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Re: New helmet and Era.
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lugnet.off-topic.fun
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Tue, 28 Dec 1999 03:34:14 GMT
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In lugnet.off-topic.fun, James Brown writes:
> I haven't made a Pennsic yet... hopefully this year - it depends on how
> the holiday time works out. I was at Clinton this year, which is the biggest
> war I've been too - ~300 heavies on the field, I think.
Then you're in for a real treat, if you can ever make it to Pennsic! A
very conservative estimate puts the main field battle at about 2000
participants--very possibly upward of 3500 some years. It's probably the
epitome of geekness, but despite (because of?) this, I love it anyway! Wholly
unlike any mundane experience except perhaps being in a riot, and that's no fun
at all.
Just to consider the math, say an average SCA helm probably weighs in at 8
pounds. That's maybe 14 TONS of helmets on the field! When the armies collide
at the center of the field, you can (to use a cliche) feel the ground shake.
> Hmm - if we get more esoteric, we might have to set followups to .geek. :)
If that's where we have to go, so be it!
Dave!
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| (...) Yup! It's a rush like no other. How long have you/did you fight? (...) That's a lot of steel. And just in helmets - when you consider that most of the heavies out there also have steel knees, well... And I'm not even going to go into how many (...) (25 years ago, 28-Dec-99, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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| (...) Nope, I haven't made a Pennsic yet... hopefully this year - it depends on how the holiday time works out. I was at Clinton this year, which is the biggest war I've been too - ~300 heavies on the field, I think. I think the reason the kettle (...) (25 years ago, 27-Dec-99, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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