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edit - remove - report - save #1 - by aaa (Fn5Xsal0nQ) - Jan 26, 2009

I don't understand!

edit - remove - report - save #2 - by Anonymous Jan 27, 2009

hahaha wtf?

edit - remove - report - save #3 - by Anonymous Jan 27, 2009

You don't and you never will.

edit - remove - report - save #4 - by Anonymous Jan 27, 2009

Sense. This picture makes none.

edit - remove - report - save #5 - by Brandon M. Sergent Jan 27, 2009

It's boffer swords. It's like airsoft but with ninja/medieval gear instead of guns.

edit - remove - report - save #6 - by stangrage (Nmwbj7/uE2) - Jan 27, 2009

haha nice!

edit - remove - report - save #7 - by Anonymous Jan 27, 2009

It is LARPing! Live Action Role Playing.

edit - remove - report - save #8 - by Anonymous Jan 27, 2009

hahahaha hilarious i thought it was photoshopped at first but then i google mapped it ! oh my god hahaha

edit - remove - report - save #9 - by Anonymous Jan 27, 2009

They are LARPers (Live Action Role Playing)

edit - remove - report - save #10 - by Anonymous Jan 27, 2009

It is LARPing! http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Live_action_role-playing_game Kinda like Dungeons and Dragons - but played out in real life.

edit - remove - report - save #11 - by Anonymous Jan 27, 2009

watch the movie Role Models, then you'll get it.

edit - remove - report - save #12 - by Anonymous Jan 27, 2009

MMORPG :D

edit - remove - report - save #13 - by Dana (PkDo3c3GM2) - Jan 27, 2009

ROLE PLAY YER LITTLE HEARTS OUT! god i love my fellow geeks.

edit - remove - report - save #14 - by Grum (uzMPAHdSvw) - Jan 27, 2009

Or maybe they practice for Pennsic.

edit - remove - report - save #15 - by josh (irx5PrbX..) - Jan 27, 2009

lollll if i was smoking a joint on google map i would be soooo happy

edit - remove - report - save #16 - by Anonymous Jan 27, 2009

Holy CRAP!!! THAT'S ME!!!

edit - remove - report - save #17 - by Anonymous Jan 27, 2009

It's because it's the Street View that's the kicker, LARP their lives away as the Google truck comes down the street taking pictures...

edit - remove - report - save #18 - by Anonymous Jan 27, 2009

Dying alone.

edit - remove - report - save #19 - by vixsta (S8GpHevAUs) - Jan 27, 2009

Wow! I'm NEVER the type to ever say or think "PHOTOSHOPPED", but when I saw this one that is what came into my mind. But curiosity got the best of me and when I did search the address on G.Maps and did a bit of rotating - VOILA!!! They are actually there! AMAZING! Thanks for sharing this hilarious pic! P.S. Damn, I love being a nerdy geeky woman :)

edit - remove - report - save #20 - by Anonymous Jan 27, 2009

LOLOLOL THAT IS SOOOOO COOL

edit - remove - report - save #21 - by Adhe Ananda Jan 27, 2009

There's nothing TO get! It's two dudes in midieval gear fighting with swords. It's hilarious!

edit - remove - report - save #22 - by Amy_at_MCGjazz (gF0TazDcNE) - Jan 27, 2009

This is near the Mattress Factory in the North Side of Pittsburgh.

edit - remove - report - save #23 - by Anonymous Jan 27, 2009

Epic Win!

edit - remove - report - save #24 - by Jim (tJJ3V5zHyc) - Jan 27, 2009

The best part is when you actually go down the street a little to look for different views. 2 clicks to the left, suddenly it's sunny, no LARPers, and there's bushes where the larpers are. A few clicks to the right and then either way down the dead end street, and the same thing happens. Also, from one of the views, you see the guy on the left is on the ground and the other one is standing over him. But what is most interesting is it looks like the google streetcam was only there that rainy day for a span of about 20 meters... the rest of the neighborhood was shot on a sunny day. Maybe they saw the LARPers on their first run, and made a second run much later on a nicer day, but left the LARPers in?

edit - remove - report - save #25 - by Anonymous Jan 27, 2009

it was actually planned... And if you continued to check out the street view on Sampsonia Way you will see some other... strange things going on! :) http://kelsocartography.com/blog/?tag=pittsburgh

edit - remove - report - save #26 - by someone Jan 27, 2009

fags playing dungeons and dragons

edit - remove - report - save #27 - by Anonymous Jan 27, 2009

That's awesome. A boyfriend I once had was a LARP-er. Gotta love geeks. <3

edit - remove - report - save #28 - by Anonymous Jan 27, 2009

Check out the Society for Creative Anachronism. It is likely that these two are members and just practicing.

edit - remove - report - save #29 - by Anonymous Jan 27, 2009

ie Sense this picture makes plenty, newfag.

edit - remove - report - save #30 - by Anonymous Jan 27, 2009

Haha I bet you that if you keep searching google maps you'll find a hobo peeing on a mouse.

edit - remove - report - save #31 - by Anonymous Jan 27, 2009

so i had to go and check it out for myself... did anyone else scroll up and look at the crazy looking 'clouds?'

edit - remove - report - save #32 - by Anonymous Jan 27, 2009

Down the road someone has a giant turkey in their yard. Down Sampsonia road.

