• Goblins battle Elves in Tolkien re-enactment
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[img]http://media.straitstimes.com/stlytebox/gallery/20110604-hobbit/images/01.jpg[/img] [img]http://media.straitstimes.com/stlytebox/gallery/20110604-hobbit/images/02.jpg[/img] [img]http://media.straitstimes.com/stlytebox/gallery/20110604-hobbit/images/03.jpg[/img] [img]http://media.straitstimes.com/stlytebox/gallery/20110604-hobbit/images/05.jpg[/img] [img]http://media.straitstimes.com/stlytebox/gallery/20110604-hobbit/images/06.jpg[/img] [img]http://media.straitstimes.com/stlytebox/gallery/20110604-hobbit/images/07.jpg[/img] [img]http://media.straitstimes.com/stlytebox/gallery/20110604-hobbit/images/08.jpg[/img] [img]http://media.straitstimes.com/stlytebox/gallery/20110604-hobbit/images/14.jpg[/img] [quote]A BLACK-CLAD goblin lets out a piercing roar and two lines of fighters pour into a shallow ravine, thrusting spears and waving axes. It looks violent but take a closer look and the axe-blades are made of carpet and the spears and arrows have soft tips. In fact, the clash is a re-enactment of the Battle of Five Armies, the climax of J.R.R. Tolkien's fantasy novel The Hobbit. The battle pits men, elves and dwarves against goblins and wargs - evil, wolf-like creatures. It has become an annual tradition staged each spring on a lakeside in the north of the country. 'We have 805 people here now,' said Vojtech Ovecka, a 30-year-old sales manager dressed as Gandalf, the wizard from Tolkien's books, as the armies gather to the astonished looks of bikers passing by. Over the twelve years since it started as a game for boy scouts, the course of the battle has diverged from the action detailed in The Hobbit - a prequel to the Lord of the Rings saga. But few fans care as they walk to the battlefield in a pine forest. 'It's the atmosphere that I look for in these battles, when I see people in fantasy costumes playing their roles,' says Lukas Kopecky aka Alweron, the head organiser of this year's battle. 'And then of course the fight. For me, it's a physical activity that I enjoy,' adds the 22-year-old university student from Prague. In the romantic countryside near the ruins of a castle about 100km north of Prague, the participants fight for the treasure of the Dragon Smaug. 'It goes to those who win the final battle. To achieve this, you have to win smaller battles during the day to gain lives which you invest in the final battle,' said Alweron.[/quote] [url]http://www.straitstimes.com/BreakingNews/Lifestyle/Story/STIStory_676129.html[/url]
Lightning bolt! lightning bolt! lightning bolt! I've always wanted to do something like this.
MAGIC MISSLE!!
Oh man if I was there I'd run to the middle of the battlefield, yell "You shall not pass!" and then get overrun and cower on the ground.
[img]http://media.straitstimes.com/stlytebox/gallery/20110604-hobbit/images/03.jpg[/img] I predict exploitables
I wish I could have gone to this.
Looks fun, seems like it might get really hectic with all the random strangers beating each other up with safe weapons.
I'd do this in a heartbeat. I'd fight as a dwarf and walk around on my knees. Khazâd ai-mênu!
[QUOTE=JohnnyMo1;30235581]I'd do this in a heartbeat. I'd fight as a dwarf and walk around on my knees. Khazâd ai-mênu![/QUOTE] Knees ? How would you manager that ? Or are there Knee stilts ?
[QUOTE=JohnnyMo1;30235581]I'd do this in a heartbeat. I'd fight as a dwarf and walk around on my knees. Khazâd ai-mênu![/QUOTE] I have a joke for that but don't want to be banned.
[img]http://media.straitstimes.com/stlytebox/gallery/20110604-hobbit/images/03.jpg[/img] That guy in the kilt with the blue paint on his face... he must have gotten lost when he was looking for the William Wallace reenactment. At least in this event he actually has the chance to consume his enemies with fireballs from his eyes and bolts of lightning from his arse.
[QUOTE=LunchboxOfDoom;30235958][img]http://media.straitstimes.com/stlytebox/gallery/20110604-hobbit/images/03.jpg[/img] That guy in the kilt with the blue paint on his face... he must have gotten lost when he was looking for the William Wallace reenactment. At least in this event he actually has the chance to consume his enemies with fireballs from his eyes and bolts of lightning from his arse.[/QUOTE] Personally? I like the roman looking dude in the front. "HAIL CAESER!"
how do you reenact something that never happened?
It happened in the books
What would the rules be? Soft tipped sword or no, it'd hurt like a bitch to get smacked in the face with one
Is catapults, Ballista's, and Trebuchet's allowed?
[QUOTE=darkedone02;30236659]Is catapults, Ballista's, and Trebuchet's allowed?[/QUOTE] I'm pretty sure you don't use siege weapons on an open battlefield.
805 now. And then it gets more popular, until we have [img]http://www.shrani.si/f/18/iI/3JG6Aov7/vlcsnap-2011-06-04-13h58.png[/img] Though ghosts as riverside reinforcements will be a bit harder to get
Awesome, LARPing!
[QUOTE=Trunk Monkay;30235275]Lightning bolt! lightning bolt! lightning bolt! I've always wanted to do something like this.[/QUOTE] [media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oCeCw4voGHc[/media] Or this: [media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vq-yW2WXvMw&feature=related[/media]
A lot of those orcs and goblins are wearing nothing but blackface. [img]http://gyazo.com/abbad95953dad4c8995be2a763daf604.png[/img]
[QUOTE=Trunk Monkay;30235275]Lightning bolt! lightning bolt! lightning bolt! I've always wanted to do something like this.[/QUOTE] Lightning bolt has too long of a cast time. You need to rethink your rotation.
I know a girl who does something like this, I don't know whether to be attracted to her for it or not. Shes good looking but its just a bit odd.
[QUOTE=Trunk Monkay;30235275]Lightning bolt! lightning bolt! lightning bolt! I've always wanted to do something like this.[/QUOTE] Handgun! Handgun! Handgun! :v:
[QUOTE=Biotoxsin;30240198]I know a girl who does something like this, I don't know whether to be attracted to her for it or not. Shes good looking but its just a bit odd.[/QUOTE] If she's good-looking, be attracted to her for it. The good-looking girls I larp with are really awesome.
This seems like a lot of fun
This looks fun. :ohdear:
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More like meanwhile in ireland
[QUOTE=Swilly;30236168]Personally? I like the roman looking dude in the front. "HAIL CAESER!"[/QUOTE] To the two who rated this dumb, that's pretty much what Romans looked like in the 4th century. Pick up a history book.
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