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WARP (the Williams Association of Role-Players) is a club dedicated to roleplaying and similar [[Odd quad | Odd QuadCategory:Groups]]-type activities. {{outdated}}''The club is noted for its laissez-faire organization; traditionally WARP only holds one meeting, at the beginning unreality of the year, and thereafter organizes through its listserver in smaller groups. (If it sounds fragmented and chaotic, games gives notice that's because it reality isnot yet real.) Although roleplaying is a primary focus of WARPUnconsciously, it coordinates a variety of similar activitiesthey rehearse the right life. Among them are bopswording (hitting each other with PVC'' -and-foam swords for fun and profit), Laser Tag, board games, card games, and whatever else comes to mindTheodor W. Adorno

WARP (the Williams Association of Role-Players) is a club dedicated to roleplaying and similar [[Odd quad | Odd Quad]]-type activities. The club is noted for its laissez-faire organization; traditionally WARP listserveronly held one meeting, in addition to serving as at the coordination tool beginning of the clubyear, and thereafter organized through its [[listserver]] in smaller groups. (If it sounds fragmented and chaotic, also serves the valuable purpose that's because it is.) Although roleplaying is a primary focus of WARP, it has historically coordinated a spam conduitvariety of related activities. Among them are [[bopswording]], down which people send links to strange news articlesLaser Tag, online board games, and other procrastination aidscard games. The listserver is also a good place to settle important fantasyIn the 2008-battle questions2009 year, like "who would win WARP held free movie showings in a fight: a cave trollParesky on the weekends. Historically, or a pack of velociraptors?" Finally, the WARP listserver is an excellent place has organized outings to observe WARP crust conventions including [[NonCon]] (circa 2008) and PAX East (in action, since many 2015 and 2016). WARP members never leave also runs [[Humans vs. Zombies]] during the listserver even after graduationfall semester and [[KAOS]] during Winter Study.

Traditionally == '''Early History''' ==WARP has two "real" officer positions: the Figurehead (president) was officially founded in 1989 by Chris Aylott '91 and Toby Elliott '92, but in some sense began in the Shady Grand Vizier (treasurer)fall of 1987 when [https://sites.williams. The current edu/jcruz/| Joe Cruz] '91 (05-06now Professor of Philosophy at the College) Figurehead is started an Advanced Dungeons & Dragons campaign, virtually all of whose members lived in [[Amanda R. Van Rhyn '06Odd Quad]], and whose viewings of Star Trek (the original series) and Twilight Zone in the current Grand Vizier is [[Jake F. Manley '07Prospect House]]. In practice, WARP has a long hierarchy of everTV room would regularly attract an after-fluctuating ceremonial titles, the most enduring of which is the [[Not-PopeDriscoll]]-dinner audience of 12-20 students.

== '''The Dark Ages''' ==WARP has generally sustained itself on its ability to entrap a sufficient number of naive, interested freshmen before they come to realize that undergraduate education is affiliated with most actually a time-consuming undertaking. On only one situation did this fail to occur: the Dark Ages of WARP, when the club plumbed the depths of laissez-faire organization by essentially dropping completely off the map. For example, WARP was represented by a stack of books and a sign-up sheet at the 2011 Purple Key Fair. The vaunted listserv became nearly completely abandoned; activities were carried on, preserving the club's lifeblood in secret, but without any sort of formal organization. == '''Next Generation of WARP''' =={{outdated}}In 2011 a mysterious nobody managed to recruit about 50% of the Japanese department into playing an extended campaign of Dungeons and Dragons 4E, followed by a significant number of other organizations students. With this, WARP was reconstituted in its current incarnation, which focuses on tabletop RPGs, LARP, and nominal supervision of campus-wide live action games such as Humans vs. Zombies and the ever-popular KAOS. Movies, video games, and other forms of entertainment have generally taken a backseat to these activities, but are still carried out in a much diminished form. == '''Vicarious Living''' =={{outdated}}The WARP [[Odd quad | Odd Quadlistserver]], if only by shared membership. The strongest link is in addition to serving as the coordination tool of the club, also serves the valuable purpose of a spam conduit, down which people send links to strange news articles, online games, and other [[Deviantsprocrastinating|procrastination]] aids. The listserveris also a good place to settle important fantasy-battle questions, which serves as like "who would win in a fight: a cave troll, or a more neutral socialization branch pack of essentially velociraptors?" Finally, the WARP listserver is an excellent place to observe WARP crust in action, since many WARP members never leave the listserver even after graduation. Unfortunately communication on the same social groupListserv has fallen off dramatically because new generations of WARPies tend to just use email. Other closely-affiliated organizations include Probably should let the [[Elizabethans]]alumni know we're still alive, huh. == '''Organization''' ==Traditionally WARP has two "real" officer positions: the Figurehead (president) and the [[Shadowy Grand Vizier (Moocho Macho Moocow Militarytreasurer) Marching Band]]. In practice, WARP has a long hierarchy of ever-fluctuating ceremonial titles, and the most enduring of which is the [[Mad CowNot-Pope]].