edit - remove - report - save #33 - by Anonymous Jan 27, 2009

these guys seem to be playing either Belegarth or Dagorhir, judging by their get-ups and weapons... There are other games out there a lot like this one Amtgard - the best of the boffer games Dag/Bel - Lots of fun NERO - Gay SCA - Fun, but not cheap Darkon - no review exist Melee - Ok on occasion there are others, but i dont know of them/cant remember them now.

edit - remove - report - save #34 - by Anonymous Jan 27, 2009

At a park near my house, a bunch of kids wearing this stuff gather and have what appears to be tournaments. The first time I saw it I thought I was either going crazy or had driven through a wormhole and gone back in time.

edit - remove - report - save #35 - by nerts (wYl0Ob/JIo) - Jan 27, 2009

They called them Botha Weapons in Vermont when I was in college 15 years ago. Duct tape styrofoam.

edit - remove - report - save #36 - by Anonymous Jan 27, 2009

Get a life nerds!

edit - remove - report - save #37 - by Anonymous Jan 27, 2009

faulty transporter switch!

edit - remove - report - save #38 - by crossthread (HFO0S9IMv.) - Jan 27, 2009

I used to be a Morris dancer , thats when we go bad. Too too normal .

edit - remove - report - save #39 - by Alvin Seet Jan 27, 2009

Wow.....how do u find them?

edit - remove - report - save #40 - by Anonymous Jan 27, 2009

AMTGARD FTW even though these guys aren't Amtgard it looks like. But still.

edit - remove - report - save #41 - by Anonymous Jan 27, 2009

Type the address into Google Maps, go to street view and look up. UFOs!

edit - remove - report - save #42 - by Anonymous Jan 27, 2009

You can count on ALL the strangest news to come from Pennsylvania. I work up there some and every week they make the news in some criminally or mentally retarded way

edit - remove - report - save #43 - by Izad (ON9L.y3kyA) - Jan 27, 2009

they are not SCA or Belagarth. They are Dagorhir. And the one on the left is my friend. Im not sure who the one on the right is. I cant tell. And it is NOT LARPing.

edit - remove - report - save #44 - by d (nOA3ItxPxI) - Jan 27, 2009

with a little movement to the corner of sampsonia way and federal st you can see that the dude on the right slayed the guy on the left

edit - remove - report - save #45 - by brad (gn5BbDj1Es) - Jan 27, 2009

i love you guys

edit - remove - report - save #46 - by Anonymous Jan 27, 2009

i wonder if their still there....

edit - remove - report - save #47 - by Anonymous Jan 27, 2009

search 'Darkon: The Movie' not role models. please

edit - remove - report - save #48 - by Schill Jan 27, 2009

This picture is just photoshopped to make it look like its from Google earth, on Google earth u cant see people that clear

edit - remove - report - save #49 - by Hanlie (m7GbPabI.Q) - Jan 27, 2009

At the end of the street by the corner cafe, there's a person with a postbox suit kind of thing that looks like a bottle that says HAM on it, it seems (!?), that cannot be any kind of game (like, "hey lets dress up as post boxes today and play postbox-postbox") It is definitely LARPing

edit - remove - report - save #50 - by Anonymous One Jan 27, 2009

"Role Models" was soooo funnny. Quote from the movie: Do you know what I had for breakfast? Cocaine! Do you know what I had for lunch? Cocaine! What did you have for dinner? Was it cocaine? ROFLOL!!

edit - remove - report - save #51 - by Nick Jan 28, 2009

"Good job team, we got the gazebo fixed in time for LARP-Stock!"

edit - remove - report - save #52 - by Anon Jan 28, 2009

I thought I was an internet geek, but I have no idea what the joke is here. Unless it's an in joke against people like me, in which case, bravo!

edit - remove - report - save #53 - by Anonymous Jan 28, 2009

If you have Google earth and look from the intersection (Sampsonia Way/Federal St), you can see where one has, how shall I put it, vanquished his foe.

edit - remove - report - save #54 - by Anonymous Jan 28, 2009

OK WE GET IT, ITS LARPING

edit - remove - report - save #55 - by anthraxika Jan 28, 2009

they must work for google to be such nerds 1. to know when the photo was being taken, 2. to be larpers...haha...LoL...love it

edit - remove - report - save #56 - by Anonymous Jan 28, 2009

Could be Jugger (lookit on Google or Youtube). Jugging is way cool.

edit - remove - report - save #57 - by CasTex (lN8E/zVFhc) - Jan 28, 2009

Wow, its very funny !! CasTex http://www.downloadic.com

edit - remove - report - save #58 - by Anonymous Jan 28, 2009

It's a slightly different picture on Ye Olde Google Maps now - they're battling their little hearts out. What a time to be alive.

edit - remove - report - save #59 - by Anonymous Jan 28, 2009

hah this is some shit they call dag. my friend was real into it. you dress up and hit each other with foam objects.

edit - remove - report - save #60 - by Anonymous Jan 28, 2009

what a bunch of faggots

edit - remove - report - save #61 - by Anonymous Jan 28, 2009

I have always thought "How many times did they capture an image or evidence of wrong doing?

edit - remove - report - save #62 - by J Jan 28, 2009

WTF man, they need to get their act together and remove that foam. Maybe then the true victor will be known :)

edit - remove - report - save #63 - by Anonymous Jan 28, 2009

FRIGGIN DORKS!

edit - remove - report - save #64 - by Anonymous Jan 28, 2009

XD it's actually real.

