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Syrfinn

Will second what Saint-Sever said. I guess part of my acceptance of CA, is due to most of the folks I know, who do it, play it on a scale as Tim does, so its easier for me to accept them on the field as one of my comrades. But like Saint-Sever said also, the ones who are the ones who want to play De...

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InsaneIrish and others who have mentioned this. It really for some does come down to just that. Its how you view what we do at battles. Do you view it as a grand melee or a war. Honestly, if I viewed it as a grand melee, I can positively say, I would be against any form of CA on the field. But since...

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Here are my thoughts on this stuff. And actually no, I dont think its a dead horse, cause if it was, folks wouldnt be so passionate about it on both sides. I enjoy CA on the battlefield. I dont do it, and have actually only done it twice, once when I was 3 days old in the SCA, and Kane wanted me to ...

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Please give my regards to Roland. Wish I could be there, but have a prior engagement, with an event my squires are holding that day.

But this is great news, and will let folks up here, who know him, know of this day.

Thanks

Syrfinn

When I used to fight in a klapvisor, the first time I fought in it was hilarious. Was doing well, played my normal game, and legged the guy. Hmm, where did he go now. Basically, I used to say, I used the force. I had no idea where my oponnent where, when they went to their knees half the time, and j...

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Thats Sir Corby de la Flamme from Atlantia. Look at the link here and see his progree he just put up, from his last 20 years of fighting.

http://forums.armourarchive.org/phpBB2/ ... hp?t=69623

Syrfinn

Very nice pics.

Yeah, these posts have been getting me nostalgic also. But I just dont have a lot of pics of myself in gear. Been looking at websites of others, where I might of gotten lucky and showed up in their pics.

Syrfinn

Yep, I think over the 18 years I have been fighting, I have seen 3 arm breaks, all forearm. Each time, was someone not wearing a vambrace, and also each time, their arm got in the way of a body shot coming in. One of the folks posts here that I know of. If I remember right, she wasnt wearing the vam...

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To be honest, I love the SCA for what it is. Its a melting pot of cultures. I would like to see some rules gotten rid of, like wounds to arms and legs, and would rather see a counted blow system be the norm. Other than that, I am pretty happy. Only other thing I would like to see, is maybe kits bein...

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Very nice changes William.

I really wish I would of had pics of me when I first started. Would of really been nice to see the change in photos.

Syrfinn

Interesting question, and well will be honest. If it wasnt for the fighting, I probably would not be here. Granted, the SCA has lots more than the fighting to offer. The Society as a whole is outstanding, and everything that makes up the SCA, is fantastic. But what got me into doing this, and not go...

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For me, I have always been a sporadic SCA player. Not till the last two years, when I was trying to help their Graces Malcolm and Tessa, during their first reign, then a little here and there when I was around their second reign. Realized a few years ago why. When I first started playing SCA, I was ...

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Sweet and good luck, Olafr. I should be there, but I wont be fighting. Wife, being the smart one of our bunch, has decreed, that till our finances are better, and running a reign wont kill us, I am not allowed to fight in them anymore. We could pull a reign off, it would just hurt us, and well we ha...

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Same with our Crowns, Sir Brand. last few have averaged an even 16 usually.

Honestly, I like the bigger crowns, but not sure when I have fought in, or been at a crown here, that had more than 25. They usually are small lists.

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What I used to do in the past, till I let myself get lax and stopped working at it, and what I have started getting back into the last month, cause well, when I step on the scale and see myself the heaviest I have ever been, I was well, disgusted. My non-fighting training, is a very modified way of ...

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Over the years not a lot has changed for me. I started to fight, cause 1. I finally found a place, where my liking the roman to middle ages wasnt looked upon as weird. 2. It beat sitting at a table for hours roleplaying with a bunch of guys who never played a sport in their life, but thought they kn...

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I'm glad this topic popped up, cause I was a curious on how some laurels thought on stuff like this. Besides that, this is my next endeavour in the SCA. I have made armor on occassion, my old helm I had made, that his Grace Michael of Bedford helped me with. But I would like to do more with it. A lo...

