The Armour Archive

Hushgirl

Well, I have to admit, there have been a few times persons have ordered others to stop talking, which is pointless as well as rude. Some of these persons have been "of rank". This much is documentable.

Hushgirl

Okay,

(really evil grin) so we just require that every fighter auth CA.

Every last one....

Hushgirl

Thank you, Lothar. Someone want to forward that to the Middle Royals? In large red letters maybe? This is exactly the sort of thing T-Bob (and I) have been trying to get across to our local groups for twenty years, only to be told "You don't know what you're talking about, it would never work." Well...

Hushgirl

Well, you're tight there.

Here's a really radical suggestion that'll never take: Require every fighter to have to have some experience with the bow if they're going to play at CA battles. Make it a special auth. If you've never shot, you can't be shot at. How's that?

Hushgirl

I remember being told, just in casual conversation many years ago by a credible authority, that sword dances were adapted from cane dances. A vague enough hint, but maybe a clue?

Hushgirl

The 7 oz linengets a little heavy in Midwestern summers. I'm goung to try the 5 oz, since I have to wear at least two layers, if not three.

It may not be what they wore, but they didn't live in Indiana in the summertime.

Hushgirl

I wonder if the East has more military personnel than the Mid? I know that, especially since the last round of base closings, the East and the the Southern Kingdom areas have more active bases. I think that may be one reason we have so much trouble developing a "tactics" culture. The pulling of our ...

Hushgirl

Isn't Becky a better name for a battle axe?

(signed)
Rebekkah of Beit Jabail

Hushgirl

Oh, and back when they were considering making archery a non-contact classification like scouts, volleys were what I was hoping to be part of. Form up, fire, and run away!

Hushgirl

wilmot--that's cute. If I read Sarnac's post right, it wasn't just the rhino issue. He objected that the training for the champion's units took people who should have been training to lead their own units off the board while they rehearse for this one fight. Thus, unit tactics on the field suffered....

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Phillippe: I can testify to the fact that a local knight instructed his household to step on and break arrows at at least one Pennsic. He actually taught his people how to target a bow to break it and make it look accidental. Not all the people doing this were chivalry, I just know this knight did t...

Hushgirl

Wouldn't it be awesome? On the command, the sky darkens with bolts and the air fills with their drone...

Heck, we're still trying to beat unit tactics into people's heads. What are the odds we could actually organize volley firing?

Hushgirl

Now, that would be an experiment to try. Not eliminating the battle--eliminating the point.

Hushgirl

I hope you're right, Symon. And I hope no-one gets really hurt in the process.

Hushgirl

Excellant, Aengas. Well put.

Hushgirl

<BLOCKQUOTE>quote:<HR>Originally posted by Symon Fitz Gilbert: "...But it behooves us, as knights, to end these abominations now. They have no place on our fields of honor."<HR></BLOCKQUOTE> You can see t...

Hushgirl

Now, to get back to the conversation... Is it possible there will be more such cases? Perhaps. I think it depends on the following: Do others feel the same way? (I think so, but perhaps I'm wrong?) Can others be persuaded to feel this way? (Oh, that's almost always a yes.) Would these others feel an...

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<BLOCKQUOTE>quote:<HR>Originally posted by Symon Fitz Gilbert: ...please explain to me how he "encourages others to follow suit" I just don't see it. <HR></BLOCKQUOTE> As you wish: <BLOCKQUOTE><font size="1" face...

Hushgirl

Well, merely to explain my interpretation and not to bash: The statement, made after the fact, seemed to me (in one of T-Bob's phrases) to lack a knight's humility. Of course, this would not have been congruous with the character Hugh Knight has shown here anyway--his ideas are perhaps too strong to...

Hushgirl

Well, you most certainly have the right to disagree. Some of us here, however, would like to continue our conversation.

Hushgirl

Thank you.

Hushgirl

Ah, but we aren't doing that. Rhys merely presented us with the opportunity to discuss an issue that may become important.

Perhaps you're too involved?

Hushgirl

Perhaps you'd care to re-read my posts in this thread? Post 1. And that is why Sarnac made my list of "good knights"--he actually considers the rank-and-file fighter. Post 2. My comment was not meant to refer to anyone but Sarnac. I wasn't on the field and have no idea what Valhalric did or din't co...

Hushgirl

Hmm, if we are discussing both belted and unbelted champions (and I have tried to use the terms "champions" and "heavy hitters", rather than knight, squire, etc.), are we still bashing the chivalry?

Hushgirl

In re. Wilmot: Sir: I understand your personal involvement, but you are perhaps missing the point just a little. While Rhys is the current example, we are not so much discussing him as the case at hand. AN individual, Rhys or not, committed a certain act and was reprimanded in a certain way. Questio...

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<BLOCKQUOTE>quote:<HR>Originally posted by Vitus: Whoever did this to your wife is a brainless thug who needs to chill. <HR></BLOCKQUOTE> This sport has no scarcity of those, does it? If the injurie/complaints ar...

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It is possible I confuse Rhys' bluster with his avowed intentions--they are often hard sort out. That it was Rhys who did this was the biggest shock since B.I.G was accused of the murder of 2pac--What, the guy should be accused of actually doing the sort of thing he built a career talking about? And...

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everyone can go fight in the larger battles, where these various ways of looking at the game can float more freely in the soup. All right. But consider that soup for a moment. Same schools. More targets, meaning more opportunities. Lots more confusion, meaning less of a chance of getting called on s...

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<BLOCKQUOTE>quote:<HR>Originally posted by Cet: On top of that, I feel alot like the incident and bad behavior of a Knight and Peer got covered up? <HR></BLOCKQUOTE> It's a feeling, he said. His opinion. Probably...

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<BLOCKQUOTE>quote:<HR>Originally posted by Hushgirl: "SCA wars are not meant to recreate or simulate *anything*. They are a modern invention (based loosely on medieval tourney and warfare) intended on being a fun div...

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<BLOCKQUOTE>quote:<HR>Originally posted by Sieur Raymond: There you have it in a nutshell. If "war" is in the title of the event (e.g. "Pennsic War") then every "battle" is a "War". No room for Grand Tourney; no roo...

Hushgirl

And I repeat, if it was the king's will, a knight in period would have accepted the presence of the archers and even fought to protect them. A knight would not have committed such an offense against the crown. No matter how the archer's presence bothered him. And saying you approve only encourages t...

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Our Duke likes archery and seige engines. Our Duke will have them: Not because he ordered it, but because he cares for his folk and they, in return, do what they can to make him happy. And when we're in the field, we will obey the rules, because the Duke wants us to be honorable. And when we're in t...

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I don't know what the answer would be, but I would not deny these heavy-hitters the chance to test themselves agains each other. After all, if these are our best and we expect them to fight with the populace in general, they're probably going to have to rein themselves in a bit, yes? Wouldn't it be ...

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No problem, Darius.

You'll forgive me if I keep my own opinions, but I think you let him off light. He probably knows it, and maybe there won't be a second time. We might hope.