1. Don't have an orange eating contest. Ask Dan C., it'll turn out badly. Very badly. Eating contests at Larps are just asking for trouble. So is bringing shrimp. WHY?....Just...why.
2. Eat when the tavern is open. Even if you aren't hungry. If you don't, you'll pass out or get dizzy and sick. And be that person that the hold/emergency is called for. We won't mind, but everyone will still stare at you :-)
3. Don't eat chili at Larp. Nuff said. No, but really. It's tasty, it's delicious. But I've had to call a hold on a long mod because literally people couldn't, um, wait.
4. Racoon-a-horse: Keep your Larp foodstuffs in a cooler. With a padlock. And a fifty-pound weight on top of it. Inside the trunk of your car. Raccon-a-horse will probably still get it and you'll find its minions, Racoon-a-corns chugging your vegetable oil out of a water bottle by the fire. But at least you'll feel good about the effort you made.
5. Hotpockets - ask Jim Gaffigan, the comedian. Here you go, for those of you too lazy to youtube it :D
6. Don't eat burned rice.
7. Don't rely on tavern to have vegetarian friendly food. We appreciate your efforts, but it's always good to have some back-up's just in case. Also, mushrooms are not meat, so it's okay. :-)
8. If you can't identify the meat that you are about to consume, don't eat it. This includes if the package states "meat-like product."
9. The mega-can of baked beans and everyone eating out of it with the same spoon leads to terrible things. You will not sleep in my cabin. Humans are meant to consume that many beans in one sitting. Seriously, you.
I leave number 10 to you, the readers. What do YOU think is the worst possible thing you could eat at a Larp?
"2. Eat when the tavern is open. Even if you aren't hungry. If you don't, you'll pass out or get dizzy and sick. And be that person that the hold/emergency is called for. We won't mind, but everyone will still stare at you :-)"
ReplyDeleteI'll mind. Most people at a LARP are adults who should be able to take care of themselves or make arrangements if they need someone to remind them. It is *rude* to the people around you if you make the game stop because you couldn't be bothered to drink some water or eat a granola bar in the last 15 hours.
Aren't opening meetings held for the sole purpose of reminding adults to eat, drink, sleep, and dress warm?
DeleteYeah, I've seen too many people, usually teenagers and young adults, get too enthusiastic about the game (especially when NPCing) to go bother eating. Seriously, the shack can spare you for half an hour. Living NPCs are better than half-dead NPCs.
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