The Armour Archive

Diglach Mac Cein

But aren't salutes, at least in word being inspired by someone (which is what I take the "Do honor to the one who inspires you), and all the rest just as much a part of the society? And isn't the "honor" someone brings to themselves, their ingdom and housholds really the glory of thei...

Diglach Mac Cein

Oh, I agree. I'm part of the "everyone finds the depth they're happy to swim at" camp. I just found it an interesting concept, to pick and choose the aspects of "medeivalism" one accepts. What may be "just a sport" to some is something else to another, its subjective, l...

Diglach Mac Cein

Not trying to be a smart ass or create an arguement - but if it "just a sport", why the medieval trappings at all? Why bother with surcoats, helms with period lines (I figure someone could make a helm better for stick combat, but wouldn't look historic), titles, persona names, etc.?

.

Diglach Mac Cein

Part of my point was that the SCA is really a big group of folks. At the largest "umbrella" you're looking at folks who want to dress up and party, and people interested (to some degree) in history. Among th interested in history people, you have different sub groups of time periods, cultu...

Diglach Mac Cein

Want to experience a "magic moment" in the SCA? CREATE ONE. A few weeks back, Sir Gunnar Redboar and I went out to hold the field during pickups, and after a few moments where nobody came out to fight us, we decided to fight one another - but to make it more than the usual "pick-up&qu...

Diglach Mac Cein

Agreed. Since this is what inevitably happens, then we shouldn't act as if it doesn't. Or, write it into the Pennsic agreement that numbers would be even, and take the appropriate steps. Let the numbers stand. If East gains more swords then so be it. There shouldn't be too much BS expended in evenin...

Diglach Mac Cein

Diglach Mac Cein

Regardless if you follow the Dragon or the Tyger -

Fight well, and be glorious! Wish I could be there, but I'm looking forward to the stories and pictures, but not without a little envy for not being there to share it all.

Safe Travels!

Diglach

.

Diglach Mac Cein

I REALLY think that having a Mid/East allied against Aethelmarch and Atlantia for a couple of wars would go a long way for taking some of the bad aspects out, and inject a lot of fun back into it.

.

Diglach Mac Cein

Eirik -

I can't make Pennsic this year - any chance I can place an order and have my squire pick it up for me?

Diglach Mac Cein

A way to reduce the rate of fire on crossbows would be to require ALL of them to be reloded from a stirrup. Some someone who due to a issue with their elbows, could just "waist cock" a x-bow - the put a dowel rod tube with rope through it as a stirrup - it hung out of the way when firing, ...

Diglach Mac Cein

That's a wash?

.

Diglach Mac Cein

At tournamnet where my wife doesn't attend, she encouraged me to find someone to be my inspiration for the day. I often find a lady who is new to the SCA - often at their first event.

In these cases, I salute BOTH ladies.

.

Diglach Mac Cein

[you are reading something in that isn't there.. the only "appeal" process, is for denial, not for permission. Welcome to the East. You should read our "rights" section.. it's ENTIRELY comprised of what we may not do. Kinda funny, honestly. Too bad. I haven't experienced or even...

Diglach Mac Cein

1. A local group can hold and sponsor an event outside its borders, but cannot hold a Baronial Court at that event, except with permission of the „lending‟ group. Pennsic is exempt from this law. 2. The seneschal of the group sponsoring the event (the requesting group) will send in advance a writte...

Diglach Mac Cein

Why didn't someone take it to the baronial or regional seneschal, if they wanted to do the demo? If a specific officer doesn't want you to do something, what about their successor? Or their superior? Does the event steward not do the type of event you want? Run the next one. They won't LET you? Keep...

Diglach Mac Cein

The whole "shooting in the back" thing is addressed in this year's Pennsic rules.

.

Diglach Mac Cein

Find one new person.

Show them the numerous options in the SCA experience, and encourage them to "try stuff".

Help them find and enjoy "their thing" in the SCA (within reason and the rules).

Teach them how to help others.

Encourage them to do so.

Lather, rinse, repeat.

Diglach Mac Cein

Now back on subject.... The Midrealm is a tube arrow kingdom, and while the siloflex and stopper style bolt seems to work fine for crossbows, the longer arrows for the longbow seem to be a bit more difficult, except for a few people who modified their bow or their shooting to compensate for the diam...

