Back from the LARP. Here's what I learned:
LARPing is really, really fun
you can go an entire weekend without ever using anyones pronouns
People this creative should never be in charge of organising anything
LARP events have an ideal size and that size is actually pretty small. Bigger is NOT better.
If you've never LARPed before, don't sign up to do an entire weekend or an event far from your home unless you drove yourself there
student-aged people have a bottomless well of stamina and they have difficulty empathising with anyone who doesn't
Student-aged people either ignore or are entirely unaware of the safe dosage limit of caffeine
It's easy to see a boisterous, silly group of LARPers and lose sight of the fact that they're very socially awkward nerds. Theyre still not good at meeting new people and prefer to interact with known quantities in tight cliques. LARPing actually makes this worse, because they are using a lot of mental bandwidth on maintaining a character and completing quests. If you aren't good at handling that kind of situation be prepared to be on your own a lot.
Vegan food can be really, really, really good if the chefs know what they're doing
LARP combat kind of sucks and kind of rules and is definitely one of the most exhausting activities ever invented
The best way to find divots and holes in a grass field is to run across it while holding a foam sword
The more elaborate the costume, the more of a dick the player is -- unless the costume is silly
Every indoor space at a LARP event will reek of body odour
If you get filthy enough, even the shittiest shower can feel amazing
Brits cannot do southern accents. Some of them think they can, and those are usually the ones with the worst accents
brits cannot understand a well performed southern accent unless you speak very very slowly