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With respect, Alfred of Carlyle *I bought a handful of Hightower x-bows at one point with the intent of assembling a company of heavy crossbowmen that would target opposing archers only, then retire the bows and engage with heavy weapons. I later decided I simply did not have the energy to move this...

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All kingdoms should require balls or something on the prods to prevent them getting into eyeslots. Why do you think this is necessary? The bows aren't being used to strike someone. When I read this, I get the same creepy-crawly feeling as when I hear about marshals restricting spurs or expressing c...

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Do tips on the prods effect the weapons use? Other then making it meet the 1.25 inch requirement of other weapons? Requiring armor to meet weapon standards is silly. Weapon standards are for weapons armor standards are for armor.

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Aten 101
Fighters not Targets

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Ok Ok how about we make it so the all CA weapons be required to be durable enough to take repeated hits on the field without failure. All kingdoms should require balls or something on the prods to prevent them getting into eyeslots. Also all bows should be made that if the do fail they can't hurt an...

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If CA is so Omnipotent and so overpowering, shouldn't at the end of any battle there be nothing but Combat Archers standing around? I mean they kill like 500 to 1 according to some around here. Well if we let them have 500 arrows. Well and they yield alot. Balin Aten 101 Fighters not Targets

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No one had answered me. Not really a trolling more of why do allow this one weapon on the field that is dangerous to the user and those around him if it gets hit? Not only that but they can come right up to the shield wall and fire putting themselves and those around at risk. how many times have you...

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... Why can't i hit A CAers weapon?... Because it's unsafe. Nobody wants to have a broken piece of wood or fiberglass on the field that can stap through an eye slot. Not to mention what would happen of the string tangeled up somebody's arm or leg. It's a dumb idea even if you hate CA. Wow! We shoul...

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Plumed fighters thought the SCA said that light fighters were not leagal anymore? 1/3 of the field filled with wankers you can't hit back? That sux. Again if we increase the poundage CAers will seriously hurt a spectator. They brought a tear to your eye really? I dont know sounds horrible to me watc...

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maybe for some battles i'm not 100% but i am sure there was never a full Estrella with PiP.

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Thanks for the upgrade:) , but Count Balin is from Caid. i have not giving months of long work for that title.

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Aten 101
Fighters not Targets

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We let our CAers come right up into the line anyone can make a 5-15 foot shot with an SCA xbow. I am pretty sure that the units of reknown Xbowmen did not fire into mixed troops.

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Estrwlla every year for the past couple as held a CA tourney. The quick and the dead kind of a quick draw and load. A ca only event where would be the fun in shooting at people who are only watching for other Caers. It's so much easier to shoot at engaged fighters, or fighters walking back from the ...

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Couple of things. If you up the poundage of the bows or make them unpadded heads they will kill a spectator if it wanders into them. 2 PiP is used in the west kingdom not at estrella if it was CAid would have kittens...again. For all the downunder folks how many people do you get a a big war down th...

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First no shafted arrows. No firing into engaged units. (might hit their own troops) No Xbows (thanks but leave the giant spring traps home) no gleaning Limited arrows(12 or less per battle or res) Limited target areas(PiP face only etc) Limited battles A way to keep spectators safe while allowing th...

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No more CA ever.

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Aten 101
Fighters not Targets

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knee fighting for the following reasons: A. combat archery allows more participants. B. combat archery can be reformed to deal with those who complain about it. Knee fighting really can't, imo. C. my knees will thank me. Mord. A. No there are many other weapons, and seeing as how i know 50+ year ol...

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CA

I can choose to just die instead of fighting from my knees.
I can't choose not to be shot though.

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Aten 101
Fighters not Targets

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I think it could be done at smaller scales. Just like anything the more folks doing it the bigger the chance for a idiot to be among them and hurt someone.

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It was much better this year traffic was kept off of the interior roads. We learned from the previous year. Think all the porta lets were on main roads as well kept the interior roads from becoming soup.

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Nissan Maxima wrote:Similar for me except that sometimes I will run off the field waving my arms in the air and shrieking like a little girl...

With your helmet most i think would just think that the possession had finally overcome you and the forces of chaos have directed themselves at you

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Last year was roughly 5k total

fighters is usually 800s +/-
Though this last year was a low one.

2001 had 7k total and around 1200 fighters

As for fighter demo missile troops both seige and CA number less then 75 total average would be 50s

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Well depends.... Are we killing each other for real? In tourneys i can see it either way we can best our opponents and have them yield the field to the victor, or the more drama filled death. On the melee field though as long as we continue to allow CA we are killing those that are against us. I thi...

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email sent

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Had these cast (i know the horror) to pay my guys with. 1500 of them hope to have 2000 out and 5k in a chest

by next Estrella.

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sounds like a good idea for youth rapier.

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So the new "peerage" can have rapier and CA and siege. Well i think the Rapier folks should cut themselves free of all of their coat tail riders and make a push for a Rapier only peerage. They do themselves a great disservice by trying to include all of these other areas. CA and Siege for ...

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Agree +10 Hi Richard, I hope you are well. I just wanted to quickly disagree with you on one point that you made, I am pretty much totally in agreement with you otherwise on your fine list: Siege bothers me far less than CA. Why? For some of the reasons given above. 3. Siege weapons guys don't do th...

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Woot 4th peerage then we can have threads from 4th peerage recipients complain that no one respects them. Maybe their accolades can be a big flag and a marching band that follows them around heralding their approach so everyone can know how special they are.

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I don't think you will find any domestically made burgonet in that price range. I believe the Indian company Deepeeka made these "sports" Burgonets: m I found them for as cheap as $180 on google product search. You can also find them on ebay. Caveat emptor. I have seen them worn at SCA ev...

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Only one way for that to happen the CAer needs not to make any shotsadn to leave the bows/xbows on the target range.

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Aten 101
Fighters not Targets

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Baron Alejandro wrote:For every story about a combat archer behaving badly, there are ten about stickjocks.

Well there are what 50-75+ heavy fighters to 1 CAer.

Balin
Aten 101
Fighters not Targets