edit - remove - report - save #65 - by Anonymous Jan 28, 2009

Most of you are totally missing the point here...it's the fact that it's on Google streetview that is funny. These guys happened to be fighting with foam swords when the streetview car came and took pictures, and now they are immortalized on the intertewbez.

edit - remove - report - save #66 - by Anonymous One Jan 28, 2009

BOOORRRIINNG!!

edit - remove - report - save #67 - by Anonymous Jan 28, 2009

excellent, some people are just plane geeks

edit - remove - report - save #68 - by Anonymous Jan 28, 2009

this is on Samsonia way in Pittsburgh, there were different sets up all along the street.. like a marathon, a laboratory, band practice, a giant chicken, a marching band, and the folks at The Mattress Factory throwing confetti (just to name a few things).

edit - remove - report - save #69 - by GodMonster (BcI83yhr6Y) - Jan 28, 2009

It's most likely Dagorhir, since that's what's most popular around here in Pittsburgh, and I know a lot of people from around that area that participate. It sort of makes me wonder if this was part of the Sampsonia Way art installation or they just showed up because they knew about it.

edit - remove - report - save #70 - by banana (5RRtZawAKg) - Jan 28, 2009

Oh my god, that is the funniest thing I have ever seen!

edit - remove - report - save #71 - by Anonymous Jan 28, 2009

Who cares who did it, or why , or if it was planned or if it wasn't . or if its LARPing or if it isnt, the fact is. its hilarious!

edit - remove - report - save #72 - by noname Jan 28, 2009

if you map it, than go down the road until the intersection you can you can see one of them laying on the ground...you have to zoom a little to see, but i guess the other guy kicked his ass lmfao good find

edit - remove - report - save #73 - by Anonymous Jan 28, 2009

give na give...

edit - remove - report - save #74 - by muzz (lsFremEfcI) - Jan 28, 2009

good one how did you spot the camera van? luck or planned rendezvous? great idea all i could think of was holding a card with "eternity' or "love one another" haha good

edit - remove - report - save #75 - by Anonymous Jan 28, 2009

Wow, bloody hilarious!!!! Like really, its quite funny~ bravo

edit - remove - report - save #76 - by Anonymous Jan 28, 2009

LARP!

edit - remove - report - save #77 - by Anonymous Jan 28, 2009

LOL I'd be more concerned with the alien invasion happening above them! )

edit - remove - report - save #78 - by Anonymous Jan 28, 2009

What is going on with the sky????? Anyone check this on Google maps?

edit - remove - report - save #79 - by amy (PWf0ysM8oc) - Jan 28, 2009

HAHA i actually typed in to see if it was there and it was.that is hilarious.

edit - remove - report - save #80 - by McNice Jan 28, 2009

ha ha ha. BUSTED!!!

edit - remove - report - save #81 - by pustulio (QkRJTXcpFI) - Jan 28, 2009

LOL!!! amazing!! i google it too just hilarius!

edit - remove - report - save #82 - by Anonymous Jan 28, 2009

You idiots, its the street view in Google Maps.

edit - remove - report - save #83 - by Magnus Jan 28, 2009

OK, I looked in Google maps, enabled street view, and there they are. Ummm...I really wish I could get those three minutes back....

edit - remove - report - save #84 - by Darius (pRRLMV4ZHg) - Jan 28, 2009

it's not LARPing although there are some elements of LARP in the game this is actually called AMTGARD http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amtgard I play it myself in Columbus Ohoi where there are 4 parks (mine is a barony meaning at least 20 ppl show up on a regular basis) promo video someone made: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WOnjWHW5hjw http://www.amtgardatlas.com/ohio.php Mine is Barony of the Blackshire Pass we meet every Sunday starting at 11 going until whenever. weapons are made by us and of Fun noodle wrapped around sawed off golf clubs, PVC pipe, bamboo (whatever as long as it doesn't poke through) Me and my gang playing it up: http://viewmorepics.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=user.viewPicture&friendID=40445795&albumId=1638220 Yes there are chicks that go :D If it sounds/looks fun hit me up (if you know how) Thanks and have a nice day Redbeard,Joe, Darius

edit - remove - report - save #85 - by Darius (pRRLMV4ZHg) - Jan 28, 2009

in response to "Jugging" Jugging is one of the sub-games we play in Amtgard.

edit - remove - report - save #86 - by Anonymous Jan 28, 2009

Just want to point out something to those of ypu who like to insult LARPERS. These 'fags' know how to use weapons and train with them on a oftern daily basis. Do you really think its a good idea to insult some one who can not only block what ever you throw at them but then drum roll you till you cry like a baby. Think about it, we like beating the living crap out of each other. We only use foam ones cause after about the fifth trip, the ER not only begins to get really boring but the staff tend to start reporting you to the cops (or just cart your best mate off to mental ward for being a violent psycho.) Either way where's the intelligence in insulting some one who sword trains for fun. (oh and about 70% of LARPERS own real weapons too, might not be tempered or sharpened to stay on the right side of the law but a couple of kilo's of metal swung by someone who knows what they doing is at best very very painful and at worst, fatal.) This is why we tend to be quite peaceful types in real life, who needs to be a loud mouth when you know you can give any cop, basic grunt or low level martial artist a real run for their money. Oh and a hint to other LARPER's, learn martial arts during the week. not only does does your fitness improve (allowing you to hit your mates for longer) but so do your skills.

edit - remove - report - save #87 - by Laura (o7IoaYt5UM) - Jan 28, 2009

I got caught on streetview. I saw the car and went, AGHHH!

