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by Leo Medii
Mon Jul 12, 2010 11:37 pm
Forum: Medieval Combat and Weapons
Topic: An opportunity for enlightenment
Replies: 62
Views: 1293

Vladimir wrote:Leo, how do you feel in situations where the advantage was not earned by the current fighter, but rather by another previous fighter?


I do not like this idea. Retained wounds tourney's are interesting in concept, but do not work IMO in SCA combat.
by Leo Medii
Mon Jul 12, 2010 10:49 pm
Forum: Medieval Combat and Weapons
Topic: An opportunity for enlightenment
Replies: 62
Views: 1293

I stand by my statement. If someone takes my leg, or arm, or anything that causes me to lose the ability to use that asset in an SCA fight, I expect them to pay me honour by besting me with thier full arsenal till the very end of the fight. To do any less is telling me that I am now unworthy of thie...
by Leo Medii
Fri Jul 09, 2010 10:28 pm
Forum: Medieval Combat and Weapons
Topic: Jousting Article in New York Times
Replies: 46
Views: 1059

One shining example was Roy Cox's group, which was pretty much the opposite of the other groups that I saw. I now owe you a beer (or twenty). Will you be at Pennsic this year? Yes, but I don't drink beer. Roy's company, and his outlook were totally different than Kelly Bailey and the NRGA. Way back...
by Leo Medii
Fri Jul 09, 2010 10:10 pm
Forum: Medieval Combat and Weapons
Topic: New thread How battles are done Just an idea
Replies: 44
Views: 866

I would love these battles. The ONE AND ONLY thing LARP had that was cooler than SCA (in my opinion over 20 years in LARP and 14 in the SCA) is that the LARP was 24/7 and everyone on the battlefield was "in play". I miss that part most of all when now doing SCA only. Most SCA battles are j...
by Leo Medii
Fri Jul 09, 2010 9:46 pm
Forum: Medieval Combat and Weapons
Topic: Jousting Article in New York Times
Replies: 46
Views: 1059

I love how he said that anyone who in essence developed a defensive technique would be "pilloried" out of the sport. So I suppose he never blocked when he was a MMA fighter? Val, the premise is to take the strike full on, without fear, and counting on your skill upon the horse to stay ast...
by Leo Medii
Fri Jul 09, 2010 9:20 pm
Forum: Medieval Combat and Weapons
Topic: Combat Archery-CA Opinions, Solutions, Suggestions-No Rants!
Replies: 551
Views: 9616

The closer you get to WAR the farther you are from FUN. I don't think this way at all. However, I totally agree with the "I hate generi-battles" idea. I love things like Nissan's Merc's vs. Kings Men, and our regional war practive event here in the Middle, Siege of Talonval. They have inn...
by Leo Medii
Fri Jul 09, 2010 12:49 am
Forum: Classifieds / Want Ads
Topic: FS Brigandine SOLD
Replies: 9
Views: 751

PM sent.
by Leo Medii
Fri Jul 09, 2010 12:03 am
Forum: Medieval Combat and Weapons
Topic: A Curious Query: Ducal Prerogative
Replies: 18
Views: 781

Hanging chads?
by Leo Medii
Thu Jul 08, 2010 11:59 pm
Forum: Medieval Combat and Weapons
Topic: Jousting Article in New York Times
Replies: 46
Views: 1059

Our first Worldjoust Tournaments 'expansion event' will take place in Quebec at the beginning of September, and we're in discussion for a WorldJoust Tournaments IJL Open event for the spring in the US. I would say the interest is much more general, and definitely not confined to history buffs. Gwen...
by Leo Medii
Thu Jul 08, 2010 9:26 pm
Forum: Medieval Combat and Weapons
Topic: The Challenge of the Seneschal of Hainault: Pennsic 2010
Replies: 68
Views: 2359

May I attend?
by Leo Medii
Thu Jul 08, 2010 9:23 pm
Forum: Medieval Combat and Weapons
Topic: Jousting Article in New York Times
Replies: 46
Views: 1059

I tell folks who ask about "Ren Faire jousts" that it is like being a pro-football player. All the injuries, the pain killers, the long hours between "games" spent practicing or sitting around at a site doing nothing....BUT...no big paycheck, no million dollar contracts and no th...
by Leo Medii
Thu Jul 08, 2010 9:14 pm
Forum: Medieval Combat and Weapons
Topic: Combat Archery-CA Opinions, Solutions, Suggestions-No Rants!
Replies: 551
Views: 9616

