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by Diglach Mac Cein
Fri Oct 17, 2008 6:48 am
Forum: Medieval Combat and Weapons
Topic: Worst Tourney you ever fought in?
Replies: 141
Views: 5261

You know, I never thought of it as "fighting to defend my lady's honor", but fighting "in honor of the inspiration that my lady gives me" - even if she is just "my lady" for that tourney. Of course, I've only kept one prize from any tournament I've ever won - a token wh...
by Diglach Mac Cein
Thu Oct 16, 2008 9:03 am
Forum: Medieval Combat and Weapons
Topic: Worst Tourney you ever fought in?
Replies: 141
Views: 5261

Eh, different strokes, I guess.


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by Diglach Mac Cein
Thu Oct 16, 2008 5:43 am
Forum: Medieval Combat and Weapons
Topic: Worst Tourney you ever fought in?
Replies: 141
Views: 5261

Never been forced to fight any style.

I'll fight other forms because they are fun, but I've never been forced to.


Of course, fun is the only reason we should be doing this, right?


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by Diglach Mac Cein
Wed Oct 15, 2008 1:07 pm
Forum: Medieval Combat and Weapons
Topic: Fighting in a 8ft circle aka thunderdome
Replies: 36
Views: 627

On another note... Why get upset and leave after 10 mins and two losses? You only cheat yourself. Did you lose any prize money? Have to give up your armor or something? Did the price of beer go up because you lost? No? It's a game. You are new at the game, so you are going to lose - a lot. Eventuall...
by Diglach Mac Cein
Wed Oct 15, 2008 12:58 pm
Forum: Medieval Combat and Weapons
Topic: Musket combat archer-SCA
Replies: 263
Views: 5192

Combat archey needs it's own section of the Archive...
by Diglach Mac Cein
Wed Oct 15, 2008 7:54 am
Forum: Medieval Combat and Weapons
Topic: Worst Tourney you ever fought in?
Replies: 141
Views: 5261

At least here in the Midrealm, the format of the tourney is almost always published in advance, including any weapon stipulations other "house rules" for the event. That way, people who don't want to participate don't have to. Seems easy enough - if you don't want to fight under the rules ...
by Diglach Mac Cein
Tue Oct 14, 2008 6:29 am
Forum: Medieval Combat and Weapons
Topic: Best Tourney You Have Ever Fought In?
Replies: 48
Views: 1813

Bump because this should have more posts than the "worst tourney" thread.... One of my favorites.... I was in a small shire round robin tournament a few years ago. Maybe 2 dozen guys in the list. But you looked around, and everyone was relaxed and just happy to be there. Fought all afterno...
by Diglach Mac Cein
Fri Oct 10, 2008 11:23 am
Forum: Armour - Design and Construction
Topic: What are the sca rules on helmet spikes?
Replies: 23
Views: 641

And if you are REAL tall, watch the clouds... <ZAP>



Though you MIGHT pick up Pennsic Security Radio Chatter on that thing...
by Diglach Mac Cein
Fri Oct 10, 2008 11:17 am
Forum: Medieval Combat and Weapons
Topic: SCA dealing with the media
Replies: 53
Views: 1229

Avoid saying things like we "kill" each other on "combat". Yes, you know and we know what that means in the SCA game, but the media won't make the distinction. Have the combatants avoid any "colorful" deaths and the like. Avoid SCA-isms (Troll, etc), don't bring up reli...
by Diglach Mac Cein
Fri Oct 10, 2008 7:07 am
Forum: Armour - Design and Construction
Topic: What are the sca rules on helmet spikes?
Replies: 23
Views: 641

I'm thinking that a shot high on that spike gonna generate some neck torque, too....
by Diglach Mac Cein
Mon Oct 06, 2008 7:13 pm
Forum: Medieval Combat and Weapons
Topic: Had my first "Tuchuk Rules" fight today...
Replies: 39
Views: 1376

LOL! Lord I forgot that...

How's it going, man?



Theoderic wrote:
Dilan wrote:And he is a Crown-level SCA combatant and a SCA knight....


and an old friend that I met over 12 years ago at a LARP he created called KANAR, where boffer weapons were used. Hence the boffer king.
by Diglach Mac Cein
Mon Oct 06, 2008 2:34 pm
Forum: Medieval Combat and Weapons
Topic: Had my first "Tuchuk Rules" fight today...
Replies: 39
Views: 1376

The Tuchux are a much smaller group, and a lot of their people live close togehter. It gives them a lot more control and consitency in their training, and a better ability to exert "social pressure" on those who consitently / deliberately screw up. The SCA is frankly waaay to large and spr...
by Diglach Mac Cein
Mon Oct 06, 2008 1:42 pm
Forum: Medieval Combat and Weapons
Topic: Had my first "Tuchuk Rules" fight today...
Replies: 39
Views: 1376

And he is a Crown-level SCA combatant and a SCA knight....
by Diglach Mac Cein
Wed Oct 01, 2008 8:58 am
Forum: Medieval Combat and Weapons
Topic: Short Weapon, Short Notice, Samurai Shield Shame
Replies: 21
Views: 678

We all must die to pass through the Gates of Heaven.