edit - remove - report - save #88 - by Anonymous Jan 28, 2009

no yall are idiots a google car was driving around taking pictures for google maps and these two nerds happened to be playing with themselves at the right time and are now forever imprinted on google maps history

edit - remove - report - save #89 - by pims Jan 28, 2009

http://www.authspot.com/Short-Stories/The-Night-of-the-Panda.475233

edit - remove - report - save #90 - by Anonymous Jan 28, 2009

They are practicing for Dagorhir, nigga'

edit - remove - report - save #91 - by Anonymous Jan 28, 2009

LMao .. Awesome!! Haaa And these people are going to come across this and be like SWEET they got a picture of us!!

edit - remove - report - save #92 - by LOL IM ONLINE (g/fwGn6LwA) - Jan 28, 2009

HAY GAIZ THIS PIC IS SHOPPED YUP SHADOWS ARE TOTALLY WRONG.

edit - remove - report - save #93 - by Anonymous Jan 28, 2009

Did anyone else notice that on Fireman St, right off of Sampsonia there are 2 firemen rescuing a cat from a tree for a little girl? What a fun idea those people had! The rest of you debating LARP and photoshopping are just freaks.

edit - remove - report - save #94 - by Butt Chamber (cyo0Bto8F2) - Jan 28, 2009

Thats totally Bamboon Tampoon!

edit - remove - report - save #95 - by Yup (tuFm1gr9sU) - Jan 28, 2009

Looks like runescpae. what a load of crap that game is. lol.

edit - remove - report - save #96 - by Yup Jan 28, 2009

aye

edit - remove - report - save #97 - by Yup Jan 28, 2009

100th comment woot

edit - remove - report - save #98 - by Anonymous Jan 28, 2009

It's two idiots being idiots,the goggle map tell's you where the idiots live,just trying to help your travel plans,and where not to go.

edit - remove - report - save #99 - by Displaced Steelers fan (K240Eu50JA) - Jan 28, 2009

Typical Pittsburgh. Crazy stuff around every corner and weather that changes every other block....

edit - remove - report - save #100 - by Brit Jan 28, 2009

This is by far the best thing I have stumbled on in a really long time!

edit - remove - report - save #101 - by lemons (fj1Se0VtWY) - Jan 28, 2009

people should be more careful dinosaurs are very dangerous. that woman on the tower is as good as dead

edit - remove - report - save #102 - by Steve (dd4vUPYVJg) - Jan 28, 2009

Sweeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeet

edit - remove - report - save #103 - by Shaina Jan 29, 2009

I would hate to see what I was doing when they went by my house...=D

edit - remove - report - save #104 - by Anonymous Jan 29, 2009

Ya LARPing!

edit - remove - report - save #105 - by Anonymous Jan 29, 2009

Classic. Thanks stumble

edit - remove - report - save #106 - by Anonymous Jan 29, 2009

these are little kids, you can easily tell.

edit - remove - report - save #107 - by Kevin is AZN (rNrbLe3mcw) - Jan 29, 2009

lol, if you go a bit further down the road and look back, it appears one has been knocked down

edit - remove - report - save #108 - by Kevin is AZN (rNrbLe3mcw) - Jan 29, 2009

i see the giant turkey down the road, lol ftw

edit - remove - report - save #109 - by Anonymous Jan 29, 2009

No mamen! que pendejada de foto...par de idiotas

edit - remove - report - save #110 - by Anonymous Jan 29, 2009

This is interesting... go to the where Sampsonia way meets Arch street, next to a store that says "Butcher Grocer"... there is a person standing outside who appears to be auditioning for a role as "Mr Peanut". What is this person wearing?

edit - remove - report - save #111 - by Anonymous Jan 29, 2009

it's real, hahaha

edit - remove - report - save #112 - by Anonymous Jan 29, 2009

no way this is called dagorhir! my brother does it. it's really neat actually. oh yeah, don't call it LARPing.. they get mad and hit you. yeah, the swords are covered in foam, but those bastards hurt like hell!!

edit - remove - report - save #113 - by Anonymous Jan 29, 2009

That is part of the Sampsonia art installation on Google maps. Google and the neighborhood teamed up and that's why there's a lot of out of the ordinary scenes in the neighborhood. It's pretty awesome

edit - remove - report - save #114 - by Anonymous Jan 29, 2009

This picture is definitely photoshopped. I can tell because of some of the pixels and also having seen a lot of shops in my day.

edit - remove - report - save #115 - by grimble (WBRXcNtpf.) - Jan 29, 2009

you can see them in different possitions if oyu move around, and at some point there not there anymor, and theres a lot fo cars parked there

edit - remove - report - save #116 - by Anonymous Jan 29, 2009

to 117, what photoshop? go to google maps and see it for yourself

edit - remove - report - save #117 - by angela (riLfS2043Q) - Jan 29, 2009

HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA ooh..*sigh*

edit - remove - report - save #118 - by Anonymous Jan 29, 2009

if I couldn't see that it was Pennsylvania and if it wasn't for the American stile fire escape which I think you only get in Manchester (UK) I would swear that this was my hole town. me ans some friends used to to a few practice fights near a pub and I know that people LARPing in other places too. the fact that this is happening isn't strange ..... but that there in full costume is... those weapons look rubbish too lol I hope its just a low camera resolution or something it looks like F and H

edit - remove - report - save #119 - by Anonymous Jan 29, 2009

Imba minimap FTW xD

edit - remove - report - save #120 - by Anonymous Jan 29, 2009

Life is just one huge a$$ RPG lolz :P

edit - remove - report - save #121 - by Anonymous Jan 29, 2009

to anyone who actually looks at this( type on that address and maqpquest it. it will be the same losers in the picture)

edit - remove - report - save #122 - by Anonymous Jan 29, 2009

the picture is different now!