Diglach Mac Cein

Also, I know at least 3 new people who went on THIS FORUM, and were lead to beleive that the attitude and behavior they saw here was representative of what they could expect from the SCA as a whole. One reaction was they "the SCA seems whinier and more bitchy that any of the fantasy LARP groups...

Diglach Mac Cein

Vladimir -

Number of people seems to be equated with success, prestige and power with some folks.

.

Diglach Mac Cein

IMO - I'm seeing the SCA becomeing lots of smaller "umbrellas" under one big one. You have people who are really getting into the research and presentation of their portrayals - 14thc Mafia, Norse, Heroic Age, etc... And these groups often cross household, shire and kingdom lines. Now SOME...

Diglach Mac Cein

shinyhalo -

There are some fine decaf products out there that taste just like the real thing... please give them a try, would you?

.

Diglach Mac Cein

I'm a thread killer? Pffft.

BLANKENSH.... Nah.

.

Diglach Mac Cein

I would still love to see AEthelmearc and Atlantia declare war on the East and Middle.... At least once.

.

Diglach Mac Cein

Perhaps if you and a pro-CA person presented it together? Or you could state that you feel under the changes being suggested here, that more people would support CA on the field, YOURSELF INCLUDED. Never said it would be easy. But there is an Buddhist saying (you KNEW this was coming). "Failing...

Diglach Mac Cein

Course if everyone thinks "Oh, they'll never listen to ME" or figures "Too many people for my opinion to matter" then all we will know for sure is nobody did anything.

Just saying.

.

Diglach Mac Cein

Write 'em up, forward to you KEM to pass to the SEM and other KEM, see if they'll fly.

Otherwise, aren't we just going over the same joke over and over? Doesn't get any funnier.

.

Diglach Mac Cein

SO apparently, nobody knows for certain yet....

Diglach Mac Cein

Where will you be selling these? hi that would be me. am unhappy with website provider so let it go. have 140 finger blanks cut out and waiting to be fired. have about 25 percent failure rate. currently need a strong fan so I dont poison myself with the fumes. tried to get one today. but the scrap a...

Diglach Mac Cein

Don't know, not too worried as long as we don't end up with a "Pieter's War" situation.

Even then, not too worried. Final score at Pennsic has always been secondary (or tertiary) to how much fun me and mine have, and if my lady enjoys herself.

The rest is just a vehicle for that.
.

Diglach Mac Cein

Armand -

Quit being logical. It kills the buzz.

.

Diglach Mac Cein

Ah - a bow-du.

.

Diglach Mac Cein

COmbat archery has been apparently around for a looong time - especially in the West. Seem it has only become a real visible stink the last 5 - 10 years. Compromise is a wonderful thing. Problem is the people who are the loudest, supposedly or in appearance "doing the talking" on both side...

Diglach Mac Cein

Wow.

.

Re: "Rude" Salutes

Re: "Rude" Salutes

Re: "Rude" Salutes

Re: SCA at an evolutionary cross-roads (A discussion)

Re: SCA at an evolutionary cross-roads (A discussion)

Re: So who is allied with whom this year at Pennsic?

Re: Warriors at Pennsic

Warriors at Pennsic

Re: So who is allied with whom this year at Pennsic?

Re: New Style of Thrust Tips Available at Pennsic (Now w/pic

Re: I think I have a fix for CA...

Re: So who is allied with whom this year at Pennsic?

Re: "Rude" Salutes

Re: SCA at an evolutionary cross-roads (A discussion)

Re: SCA at an evolutionary cross-roads (A discussion)

Re: SCA at an evolutionary cross-roads (A discussion)

Re: I think I have a fix for CA...

Re: SCA at an evolutionary cross-roads (A discussion)

Re: I think I have a fix for CA...

Re: SCA at an evolutionary cross-roads (A discussion)

Re: SCA at an evolutionary cross-roads (A discussion)

Re: SCA at an evolutionary cross-roads (A discussion)

Re: I think I have a fix for CA...

Re: So who is allied with whom this year at Pennsic?

Re: So who is allied with whom this year at Pennsic?

Re: I think I have a fix for CA...

Re: I think I have a fix for CA...

Re: I think I have a fix for CA...

Re: So who is allied with whom this year at Pennsic?

Re: Review Performance Armour Finger Gauntlets

Re: So who is allied with whom this year at Pennsic?

Re: I think I have a fix for CA...

Re: I think I have a fix for CA...

Re: I think I have a fix for CA...

Re: Atzinger update 7/18