Share Posted May 31, 2022 No LARP here... I've not found the reset or replay button. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Doc Shapiro Posted May 31, 2022 Share Posted May 31, 2022 Uh... no. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Colorado Coffinmaker Posted May 31, 2022 Share Posted May 31, 2022 Uh, Well, Maybe?? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Possum Stu Posted May 31, 2022 Share Posted May 31, 2022 I have a relative who has also referred to what we do as LARPing, but CAS isn't LARP in my eyes. Our guns aren't foam, and while I may be wearing a "costume" and have an alias, I'm not role-playing. I'm participating in a wild west-themed shooting competition. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Turkey Flats Jack Posted June 1, 2022 Share Posted June 1, 2022 On 5/30/2022 at 1:10 PM, Fast Enuff said: No, definitely not LARP. LARPing would typically be defined as everyone having to actually try to act out an alternate persona during the whole event. What we are is a cosplay shooting event. The rules require a certain minimal amount of cosplay to participate. Some go minimal and some go all in on costumes. Any acting is purely optional. Yep that's pretty much my thought on it also. But I can also see how someone that's never seen or done it could draw a line to larping. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Charlie Harley, #14153 Posted June 1, 2022 Share Posted June 1, 2022 LARP-ing? Sounds like an inappropriate dance craze, or maybe the name of a grunge band. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Ruth Posted June 1, 2022 Share Posted June 1, 2022 I've used the term to explain the game to some of my friends, especially (video) gamers, that it's like Red Dead Redemption LARPing, but caveat that it's not actually larping but closer to a 3 gun competition, but with 4 guns and none of them are semi-autos. For those of you who don't know, Red Dead Redemption is a western video game that takes place late 1800's, early 1900's. Very popular game. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chickasaw Bill SASS #70001 Posted June 1, 2022 Share Posted June 1, 2022 ya need a persona what ya see at a match , be just what I am the rest of the time well maybe a bit easier to get along with CB Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shooting Bull Posted June 2, 2022 Share Posted June 2, 2022 I have fun. I don't care what somebody calls it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
watab kid Posted June 3, 2022 Share Posted June 3, 2022 thats a great way to look at it - ive not found the need to add a label beyond cowboy action shooting or old mans three gun competition , im not pretending to be anyone else but me , dressed in a hat/boots/clothes from the 1800s to shoot targets and enjoy a bit of camping with friends , Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bison Bud Posted June 7, 2022 Share Posted June 7, 2022 On 5/30/2022 at 6:59 AM, Ethan Cord said: That’s some funny Sh$t right there! I too got a good chuckle over that one! As I see it, LARP-ing is generally not a competition, where CAS is indeed competitive. I do think the costuming catagories lean a bit further that way, but I still think that the competition is the key difference. Good luck and good shooting to all. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Patagonia Pete Posted June 7, 2022 Share Posted June 7, 2022 CAS becomes LARP the first match after you join AARP! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Itchy Trigger Posted June 8, 2022 Share Posted June 8, 2022 14 hours ago, Patagonia Pete said: CAS becomes LARP the first match after you join AARP! AARP'ers don't know what LARP is! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
watab kid Posted June 8, 2022 Share Posted June 8, 2022 now there is something else ive not thought much of since i started this adventure - the costuming , i do realize thats a big part of some folks attraction here and they take it very seriously - its a competition as well at major shoots [not so much local ones but even those have their moments] we have multiple competitions in this venue , not all compete in all but we all participate to a degree , i doubt anyone joins here thinking they will ignore any aspect of our events , but LARP ? im not sure that really fits our thing Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DeaconKC Posted June 9, 2022 Share Posted June 9, 2022 LARP? I dunno...I play a 7' tall Vesk in Starfinder... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Howlin Mad Murdock SASS #4037 Posted June 11, 2022 Share Posted June 11, 2022 Let's see, shooting real guns with real bullets in a dynamic environment, sounds like Live Action. Dressing like a cowboy, lawman, soldier, outlaw, etc., sounds like Role Playing to me. Ergo, LARPing. Quite a few folks in the 2-gun competition world do it as well and embrace the term. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
watab kid Posted June 12, 2022 Share Posted June 12, 2022 well PK then , if we are LARPing then i guess we are , i still dont think of it that way tho , i never thought of three gun as playing army or swat either , i wonder if paintball falls in that realm ? now that i look back on the couple banquets ive attended at a state shoot event - maybe , i think we like the nostalgia of the past in its glory , id hot choose nor anyone i know of , the hardships , i guess if you gotta label me its as good a one as any , ive come to know a lot of CAS/SASS shooters over the years , most would not embrace a label other than exactly that CAS /SASS shooter , camper , friends , Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kirk James Posted June 12, 2022 Share Posted June 12, 2022 Call it what it is. LARPing. That doesn't seem so bad. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Captain Bill Burt Posted June 12, 2022 Share Posted June 12, 2022 Live action, yes. Role play, no. Based on the current definition of LARP I do not believe CAS is a LARP game. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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