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Count Johnathan

Good. Wrong thread LOL

Count Johnathan

That is because you refuse to see any other point of view, because you are entirely unsympathetic to what they do. Want to get rid of combat archery? I'll tell you exactly how. Sit your County hide out of CA battles. Your Excellency. I don't fight in Woods Battles, either - I loathe them. TADAAAAAA...

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I assumed that nobody could resist that. That's the point though. I do think those things of that subject and I do know many MANY folks all across the entire SCA in every single kingdom who despise it. Still it continues so even if some folks hate it as long as there is a significant body of those w...

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And I don't need luck. What WE need is the tenacity to reach enough folks. If they agree, things will change. If they don't, We'll take legs as kills and fight In Modo/Vitus System against willing partners. You know: Our options! That's what you think. I tried to get rid of combat archery because i...

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" re-enactment/recreationist standpoint " That's the problem you are having. The SCA is not that. It will never be an accurate depiction of any specific time period using any specific medieval tournament model nor will it ever follow any historically accurate tournament rules or convention...

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Far from the first try Francisco. That's the part you seem to be misunderstanding.

Count Johnathan

As an aside regarding the results of this poll why don't you just do a poll asking if the SCA in general is silly? I bet you would get similar results.

Count Johnathan

Francisco that is merely your opinion of it. Is your opinion shared by others? Some but not all and many of us enjoy the challenge of having a penalty for poor defense. It's adds a different element to our game than other organizations might have. It adds a different method of fighting that needs to...

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10 pages of discussion and none of the points regarding the perceived deficiencies have been addressed by anyone? Really? I think they have repeatedly. You have also been given some explanation as to how and why things worked out this way and several different opinions about why we should or shouldn...

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"...We take a more serious approach today and it no longer serves us as well..." You mean YOU your grace. The rest of US are ok with it. You mean YOU your Excellency. Some of the rest of US, don't agree. Agreed. Though there's other points from that post I agree with in reference to blow ...

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Yeah it seems a matter more of "I think it looks silly" or "it makes me look silly and I lose" rather than a "OMG hurting my knees" kind of thing. Shrouding the issue in false allegations does not serve to help the process. I am of the mind that if one does not like it ...

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No, that should not be it, Aaron. What is obfuscated by the 'option' crowd is that the counted blows / 2-for-1 people should be given the 'option' of disadvantaging themselves by accepting killing blows where the kneefighters do not. It's a puerile argument. Fighting, being a game, has rules. The r...

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Yup yup! It's good to be the king... unless you screw it up.

Count Johnathan

Chewing gum while wearing my helmet gives me a headache. The way I am cured of holding my breathe is by everybody else yelling "breathe" while we fight at practice. It's part of learning to fight well. Most people have this issue when they start. Be mindful of the habit and overcome.

Count Johnathan

You really just have to force yourself not to do it. It is much like holding ones breath while fighting. Just have to concentrate and focus and cure yourself of the problem. As a side note I do not close my eyes when I swing or get swung at but I doubt that I keep my eyes open when I get struck in t...

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Is that the "Fling Dung" system or the "Flung Dung" system used by the "Thunder Monkeys"? As the "Squatnshit" system just looks silly. The Thundermonkeys will be sworn to never accept a leg blow in battle ... or any blows for that matter. We will be full on o...

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Well said. I don't like it, and that should be it. Live & let live. If Count Johnathan can tolerate CA I should tolerate traditional SCA rules. Well I don't tolerate it actually. It cuts down on the number of battles I fight in and that sucks. My option is to not involve myself in it or to win ...

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Good idea for a unit. Maybe I will start a rolling thunder clan! We can call ourselves....

Count Johnathan

Like swinging them around as a weapon or you mean fighting in a unit of electrified monkeys that folow your every command with a remote?

Count Johnathan

Count Jonathan, I'm sure that being Knight and a former King makes you a fairly authoritative figure in the eyes of many people in your region. Ditto your dad. So if some new guy shows up and hears your opinions on the various "options" available, as you've voiced them over two threads he...

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Your list of reasons suggests one thing. You don't like it. Again perfectly acceptable. Remember I think we should get rid of something else because safety issues aside... I don't like it. I have always found this to be a good reason not to do something that is optional.

Count Johnathan

That is a perfectly acceptable reason not to fight from your knees and why the rule is optional anyway.

Count Johnathan

If that is a singing fish the mere presence of such a helmet would strike fear into your enemies.

Or cause them to die laughing. A win is a win either way.

Count Johnathan

The trick is not to just try to work on footwork for fighting. What you need to do is improve your movement, balance and mobility in general. I'm not saying don't work on footwork for fighting but doing other things will vastly improve your footwork when fighting. Jump rope. It sucks but it does hel...

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That's already a given Ingvarr. People who don't know that are noobs.

Count Johnathan

Gee, not a loaded poll for the Archive at all! What's next? "Should we allow exposed blue plastic armor on the field?" or "Do Scottish fighters with katans and scutums add anything to our game?" . OMG my dreams would be fulfilled if I could tell everyone my scottish blue plastic...

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The anti knee fighting contigent is far more vocal than the keep it as it is guys? Maybe so, but I have read through the thread and only 2 (the johnathons) stand out in my mind as being srictly for kneee fighting. There may have been a few others but they werent quite so loud as the others. Hmmm yo...

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I think knee fighting looks silly, but a madu is worse. Yes, my boss appears to do both in that photo. No madu there. I am stabbing Sir Kieran in the body with a katana. The swords not reversed, my arm is reversed. And Jonathan is right. This is a stupid game. I didn't say it was stupid brother. I ...

Count Johnathan

Broadway wrote:
Count Johnathan wrote: Points are boring and lack creativity. We don't need points in our game. What's next? A ball and a goal?

How bout a dog skull and a stake in the ground?

Been done and while entertaining it is still theft of someone elses creative concept.

Count Johnathan

Couple of things. First off that picture is cool as hell in some weird fantasy sort of way. Second what looks silly is a couple of authenticity mavens fighting when one of them is dressed as a samurai and the other is dressed in a 14th C European kit fighting with taped up sticks in what looks to be...

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If it's any consolation Ingvarr I agree only one person gets to call the shot. There have been plenty of times where someone told me not to accept a blow before I explained to them that I felt it was quite good regardless and took it anyway. I have also told others not to accept a blow because it wa...

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Seriously are people complaining here because it looks like maybe a guy was shrugging shots or maybe a guy wasn't hitting hard enough? I mean really? In a video of a melee? Really? Come on man. The only way to know for sure if the shots had sufficient power on them is if I was throwing them because ...

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Most people find not being able to stand while fighting to be a penalty. We cannot truly say that the elimination of the ability to move is not a penalty merely because some people get good at it. Some folks might fight really well with their off hand. That doesn't mean losing their arm is an advant...

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So you didn't look to change their involvement (which I applaud)- just the WAY in which they were involved, to be more in keeping with what YOU perceived as the hazards and drawbacks of the system? Interesting. You're right, milord. There is indeed a lesson to be learned from this. I did seek the e...

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For clarity, by "flying twigs", do you mean archery, milord? We don't have to go there you know. I have a negative opinion about it and it doesn't serve to make this conversation any better. Just wondering, milord, what could cause you to use insulting language in reference to the way tha...