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Richard Blackmoore

Culann & D Sebastian elevated both on the same day, a wonderful thing.

I was really depressed that I could not be at Birka to witness this and congratulate both. The Order has been enhanced by these recognitions.

Richard Blackmoore
KSCA East

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Light.

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Those are old pics, Duke Logan sent me the article at one point that explains what happened.

Richard Blackmoore

P.S. This would not have happened if the arrow had a side wrap of foam on it...

Richard Blackmoore

Good Lord Jeff, that is wild. Fantastic job. I know you are busy, someday I'll figure out how you joust, raise a daughter, make armour and teach. Maybe you don't sleep... I also hope you finish it before my squire moves. I'd hate to have to drive down south to see it complete for the first time inst...

Richard Blackmoore

Do nothing and we are stuck with the current confusing status quo where archers can't travel from one kingdom to another without a second set of gear, marshals don't know how to inspect it all or the weapons that go with them, calibration varies a lot as sound and feel are different, construction p...

Richard Blackmoore

I've been busy with work & other items, waiting for a response from JT, other responsibilities due to major changes in the solar energy industry this month locally. Could not attend Pennsic either :( Yes, 1A1B is something I started pushing about 20 years ago when I was still a squire. The current S...

Richard Blackmoore

Bump

JT, are you back & did you receive my Email?

Richard Blackmoore

I've never been a fan of the Tuchux as a group. That being said, I am very sorry that Animal got hurt and hope that he is OK. No one should get drilled hard from behind without engagement. I finally got to meet Animal last year at the AA get together, he was talking about recovering from his heart p...

Richard Blackmoore

Hi.

Sent you two Emails to the address on the armour archive in the last month. No response. Or do you have a different Email than the one listed?

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Glad you are all having fun, though I'm missing it. Drat.

Hope someone has video of the COTT like last year. I have fun watching it whether I'm in it or not.

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Of all the knights I've had conversations with/ read their words/ and tried to learn form their ideals. You are the 3rdd one who causes me to loose some of my respect for the title of Knight. The recent rudeness on both sides on this 'tirade' is making me fight to retain my respect for the Knightho...

Richard Blackmoore

This thread was actually civil and constructive up to page 3. We tried a couple of times to stay on target giving suggestions for ammo types that could help CA stick around and remove some of the potential for injury, reduce some of the game imbalance, and keep archers from having to change gear ev...

Richard Blackmoore

Yes Balin, it counts as a rant. You provoked it this time, by calling him a liar. But no, that does not justify everything he wrote. Even if much of what you three believe about each other is 100% true, it has no place on this thread. Everybody needs to stop, regardless of who started it. You are al...

Richard Blackmoore

Oh for the love of... Look, I have to go help a friend bury a relative. So I don't really have time for this never ending warfare between Balin, Ivan & Johnathan, regardless of who may have started it this time. Ivan, Balin should not have called you a liar days ago and provoked you, that was wrong ...

Richard Blackmoore

(Edit: Saw someone post about the A&S thing above - if anyone else missed it, enough people wrote in their complaints about the policy that the "no youth in A&S" bit was rescinded - youth may now attend A&S classes without a babysitter, same as last year.) Well, actually what happened is that after...

Richard Blackmoore

Cain wrote: "We have a gentleman here in Atenveldt who was injured on the field by a wooden shaft, I have spoken with him and seen the scar. At the time the SOCIETY allowed gleaning on the field, so long as the archer inspected it before use. The arrow in question was never a war arrow. Seems the fi...

Richard Blackmoore

As usual, kudo's to Omarad for ruling sensibly on society standardization issues for safety (universal use of yellow diamonds to identify minors in combat). And I am so depressed that I can't go to Pennsic, the new woods look and sound awesome. Hope no one goes off an unseen cliff however, that woul...

Richard Blackmoore

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Richard Blackmoore

By the way, I received two Emails saying the injury at N.O.W. was probably the one previously published on the AA where a fighter removed his helm before clearing the battlefield and no man's land, not a spectator in a designated 'safe' area. If that is the case, then it isn't a CA problem and shoul...

Richard Blackmoore

That is a completely different forum Richard. Yes, agreed. I just meant there is precedent for moderation of some threads/forums. So I did not think asking JT to allow that on this one thread, on this very contentious topic that usually devolves to unproductive flaming, was unreasonable. I'm OK wit...