edit - remove - report - save #123 - by Anonymous Jan 29, 2009

anybody else notice that if you go to Google maps to look at this, go a few blocks west to the corner of Arch and Sampsonia, while facing west, what the fluck is that thing on the left hand side of the road? A person in a barrel?

edit - remove - report - save #124 - by Anonymous Jan 29, 2009

Dagohir players must be really insecure if they get pissed when you call them LARPers. Do they prefer "Live Action Combat Gaming" because it sounds manlier?

edit - remove - report - save #125 - by Anonymous Jan 29, 2009

haha, man that's funny

edit - remove - report - save #126 - by vijay Jan 29, 2009

google map it also got real crime on street

edit - remove - report - save #127 - by Anonymous Jan 29, 2009

that's hilarious! it's actually there when you type address into Google Maps!!! Brilliant! And not shopped to all you cinicall losers

edit - remove - report - save #128 - by Anonymous Jan 29, 2009

Its obvious that they live in a land of monsters and dragons and are simply preparing themselves for what ever may attack them.

edit - remove - report - save #129 - by Anonymous Jan 29, 2009

http://www.whyaretheydead.net/

edit - remove - report - save #130 - by Josh (KF/xZJAzMY) - Jan 29, 2009

hey guys this is an awesome pic. wheres it 2 tho? looks pretty kool tho.wicket

edit - remove - report - save #131 - by EggNogAdam (pmxGQSZT0s) - Jan 29, 2009

Hahahaha. LARP FTW. I'd like to appear on a googlemap street view. As long as I wasn't entering a porn shop or getting a BJ from a tranny hooker on L Street, that is.

edit - remove - report - save #132 - by Anonymous Jan 29, 2009

HA! xD

edit - remove - report - save #133 - by carole (MKh0y4tFsY) - Jan 29, 2009

I love the picture, I know the neighborhood

edit - remove - report - save #134 - by Anonymous Jan 29, 2009

I totally live like 5minutes away from there. weird!

edit - remove - report - save #135 - by Anonymous Jan 29, 2009

BELGARTH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!1

edit - remove - report - save #136 - by Anonymous Jan 29, 2009

this is embarrassing. i live in pittsburgh

edit - remove - report - save #137 - by Anonymous Jan 29, 2009

OMG haha

edit - remove - report - save #138 - by Merc (8FVFEBTVK2) - Jan 29, 2009

T-Wolf! WOOT!!!

edit - remove - report - save #139 - by Anonymous Jan 29, 2009

i think its supost to be a video game

edit - remove - report - save #140 - by Anonymous Jan 29, 2009

what is in the sky above them? If you swivel the view to the air, there are some sort of anomalies in the sky

edit - remove - report - save #141 - by emilyyy (Ieal2Yyw7A) - Jan 29, 2009

LMAO

edit - remove - report - save #142 - by Anonymous Jan 29, 2009

IN THE SKY?!! ITS LARPING

edit - remove - report - save #143 - by Anonymous Jan 29, 2009

these are troubled times in the realm of Darkon

edit - remove - report - save #144 - by Anonymous Jan 29, 2009

This is from google maps. you can now zoom in to ground level and it is hilarious that this was caught via satellite.

edit - remove - report - save #145 - by Anonymous Jan 30, 2009

ROTFL!!!! I thought it was photoshopped too, and then I google mapped it!!!! Well, you have to move the screen a bit but it's totally there, ROTFL

edit - remove - report - save #146 - by Anonymous Jan 30, 2009

that's funny, it is still there on Google maps.. :)

edit - remove - report - save #147 - by Anonymous Jan 30, 2009

definitely photo shopped. that's a fact.

edit - remove - report - save #148 - by Anonymous Jan 30, 2009

It's not PhotoShopped. Check for yourself at http://maps.google.com/ Enter the street address shown: 8 Sampsonia Way, Pittsburgh, Allegheny, PA 15212 When the address window pops up, click on "Street View" just below the picture. Once in street view, drag the picture around clockwise and soon you'll see the guys in the picture. Simple.

edit - remove - report - save #149 - by Anonymous Jan 30, 2009

lmao. i live in pittsburgh...

edit - remove - report - save #150 - by :D Jan 31, 2009

this is like the best thing ever :D lol

edit - remove - report - save #151 - by Alexandra (9xa/3KC2KE) - Jan 31, 2009

We call it Amtgard in California :P

edit - remove - report - save #152 - by Anonymous Jan 31, 2009

its called ampguarding i do it on weekends with my friends. its awesome

edit - remove - report - save #153 - by Anonymous Jan 31, 2009

Google Maps seems to have been edited. All the surrounding views are dry, in sunshine, but that one little block with the guys on is overcast and wet. Seems to have been bolted on instead of the original view. Check out the sky view for rain, dead leaves and bird droppings on the glass roof.

edit - remove - report - save #154 - by Anonymous Jan 31, 2009

Exphlain pleas?

edit - remove - report - save #155 - by Anonymous Feb 1, 2009

if you continue down the road, you will see that the guy with the shield had a... well... *ehem* FLAWLESS VICTORY!!!!

