Steampunk: the new LARP

[Cain]

I also got the impression that Conan there considered steampunk to be bad because its wildly unrealistic nature led to an empahsis on the aesthetic and stylistic aspects of steampunk.

Which is, well, kind of exactly the opposite of how I feel.  Any subculture that is bringing Victorian stylishness back in fashion isn't necessarily a bad thing at all in my book.  Plus some of the steampunk themed stuff I have seen, like the laptops, has looked damn cool.

Also, his criticism seems mostly to be based around the idea that steampunk is unrealistic.  Its a good thing Conan is so clever and able to figure this out, because no-one else has realised the reason we don't live in a steampunk world is because of the evolution of technology.  I bet when Conan read Lord of the Rings, he muttered to himself "rings don't make people invisible" under his breath, and wrote "unrealistic" and "biologically impossible" in the margins next to the descriptions of elves and dwarves. 

[Mesozoic Mister Nigel]

Well, you know Cain, as inexorably as dancing leads to miscegenation, the next step after imagining unrealistic things is the making of art, which must be curtailed at any cost.

[Cain]

Give the little blighters an algebra text book, if they want to be "creative".  That's what Conan would advise.  And perhaps a statistical survey for Christmas, if they're good.

[Mesozoic Mister Nigel]

Give the little blighters an algebra text book, if they want to be "creative".  That's what Conan would advise.  And perhaps a statistical survey for Christmas, if they're good.

That's the spirit... that's how we achieve proper technological progress, of course. Not with these ridiculous flights of fancy.

[Mesozoic Mister Nigel]

I was kind of hoping Mr. One-Post, who almost certainly found this thread by Googling "steampunk" in pursuit of promoting his blog, would come back and try to defend himself.

But no.

[Cainad (dec.)]

I was kind of hoping Mr. One-Post, who almost certainly found this thread by Googling "steampunk" in pursuit of promoting his blog, would come back and try to defend himself.

But no.

He did defend himself...



on the blog.

[LMNO]

So, it was pointed out on my Facebook yesterday that a crew of people should really dress up as plumbers, as they're the ones who keep the steam machines working.

I can just see it now, a room full of Victorian fops nattering away, when in bursts a gang of greasy, sweaty, pipe-weilding hooligans, talking loudly and crudely about life under the streets.

Could be good for a laugh or two.

[Richter]

You just described the last convention Suu, Gen. Stuart, Leln, and I all went to in Steampunk kit.

[LMNO]

Pics?  I knew you guys were going as renegades, but not as a bunch of Blue-Collar mechanics.

[Richter]

I'd say we looked GOOD, not quite blue collar.  We were toting the hardware though, you saw pics of once wrench.  I personally had 20lbs. of steel on my belt until security escorted me out for having a "Spiky death wrench" 

A few folks we met, and several friends were doing the "Ass deep in an engine" look though,  Coveralls, grease, and tools.  Come to think of it, I need to do this too.  It'd be cheap enough to pull off.

[Cramulus]

I personally had 20lbs. of steel on my belt until security escorted me out for having a "Spiky death wrench" 

protip: security guards to not want to see your prince albert.

[Richter]

 

Sometimes, the Hammer Wrench is NOT my penis.

[Cramulus]

"Where does he get those wonderful toys?"
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[Mesozoic Mister Nigel]

I was kind of hoping Mr. One-Post, who almost certainly found this thread by Googling "steampunk" in pursuit of promoting his blog, would come back and try to defend himself.

But no.

He did defend himself...



on the blog.

Awwww I didn't even get to read it because he took the blog down. 

[Richter]

"Where does he get those wonderful toys?"
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