The Armour Archive

Diglach Mac Cein

Who has that rule?

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Diglach Mac Cein

I try to go with a simple rule for my weapons - If it was there during the time and culture I portray, then I'll put it on my weaponry. I COULD see that a double handed "thrust" to the gut of someone in non-rigid armor could knock the wind out of them, it wouldn't be a fight ender by itsel...

Diglach Mac Cein

Why not say "visible armor is proof"?

If you are portraying someone without armor, you don't get the benefit.

A surcoat or a tabard of course is the exception, if worn over otherwise visible armor.

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Diglach Mac Cein

Probably the biggest issue is going to be the fact you glued the pieces together.

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Diglach Mac Cein

That was my point -

And what happens to us when we throw shots the same way is WORSE.

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Diglach Mac Cein

Lighter swords allow them to throw faster - and they use a "snapping" arm motion to generate that speed, much like a baseball pitcher. But the pitcher LETS GO of the ball. The ball is lighter than a sword. And pitchers tend to have a strict strike count. This is something my doc calls (In ...

Diglach Mac Cein

Payn -

Way I look at it, the falchion was made as a weapon. A machete was made as a tool for clearing brush, that was adopted as a weapon.

Kind of like a military flail and a grain flail aren't the same, but the grain flail COULD be a weapon.

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Diglach Mac Cein

At this point, I think the problem is too many words, not enough action.

Find 1 person that needs help w/ this problem. Talk with them, offer to help or teach. Tell them thing only rule is they have to do the same for someone else.

Problem solved - effectively
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Diglach Mac Cein

Frankly, after the last few years, my attitude going forward is that my favorite SCA event -

Is the NEXT one.

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Diglach Mac Cein

You erred.

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Diglach Mac Cein

Thank you for all you've added to the SCA.

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Diglach Mac Cein

Plus, using a currently legal weapon in a legal way is the same as deliberatley breaking other people's property - disposable or not.

Uh huh.

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Diglach Mac Cein

Wow, someone snuck in a thinly veiled combat archery reference by page 2!

Deliberate destruction of someone else's property is a bullshit move. And yes, the spearrman who deliberately lodges his spear in a haybale to make a trip line is being a douche too.

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Diglach Mac Cein

Spear, polearms, arrows, whatever....

Deliberately trying to destroy someone else's gear is among the highest form of asshattery, and should end up in a marshall's court.

And brought up to the offender's knight, crown, commander, whichever is appropriate.

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Diglach Mac Cein

Change gears.

Try a new weapon form for a bit. If you JUST do benchpresses all the time, you'll hit a point where you just get stuck at a particular weight. So you do ROWS to keep the muscles guessing, and allowing them to get stronger.

Same thing for skills, physical or mental.

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Diglach Mac Cein

Oh great... now we're gonna get the Confection of the Thirty.

Tomburr wrote:You're ALL wrong! French silk is the best!

Diglach Mac Cein

Try switching after 10 years AND being a lefty.

Woooooooo. Talk about rattan applied motivation.

Diglach Mac Cein

You're both pretty.

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Diglach Mac Cein

Personally, I've gotten 4 or 5 guys out of the Dark Victory-esque armor by showing them how much better armor works when it fits properly.... Of course I also show them how to make it look better, or hide any modern stuff. We (people who make an effort) can only get people to change one or two at a ...

Diglach Mac Cein

Vitus von Atzinger wrote:EDWARD FOR THE WIN.

Seconded. Holy. freaking. crap.

I now realize I paint like a brain damaged chimp with the shakes....

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Diglach Mac Cein

See, I don't have a problem with the word "attempt" as much as how some people DEFINE it (to either extreme). I've done the Walmart pajama pants, with added ties at the ankle, that work rather well for my portrayal. A heck of a lot more accurate than most of the kilts worn at an event. Now...

Diglach Mac Cein

I have to admit, the glow sticks people hang in the portajohns can be helpful, especially if you have a little kid using the bathroom at night.

I don't mind them on little kids either.

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Diglach Mac Cein

Sigismund -

Why not take everything you have done/learned and write it up for everyone to use? Pleanty of websites collect this info and share it with others (including this one).

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Diglach Mac Cein

Well, you pretty much answered your own question.

But face it - a lot of new folks get their first impressions of the SCA on boards just like this. And a lot of what I read here (and a growing amount, IMO) would turn a lot of them off.

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Diglach Mac Cein

I remember watching him and my son fight youth boffer, and then rattan. When my son got hurt in a youth melee, Quilliam was the first to ask how he was, and when Torc came back down to the field, Quilliam got EVERYONE to appluad and welcome him back.

And I am so freaking old........

Diglach Mac Cein

"Don't be a jerk" should be a stand alone rule.

There are a lot of ways to get others to improve their look, on and off the field. Insults, being over-confrontational, or putting on an attitude of superiority probably don't fall very high on the success scale.

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Diglach Mac Cein

Thorgrimr is making the adjustment pretty well, IMO.

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Diglach Mac Cein

Hey, when you get a set up like that....

(Besides, in tennis, the balls are fuzzy)

Diglach Mac Cein

And we now know why Johnathan wins at tennis and raquetball.

He cheats. His balls are smaller. (JOKE!!!!)

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Diglach Mac Cein

Every man is mortal, but the good name never dies.

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Diglach Mac Cein

Diglach hit bad man with stick.
Siiiience goooood.

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Diglach Mac Cein

Rattan the same diameter as fiberglass has a lot more flex, generally speaking. More flex = more forgiveness on shots.

Diglach Mac Cein

If there are more people with cool looking armor than crap, the crap will be seen as the exception, not the rule. If group "A" appears to be having more fun than group "B", even if group "A" isn't as spiff, they are going to attract more people. People tend to be more r...

Diglach Mac Cein

Yeah, I would like to drop the padding on that type of weapon material too.

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Diglach Mac Cein

First, Pirates Are. Not. Period.

Sure they are! They were called THE VIKINGS.

JOKE! REALLY! Put the pitchforks down now!!!

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