edit - remove - report - save #156 - by Anonymous Feb 1, 2009

I can't believe this pic got 159 hits...oh,...wait!!

edit - remove - report - save #157 - by arnnatalie (DHJ4/UYwQA) - Feb 1, 2009

If you googlemap this street, there is a bunch of stuff like this going on, including a marching band, a brown's fan hugging a steeler's fan, and mad scientists.

edit - remove - report - save #158 - by Anonymous Feb 1, 2009

i bet at least 80% of these people stumbled here

edit - remove - report - save #159 - by Anonymous Feb 1, 2009

i stumbled here

edit - remove - report - save #160 - by Anonymous Feb 1, 2009

i come here on purpose cause I watch my steps

edit - remove - report - save #161 - by Keito Feb 2, 2009

if you go down the street and look back the people are there again!! LOOK! http://maps.google.com/maps?hl=en&tab=wl

edit - remove - report - save #162 - by One kid Feb 2, 2009

random LARP LMAO

edit - remove - report - save #163 - by Anonymous Feb 3, 2009

haha thats great...perfect timing

edit - remove - report - save #164 - by Anonymous Feb 3, 2009

Its Called Dargon

edit - remove - report - save #165 - by Anonymous Feb 3, 2009

There is a movie Called DARGON artard

edit - remove - report - save #166 - by Anonymous Feb 4, 2009

"Check out the Society for Creative Anachronism. It is likely that these two are members and just practicing." The SCA uses rattans, pieces of bamboo tied together. They also usually wear real armor to fight, and are required to wear helmets. Broken bones are not unheard of in the SCA. No, these are ordinary LARPers. Not exceptionally skilled ones either, the one on the left has a terrible stance and could be picked apart in seconds.

edit - remove - report - save #167 - by Anonymous Feb 4, 2009

I get dressed up everyday to role play my life at IBM.

edit - remove - report - save #168 - by Anonymous Feb 5, 2009

The whole thing was staged. If any of you cretins knew how to use something called 'Google' you might have found this: http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/08317/927167-53.stm

edit - remove - report - save #169 - by Anonymous Feb 5, 2009

"It's boffer swords. It's like airsoft but with ninja/medieval gear instead of guns." When you know this fact, you know you're gay.

edit - remove - report - save #170 - by Anonymous Feb 5, 2009

Tales of Tools from a White Ghetto

edit - remove - report - save #171 - by Anonymous Feb 6, 2009

Hehe. My bro and I do that ALL the time.....

edit - remove - report - save #172 - by Anonymous Feb 6, 2009

It is legit! Holy fuck... Saw this in school.... *was dying*.... Wow...

edit - remove - report - save #173 - by Marco!!! (L7FKF5fBuM) - Feb 7, 2009

so any of u have to go to 18830 may road on google maps ... watch all the road and u will see some thing there ... hehehe. thank u if u go to www.youmusicholly.synthasite.com is free ...thak u for read this

edit - remove - report - save #174 - by Anonymous Feb 8, 2009

what did you do?

edit - remove - report - save #175 - by Anonymous Feb 9, 2009

I can't believe this pic got 174 hits...oh,...wait!!

edit - remove - report - save #176 - by Anonymous Feb 9, 2009

Its google maps. They drive around in vans to make the street view option for google maps. they just happen to catch this and if you were to go to google maps and search this street you would see these two people playing with swords.

edit - remove - report - save #177 - by Anonymous Feb 10, 2009

iunno but the guy on the right seems to have a wolfcaller sash on him

edit - remove - report - save #178 - by Anonymous Feb 11, 2009

these guys are dweebs

edit - remove - report - save #179 - by Anonymous Feb 13, 2009

huray Amtgard

edit - remove - report - save #180 - by Anonymous Feb 13, 2009

wow talk about nothing to do...and to top it off...google has it for the world to see.

edit - remove - report - save #181 - by Anonymous Feb 14, 2009

I can't believe this pic got 180 hits...oh,...wait!!

edit - remove - report - save #182 - by Anonymous Feb 28, 2009

It's this medieval fighting sport called Belegarth. Don't ask how I know, but www.belegarth.com . They're for real

edit - remove - report - save #183 - by Anonymous Mar 1, 2009

I think they are getto garden gnomes...

edit - remove - report - save #184 - by peepee (rJulX2bLsg) - Mar 4, 2009

SHOPPED

edit - remove - report - save #185 - by tommy Mar 5, 2009

How can we find out where the goole camera van will be. This could be big...

edit - remove - report - save #186 - by Anonymous Mar 7, 2009

ilove u google

edit - remove - report - save #187 - by Anonymous Mar 10, 2009

I can't believe this pic got 186 hits...oh,...wait!!

edit - remove - report - save #188 - by Anonymous Mar 10, 2009

Why do they look so small? i don't know, it's too weird. I can't get my mind around how tiny they look. The perspective is just strange i guess.

edit - remove - report - save #189 - by PISSWIPER (Pt495mtkS.) - Mar 11, 2009

You forgot to then post a list of YOUR services and how much they cost. Taking me to the mall $5 Washing kid's clothes and sorting them $5 (having to pick them up off the floor, $35. Listening to whining for 10 minutes $30. Doing the grocery shopping each week, $20. Cooking for the family, $85. And so on. Then let them take over a task so they don't have to pay you.

edit - remove - report - save #190 - by Anonymous Mar 11, 2009

HAHAHA Geeks caught by satellite!

