If you have a boffer larp that depends on NPCs and you end up with an understaffed or underwritten event, you will be unable to deliver, and the people involved will get frustrated and quit working with the game.
It is easy to taint someone’s experience so that they never do it again.
Once staffing is too thin, it is very difficult to get over the hump.
People don’t want to work hard on unrewarding work.
It needs to be a cool experience.
Recognition is important.
It needs to be properly staffed.