* 2018-2019: [[Eily Mixson]] ('20) (Figurehead) and [[Adly Templeton]] ('20) (Shadowy Grand Vizier)* 2017-2018: [[Leigh Davidson]] ('18) (Figurehead) and [[Adly Templeton]] ('20) (Shadowy Grand Vizier)* 2016-2017: [[Aramis Sanchez]] ('17) (Figurehead and Shadowy Grand Vizier)* 2015-2016: [[Sam Ok Park]] ('18) (Figurehead) and [[Darla Torres]] ('18) (Shadowy Grand Vizier)* 2014-2015: [[Bryn Reinstadler]] ('15) (Figurehead) and [[Sam Ok Park]] ('18) (Shadowy Grand Vizier)* 2013-2014: [[Quinn Griffin]] ('15) (Figurehead) and [[Marina (Rinna) Caldieraro]] ('14) (Shadowy Grand Vizier)* 2012-2013: [[Nigel Munoz]] ('15) (Figurehead and Shadowy Grand Vizier, by way of hostile takeover)* 2011-2012: [[Gu]], the mysterious stranger.* 2009-2011: The Dark Ages. A mystery to everyone.* 2008-2009: [[Erik Morton]] ('09) (Figurehead) and [[Edward Newkirk]] ('09) (Shadowy Grand Vizier)* 2007-2008: [[Sean Hayes]] ('08) (Figurehead) and [[Edward Newkirk]] ('09) (Shadowy Grand Vizier)* 2006-2007: [[Kat Jong]] ('07) (Figurehead) and [[Sean Hayes]] ('08) (Shadowy Grand Vizier) * 2005-2006: [[Amanda R. Van Rhyn '06]] (Figurehead) and [[Jake F. Manley '07]] (Shadowy Grand Vizier)* 2004-5: [[Jeff Dougherty '05]] and [[Jake Mandel '05]], Co-Presidents and [[Seth Zeren '05]], Holder of the Purse Strings Around 2013, the "Triumvirate" formed because Quinn, Rinna, and Nigel all wanted control of WARP, and had different visions for the club. Quinn desired more role-playing, a return to a more old-fashioned sort of WARP, whereas Rinna was more pro-board games and LARP, and Nigel was concerned with large-scale roleplaying (KAOS and Humans vs. Zombies). If it has not been modified, WARP's constitution still contains reference to the authority of a Triumvirate, but it is no longer enforced. In Spring 2016, President Sam Ok Park ('18) dissolved the Triumvirate and established several new positions.WARP's Board for 2016-2017 consisted of* [[Aramis Sanchez]] ('17) (Scoundrel of the Thieves; Figurehead and Shadowy Grand Vizier)* [[Granger Carty]] ('19) (Granger of the Rangers)* [[Connor Swan]] ('18) (Grand Vizier of the Wizards)* [[Leigh Davidson]] ('18) (Chieftain of the Barbarians)* [[Kiri Peirce]] ('20) (Champion of the Paladins)* [[Julia Goldman]] ('18) (Fili of the Bards/Historian) WARP's Board for 2017-2018 consisted of* [[Leigh Davidson]] ('18) (Figurehead)* [[Granger Carty]] ('19) (Shadowy Grand Vizier, Fall)* [[Gus Beirne]] ('18) (Granger of the Rangers)* [[Breelyn Karno]] ('20) (Champion of the Paladins)* [[Adly Templeton]] ('20) (Chieftain of the Barbarians; Shadowy Grand Vizier, Spring)* [[Julia Goldman]] ('18) (Fili of the Bards/Historian)* [[Eily Mixson]] ('20) (Wizard of the Wizards)* [[Jesse Ames]] ('19) (Court Philosopher) WARP's Board for 2018-2019 consisted of* [[Eily Mixson]] ('20) (Figurehead)* [[Adly Templeton]] ('20) (Shadowy Grand Vizier)* [[Granger Carty]] ('19) (Granger of the Rangers)* [[Jesse Ames]] ('19) (Fili of the Bards/Historian)* Other members-at-large, including [[Christian Lockwood]] ('20) WARP's Board for 2019-2020 abandoned Sam Ok Park's ceremonial titles in favor of corporate-sounding titles:* [[Eily Mixson]] ('20) (Figurehead)* [[Adly Templeton]] ('20) (Shadowy Grand Vizier)* [[Balint Szollosi]] ('21) (Regional Manager)* [[Kiri Peirce]] ('20) (Executive Assistant to the Regional Manager/Historian)* [[Christopher Chung]] ('22)? (Terraformer)* [[Ronan Howlett]] ('21)? (Administrative Director)* [[Christian Lockwood]] ('20) (Member-at-Large?)