edit - remove - report - save #191 - by Anonymous Mar 11, 2009

http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&source=s_q&hl=en&q=8+Sampsonia+Way,+Pittsburgh,+Allegheny,+Pennsylvania+15212&sll=37.0625,-95.677068&sspn=33.626896,79.101563&ie=UTF8&cd=1&geocode=FdZVaQIdtC47-w&split=0&ll=40.457887,-80.00742&spn=0.007886,0.019312&z=16&iwloc=addr&layer=c&cbll=40.457662,-80.007541&panoid=KD0g-IcPQW09qFcP2RU2kg&cbp=12,312.21117105784356,,1,5 It actually exists. Check it out for yourself.

edit - remove - report - save #192 - by Anonymous Mar 11, 2009

LARPING!!!!! HAHAHA YES!!!!! they are my heroes HAHAHA

edit - remove - report - save #193 - by Anonymous Mar 11, 2009

google maps is the best! True That! Double True!

edit - remove - report - save #194 - by Anonymous Mar 12, 2009

Wow...LARPERS (Live-action role players, for those who don't know). How sad. Lolz. We have some of these at my college.

edit - remove - report - save #195 - by Anonymous Mar 12, 2009

Yes, anybody who 'LARPS' and thinks that they "can give any cop, basic grunt or low level martial artist a real run for their money" is way too deep into their imaginary realm for their own good. Terms 'basic grunt' and 'low level' just compound the hilarity of this photo and following comments. Really, did you think that wasting time in an imaginary world for extended periods of time, and then swinging a foam sword would enable you to 'give any cop, basic grunt or low level martial artist a real run for their money'? No chance. Ha ha, throw a frisbee, or maybe talk to a female who doesnt look like she has spent the last year underground.

edit - remove - report - save #196 - by Anonymous Mar 12, 2009

omfg i thought this was shopped but i googled the address & sure enough its there!! does anyone know of a site with funny google map pics?

edit - remove - report - save #197 - by Anonymous Mar 12, 2009

HIGHLANDER!!!!!!!!!

edit - remove - report - save #198 - by University of Iowa Kid (OhAfAnwvlA) - Mar 12, 2009

i stumbled here as well, but i check on it and its completly real. just out of fame there is a guy on a bike that is stareing at them like WTF Lol

edit - remove - report - save #199 - by Anonymous Mar 13, 2009

wow i dont get it

edit - remove - report - save #200 - by Anonymous Mar 15, 2009

If you think they are LARPing you obviously don't know your geeks... LARPers are creepy wimps who tap each other and yell things like lighting bolt or some such thing... these guys are doing something call Dagorhir, they build PVC weapons and cover them in foam, then they stage fights with rules for hits and kills... you can really beat the heck out of each other... learn your geeks or shut up!

edit - remove - report - save #201 - by Anonymous Mar 16, 2009

These guys are from the local Pittsburgh Chapter of Dagorhir (www.dagorhir.com) called Angaron (www.angaron.org). It is a medieval combat group that uses foam padded weapons to fight full out combat.

edit - remove - report - save #202 - by Anonymous Mar 17, 2009

It's even funnier when you type it into google maps yourself they come up. so funny...so sad

edit - remove - report - save #203 - by Anonymous Mar 17, 2009

on google maps, go up a little farther on the street, towards the guy on the bike and into charlik way...and you'll see them stop and stare at the camara like they know what has just happened and where they'll end up.

edit - remove - report - save #204 - by Anonymous Mar 17, 2009

I can't believe this pic got 204 hits...oh,...wait!!

edit - remove - report - save #205 - by Anonymous Mar 17, 2009

Whoa... looks like a developping country. Thisissupposed to be the "Greatest Nation on Earth"? WTF!

edit - remove - report - save #206 - by Anonymous Mar 21, 2009

If you search that adress on google maps, and go down to level and have a look there's also a view where they've got their swords down and are starring at the camera hahaa

edit - remove - report - save #207 - by Anonymous Mar 22, 2009

it's true!!! I've cheked!!! it is on the map!! ahahahah http://maps.google.pt/maps?ie=UTF-8&rlz=1T4GTKR_enPT305PT305&hl=pt-PT&tab=wl

edit - remove - report - save #208 - by Anonymous Mar 23, 2009

I think they gave the address so that people could beat these kids up.

edit - remove - report - save #209 - by Anonymous Mar 24, 2009

Best. Image. Ever

edit - remove - report - save #210 - by Raja Mar 29, 2009

ITS THE BATTLE OF PITTSBURGH!

edit - remove - report - save #211 - by Anthrax Mar 31, 2009

haha larp

edit - remove - report - save #212 - by Anonymous Mar 31, 2009

Whats really funny is all this is happening in the middle of the hood. I really doubt the people in these shots are from the neighborhood.

edit - remove - report - save #213 - by Anonymous Apr 3, 2009

I can't believe this pic got 213 hits...oh,...wait!!

edit - remove - report - save #214 - by **?** Apr 7, 2009

Want to do away with LARPING and other idiots dressing up like midevil clowns? Go to http://www.lemonparty.org. Fight the machine!

edit - remove - report - save #215 - by Anonymous Apr 16, 2009

DAGORHIR!