At least I brought my own door.
by Diglach Mac Cein
Tue Sep 30, 2008 9:32 am
Forum: Medieval Combat and Weapons
Topic: Lanyards
Replies: 67
Views: 1737

OK, I guess I just don't get as tied up (pardon the pun) on such things. Really, it doesn't bother me to add a lanyard - so I don't sweat it. Just becuase I've never lost a sword on the torunament lists, doesn't mean nobody has. Sort of like mandating groin protection - just becuase you haven't been...
by Diglach Mac Cein
Tue Sep 30, 2008 8:05 am
Forum: Medieval Combat and Weapons
Topic: Lanyards
Replies: 67
Views: 1737

<Shrug>

I just don't see it as a big enough deal to comment on, one way or another....

Oh - I've use lanyards and triggers in the past, but I really don't notice them having any positive or negative impact on my fighting. They are just - there. Not a big enough deal to bitch about.
by Diglach Mac Cein
Tue Sep 30, 2008 7:09 am
Forum: Medieval Combat and Weapons
Topic: Lanyards
Replies: 67
Views: 1737

So it isn't a big deal if they DID wear it, right?

Sorry, if I misunderstood, but that just seemed picky.

At least locally to me, you mostly see marshals in tabards at either "fancy dress" tournaments, or in bigger melees where some sort of fast identification wouldn't be a bad thing.
by Diglach Mac Cein
Tue Sep 30, 2008 6:49 am
Forum: Medieval Combat and Weapons
Topic: Lanyards
Replies: 67
Views: 1737

Sorry for the derail, but what's the issue with marshals wearing tabards?
Helps the fighters identify them on the field, helps them identify each other, and adds some pagentry to the scene.
by Diglach Mac Cein
Mon Sep 29, 2008 1:36 pm
Forum: Medieval Combat and Weapons
Topic: What's up with the smaller and smaller thrusting tips?
Replies: 79
Views: 1747

Man, seems to me that if you have to hit someone that hard to get them to take a shot, the weapon isn't the problem. The guy taking the shot is. AND you would be encouraging "sticks" instead of weapons that look like weapons (pole axes), right? There is a difference between changing a weap...
by Diglach Mac Cein
Sun Sep 28, 2008 8:53 am
Forum: Medieval Combat and Weapons
Topic: What's up with the smaller and smaller thrusting tips?
Replies: 79
Views: 1747

Seems that without experimentation, we wouldn't have a lot of the weapons / styles (like face thrust) that we currently have. This way, we can find out if the average fighter can use it safely, and it improves our game. If it seems that the average SCA fighter can use it safely, cool. (I'm part of t...
by Diglach Mac Cein
Fri Sep 26, 2008 10:21 am
Forum: Classifieds / Want Ads
Topic: Twisted Turk from Knotwolf
Replies: 2
Views: 365

OK, THAT is slick...
by Diglach Mac Cein
Fri Sep 26, 2008 10:07 am
Forum: Medieval Combat and Weapons
Topic: So A Tuchuk just moved to town...
Replies: 89
Views: 3115

Fought with and against the Tuchux, and live right down the 'Dell from their camp. Great bunch of people all around! Though fighting with them in the Town Battle this last Pennsic, I was starting to feel real out of place...drew a lot of fire! - Wearing my green leine and such sort of created a &quo...
by Diglach Mac Cein
Tue Sep 23, 2008 12:44 pm
Forum: Medieval Combat and Weapons
Topic: SCA Non-Rattan Combat Peerage Survey
Replies: 205
Views: 4382

I just have difficulty imagining someone getting a Peerage for PROWESS with a seige engine...
by Diglach Mac Cein
Tue Sep 23, 2008 5:12 am
Forum: Medieval Combat and Weapons
Topic: SCA Non-Rattan Combat Peerage Survey
Replies: 205
Views: 4382

