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Richard Blackmoore

Quote: "Even still, with our weekend-sovereign-kingdoms, the whole idea is to re-create NOT the middle ages, but the IDEALS of high chivalry."

Um, not according to the combat archers...

Richard Blackmoore

Wrong answer. My beloved ancestor William the Conqueror was king not by right of arms, but by right of birth. He merely used his arms to enforce that right!

-Richard

Richard Blackmoore

I think that the people with the most accurate claim to a real Western European throne should be king. The funny thing is, I have a shot at winning that one! In more than one country I might add... To quote a famous Jefferson descendant "We're not racists, we're snobs.". -Richard Mayflower descendan...

Richard Blackmoore

You have to sign the known world petition against combat archery that is on its way to the board.

The alternative is to bribe the editors.

Richard Blackmoore

Jester, I did not say you had to. In fact, the main point of this thread is for people who think we should do something else or to modify what we do to allow for something other than grand melee to express what they want. I did express my opinion that I prefer to stay with grand melee in the SCA, bu...

Richard Blackmoore

Nope. I did not drop my weapon. He grabbed it and disarmed me. I simply did not put up an intense struggle to stop him from succeeding (which is what I usually do). The dropped weapon rule stops people who are about to lose, from pretending to drop their weapon accidentally or on purpose, in order t...

Richard Blackmoore

Vermin. Do not think for even a second that I am in favor or war. I am not. It is my wish however, to be fair and reasonable. Since many in the SCA want to do war and some kingdoms already try in their own way to do it, I view it much like combat archery. We can either work to get rid of it (not a b...

Richard Blackmoore

Vermin, you always manage to make me laugh! I like the wheelock based mortars, but I think I would rather have Mons Meg. I enjoyed helping fire off some of the much smaller Pennsic canon years ago, so I do like canon, I just don't want someone shooting me with one... Seriously though, I posted the q...

Richard Blackmoore

Sarnac's orginal thread was great. So now we have all said what we think it is. What should it be? 1) Should the SCA reenact wars in addition to tournaments/grand melees? 2) If Yes: a) Should we keep the existing rules and not change a thing? b) Should the SCA work to have society wide rules or shou...

Richard Blackmoore

Hi Rhys. People often agree with your message. But they often find your wording to be insensitive, abrasive or worse. I agree with much of what you post, but often you do come across as having contempt for others. While I agree some may deserve your contempt, most do not. In person, I have found you...

Richard Blackmoore

I almost always assume that if someone is grabbing my polearm haft, that they are trying to take it away from me. Having had people rip it away in melee (Pennsic) and then try to whack me really hard while I pick it up, I have learned to not let go easily in a grand melee format. Even in singles, I ...

Richard Blackmoore

I have always had mixed emotions about women fighting. The SCA made that issue simpler for me by simply allowing women to fight. From a modern perspective I don't want any form of discrimination and therefore women should be allowed to fight. At the same time I cringe every time I see a little woman...

Richard Blackmoore

LOL! OK, in single combat, I am not purposely trying to become helpless or disarmed or cause a hold. If however, somebody chooses to violently rip my weapon out of my hands while we are engaged in single combat, he is choosing to disarm me forcibly, I am merely allowing his technique to succeed. I a...

Richard Blackmoore

In the SCA single combat list, unlike in SCA melee, an unarmed opponent is considered defenseless and my not be struck. Therefore, if I disarm my opponent I am in no position to ask him to yield, as I technically have no advantage. I may have demonstrated a specific technique, but I have not won the...

Richard Blackmoore

Um. Sorry, I must have skipped over that one accidentally. I will go back and read it and respond when I get a chance.

-Richard.

Richard Blackmoore

I agree. Songwriters who dabble in French should be held to the same demanding standards that those who write in English ascribe to.

Otherwise many classics by Nirvana might have been written with such poor grammer and structure that it would have distracted the listener from the intended message.

Richard Blackmoore

LOL. Thank you for your concern Johnathan, but you are not among those who I am speaking of. I could tell you were kidding.

Richard Blackmoore

I am rapidly getting to the point of wanting to lock a bunch of you in a room, poor honey on you and throw fire ants in. The only way out will be to swear to discuss topics without rancor or personal attacks. You all bring so many good things to the discussion, but much of it gets lost in the venom ...

