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

[Morgan Blackdragon]

Or maybe before that we can just move to those huge inflatable Sumo
suits for a while. Enough air in them should pad a blow pretty well.
Not sure how well we could throw shots in them though... Sumo persona
could be interesting...

~Morgan~


On 10/6/06, Pádraig Ruad Ó Maolagáin <padraig_ruad at irishbard.org> wrote:
> 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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> 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
>
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