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Re: SCAdians (was: some train thing)
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lugnet.off-topic.fun
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Wed, 25 Apr 2001 18:53:27 GMT
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In lugnet.off-topic.fun, John D. Forinash writes:
> In article <GCCv0u.GIA@lugnet.com>,
> James Brown <galliard@shades-of-night.com> wrote:
> > I think plague counts as one of the "bad parts", so we ignore that. And I'd
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> Only if you don't target the people making things political. :)
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> > never switch to all things Renaissance... you'll never catch me waving
> > around one of those silly pokey swords, and wearing fruffly clothing.
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> But in the Renaissance, armor and weapons got so much more elegant.
I see people like that at all the time in the SCA; I think the preferred
term is "fop" or "dandy." 8^)
> On the other hand, were I an SCA type, I'd just as soon have the nice
> ugly brigandine anyhow.
I have several suits of chain, and SCA people ask if I fight in it. I
say, why would I? It offers no impact protection, coupled with the added
benefit of 60 extra pounds!
Dave!
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| (...) Around here, we call them "swishy-poke". They call us a variety of more stylish insults, but we heavy fighters are simple folk, with simple insults. ;) (...) That's why I fight in a moving blanket (technical term: gambeson). It's a little (...) (24 years ago, 25-Apr-01, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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| (...) Only if you don't target the people making things political. :) (...) But in the Renaissance, armor and weapons got so much more elegant. Of course, this was largely because the cannon of the king and the arquebus of the common foot soldier (...) (24 years ago, 25-Apr-01, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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