Richard Blackmoore

I suspect Vitus is more into true pop classics such as McCartney's best work ever, "Silly Love Songs". You know, I'm told he was in another band besides Wings, but apparently they wore suits, had funny haircuts and their popularity was a kind of flash in the pan type thing.

Richard Blackmoore

Hushgirl, I am fairly certain that laughter is OOP. It may have been Gaston who suggested that English knights up to about 1350 or so would only laugh with a French accent anyway... http://www.armourarchive.org/ubb/smile.gif I admit to finding the Piano story to be hysterically funny. I will admit t...

Richard Blackmoore

In my younger days, the adoration of the groupies was helpful. Now that I'm married, it is not only uninspiring, it decreases the chances of marital bliss...

Richard Blackmoore

LOL. Hi Rhys. I should have put smilies on both of those lines. I used to rid in armour and play at jousting and did limited sword and shield work on horseback too. So yes, I understand that in one on one combat it is not always as clear cut an outcome. But I'd still rather be on horse back 9 times ...

Richard Blackmoore

Hushgirl, were you a born cynic? Have you ever found anything about the SCA where you did not have to say something disparaging about it?

Or if you are kidding, you forgot the smilies?

Richard Blackmoore

Back then rocks were soft, giants walked the earth and masters were something you heard about on BBC programs.

-Richard

Richard Blackmoore

Bascot beat me to most of my answers in terms of why mounted is better. But anyway... Question1: Would you rather be the mounted or dismounted knight and why. Mounted. It is what we are born and bred for. It is what distinguishes us from the common footsoldier. I would prefer that my opponent had hi...

Richard Blackmoore

This has a truly simple solution. The Sharpies are the primary food of men's white socks. To find the Sharpies, all you have to do is figure out where socks go after you wash them and .... Oh, damn.

Richard Blackmoore

A Dewalt Cordless Drill with several charged batteries and the associated flashlight/reciprocating saw/trim saw, a big hammer, a little hammer, cobalt tipped drill bits AND A CHUCK KEY, a small anvil, diagonal snips, pliers and beer. Anything not on the list before beer can be had at Pennsic in trad...

Richard Blackmoore

Quote: "Isnâ€™t interesting that we have a name for people that only show up to fight, but no name for people who only show up to socialize, or show off some spiffy item they made?" Sure we do: 1) Fighter Groupies 2) Minions 3) The First To Die if Timeline was not just a book. 4) Rabble 5) Combat Ar...

Richard Blackmoore

Trevor: "There were several comments made by folks there that just struck me as Clintonesque..."

"I feel that my good brother in arms, Syr Rhys, is a victim of a vast Combat Archers Conspiracy..."

"I tried to drink the tranja, but I didn't swallow."

"I did not have counted blows with that woman."

Richard Blackmoore

Well said Trevor.

-Richard.

Richard Blackmoore

OK. I simply wanted all pointless name calling from all sides to stop. I am not picking on any particular individual. Well maybe Rhys http://www.armourarchive.org/ubb/smile.gif I myself have belatedly realized that I have engaged in name calling in fun, that people took seriously and were hurt, for ...

Richard Blackmoore

Hushgirl. That is not the right topic for this thread. If you would like to discuss it with me, I will be happy to correspond via E-mail or phone. I absolutely guarantee that Timothy did not do this as a slight to Jafar. When Jafar was sick, Tim regularly kept the East posted on his condition, toast...

Richard Blackmoore

Welcome to the continuation of witty repartee, highbrow discourse and a free exchange of ideas. Please try to stop calling each other names. Unless of course, some moron really deserves it and you have no other way of making your point! http://www.armourarchive.org/ubb/smile.gif -Richard

Richard Blackmoore

LOL. I am enjoying this.

-Richard

Richard Blackmoore

Quote: "First, Rhys didn't say you were a "silly woman"; he wouldn't deign to do so. Again, please try to remember that we're modern people on here, and Rhys doesn't have e-mail. *I* called you that, and since I'm a modern man it would be silly for me to try to live to a code of behavior designed fo...

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