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Dear Baron, have to admit, that was one of the first things that popped into my head also when I read that. As Dante said, if you have the folks, start it back up if you want to. If you have fighters there, they will show up. Though there will be plenty of nights were you show up and no one else wil...

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Yeah, that one guy vs Tower and Steven is Ardenn Scot of Clan Scot, and is one of Duke Malcolms squires. Under Unknown Fighters, the fighter to the right, is Master Valgardr from Misty Highlands. The guy on the left, I do not know. The other unknown fighters I am not sure I have ever seen before. Ho...

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Nope, none of those guys are mine. I think one of them is his Grace's Malcolms guys if I remember right, but right now, the name escapes me. One of the other guys is down in the WV area, name escapes me, but I can remember it soon enough.

Will look thru the vids again, and see if I can remember.

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William has the right name, I always got it mixed up, with Artorius, cause for some reason i want to say he went by that at sometime.

As far as my guys, you mean the guys that I marshalled? None of my guys were there that day, just me.

Syrfinn

Currently I have a wingless elbow cop sewn on to my tight underarmor elbow pads, works fairly well.

I will most likely go to bazubands eventually, I like the look, and will hopefully get a pair of Syr Theos set.

Syrfinn

Yeah, spent a few weeks trying to figure out how I was going to do a gorget. Was going to try the red neck scarf around something, like I have seen in statues and such. Also read some things, that it could be possible, that when the romans left, and even while thier, some of the britons might of wor...

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Its a gorget, since I have to wear one now. And if I have to wear one, i want it to look spiffy. :p Thanks again Torvaldr, love the end product. Will look good. Now just have to send my shield back to Windrose, and get one with the 7" bowl, since the 5.5" bowl is to small to use with my fi...

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Thanks for the vids Olafr. I jotted down the unknowns I see, so you can update. Tiberius v Unk - Tower Count Robin v Unk2 - THL Alric Count Maynard v Unk - THL Hrothgar Count Robin v Unk3 - THL Hrothgar Count Robin v Unk round 1 - Artorius THL Duncan 2 v Unk - THL Hrothgar Thats the Unknowns I recog...

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To save myself on pm's will just say it here. Wait list, I just happened to catch at right time, cause Count Morgan was doing a patch of gauntlets, which he normally doesnt do, and wanted to know if I wanted to get in on it, when he started them, so was only on it for a month or so. As far as cost, ...

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PM sent, Justus

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Hey, are old Atlantians allowed to troll there.

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This doesnt work for everyone, well maybe it would, but well all I know is it works for me, and the two people who taught me how to fight Great Weapon. 1 - Never throw a maiming shot. Every shot you throw, is a kill. 2 - Make sure your shot hurts. Make him understand, if he throws, you will be throw...

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Its all spring steel underneath. Makes the gauntlets just as strong if not stronger, but half the weight, if they would of been made from stainless. Love them. Have to change my shield though, cause I have a 5.5" bowl on my current one, and these need a 7". Other than that, these babies wi...

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Was a pleasure dealing with Count Morgan. Emails were always returned in a timely manner, and always kept me in the loop on progress. Product is perfect, and everything I expected and more. Granted, will take me some time to get used to fighting with them, but will be well worth it. Here is a pic of...

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Just letting folks know. Like I said, was wary of ordering the Bionic knees from Motorcyle Superstore, due to what Corby had said his experience was. But either I got lucky, or thier shipping got better. I ordered the knees thursday afternoon and they were on my doorstep this afternoon when I got ho...

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Well glad this topic got brought back up, since I am going to need it when I get my riveted mail in from Sussen.

Thanks for the advice folks.

Syrfinn

Ah man that bites. Tell Johan I hope they catch the bastards. Have had that happen to us a couple of times. Heck one year, Lupus had just got done making Duke Olaf his new Ducal Helmet, thing was sweet. We went to the event, armor was all in the van. We woke next morning, and someone had broke in, a...

Syrfinn

Thanks Olafr, will look thru my list of movies on the net, and see if any I have are not on your list, then send you the links.

This is very nice, thanks

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