Stephanie told me about this posting on Craig’s List Seattle. I didn’t believe her that it was real, so I had to go find it for myself.
Posting here because who knows how long the entry will be active, and I want this sucker immortalized. Live in infamy forever, thanks to the power of the Internet!
Anybody out there interested in hiking the entirety of the Pacific Crest Trail as part of a role-playing group?
The two ideas people are voting on right now are Lord of the Rings and Lost. The idea is that everyone who goes would have a character that they’d pretty much be, exclusively, for the duration.
For those of you who don’t understand the full inanity, somebody is looking for a group of people to dress up and pretend to be Aragorn, Legolas, Gimli, Frodo, Gandalf, and company while going for a hike from Canada to Mexico. In costume. In character. The whole way.
I, for one, won’t be at all impressed with them unless they do it all with authentic equipment and clothing. No modern synthetics, fibers, or materials. No freeze-dried food. No firearms. The person playing Legolas damn well better be able to outrun those deer. That would make it fun.
Oh, crap. You know what I’ve gone and done? Invented a concept for a reality show.
Oooooo, that could be a funny reality show. LIVING FANFIC.
Well, no, that wasn’t the direction I was going, given my views on fanfic. *That* reality show would be likely to have me clawing my eyes out in the first five minutes (which is actually my reaction to pretty much any reality show).
I was thinking more along the lines of how geeks like to talk smack about how if society collapses, only geeks are prepared to survive and thrive in the post-apocalyptic wastelands. I say, let ‘em put their money where their mouth is. Let’s see how bad-ass those big talkers would be under actual historical conditions…