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Roleplayers Seek Removal of Nerf Gun Ban
An anonymous reader writes "LARP fans at Bowling Green State University may have to contend with a crippled game of Humans vs. Zombies after the University banned Nerf guns on campus. In the live-action game, players are either humans or zombies. The goal of the game is to change all the humans into zombies, or for the humans to evade capture by zombies for a certain amount of time. To defend themselves against zombies, humans may use Nerf guns. Players (most likely the human ones) are petitioning the University to lift the ban. The game had troubles back in 2006, when participating students were arrested. That issue has since been cleared up."
We're banning nerf guns now? Why?
What are we now, "Land of the fee, home of the scared?"
Nerf guns don't kill people; hordes of undead flesh-eating zombies do.
OK, your turn.
hey, they're up and running around. they're doing their part to fight the looming obesity crisis, in addition to training to combat the looming undead crisis. =D
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The CB App. What's your 20?
I know what you're thinking. "Did he fire 10 nerf darts or only nine?" Well, to tell you the truth, in all this excitement I kind of lost track myself. But being as this is a Nerf Dart Tag Magstrike the most powerful nerfgun in the world, and would tickle your nose with a perfect shot, you've got to ask yourself a question:
Do I feel lucky? Well, do ya, punk?
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Anybody remember Silly String? Do they even still make that stuff?
A few years ago (can't remember when exactly) some dumb kid in Boston shot at another dumb kid with Silly String. The kid with Silly String all over him then took out a real gun, and shot the first kid dead. Mayor Menino's response to this was a proposal to ban Silly String within city limits.
This isn't exactly the same situation, but the political logic seems strangely reminiscent.
...when they're afraid of people getting hurt with a FREAKING *NERF* GUN! My little cousin got a nerf bow at a birthday, first thing his big brother did when he got his hands on it was to stick a pointy toothpick in the foam arrow and to shoot at balloons next to the parents chatting in a corner.My cousin can make ANYTHING a hazard. It's a gift (from the devil).
But this isn't about that, this is about appearances: Can't have people playing guns on a university campus! Think of the children!
You can't take the sky from me...
Penn State's spring semester game is just getting underway (stealth zombies period ends at noon tomorrow), and it's fucking awesome, just like last semester's was. Yes, they let us use nerf guns, and nobody's been injured except for one guy who broke his foot while falling down some stairs last game. That's why we make people sign waivers.
It's the best game ever. Hope they get the issues cleared up, as nerf guns and the associated modifications (yeah, I'm an engineering student) are a really fun aspect of it. If your college doesn't play, go get it started. I recommend talking it over w/ the campus cops first though, just to make sure you won't have problems like this.
Typical roleplaying games... always wanting to Nerf undead.
If a job's not worth doing, it's not worth doing right.
when a cop pulled up, lights flashing, and informed my friend he was about two second away from being shot before the cop realized it was a water gun.
That's just a sign that cops are trigger happy. He should have been about two seconds away from a cop yelling "This is the Police! Drop Your Weapon!". Seriously, when the biggest danger of using a toy isn't the toy itself but the possibility of being shot by the cops, is it the toy that is a danger or the cops?
We are all just people.
The only explanation is that campus administrators are zombies. The cheating bastards want to make sure nothing stops them from eating more brains.
So, let's recap :
The undead were nerfed by the GM's,
Innocent bystanders submitted a report of greifing to the game server (University),
The humans in turn are nerfed by the game server,
Thus causing the humans to be ganked by the undead.
Yep, sounds like typical PVP role-playing MMIRL.
Memory is deceptive because it is colored by today's events. - Albert Einstein
Uh, try the physics lab next door.
So is my thinking wrong?? Either way it sounds like a damn fun game and I sometimes feel cheated by not going to Uni (Traineeship, experience and courses make up my resume, uni would have been a waste as far as employability goes, but it sounds like a shit load of fun!)
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Damn, my RAM is full of cats. MEOW!!
Ok.... now give me an example of any government in the history of the world that wasn't corrupt.
I'm shocked, shocked, to hear it implied that there are LARPers who aren't getting any.
Well, what do _you_ think that hordes of undead flesh-eating zombies do? Save you 15% on your insurance?