edit - remove - report - save #216 - by gustavo (uYzbDrxbjY) - Apr 18, 2009

haha i typed it in and there were some wierd clouds at the top of it

edit - remove - report - save #217 - by Mel Apr 20, 2009

Holy crap, that's awesome! :D

edit - remove - report - save #218 - by Nate Apr 21, 2009

wow dude. I AM high. ahaha ha... huha

edit - remove - report - save #219 - by Anonymous Apr 21, 2009

it's wild that this is what you find on Google Earth, what's crazier is that I literally live two streets over!

edit - remove - report - save #220 - by Anonymous Apr 21, 2009

yeah theres a lot of flying saucers around there, too

edit - remove - report - save #221 - by Anonymous Apr 22, 2009

They are just having fun. I wish life was this simple again. I like it better than sittin inside playin video games

edit - remove - report - save #222 - by Anonymous Apr 22, 2009

Look up in the pic

edit - remove - report - save #223 - by Anonymous Apr 23, 2009

The "UFO's" are confetti stuck to the roof mounted camera and left over from driving by the mattress factory where they threw it out as the car drove by...the person that posted this http://kelsocartography.com/blog/?tag=pittsburgh earlier had it right...

edit - remove - report - save #224 - by Grey (Gr1BkqT3Jo) - Apr 23, 2009

LARPs in general have a strict ruling of not acting out combat, even with boffer or costume weapons. Seems more like people just having fun or practicing for SCA. Still, maybe they're just hardcore LARPers who don't follow the rules, but if they are they have a mighty small gaming group, lol. When I was a kid (10 or 11), one of the girls at school had full boffer sets for two people that her dad made. He used to let the kids in the neighborhood have tourneys on the weekends. Small town fun. lol

edit - remove - report - save #225 - by Anonymous Apr 27, 2009

http://www.darkon.org/ This is probably what they're doing.

edit - remove - report - save #226 - by Anonymous May 2, 2009

For those of you who STILL don't understand, this is an actual snapshot of the place specified on Google map. As in, if you were to type in that exact location and go to "pedestrian" mode, you would actually see this on Google maps.

edit - remove - report - save #227 - by HeDFucT May 4, 2009

No, it's NOT Larping you dorks! Ok, it is, but done specifically for googlemaps. They are ACTORS/ARTISTS doing an art project called "Street With A View" Go here for the story - http://www.streetwithaview.com/

edit - remove - report - save #228 - by HeDFucT May 4, 2009

The LARPers are down the street a little bit

edit - remove - report - save #229 - by Anonymous May 4, 2009

i looked it up on google maps too, thanks stumble upon

edit - remove - report - save #230 - by Anonymous May 12, 2009

haha i use to boff

edit - remove - report - save #231 - by fenderflip May 29, 2009

lol, if you go to the address on Google, you can watch these guys fight frame by frame.

edit - remove - report - save #232 - by Anonymous Jun 13, 2009

Actually, That Appears To Be Amptgard. Although It May Be Belegarth, Or Dagorhir. Look Them Up, Bele And Dag Are Interesting Enough.

edit - remove - report - save #233 - by sarah (5cBiKNKApQ) - Jun 14, 2009

ahahahahahahahahahahaha EPIC..

edit - remove - report - save #234 - by Anonymous Jun 20, 2009

the comments only add to the hilarity of the picture.....

edit - remove - report - save #235 - by Sydneyehm (/opzhZQOKw) - Jun 23, 2009

I get it. Its on google maps! On the street view thing! Hahahahahaha

edit - remove - report - save #236 - by Anonymous Jun 26, 2009

That made my life! love elle x

edit - remove - report - save #237 - by Anonymous Jul 9, 2009

LOLOL

edit - remove - report - save #238 - by Anonymous Aug 7, 2009

thats fuckin nuts =p

edit - remove - report - save #239 - by Anonymous Aug 25, 2009

I love it. I hit stumble and see a google street view of 2 dagohir players. One of which I went to school with. Too funny.

edit - remove - report - save #240 - by Anonymous Sep 13, 2009

that is photoshopped!!!

edit - remove - report - save #241 - by Anonymous Sep 13, 2009

I live in Pittsburgh and I know what this is all about. Google worked with a local theater group to stage performance art all along Sampsonia Way. If you go up and down the street, you will see al kinds of strange things.

edit - remove - report - save #242 - by Anonymous Sep 14, 2009

EPic

edit - remove - report - save #243 - by Anonymous Sep 17, 2009

Perhaps Larping?....-_-"

edit - remove - report - save #244 - by Anonymous Sep 23, 2009

that is actually really funny, for those who dont understand.... that picture was captured by google maps when it took the picture of earth....

edit - remove - report - save #245 - by Anonymous Sep 30, 2009

Stumble upon.com pwns end of story

edit - remove - report - save #246 - by Anonymous Sep 30, 2009

firemen on fireman way, just down the street towards the turkey

edit - remove - report - save #247 - by Anonymous Oct 1, 2009

The whole street did something for the cam van

edit - remove - report - save #248 - by Anonymous Oct 11, 2009

That's pittsburgh for you! Crazy people

edit - remove - report - save #249 - by Anonymous Oct 15, 2009

Coolest thing I've seen in a while on stumble! I wonder where I am in the world...Prob out back smoking a fat bowl :D

edit - remove - report - save #250 - by Anonymous Oct 16, 2009

FAKE! streetviewed it, totally not the same thing.

edit - remove - report - save #251 - by Anonymous Dec 14, 2009

i just google mapped it 5 seconds ago. go to the address 4 not 8. walk along that street and look north. and YES there are 2 larpers there. NO JOKE

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