Richard Blackmoore

Can't penetrate a helm: Check. Untrue. I can get a tennis ball to penetrate an SCA legal helm. I admit, it isn't easy, and it requires forces significantly different than those that would be encountered on the battlefield, however, those are the same standards that shafted arrows are being held to,...

Richard Blackmoore

Broadway, What I had in mind for this thread in terms of requested helpfulness & civility, was something along the lines of what JT & Robert had set up for handling "Armour. I want to be a..." I wasn't having delusions of grandeur and thinking I was Duke Paul... And frankly I asked that the moderato...

Richard Blackmoore

We have proven repeatedly that a shafted arrow (not most bolts due to their length) will easily go sideways through many bar grill helms, especially those that have legal horizontal bars on early open face type helms including spagenhelms and Norman conical cap type helms etc, where the bars go bac...

Richard Blackmoore

Can't penetrate a helm: Check. Untrue. I can get a tennis ball to penetrate an SCA legal helm. I admit, it isn't easy, and it requires forces significantly different than those that would be encountered on the battlefield, however, those are the same standards that shafted arrows are being held to,...

Richard Blackmoore

thanks for the clarification, I guess some of the anecdotes weren't very specific as to type, or I just wasn't that observant. you may want to try the Midrealm KEM for the Northern Oaken event. It is a Mid event after all... Yes, Former Middle KEM Sir Koredono is already digging it up for me, I jus...

Richard Blackmoore

Tube ammo is safer. As Jonathon More put it tube ammo "fails safe". Solid fiberglass rods don't. And yet, the majority of *actual* *documented* injuries (the only ones that have a place in this discussion, as if it ain't written down, it ain't verifiable) associated at times when CA is on the field...

Richard Blackmoore

Duke Paul has his own section. You are not Duke Paul. Again, you can ask folks to do this or that, but whether they actually do it or not is entirely up to them. Generally, we allow the original poster to delete a thread they started because they are embarassed by what they said in the original pos...

Richard Blackmoore

Alot of references to 1A1B. Could somebody start a thread titled 1A1B, and then describe exactly what it is? I missed the explanation somewhere... I posted a short summary earlier in this thread, here it is. If you want to start a separate thread go ahead, feel free to repost this there too. -Richa...

Richard Blackmoore

Balin, you realize of course, you can stay on the thread, and call anybody you want a liar. No matter what Richard says. And if the moderator's won't grant my request to delete flames, or to give me the ability to delete flames on this thread (as they have done in other threads or sections, so ther...

Richard Blackmoore

Ivan yours is no solution all you have said is "if you dont like CA then f you f off and sit this one out and let the real men play!", but whatever do what you want and i will make sure they feel welcome...no really i will tell them and make sure they know their worth. Balin Aten 101 Fighters not T...

Richard Blackmoore

Master Ivan, I see several merits to your preferred solution regarding treating battles with CA as separate animals "force multiplier scenarios". It is a valid perspective, though it is not a solution I personally feel fully solves the problem, for the several reasons I've given before. So I'm going...

Richard Blackmoore

Ivan there is a disconnect here that I feel as a master you are able to disregard while some of us do not feel comfortable ignoring our responsibilities when we are out participating. Your question was ... 1.Do you feel that you are obliged to fight in war scenarios that include force multipliers? ...

Richard Blackmoore

Ivan you are a Liar. Most choose to fight in CA battles because their only other option is to not fight. Cold pizza is still pizza. So quit trying to sell the idea that hordes of people would not fight if CA was banned. :lol: :lol: Remember i live here too, how many CAers Aten have? that are active...

Richard Blackmoore

Easily a candidate for funniest and perhaps most accidentally sardonic sentence of the year: "The West has rules we are happy with (well, we don't have many archers... but if we did THEY'D BE HAPPY ARCHERS)." Sooo.... CA is fine in the West, the rules are fine in the West, they work because they cre...

Richard Blackmoore

Greetings, To date I have posted two missives on this list on the subject of participation in scenarios including force multipliers. To date I donâ€™t believe anyone has responded to the arguments I have presented, other than to speculate on my phrasing or intent involving and a joke about a hamste...

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