From: Suze.Hammond@f56.n105.z1.therose.pdx.com (Suze Hammond)
Newsgroups: rec.org.sca
Subject: Re: Authenticity, Atmosphere & SCA
Date: 11 Aug 92 04:36:00 GMT
Article-I.D.: therose.713594709.F00007

Fu>  From: ewjacoby@undergrad.math.waterloo.edu (Fuzzy!! (mka Erich
Fu>  Jacoby))
Fu>  Newsgroups: rec.org.sca
Fu>
Fu>  (This entire article written with apologies to Suze/Moreach, but I
Fu>  was in a silly mood when I read this)

Fu>  I can't believe no-one responded to this:
Fu>  In article <713163615.F00014@therose.pdx.com>
Fu>  Suze.Hammond@f56.n105.z1.therose.pdx.com (Suze Hammond) writes:
Fu>  >arbolests, catapults etc. Rapiers weren't used in combat in our era.
Fu>  >
Fu>  That's right.  Rapiers weren't used in combat in our era.  They were
Fu>  used
Fu>  for Morris dancing.  They were only sharpened after people
Fu>  realized what great hedge-clippers they could make.  Then in 1651,

Ok! Ok! I surrender!

Yes, I *meant* to say, weren't used in melee combat (and I have my doubts 
they were used in wars in the eras our "wars" usually re-create.) Perhaps no 
one else jumped on me for this because they also figured it out?

Fu>  Sir Reginald Winkle-Bottom III discovered their deadly potential when
Fu>  he accidentally shortened a gardener while actively describing an
Fu>  elaborate
Fu>  flamingo-shrub he wanted in his west orchard.  So they are definitely
Fu>  OOP
Fu>  (which is exactly what Sir Reginald was quoted as saying 8-) ).

I usually use mine to stir the pudding. The hilt *does* scrape the ceiling a 
bit, but who notices an occasional spider in among the raisins and such? :-)
What a wonderful idea, using it for a sword! (I'm not giving up old 
skull-splitter for that, though. I still prefer a nice chunk of double-edged 
steel to single edged. Call me old fashioned... ;-)

<Chorus of voices off stage, yelling "Ok, you're old fashioned Moreach!" and 
"Order Moreach an Old Fashioned, barkeep!", etc...>

Fu>  As far as what we re-create, it depends on the event and the
Fu>  scenario.

Life is like that...

Fu>  would not appear.  However, it is fun to sometimes have battles which
Fu>  simulate the feel of real combat, with strategy and tactics that need
Fu>  to take into account missile and seige weapons.  IMHO, both of these
Fu>  styles of combat can and should be reproduced by people who wish to
Fu>  participate,
Fu>  and the same can be said for one-on-one rapier tournaments, which
Fu>  would
Fu>  simulate duels and street fights, rather than tournament fighting.

Hey, I'm generally in favor of combat. Any combat!  :-) I'm a mercenary!

Fu>  On an entirely different topic, namely spelling:  I would think that
Fu>  of any newsgroup, this one should be the most tolerant of spelling
Fu>  'variances',

As I said, it's not a spelling flame. Misspellings just drive me up the 
wall. It's a personal problem. (Really..my boyfriend asks me to read his 
stories for content, and "don't bother proofing it, it isn't done yet." I 
can't. I finally told him "I might as well proof it anyway, because my mind 
will come to a screeching halt at every error I see, no matter what I tell 
myself.") This doesn't mean I don't make mistakes myself...  :-)

Fu>  That beinge enough for me to write todeigh, as I needs must studie
Fu>  now for my many exammes.

Wel, Laddie, farr be it frae me tae be botherin th likes o yersel. I cain 
tak a jok as best as the next ane. And luck tae ye wi' thoze pesky 
examinashuns.

Moreach NicMaolain
Veteran Trooper and General Nuisance

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