The Armour Archive

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i totally agree CAs should only target belts and royals all the time as they are the biggest threats.

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Its like office space and flair "i see you only have 15 pieces of flair on..."

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If you enter a demolition derby you cant sue because you car got dented. I pulled an outlander out of a castle once hanging onto the end of my spear it was kinda like fishing As to the guy jumping/falling with onto spears only to break them and was/has been seen numerous times...tell someone call a ...

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Man i should have a collection of cards for all the spears that have broke must have been the other guys fault though And i want the cards of everyone that wears big heavy metal helms that make my Rattan get all mushy...man what a dick thing to do... Everyone put on your big boy pants and move on we...

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Kilkenny wrote:two inch diameter spear points.

k... That is what we use now.

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Could have sworn there was a rule about this maybe it was for a war convention, but i remember reading something at least for CA about breaking arrows but iit may have been for every thing.

Carry a back up

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Haven't we been making and using homemade 2" tips ummm forever? Did we forget how to make a 2" tip? Balin Not on fiberglass. And when it was tried years ago there was no consensus on it. We are trying it again as an experiment now that more Kingdoms and fighters have so,me experience with...

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Correlation does not imply causation. Incorrect. Correlation does not PROVE causation, but it can, and does every day, imply it. Incorrect prima facie . Correlation between two variables does not automatically imply that one causes the other. This is a very basic tenet of science. It is a perfectly...

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Glaukos the Athenian wrote:
Balin50 wrote: We had bunny fur clad women chain mail bikinis yet our numbers grew...

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In spite of, or because of the above?

well a sure way to bring more guys into fight is to have lots of free range "tail"

wandering around

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Even the guys now days with lets call it below par armor are in way better shape then most of the guys when i started and the SCAs numbers really started to explode through the 90s Heck pavillions were a very scarce thing except for kingdoms in the 90s yet our numbers grew. Spun top helms were the n...

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Haven't we been making and using homemade 2" tips ummm forever? Did we forget how to make a 2" tip?

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Additionally, how exactly am I supposed to know if your kingdom's appearance rules (which I am not subject to) apply to practices or not? Why would I care?

+1

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an international organization dedicated to researching and re-creating the arts and skills of pre-17th-century Europe.

so we can ban muslim and asian guys too i mean they are even worse then genericelts cause at least the genericelts are failing at a european kit but at least they are trying right?

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Swiss_pike wrote:whats it colst to get a grill welded on?

Sorry i took so long getting back

Count Johno did it for me for free cause he is cool like that but i would not think it would be to expensive.

Edit And it is bolted to the helm not welded i hope to get a working bevor to wear with it eventually.

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Whats a padded polearm? "New from Nerf the Nerf Bar diche"

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Jofthepeace wrote:The system is down...

and Trogdor comes in NIIIIIIIIIGGGGHTTTTTT!

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William Arwemakere wrote:Off topic here.. Balin, what _is_ your avatar here? When I see it all I can see is Pikachu.

He is "The Cheat" from homestarrunner.com he is Strong bads buddy "kick the Cheat"

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Baron Alejandro wrote:It's like watching tennis but makes about as much sense as this;

Pic full of win

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and i am just hitting the quote button

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Seventh Day Adventists, for one example.[/quote] Do doctors from these beliefs swear the Hippocratic Oath?[/quote] Are you familiar with "the Hippocratic Oath" ? Are you aware of its substance today and of what meaning it has, especially in the sense of any binding quality it may have? Als...

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Some sects of Judaism, many branches of Christianity, Jehovah's Witnesses, and there are others. But I guess that's their fault for holding real world belief higher than pretend game oaths.[/quote] So which are you?[/quote] I'm a branch of Christianity. I could swear the hypocratic oath. Because it ...

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What problem? Oh and what beleifs do you follow that only allow you to swear an oath to your wife? Guess being a Doctor is out then . What belief system is it that says that a person can not swear an oath? Balin Some sects of Judaism, many branches of Christianity, Jehovah's Witnesses, and there ar...

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What about those that just do not want to swear an oath no belief thing just don't wanna? Balin What about them? That's WHY the MoA was created. That some kingdoms and some jackanapes have decided "That was a bad idea"(tm) makes no difference.. it's exactly why it's there. Wait wait wait ...

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What problem? Oh and what beleifs do you follow that only allow you to swear an oath to your wife? Guess being a Doctor is out then . What belief system is it that says that a person can not swear an oath? Balin[/quote] Some sects of Judaism, many branches of Christianity, Jehovah's Witnesses, and t...

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What about those that just do not want to swear an oath no belief thing just don't wanna?

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No, I don't see. I cannot swear an Oath to a man. The only Oath I can swear is to my wife, and I have. So you are wrong.. it's very much a "real" Oath when I swear fealty to someone in the SCA, as it's ME doing the swearing. not some cardboard cutout, not a photograph, but ME. and I am re...

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Alex Baird wrote:
Balin50 wrote:
What belief system is it that says that a person can not swear an oath?

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Seventh Day Adventists, for one example.

Do doctors from these beliefs swear the Hippocratic Oath?

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No, I don't see. I cannot swear an Oath to a man. The only Oath I can swear is to my wife, and I have. So you are wrong.. it's very much a "real" Oath when I swear fealty to someone in the SCA, as it's ME doing the swearing. not some cardboard cutout, not a photograph, but ME. and I am req...

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LOL ok Maeryk still have not changed my mind But has it penetrated at all that your view of "it's only a game it doesn't count" is not shared by everyone? There really are people who have strongly held beliefs that prohibit them from making oaths, even in a game, even when lots of people ...

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Either it's meaningless, therefore someone whose beliefs and religion preclude them from swearing oaths should be able to do it, or it has meaning, and they wouldn't. You've now stated both sides.. which is it? If it's a pretend oath to a pretend crown, then it's meaningless. If it's a real oath th...

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Either it's meaningless, therefore someone whose beliefs and religion preclude them from swearing oaths should be able to do it, or it has meaning, and they wouldn't. You've now stated both sides.. which is it? If it's a pretend oath to a pretend crown, then it's meaningless. If it's a real oath th...

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Both are games, both are in the real world. Wow ok dumbass do you pretend to be someone else when you golf sign in under a different name in calligraphy? Balin [/quote] Look i do not care what anyone thinks. If you will not swear the oath i will not support you or bring you up in circle for the chiv...

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Yes and i am sure they all agree with you Balin[/quote] nowhere did I say they did. I know a few do. You make a fantastic poster child. Whether you like it or not.. or approve of the cause or not.[/quote] Ok fair enough i am sure some do agree with just like i am sure some agree with me. As for post...

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You are still in the real world when you sign in under a different name to play your swordfighting game. Golf just has different conventions and rules. Both are games, both are in the real world. Wow ok dumbass do you pretend to be someone else when you golf sign in under a different name in callig...

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