[kbenson]

I think the issue is that LARPing battle is a poor substitute for what the body can take and how people respond to real pain and damage. We might be getting to the point that we can get somewhat of a foot take on the damage with VR eventually.

[jay_kyburz]

You also have to grow up in a society that is completely alien to ours, your entire outlook on life, how long you might live, and how willing you are to give up your life is different.

Imagine living in a world where how tough you are, how well you can fight determines everything about your status in the world.

[Apocryphon]

VR? What if we just tried it out in a Mount and Blade mod.

[willcipriano]

Do you find that your behavior in Mount and Blade is close to real life?

[Apocryphon]

I wouldn't know, I don't actually play that game.

[willcipriano]

I've been playing Blade and Sorcery in VR for a week or so. It's scary at first, but after a while I don't mind getting hit and play in a way that I would never do with my own body at risk. In the real world I'd get somewhere up high with a bow, but I run around like Conan the Barbarian in the game.