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Larping Duel Ends in Sore Back

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By Coma News Staff

Dr. Jimmy, Coma physician, cancelled a highly anticipated LARPing duel with Town Councilmember Bob Smith-Smith shortly after it began due to “unfair hitting in the back when [he] wasn’t ready and not following the dang LARPing rules.”

“It was not cool at all because I clearly yelled ‘hold,’ and he hit me in the back when I wasn’t expecting it,” Dr. Jimmy said. “That’s not legal. And then he acted like he did something great.”

According to spectators, the entire duel lasted less than one minute. After Dr. Jimmy made a series of opening moves that some said resembled jumping jacks or modified calisthenics, Smith-Smith tapped his foam-wrapped “sword” onto Dr. Jimmy’s shoulder. The physician quickly called “hold,” which is the larping equivilant of a time out. But Smith-Smith attacked again, landing a blow on Dr. Jimmy’s back.

Dr. Jimmy grimaced as he left the larping circle and claimed he could not continue because his back “stung like a bitch” and he would not continue dueling with someone who so flagrantly violated the rules of LARPing.

The duel challenge, which Dr. Jimmy issued to Smith-Smith at last week’s Town Council meeting, attracted nearly a dozen spectators. Smith-Smith did not comment afterwards but did fist bump several spectators.

Dr. Jimmy would not comment beyond mumbling that Smith-Smith had not heard the last from him.

Physician Challenges Councilmember to LARPing Duel

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By Coma News Staff

In what was described as a stunning and unexpected development at last night’s town council meeting, Dr. Jimmy, Coma resident and town physician, challenged Coma Town Councilmember Bob Smith-Smith to a LARPing duel to determine “who’s the baddest motherfucker in town.”

Witnesses said Dr. Jimmy interrupted Smith-Smith while the councilmember was giving an update on recent additions to Denzel Washington’s Wikipedia page and repeatedly challenged the councilmember to engage in live-action roleplaying (LARP) sword fighting.

“He was like a rabid dog or ox,” Councilmember Natalie Peters said, about the general practitioner. “At one point, he started speaking in a sort of Irish-Scottish accent, which certainly made it all seem more dramatic than it probably was.”

In a statement released this morning, Dr. Jimmy stood by his challenge. “I will administer a beating worthy of inclusion in the thick, dusty books of antiquity,” Dr. Jimmy said.  “I will not say any more, however, as I prefer to let my trusty blade do the talking for me.” Dr. Jimmy added that while technically his LARPing sword is not a blade, it is a sturdy piece of PVC piping wrapped in foam and can inflict pain when it hits its mark with enough force.

In his statement, Dr. Jimmy said he has been working on a number of moves and maneuvers he believes will be too much for the novice Smith-Smith to handle.  He added that while he prefers traditional “freeform” LARPing, he is not opposed to a “theatre-style” duel if that is what his nemesis wants. While Dr. Jimmy did not disclose a date for the duel, he said he looked forward “to tasting the blood of Smith-Smith” very soon.

Smith-Smith declined to comment on the challenge.