Clark Park
These kids in the photo to the left are dead. Many more (not pictured) are doing a similarly bad job of being dead. And several others taunt the fallen, reminding them that they are dead for AT LEAST sixty seconds. This was not exactly the scene I expected when I heard that every Saturday there were LARPers (Live Action Role Players) fighting each other in Clark Park with homemade foam things. Sadly, friends, this doesn’t offer much compelling drama a la Darkon to the passersby. Most of the players are under the age of ten, saying things like, “Aw! I wanted to be the first one to make a helmet!” and while I enjoyed the 20 or so minutes spent of my life watching kids hit each other, and took pleasure in the delicate duct tape filigree laid into the handles of foam lances, there ain’t no heroes here.
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