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Re: New helmet and Era.
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Tue, 28 Dec 1999 09:31:34 GMT
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In lugnet.off-topic.fun, Dave Schuler writes:
> 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.
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> 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.
Yup! It's a rush like no other. How long have you/did you fight?
> 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.
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 feet of rattan there is out there.
:)
James (aka Iolar)
http://www.shades-of-night.com/lego/
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| (...) I've been fighting on-and-off since 92, and I've been to 5 Pennsics in that time. In small melees I opt for greatsword (more like mediocre or slightly- above-average-sword), but in mass combat I fall back on sword & board. I would say of my (...) (25 years ago, 28-Dec-99, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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| (...) 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 (...) (25 years ago, 28-Dec-99, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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