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The game-master, the “Little Fish”, and the LARP of the Century.
Is your life boring? Are you seeking adventure? Have you always wanted to be successful but lacked the confidence and the skills to make it happen? The first step to realizing your potential is to simply let go and follow this link. With the right coach you can exercise the free will of an open mind and make your life a game that can be won.
Sounds almost to good to be true, right?
Meet Alex Lesley. He is the charismatic guru and game-master of a movement that sprouted up throughout Russia, and its neighboring states, during the lean years following the Soviet Union’s collapse. Much as Americans devoured reality TV programming to escape reality, post-Soviet citizens flocked to role playing games during this period to soften the twin specters of economic malaise and political repression.
In Lesley’s native Belarus the unique appeal of his sex training classes attracted a dedicated following of young men and women eagerly embracing his promise of escapist diversion, sexual conquest and personal improvement. Like an economic Ponzi scheme Lesley’s addictive form of Live Action Role Playing (LARP) served to elevate his status from a fringe Internet grifter to a self help guru who could change lives. With each new visitor to his web-site, his role as a omnipotent game-master grew.