I am glad they like it. Have you hit anyone with it? On topic sort of for combat archery, I built a pretty sige engine, a ballista that is named the pigapult. I have a bolt with your arms on the fletching and a message for you written on it. If one of my seige engineers can hit you with it I will r...
by Leo Medii
Thu Jul 08, 2010 12:15 am
Forum: Medieval Combat and Weapons
Topic: Combat Archery-CA Opinions, Solutions, Suggestions-No Rants!
Replies: 551
Views: 9616

I would like to see standard ammo. No archers that are "unhittable". No "light archers". If you step on the field, you can be hit. No archers that dance. I don't dance. I don't cry when someone thinks my shot was not good. You should not, and it is poor form. No gleaning during b...
by Leo Medii
Thu Jul 08, 2010 12:01 am
Forum: Medieval Combat and Weapons
Topic: Why does SCA Combat suck
Replies: 314
Views: 8813

The point on armour is to LOOK authentic. OK....now I KNOW you aren't in the SCA. Huh? I'd prefer everyone wear the real stuff but if they aren't going to they should at least LOOK like they are wearing the real stuff. Have you even been to an SCA event? There is only a small percentage of folks wh...
by Leo Medii
Wed Jul 07, 2010 11:55 pm
Forum: Medieval Combat and Weapons
Topic: Anyone in Midrealm want to try equestrian?
Replies: 20
Views: 530

I am sorry to report that I have to withdraw my offer. I have been hitching horse transportation with a fellow jouster who is no longer interested in SCA equestrain. I sold my old trailer because it would not houl drafts, and have been unable to get another (that and having a full list and games at ...
by Leo Medii
Wed Jul 07, 2010 11:50 pm
Forum: Medieval Combat and Weapons
Topic: Why does SCA Combat suck
Replies: 314
Views: 8813

The point on armour is to LOOK authentic.


OK....now I KNOW you aren't in the SCA.
by Leo Medii
Wed Jul 07, 2010 8:50 pm
Forum: Medieval Combat and Weapons
Topic: For the winners
Replies: 17
Views: 775

At a TOC I got killed by Nissan. Yep, killed. I have to turn off my stupid SCA brain when I fight him. I made the mistake of leaving some of the SCA switches on and he made me pay. We were "forcefully meeting in a safe manner" when I ran into the wall, and while we were maintaining the hig...
by Leo Medii
Wed Jul 07, 2010 8:41 pm
Forum: Medieval Combat and Weapons
Topic: Why do people (seem to) hate CA?
Replies: 542
Views: 10031

Acually, I was saying I was a dick. As I seem to be in the minority about combat archery amoung those with mighty and great prow and chivalry I must be a dick.
by Leo Medii
Wed Jul 07, 2010 2:10 pm
Forum: Medieval Combat and Weapons
Topic: Why do people (seem to) hate CA?
Replies: 542
Views: 10031

This thread has a great historical study portion. It shows that even in the great "Victorian" chivalric ideal practiced today by a vast number of participants of the SCA, that just like our historical ancestors of the past, there are knights who are dicks, and those who are not.
by Leo Medii
Wed Jun 30, 2010 12:42 am
Forum: Medieval Combat and Weapons
Topic: A couple of new practice videos on Youtube
Replies: 83
Views: 1696

I miss fighting practices.

Watching all these video's makes it so much worse. :(
by Leo Medii
Tue Jun 29, 2010 11:40 pm
Forum: Medieval Combat and Weapons
Topic: Forming an American National Team for Battle of the Nations
Replies: 53
Views: 2076

I'll be there jousting. I want to introduce you to some other SCA guys who want to fight with these same rules and victory conditions. This stuff will give them an outlet to click some switches we aren't allowed to in SCA. :o
by Leo Medii
Tue Jun 29, 2010 11:23 pm
Forum: Medieval Combat and Weapons
Topic: Forming an American National Team for Battle of the Nations
Replies: 53
Views: 2076

I need weapons to train for this. Where can I get them? A bunch of folks I know want to do this, but can't do the "team" part. They just want to fight with these rules and the victory conditions. They might be able to help folks train here. Would the Albion line of blunted weapons work? Or...
by Leo Medii
Tue Jun 29, 2010 11:19 pm
Forum: Medieval Combat and Weapons
Topic: One hit death. PETA folks DO NOT READ
Replies: 131
Views: 4082

