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[Aaron]

The US team captain, Ice, presented a shield to the Russian team before their bout.

Chivalry AND tactics! Well done Ice!!

[William of Richwood]

Yeah. That fence continues to impress.

[Brennainn]

Greek fire demonstration.

[Tegan]

Poland vs Russia went to the Russians.

[Michael_of_Sternfeld]

who won Poland vs. Russia?

Russia 16-0 I believe.

[Aaron]

Count Johnathan mentioned a very important point in another thread, that is worth mentioning here.

Looks like the attitude of the USA team has rubbed off a bit on those guys. I see a lot more "good sportsmanship" or chivalry if you like than when the event started.

This is a good thing IMO.

Well pointed out Count Johnathan, and well done Team USA.

[Galvyn Lockhart]

Ah, the description of the Polish team climbing up on the fence following their match sounded like a victory celebration. Thanks.

[Aaron]

BTW, youtube highlights would be nice if anybody has them from today. The Team USA win in the 21 vs. 21 would be nice.

-Aaron

[Tegan]

Ah, the description of the Polish team climbing up on the fence following their match sounded like a victory celebration. Thanks.

If I hadn't watched the fight I would have thought the same. They were carrying people around on their shoulders and dancing around quite a bit. Celebrating being there, I guess.

#jealous

-T

[Michael_of_Sternfeld]

Despite the loss, they all seemed to be charged by the cheering crowd, but I was a bit lacking on description on the outcome.

[Galvyn Lockhart]

Well, since that's the case, good on them. Never let a bruised ego get in the way of having a good time.

[Tegan]

BTW, youtube highlights would be nice if anybody has them from today. The Team USA win in the 21 vs. 21 would be nice.

-Aaron

Sorry, man. Video streaming goes all wonky for me anytime the US takes the field so I'm catching the fights in drips and drabs. What I caught of the Poland fight looked like they came out slow in two spread lines with units stacked on our right end. The US made a quick move down that side along the fence (couldn't tell if it was the front guys or the reserves) blew up their backfield and circled in behind the main Polish force. The left side started moving out a little after the right went and then joined up and hit the back as well, meanwhile the rest of the US front line played a soft refusal.

That's what I got anyway.
I've got a head cold and 4 hours sleep though so I might have imagined the entire thing...

-T

[Tegan]

Well, since that's the case, good on them. Never let a bruised ego get in the way of having a good time.

+1

[Duke Patrick O'Malley]

Did anyone get to see the one on one today?

[William of Richwood]

I saw some of it.

[Tegan]

21 vs 21 US against Poland posted to FB
https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?v=3654707533671

-T

[Galvyn Lockhart]

By the time the live feed came up, it appeared that only Lucan was left in the final four. In his bout against (I think) a Polish fighter, it appeared that Lucan dominated the great sword bout, uncertain about the sword & buckler bout, & lost the sword & shield bout. He appeared pretty gassed by the end too. Judges awarded it to the Polish fighter.

edit - it s/b pointed out that he fought a great fight!

BTW - I hope someone from Team USA is inviting all of these guys to Pennsic this year to check out our ver. of armoured combat. That would be a hoot!

[Duke Patrick O'Malley]

By the time the live feed came up, it appeared that only Lucan was left in the final four. In his bout against (I think) a Polish fighter, it appeared that Lucan dominated the great sword bout, uncertain about the sword & buckler bout, & lost the sword & shield bout. He appeared pretty gassed by the end too. Judges awarded it to the Polish fighter.

edit - it s/b pointed out that he fought a great fight!

BTW - I hope someone from Team USA is inviting all of these guys to Pennsic this year to check out our ver. of armoured combat. That would be a hoot!

Someone on FB said that Lucan was out and Jade was still in.

[Tegan]

Both US vs Poland fights on YouTube
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8Su_D9VF ... e=youtu.be

-T

[Galvyn Lockhart]

Someone on FB said that Lucan was out and Jade was still in.

That's good to know. Thanks! There was some confusion about what was going on over there earlier this morning on Facebook. It would be great if one of our guys were to win the 1v1.

[William of Richwood]

I think that it speaks volumes that one got to the quarter finals, one are in the final four and one was doing very well when he had to retire due to injury in their first atempt under these rules.

[Christophe de Frisselle]

I don't think the Big Heater Shields are the way to go in the future. Seems like they are getting hung on everything and people are using them against the players.

