The Armour Archive

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You know there is one significant issue with what you are mentioning, and that is that in reality the people closest to the King and Queen get the most awards, because TRM's generally know more about them. On the other hand there are some schools of Royalty who believe it is disadvantageous to thei...

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I don't think we have to give up what we do. But could we do the "big tent" and let in the boffer and steel weapons? We could even end up with a WMA arm of the SCA under the historical study section of our combats. C&T could evolve into polearms, etc..and done as safely as SCA heavy c...

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Without sufficient heraldry, IFF (Identification Friend or Foe) becomes a massive headache and friendly fire casualties increase massively.

Max VH

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Like most things, I think reception most people will find will reflect the attitude they present. If you show up in a $2,000.00 kit telling everyone about your unstoppable offense combined with your impenetrable defense, you'll find some combination of skepticism, curtness, and some outright hostil...

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CoTT rig from the waist-up (so you can't see my flash cuisses/greaves/sabatons):

Max Von Halstern

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dukelogan wrote:your neice would love to meet you alaric. i had 12 copies of that on vhs (sent to me by the studio). i gave most of them away but i have a copy still. its eh....

Told ya so!

Max VH

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DukeAlaric (George S.) wrote:I'm in it and never seen it...

If you'd get your butt down here for a visit, I'd be glad to have a showing of my copy...

I'm sure Duke Logan'd enjoy the Ducal company down here in the swampy southern-tip of the Knowne World!

Max Von Halstern

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the same people wanting every one to have period encampments and armor started playing in earth pimples and carpet armor. they would have never joined and stayed if they had to deal with the requirements they want held now. also our local wars are no longer as fun or draw as many people, do to camp...

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What if you don't plan on winning anything and don't mind getting killed a lot? I figured I will never play enough to get good but I still wanted a decent looking kit. I heard my kit is pretty nice. Not "supreme badass" but still nice. If I showed up as a new fighter in a good looking kit...

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Put your money where our PR should be! Contribute to an honest documentary about the SCA! [And pass it on to friends!] Nice looking young people representing the SCA as it should rightly be represented. Help make the full documentary possible! If we don't put up, then we'd better just shut up! Indep...

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Check the port-a-john's. Likewise!

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You can get spot-on armor in the SCA. But the expense can be prohibitive, and the weight is dangerous in come circumstances (full plate at Pennsic is going to *hurt*.) And that same weight can also mean you're at a disadvantage against a guy in sport armor and a tunic. I'll have to hunt for good pi...

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And don't forget your groin protection.

A public safety announcement from your neighborhood athletic supporters.

Max VH

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First off, its should be noted that LARPs are very often doing a *better* job of creating stuff that looks like genuine medieval equipment than we do. Here's a "good" LARP sword these days: Firstly, I've been doing this for some time now, and I'm pretty darn sure authentic appearance is n...

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Let me be more clear: awards exist, and because they do, your credibility and influence are directly linked to the awards you have. It's possible to develop a wide enough reputation so that your name recognition carries ahead of you, but that's not that easy to do. What generally happens instead is...

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There, in microcosm, is the absolute heart of the SCA's problems. People respond to another person's area of interest by telling them to go play somewhere else. Whatever you're doing doesn't match my personal vision of what the activity should be therefore you should leave. It's one thing when what...

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We all decided that we wanted to get a van and go around the country to practices and challenge the fighters, and make fun of their styles, or if they lose tell them that their school sucks, or they should find a new sifu, or if they want to they could train with us because our style was better. Du...

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DukeAlaric (George S.) wrote:Or we could wear chinese outfits. That might be funny too.

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Your Snap-Fu is Sh*t!

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Bear in mind the Archive has over 12,000 registered users. And that you don't have to register to read the main forums. Broadway said that anybody he'd started to explain the Archive to, had already heard of it and read it. Exactly. Self-selection bias (if you should hear about, you've heard about ...

