[Ansteorra] Armor standards (was: Earl Marshal Out of Kingdom:

[Pádraig Ruad Ó Maolagáin]

No problem - just incorporate appropriately located pressure sensors on
the suit, and no questions about whether or not a blow landed properly or
with sufficient force.  But it would take all the fun out of it.

Padraig
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Nunc est bibendum.
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Sir Lyonel Oliver Grace wrote:
> Salut cozyns,
>
> The evolution of Ansteorran armor standards, the next step:
> http://www.helmtaucher.de/images/Newt20Suit20front.gif
>
> Blow calling will be...interesting.
>
> Lyonel
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>>From: "Michael Gunter" <countgunthar at hotmail.com>
>>Reply-To: "Kingdom of Ansteorra - SCA, Inc."
>><ansteorra at lists.ansteorra.org>
>>To: ansteorra at lists.ansteorra.org
>>Subject: Re: [Ansteorra] Armor standards (was: Earl Marshal Out of
>> Kingdom:
>>Date: Thu, 05 Oct 2006 23:45:20 -0500
>>
>> >I'm not sure if this is scary or funny, but the armor standards the
>> >kids are using for *boffer* combat today are pretty close to what was
>> >used for *armored* combat when I joined.
>>
>> >          -Tivar Moondragon
>>
>>Yeah, and nobody died! How shocking.
>>
>>And if a lot of the wussies that keep upping our armor standards
>>have their way we'll be playing with padded weapons and full
>>plate in no time.
>>
>>Gunthar