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brewer wrote:Right. Because it's all about you.

Well his name is...

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Let's see - Estrella spontaneously tries tube ammo, Count Johnathan goes back to Estrella to embrace his new role as 'missile sponge' for half the war, the other half we get to watch him wade thru Outlanders. Balin misses the first half of missile day having been duct taped to a tree. He is later h...

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What he said. Price?

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Which part of WAR do you like the most? Rape, pillaging? burning infidels on the stake? taking slaves? Wow, its hard to pick. I like them all. You forgot fire though. War without fire is like suasages without mustard. (Jean JuvÃ©nal des Ursins on Henry V's firing of Meaux in 1421 ) Your right but I...

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To advance towards the enemy, shields held high in a hail storm of arrows and then the charge and carnage breaks out. That's what war is all about. To dolly your self up in your best kit and take the list. Issue your challange and fight your oppponent face to face in a courteous manner. That's what...

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[quote="ivanhood_01"]Balin wrote: >PS Richard it was a statement to Ivan not a name i said he was lying in his post hence he is a liar. That was civil; however your thread so *i am out* you can continue to play pat each other on the back with Ivan if you want.<Thanks>Balin wrote:< >PS Rich...

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these were not compromises - removed all wooden arrows from the field **Do this or you can't play. - Introduced APDs **Do this or you can't play. - simplified allowable arrow constructions down from a practically infinite number to under 10 (I'm not going to count right this second) **Should never h...

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Bender wrote:I did this in around 2004

Awesome

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WANT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I love these they look so good. Awesome job....i'll be in my bunk

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The level of barely veiled animosity in this thread should be obvious to any objective observer, and I assure you this had been going on for decades. Please ask your local leadership for effective methods of sharing be explored, such as those used by the West (Alden Wars) and those used by Atenveld...

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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...

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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 Fight...

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March AS XI (1977) The Society Marshal, Andrew of Seldom Rest issues a ban on all "kendo, wrestling, fencing and archery at human targets."

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So what is this 2 or 3 times CA has been banned.

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Aten 101
Fighters not Targets

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Well the only record i have been able to find online is from Ansteorra news letter that has a missive from the then SEM bann CA and and other combat except for heavy. As to why it came back i would guess that it was golf tubes. Because they were 11/4" (cept the fish tailed ends) Balin Aten 101 ...

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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. Remember i live here too, how many CAers Aten have? that are active? Not many an...

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Could the EM or Archer General of Kingdom that uses shafted arrows answer the same questions that were posed to Master Hugh? . Why? The point was that no matter how safe you say shafted ammo is, tube ammo follows the rules and is safer. If they want to play our game use our rules and quitting deman...

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Wai t we are suppose to be able to watch for a dodge arrows fired at us or we are told to get better and you guys can't dodge a fat dude

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Aten 101
fighters not Targets

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Fiberglass spears + face/head thrusts are way more likely to cause lasting injury than fiberglass arrows. Bad hand protection is more likely to cause lasting injury than fiberglass arrows. Overly heavy, unbalanced padded polearms are more likely to cause lasting injury than fiberglass arrows. Whipf...

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Actually Jonathan the most dangerous thing we currently do in the SCA is to have morbidly obese people fall on us. Second to that is to have people roll on to the sides of our legs at the knee in mellees. I would guess that third is dehydration, leading to kidney stones, but that is on my mind sinc...

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How about this scenario. Expensive, and requires a lot of land, but could be fun. Each army would start off inside the town and rush to the bridges. [img]http://i235.photobucket.com/albums/ee11/fryeguy_2007/idea.jpg[/img] Nice map couple small things though. Once fighting got to either town/castle ...

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audax wrote:Count Sir Johnathan Whitewolf, the Elder. He is a trainer of kings and a quadruple peer (KSCA 61st in the order, OL, OP, OLA). and a master of the mental game.

Bet he could teach ya'll some stuff

+1

I could see it now it would be epic.

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I apologize for my horrible grammar and punctuation

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Hard part about scenarios like this is scaling it to the number of fighters. IF you make the map too small.... it's just a big castle with everyone crammed in there. If you make it too big, then all the terrain is irrrelvant. Big points here +1 bazillion Same goes for objectives if you have to few ...

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read thread title as flat snapping rates....

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1. Do you feel that you are obliged to fight in war scenarios that include force multipliers? ****After Driving for X amount of hours and your choice is fight and get shot at or not fight many choose to fight at the event they drove X hours to FIGHT at. Not Drive X hours to be a Target at a shooting...

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Somthing like that but have the river run kitty corner several bridges along its length the CA free fire would be the center of the field so the whole field would have a buffer area you can melee fight but no shooting in the buffer and all CA fire should be directed at the center of field. after the...

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Ok I think we are getting ahead of ourselves Lets first get the idea of a battle with multiple things in it. then we can add endurance battles. Gotta member alot of old guys with bad knees and backs in the SCA i know its me. The 2 hour rezs at Estrella are rough by the end. Multiple objectives in a ...

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My google fu has failed me. Does anyone know the time frame for Jack Chains? I think they are awesome, but are they to early? Balin I believe they were more popular in the 15th century than the 16th, but I do have an Urs Graf piece that shows them on a landsknecht. Circa 1515 http://aiden-groundpou...

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I think it's not a crappy idea...and I'd take it a step farther... the "battle" is 24 hours long. "Points" will be taken consistently through that period. If you're on the field, you're in play and must be armored. You can sleep on the field if you want, just realize your nap mi...

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Honestly I think battles like this would work best as timed battles with several objectives that are worth victory points this way you can flavor battles. Example if you want a more Bridge flavored battles you make the bridges worth the most victory points. Though this is the hardest part of the bat...

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Honestly I think battles like this would work best as timed battles with several objectives that are worth victory points this way you can flavor battles. Example if you want a more Bridge flavored battles you make the bridges worth the most victory points. Though this is the hardest part of the bat...

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It was suggested to start a new thread with this so here it is. I will try to answer any questions that i can. I have come to hate no strongly dislike the way battles are done in the SCA a vast majority of them are side A vs side B over a "thing" bridge, wall, castle, redoubt etc... I woul...

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I have come to hate no strongly dislike the way battles are done in the SCA a vast majority of them are side A vs side B over a "thing" bridge, wall, castle, redoubt etc... I would like to see multiple thing in a single battle example a field that includes all of the above "things&quo...

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My google fu has failed me.
Does anyone know the time frame for Jack Chains? I think they are awesome, but are they to early?

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Funny how we never used to have to worry about what types of battles we fought until CA became such an overpowered weapons form. Now a lot of the folks on this list have said that CA in certin types of battles is no fun(fish in the barrel etc). Have to say it was more fun not having to worry if CA w...

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New thread How battles are done Just an idea