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Max I know you are sensitive about the Census but I didn't say I had a problem with it. I know a lot of people that do. I've seen it on the GC list where they were pretty much dismissed as being petty and I've seen it on other group lists. That isn't the only issue that plays into the distrust. It ...

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Considering the adpating nature of the SCA and the internet, would a website built on the Armour Archive fashion for m work? You'd log on with your name (SCA or otherwise) and you membership number would be underneath. If you are not a paying SCA member, you can't log on. Actually, I think that one...

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I wonder how much mistrust in the BoD plays into longer term members of the SCA? A recent example being the handling of the census. If you have a problem with the Census and feel the need to blame somebody, then please feel free to blame me, as I'm on the Committee. The BoD has had little-to-nothin...

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Nah. Were I you and seeking a motto on my shield, I'd paint a white bar along your diagonal between the blue and ermine (perhaps thusly stretching out your maltese cross a bit) and then paint the motto in the bar. Just my $.02, of course. And I hardly pretend to be an artist (though I've art-ed at t...

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If we are to speak of the SCA, then let's be SCA about it! By this I mean that "The SCA via Internet" is a game all unto itself.......But like Chess is a game with all of the Noble Intent it entails...It's still played on a "Checkerboard" I'm on alot've email lists and have been...

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Let's consider that fact that you aren't a peer. Like me you traveled from Kingdom to Kingdom. I've been in 4 and I think you have been in 4 or 5. My travel affected my ability to become a peer, as is your own. Why is this? Because we have a "Kingdom" based system that forces to play into...

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A couple of observations from the fringe. I started fighting at 13. If I had to wait til 16, I'd have been gone. Some other hobby would have gotten me, probably Satanism. I am currently without intent taking over my local area. I have a bunch of kids who are insanely motivated. How insane? They all...

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From my perspective, the only element to the discussion here that is "new" is that someone with the real world skill set to understand the information that has been gathered is looking at the data and making some suggestions based on an actual expertise combined with a broad base of SCA e...

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What is the turnover rate and rate of growth or percentage that shifts upwards? For instance does the 10-25% of the bottom group turnover at a 90% rate? Or do most graduate up? See what happens when you spoil folks by getting them used to miracle answers? Sheesh. You think we're the Census DEPARTME...

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We're going to change that, starting tonight. You come over, we make armour, we sweat like Jabba over the Sarlac pit, you help me drain my kegs so I have room to take more booze to Pennsic. Sound like a deal? PERFECT. That's just right. Positive action at a local interpersonal level. Though no matt...

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The "middle class" analogy is very interesting. In fact I bet we could look at the 1968 to current time frame and see a rise and fall in power of the "middle class" in both the SCA and society in general. And a "housing bubble" as well because when gas costs more and y...

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A past President of the SCA (when that person was still serving in that office) once told me that if an activity wasn't prohibited then, consistent with our organizational charter and the safety of participants, it was permitted. The actions and words of senior officers of our organization have bee...

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Further... as an attempt to perhaps use the recent interplay as an example to further the discussion... We were generally discussing recruitment and retention and a more inclusive "big tent" approach compared to a more exclusive "small tent" approach. I believe that Audax's recen...

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Like I said.. you are me.. lowly nobody in the SCA.. what do you do when Blaecstan tears up the contract and ORDERS his shire people to be at Coronation or nowhere? Outside of the always-entertaining and usually understandable interpersonal drama (as I've said... this a forum for FIGHTERS and we li...

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When Timothy (of Arindale) and I first got to Caid, we weren't having fun with the local situation. So we started our own group (Club Seal), had a ton of fun and attracted a ton of people (fun does that) oh, that explains so very much... And so awareness of the depths and Chthonian mire of the true...

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What I see in our local Barony is lots of fighters where few participate in the running of things due to politicos who insist on 'controlling' everything, and punish those who disagree with them by giving them bad campsites at wars and such. This kind of behavior has to stop. <vent> All it takes fo...

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