Speaking of seige engineers... Since seige engins have to be crewed by multiple people - Who gets the peerage? The guy who designed it? (You get plans off the web). The guy who built it? (Not necessarily the one using it) The guy aiming it? Loading it? Built the ammo? All could be considered part of...
by Diglach Mac Cein
Mon Sep 22, 2008 3:51 pm
Forum: Medieval Combat and Weapons
Topic: SCA Non-Rattan Combat Peerage Survey
Replies: 205
Views: 4382

What kingdom doesn't allow Masters of Arms? I know a few that it isn't in their CULTURE, so they haven't created any (as in, no candidates have requested to be MoA). BIG difference between "Doesn't allow" and "Doesn't have". Now there's a briliant answer. Four Kingdoms don't supp...
by Diglach Mac Cein
Mon Sep 22, 2008 10:45 am
Forum: Medieval Combat and Weapons
Topic: Show your kit- Second 1/2 of '08
Replies: 211
Views: 23109

Cool, thanks!

Usually I'm pretty invisible to cameras at Pennsic - this time I'm in a number of pretty good shots for this battle! And I'm not getting clubbed like a baby seal!
by Diglach Mac Cein
Mon Sep 22, 2008 10:41 am
Forum: Medieval Combat and Weapons
Topic: SCA Non-Rattan Combat Peerage Survey
Replies: 205
Views: 4382

We currently do - the order of the Laurel. Unless you are saying that the Lauerl and Pelican are lesser in some way. At some point there might be a 4th peerage (or 5th, or 6th... at some point I imagine that the archers or equestrians will be upset about being "lumped in" with fencers.) Un...
by Diglach Mac Cein
Mon Sep 22, 2008 10:02 am
Forum: Medieval Combat and Weapons
Topic: Show your kit- Second 1/2 of '08
Replies: 211
Views: 23109

Thanks!

OK, how the heck did you do that?
by Diglach Mac Cein
Mon Sep 22, 2008 9:12 am
Forum: Medieval Combat and Weapons
Topic: Show your kit- Second 1/2 of '08
Replies: 211
Views: 23109

Hey, I finally found an OK pic of my current kit! I'm the guy in green in the back... In the next few months, I'll be replacing the boots (masked to look like period shoes) with something more of a period profile (not a ankle boot). I'll also make a new sword and add a scabbard. http://ursus.smugmug...
by Diglach Mac Cein
Wed Sep 17, 2008 8:00 am
Forum: Interpretive Re-creation
Topic: African Helmet concept Help
Replies: 45
Views: 747

You know, with the leather "mask", it will inevitably pick up some "battle damage" -cuts, scrapes and the like. A fun thing would be to see the "scars" left on over a time.
by Diglach Mac Cein
Mon Sep 15, 2008 10:53 am
Forum: Medieval Combat and Weapons
Topic: Deeds of arms for early period personnas?
Replies: 26
Views: 617

Make a whole event of it! Foot races (armored and unarmored), spear throwing contests, tests of strength, challenge bouts, etc.... End of the day, announce a champion who get the "champion's portion" of the meat, as well as prizes. Have bards sing or tell tales of the day. Armored combat f...
by Diglach Mac Cein
Sun Sep 14, 2008 8:04 am
Forum: Medieval Combat and Weapons
Topic: Question for the SCA Martials
Replies: 54
Views: 1268

BaronConal wrote:( no one is allowed to picture me in a leather thong in a melee...
period.... end of discussion )




Guess that means the photos aren't for public distrobution.....
by Diglach Mac Cein
Fri Sep 12, 2008 1:03 pm
Forum: Classifieds / Want Ads
Topic: Anyone hear from West Coast Armory?
Replies: 2
Views: 295

Anyone hear from West Coast Armory?

I have a squire who is being VERY paitient, but his helm was promised to be done last March, then May, then by Pennsic...

I haven't seen him around on AA recently either.
by Diglach Mac Cein
Fri Sep 12, 2008 9:47 am
Forum: Medieval Combat and Weapons
Topic: Deeds of arms for early period personnas?
Replies: 26
Views: 617

Which all makes sense -

Why would a chieftain or King allow his finest warriors kill or maim themselves at a festival?

And, today's opponent was often tomorrow's ally, especially in Ireland. Cattle raids were almost as much sport as anything else - and often treated as such!
by Diglach Mac Cein
Fri Sep 12, 2008 9:04 am
Forum: Medieval Combat and Weapons
Topic: Deeds of arms for early period personnas?
Replies: 26
Views: 617

BINGO! Working on more research into this. TONS of tests of skills in battle arts went on at festivals and celebrations of all types. AND challenges at war camp, training (and early period warriors did train), and challenges before and DURING battles between individuals. And not always to the death!

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