Why is it called LARP when it's done online?

[William]

Does the LA stand for something I don't know?

 

[Haint]

Live action roleplay. A bit of a misnomer for online.

 

[Where's Waldo?]

I guess it depends, if you're pretending to be a character sitting down at a computer and typing everything out...

 

[Wine em Dine em 69 em]

‘Larp’ is such a goofy word, especially the verb form ‘larping’. Extra faggoty.
EG- Ralph is larping as a trad Xian father this week.

 

[Just A Butt]

i cast fog of fart on you all
ha ha ha sniff it up again

 

[SpergPatrol]

Yeah you can larp even online like pretending you have mental disorders you don't have, pretending your a different species, etc.

Basically what happens if your parents didn't raise you correctly and you grew up stuck in your imagination phase

 

[byuu]

Because they're not LARPing as some energy entity that exists in the network but as a person in front of a computer.

 

[Happy Fish]

It evokes imagery of fat neckbeards in cosplay yelling "fireball" while waving a fake sword. The implication is you are that big of a dork pretending to be something else.

 

[Retink]

You're still doing it live, just online.