likes, dislikes, etc.
for me, I got there on Thursday and helped marshal the res/Ravenne battle, that was a blast, and fought in all the major battles Friday and Saturday those were very enjoyable as well. over all from a participants point of view I had a good time.
to any Trimarian archers who may be on the list, please understand that I mean this in the best possible way, but for the record I would like to say : I hate you all.
(this comes from jogging 70 yards across a field, to get hit with a crossbow bolt to the eye slot 5 yards from the enemy line)
as for the armor I saw, well, lets just say I saw everything you would expect in a big war, plastic crappy looking armor, to really great period looking rigs. but I've developed a new pet peeve, looking across the field to see someone who's wearing plastic doesn't bother me so much as it does some of you, some people cant afford, and/or don't have the time to make a period looking rig, what burns me now is looking across the field at a guy in a great looking suit of armor, a sharp helm, blue jeans, T-shirt, and WHITE NIKE tennis shoes! that killed me all weekend, everywhere I turned I saw it, only 2 people (I saw) had all 3 of them going, but there were several that had 1 or 2 of them going, I know armor standards are different everywhere, but come on that was just sad, its the only visual thing that really brought my time on the field down, what brought me down even more were some of these people were Knights and higher, just the people who are supposed to set the example for at least attempting to _look_ period on the field. I dont mind looking across the field to see someone who's _trying_ but just isnt quite there yet, what I cant stand is to look across at someone who's worked hard and made or worked hard for the money to buy a nice rig, and has now put it on and come out to the field planning to challenge me, quite obviously, to a 100 YARD DASH!
On the opposite end, I would like to say that there were several people I saw out there, from Kings, all the way down to a guy wearing a very nice suit of milanese (sp) plate, that I met who had only been authorized for about a month.
;P