Who here knows about the "GOR" lifestyle?

[Khephra]

Not a member, but I started gaming with D&D as pre-teen only to find out that the rest of the group was all into "Gor".

No judgment being spread here. I'm just curious as to how many people know about the lifestyle here and what effects it might have upon other people's worlds. I'm thinking of writing a paper or article on the topic.

[Screaming Lord Byron]

1. Is it anything like the GWAR lifestyle?

[Khephra]

4. I'm not sure...but I think GWAR has more equality for women than Gor

I could be wrong though. I only have had experience with dealing with Gor fans.

[Screaming Lord Byron]

6. Yeah, the girls in GWAR look like they can handle themselves.

This is that whole medieval lifestyle with S&M undertones, isn't it? Always struck me as a little creepy.

[Khephra]

8. Just about anyone who had read the Gor novels will tell you

(Unless they're REALLY into Gor) is that the first 5 or 6 novels are great pulp fiction. After that...errr...well...it's sort of like A. Rice and Ann Rynd's books--the inner philosophy starts getting too heavy unless you really think like the author.

[Fovea]

2. I personally would avoid a Gor group...

Sounds like a group I used to deal with in the SCA.
Of course, not being a woman, you would be lord and master-- as a woman, you would spend the day tied up in camp.
Gor is sort of like a soft core S&M Afghanistan, only without the opium.


Pick up a John Norman novel whose pages are not yet too stuck together, and you will get the picture pretty quickly.. the titles all end in
... of Gor.

[Khephra]

7. Oh yeah, I'd probably avoid being "hooked up" with a group these days

But I first encountered the group (strangely enough) at Earlham College, back about 20 years ago. In those days, hardly anyone played rpgs so you couldn't be too picky about the groups you hung out with.

Let me state here this:

To each person there is a path. I don't judge people by the paths they choose. I've always loved looking into fringe groups, and I've never done it to make fun of people. Heck, my own lifestyle--whitebread that it is--has its own kinks. Gor isn't mine, but I'm just interested in seeing where the movement is these days, now that there's an internet and all. It's easy to to a Google search and find TONS of material, but a good ref from someone involved, pointing out the best sources, is always better.

[Dogmudgeon]

3. Yo.

Not impressed with it, however.

Whatever floats their boats, I say. "Safe and Sane" and all that.

--bkl

[ret5hd]

5. I'm much more into the "Boor" lifestyle...

my idol is grandpa simpson. i really enjoy telling long and pointless stories just so i can watch people's eyes glaze over as they try to escape. i just follow them tho, going on and on about nothing, till they leave.

If you are ever interested in the Boor lifestyle, drop me a line and i'll come over.