The Armour Archive

Marvin

Hell, we had ..what..13-14 in a single match? That's the first time I've ever seen a 45 minute match in Crown List

Marvin

We also tend to make up for the lower numbers by thinking up grueling tourney formats. Double elimination best 2 out of 3 each round is generally the easiest of the bunch. Who remembers "Win by two"? I think that's the only time I've ever lost eight fights in order to get knocked out of a tourney in...

Marvin

Looks about right to me.

Marvin

James is due. Caillin and Loric are always hanging around at the end, either can beat James. Depends a lot on who's fighting at the top of their game on the day. But watch out for Chip. He lives up there in the middle of nowhere and hardly anybody has seen him fight much. When he's hot he is an abso...

Marvin

Swete wrote:Nope, no illusion. Mary Kate is one of ours. I actually camp four tents from her every war. She is a really cool lady and a beast in a shield wall.

...and I believe she received the Gleann Abhann War Horn on the field from Their Majesties this war...

Marvin

In your part of the world, I'd say Duke Kane. I loooooove me some Kane. But he doesn't fight much anymore unless it's a war. If you want to watch someone get insane amounts of kills on a battlefield by being in the right place at the right time - he's your man. But you'll only see him in a tourney ...

Marvin

In your part of the world, I'd say Duke Kane. I loooooove me some Kane. But he doesn't fight much anymore unless it's a war. If you want to watch someone get insane amounts of kills on a battlefield by being in the right place at the right time - he's your man. But you'll only see him in a tourney ...

Marvin

Arriving late Tuesday, early Wednesday. Unless my or the missus' work has other plans...

Marvin

Don't know how good at advice I can be on this as we're just learning the ropes ourselves, but here's what I've discovered after 7 months in office: Get out and talk to people. Everyone you can. Don't let small disagreements and frictions sit. Be proactive with your problems solving - not everyone w...

Marvin

I once had the corner of my aluminum heater come into my grill and miss my eye by a smidge due to a freak, and repeatable, occurrence. Shall we now ban aluminum heaters because I was almost blinded by them once 10 years ago? Dunno - is your shield designed to deliberately strike someone in the face...

Marvin

How long have the tips been out? 10 years? More? And they should be banned because something happened once, that probably can't be replicated on purpose? Please forgive my obviously trolling question: What is an acceptable level of risk? What we have is a tip design that - in a degraded condition w...

Marvin

However...I really think he's going to win this and I don't want to jinx him...so: I don't think he's got a chance in HELL! NO WAY Uther wins this! :) _ . Works. Every. Damn. Time. :) (However, he assures me he didn't see it this time...) If Bellringer fights any of those guys like he fights me... ...

Marvin

Congrats! Welcome to the "Better Late than Never" club!

Marvin

I've been sort of slow to respond on this thread, but I've got good reason... See, every time I pick against Uther, he hears about it or somebody reads it to him and he goes out and proves me wrong and then smiles that little Uther smile and lets me know about it. I tired of that. However...I really...

Marvin

-Also I don't like your sword arm position for most of the fight. It is down around the bottom of your chin/side of your head and not really doing a whole lot. Commit to a specific sword guard position. i.e. high front guard, classic old castle, a frame. you have a difficult offense from your curre...

Marvin

Cool piece of inter-kingdom anthropology there. Thanks!

Marvin

Oh, good. Someone else asked that so I didn't have to...

Marvin

Are there Kingdoms where that's a thing? How about "If your calibration can't be controlled we pull your card."? That seems reasonable to me. Maybe a separate authorization for big rattan weapons? Much like the fiberglass spear authorization yeah? :) Dude, there's kingdoms where they make you get a...

Marvin

Oh good..."I heard this happened somewhere, it must be true! Quick pass a rule that does the exact same thing as previous rules except fuck people over to boot!" Well, no, that's not what happened at all. The EM is too polite to point out the specific incidents. However, if I were to lay money on i...

Marvin

Oooohhhh.... Pop some popcorn - this one looks like fun!

Marvin

You are fighting with the a-frame style of having your sword infront of you. Combined with the fact that you don't use your hips much your blows rely on your arm strength. It is my assumption that this is probably why you charge up your shots before throwing them. With better use of your entire bod...

Marvin

36? Pfffft. I was just getting good and started as a squire when I was that age....

Saw him fight at Gulf Wars and was very, very impressed. And maybe just a wee bit envious. Congrats to the young man.

Marvin

I'm no longer in Meridies, nor have I spoken with their EM directly. I did have some conversations with a couple of their marshals at Gulf Wars, so I think I see where this came from. I don't know how many injuries or their severity, but I do know they had them and at least one was to a very skilled...

Marvin

So what this is, is : The Meridian tendency towards being a whiney field pussy has infected their EM's office? Uncool, man. You're better than that. We had a couple of guys got a little excessive at Gulf Wars - this, I believe, is their response. I don't agree with it, but it's their kingdom. They ...

Marvin

I'm thinking next time we include the list field in our odds for victory run down.

Marvin

Well...bummer. That's a shame. I was really looking forward to seeing him in there. Maybe next time.

Marvin

Matchmaker, Matchmaker make me a match...

I think it will be either Alfrikr or Swete that gets to challenge first. Alfrikr is a big, hard-hitting kid coming down out o' the hills. Not too many people down south have seen him before. It's nice to see him travel and get some exposure.

Marvin

Until DA shows up, here's an estimation from the Dark Knight (no - not that one): Count Ashi: 5-2 Sir James: 4-1 Earl Loric: 6-1 Viscount Caillin: 10-1 THL Lorccan: 20-1 someone else: 50-1 Caedmon That looks about right. What I looooove about this list is that so many of the unbelts are good, solid...

Marvin

Nothing but huge respect for the French from me. They gave it everything they had.

Marvin

Wow! Look at all the fresh blood. That's awesome! There should be a lot of energy in this one.

James and Ashi for the final. Don't have a clue which one, though.

Marvin

Max, I don't know you well enough personally to pick you out on the pick up field but I will be there and won't be to hard to find, ask anyone under the D'Wald field pavillion and they should know where I am (if I am not there). I would be happy to scrap a bit with you. regards ThorvaldR We'll see ...

Marvin

Nissan Maxima wrote:Name his crime.

I must admit, Your Dread Lordship, I was slightly confused this was your first reply. I would have more suspected something along the lines of "Show me your line of credit."

Marvin

I played baseball at a fairly high level as a young man. I would say nearly half of the players at college level and up were cross-dominant. It is a great advantage in hitting. Sadly, I'm typical. I've got reflexes like a weasel and at one time had a cannon for an arm, so they made me a catcher. But...

Marvin

Ran into him at this past Gulf Wars (literally - we had a spectacular collision in the field battle right as a hold was called). Had a good time fighting and chatting with him. Good guy. My congratulations to him.

Marvin

Apparently my learning wasn't only disabled, it was deleted. I'm going for the prize for perseverance. It was a close marathon with Ajax... but I think I'm going to be the clear front-runner in the end. :roll: Max VH Wait, there's a prize for Slowest? Same as it is for everyone: A white belt, more ...

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