Why is the fantasy genre always 1000 years into the past. Why not 1000 years into the future? Oh wait, then it's sci-fi, even if there really isn't science involved. It could be a dystopian future for all we know.
The one dude I knew in high school who was into LARPing played a post-apoc fantasy LARP. Which is to say that it was standard fantasy LARP garbage except that it was set 100 years after a global war or some dumb shit so they had an excuse to bring football pads.
he was really into it and tried to get me to come with him. i was like "oh hell no, dude."