I think they need more pole weapons. Which I see team 3 had. A big lever with a smashy bit is much better than a big shield in these engagements.

[RoaK]

All I have to say is the Team USA on April 30th is not the same Team USA we seen on May 2nd...they improved so much in 3 days.

Wait until the Euros get a load of the 2013 team...

[Count Johnathan]

I'm shocked but my wife seems to think I should save up and try to go do this next year. I sure felt bad sitting in front of my CPU watching some of my friends get blindsided and smashed to the turf. Usually I am standing close by to keep that sort of thing from happening (on the SCA fields). I felt kind of helpless and ashamed watching that.

If anyone has video of the USA 1v1 fights I would love to see more. They start that a bit earlier than I wake up so I have missed a lot of them.

I am very surprised that Lucan is out. I am rooting for him but the last thing Jades ego needs is to be a world champion LOL .

Still GO TEAM USA! WOOT!

[Ironbadger]

I must say that Team USA seems to be learning fast.

I'm very impressed...
And I wish I was there SO badly!

-Badger-

[Count Johnathan]

BOTN FB page says they are all out.

Jade said...

Jade Dauser
Repost from my page:

Well, it's been an awsome experience here. All three American Champions (including me) won enough points to make it to the last 16, and Jaye made it to the final 8. One of our 5 man teams made it deep into the 2nd round, and our 21 man team had a victory against the top ranked Polish team. We've been told that we made a good impression, and the other teams are amazed at our s...kill and prowess as a first year team.

While we all would have loved to have won more matches, we have all learned so much, and I am very proud of our team. The rest of the teams are taking us very seriously now, and we have definitely won some great respect for the USA's medieval combat skills.

Personally, I had a blast fighting over here, and look forward to training this style and taking another shot at it...

[Aaron]

Will any of Team USA be fighting today? I think the All vs All is still on.

[Aaron]

ZZTop, AC/DC and Bee-Gees playing for the joust? And I thought this event was to be very historical. The SCA is looking more like LH...

[Aaron]

5 vs. 5, Team USA vs. Isreal

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UnpQvAcOclg

21 vs. 21, Team USA vs. Russia

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9J1vF1yPGhw

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vl514Vk7HlA

[Broadway]

According to somebody on the team (I forgot who), they will be in the all vs. all battle, but will be spending most of the day at the merchants and socializing with the other teams.

[igelkott]

I am even more impressed by the fence as it withstood the entire Polish 21 team climbing onto it after their match with Russia.

However, it would be a pain to transport...

yeah, I've been trying to get decent views of how it's constructed from the videos. It looks like close to 6 or 8 foot modular sections. The uprights and rails look to be close to our 4x4s but do look a tad smaller. The diagonals look to be close to our 2x4s. The rear supports look to be close to our 2x4 and are a separate unit bolted onto the back of the fence. The whole thing about 4 feet tall or so. Obviously they wouldn't be using our dimensional lumber sizes....

It looks like it could be readily dismantled for transport.

It would be nice if someone there could get some detailed pictures and rough dimensions so we could replicate it here. It is a very robust design.

Chris

[Aaron]

According to somebody on the team (I forgot who), they will be in the all vs. all battle, but will be spending most of the day at the merchants and socializing with the other teams.

Socializing is very good. This was Team USA's first time out, and while they have experience in other forms of fighting, this form is different. Sort of like taking a champion motocross team and putting them into NASCAR without even having drove stick shift before. The learning curve was STEEP for Team USA from what I saw, and the learned really, really quickly, but were at a disadvantage due to this being the first try.

But it was a glorious try and wonderful to watch, and kept me off the poltical boards for the week, and helped me relax before my thesis defense and recover from my nasty cold while watching friends do glorious violence upon their new friends.

With thanks,

-Aaron

[Thothrekr]

According to somebody on the team (I forgot who), they will be in the all vs. all battle, but will be spending most of the day at the merchants and socializing with the other teams.

Duke Ice posted this in the BOTN facebook group, along with quite a bit more.

Well, the fighting for the US team is officially over. There will be some group melee and some may fight in this but for the most part, our fighters have given their all.

[Aaron]

Drat. I don't do Facebook. Could you post the "more" comments or PM them to me, please? Please?

With thanks,

-Aaron

[Broadway]

Guess you should give facebook a try then huh?

"Awe man... I'm missing out on all this cool stuff on facebook... cause I don't to facebook cause its dumb"