The bastards struck back. One headless chicken. They are freaky like the Force. I laid out one huge male in the apple orchard with the coach gun and when I came back in the one in the ceiling was freaking out for 3-4 minutes. The apple orchard is about 290 feet from the house. How the F could it tel...
by Leo Medii
Tue Jun 29, 2010 11:12 pm
Forum: Medieval Combat and Weapons
Topic: Review of Christian Tobler's DVD- Poleaxe VOL 1
Replies: 37
Views: 875

Thanks folks! BTW...I'll be teaching poleaxe at the WMAinSCA camp at Pennsic. As the schedule stands now, this will be at 2pm on Tuesday the 10th. Perhaps I'll see some of you there. We're also planning a wine & cheese social, probably that Tuesday night, for Freelance Academy Press authors to ...
by Leo Medii
Wed Jun 23, 2010 9:57 pm
Forum: Medieval Combat and Weapons
Topic: Forming an American National Team for Battle of the Nations
Replies: 53
Views: 2076

I like violence.
by Leo Medii
Wed Jun 23, 2010 9:57 pm
Forum: Medieval Combat and Weapons
Topic: I wanna play with these guys
Replies: 115
Views: 3867

If everyone did what they were supposed to do, and all that, why did people flee from battle.

Not all men are created equal. Not all men are killers by nature.
by Leo Medii
Tue Jun 22, 2010 10:05 pm
Forum: Medieval Combat and Weapons
Topic: I wanna play with these guys
Replies: 115
Views: 3867

I like pie.
by Leo Medii
Tue Jun 22, 2010 9:02 am
Forum: Medieval Combat and Weapons
Topic: One hit death. PETA folks DO NOT READ
Replies: 131
Views: 4082

My wife found droppings outside our chicken coop filled with cherry pits. We have 4 cherry trees in our orchard. So, I patrolled it tonight until he made the mistake of treeing himself in a cherry tree. Stoger coach gun-2 Coons-0 The trap so far hasn't done jack. For one, this coon was huge, he prob...
by Leo Medii
Tue Jun 22, 2010 2:26 am
Forum: Classifieds / Want Ads
Topic: A personal thank you to Icefalcon Armory
Replies: 8
Views: 637

Violen wrote:Um, can we get more pics of teh guy in teh black and white gambeson next to you please????


like a lot of pics.


I'll ask him to post some. He is in our tourney company.
by Leo Medii
Tue Jun 22, 2010 2:04 am
Forum: Medieval Combat and Weapons
Topic: Review of Christian Tobler's DVD- Poleaxe VOL 1
Replies: 37
Views: 875

Review of Christian Tobler's DVD- Poleaxe VOL 1

Buy it. It's well worth the expense if you plan on using a poleaxe for something other that a levered stick.

It was worth the wait to get it, and I hope they continue to make them on other subjects.
by Leo Medii
Tue Jun 22, 2010 1:33 am
Forum: Medieval Combat and Weapons
Topic: One hit death. PETA folks DO NOT READ
Replies: 131
Views: 4082

Raccoon #4, your love of cherries was your undoing.
by Leo Medii
Mon Jun 21, 2010 11:59 pm
Forum: Classifieds / Want Ads
Topic: A personal thank you to Icefalcon Armory
Replies: 8
Views: 637

I do like the look of the kit you have on, is there any chance you could please give a full break down of all of the components that make it up? Regards, Linse. I actually have several interchangeable harness'. The one pictued begins with the arming clothing and moves out. Leather shoes, chausses, ...
by Leo Medii
Mon Jun 21, 2010 10:54 pm
Forum: Medieval Combat and Weapons
Topic: Progress Report??
Replies: 3
Views: 168

That will look awesome!
by Leo Medii
Mon Jun 21, 2010 10:40 pm
Forum: Medieval Combat and Weapons
Topic: Progress Report??
Replies: 3
Views: 168

An Icefalcon aventaille and haubergeon!

Love the gauntlets!!!
by Leo Medii
Mon Jun 21, 2010 10:38 pm
Forum: Classifieds / Want Ads
Topic: WTB Soupcan Knees
Replies: 11
Views: 431

The lining is awesome!

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