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LARP is a little-known entry in the DSM IV as a sub-entry under Delusional Schizophrenia. LARP is an acronym for Loser Attracting Reality Psychosis. This debilitating disease of the mind affects people (mostly males) as they reach that difficult stage at the beginning of their teenage years. It seems to often be set off by the young teenager being exposed to Computer Games which have the common theme of gameplay set in the dark or middle ages (and often in dark or middle roomsyeah, that totally makes sense).
There are however more renegade psychological researchers that claim this may even have roots which stretch as far back to early childhood where the LARPer's (as people who suffer this disease are known as) parents read them too many fairytales these early years which puts the child at a pre-disposition of developing LARP.
In this sad and knee-jerk inducing disease, the young LARPer teenager becomes increasingly unable to distinguish between fantasy and reality. It is at this point that the parents often hear the word "Loser" being used to describe the child.
LARP can also be read out as Laughing At Retarded People.
edit The accepted progression of the disease
1) The young teenager becomes attracted to games in which s/he gets to take on the role of a fantasy person/creature in a medieval setting
2) The word "loser" is often used by others to describe the child
3) The child has friends which also may be described as "losers" and they spend increasing amounts of time together huddled in a circle (often in a darkened room) and exclamations such as "Yieldith!" and "Do you Rue it?!" coming from within.
NB: At this stage the disease has reached the point of no return and is about to shift onto a whole new level! It is now that the line between the game and reality seems to become completely blurred in the sufferer's mind.
4) The "game" (which you have now lost) is now taken into the real world as all traces of the child are lost and the reality of the character takes over. The LARPer will now act and dress the part at almost all times.
5) On weekends they will take the new reality out of the bedroom and into nature where real battles between many LARPer-Losers will take place using various props to help add to the fantasy world they all live in. This is when the disease has reached the peak of its destruction.
edit The Cure for LARP
(Note: Cewr is convurment to an MMORPG with inpropar spelling and articles) The cure for this cruel disease is unknown. Therapy seems to be a good place to begin. Prevention is better than cure and on writing this article there is a huge need for more awareness to be raised regarding LARPers and their disease. Although most LARPers will grow out of the disease at the end of their teen years, there are a number of sufferers whom will continue to perpetuate their fallisious reality into late life - these are the saddest cases of all and the biggest losers you will ever meet! Hi Mom!
It has, however, been postulated that genetic modification using a special version of the girlfriend gene may cure this horrible condition. LARPers who have received this treatment have, on occasion, been shown to lose their symptoms, either slowly or all at once. However, there is a very real danger that this will leave the ex-LARPer embittered and prone to using extreme sarcasm in dangerous amounts, without regard for losses. This has meant that such research has usually been combined with experimental methods of grue control.
It is theoretically possible that use of this therapy may lead not to the healing of the LARPer, but to the subsequent infection of his girlfriend, creating a dangerous super-race of girlfriend-gene carrying LARPers who would soon reproduce and conquer the entire universe. However, it is believed that a massive coalition consisting of Sauron, Darth Hitler and a ninja has so far prevented this.
edit Is LARP Transmitted Genetically?
While it is hypothetically possible, there has been no real-world incidence of LARP being transmitted genetically. 