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HEY GAL posted:vital stats? 1d8 slashing/piercing damage
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inscrutable horse posted:1d8 slashing/piercing damage Junk. Hold out for the vorpal +5 weapon. Then decapitate a dragon. Lmao if you're not lvl 21 with 18:00 str.
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Jul 8, 2016 16:29
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Rapiers are dex weapons you scrubs
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Jul 8, 2016 17:06
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IM_DA_DECIDER posted:Rapiers are dex weapons you scrubs that is not a rapier, it's a felddegen / schwedendegen / haudegen.
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Jul 8, 2016 17:10
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IM_DA_DECIDER posted:Rapiers are dex weapons you scrubs some nerd has never held a rapier
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Jul 8, 2016 17:45
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Were any of you guys in/around the venue Thursday night?
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Jul 8, 2016 17:51
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Let me tell you about Dark Souls
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Jul 8, 2016 17:57
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Also, has anyone here trained with a dussak? One of these things:  A local group trains with these and I have been to a few sessions, it's quite interesting. It's like fighting with a short sabre or a cutlass.
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Jul 8, 2016 22:42
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Ataxerxes posted:Also, has anyone here trained with a dussak? One of these things: I've played around with them a bit for one handed sparring during my club's super informal messer study, since actual messers hurt like hell even with gear on. No idea what I'm doing with the thing, but damned if I'm not having fun.
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Jul 8, 2016 23:19
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Ataxerxes posted:Also, has anyone here trained with a dussak? One of these things: I'm a big fan of dussak. People today tend to use them as messer trainers, but back in the day they also had their own spectator sport. First person to bleed on the head loses. Has anyone ever tried replicating that? I would pay money to see it.
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Jul 11, 2016 00:32
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dupersaurus posted:Were any of you guys in/around the venue Thursday night? Won't deny; I was having similar concerns when I was at the bar hearing about the events. I thought I recognized the skyline shots from the last NAC in Dallas, and I even checked to see how close the locations were from the Omni. I relaxed when I got more information about the shootings though. Still, my Facebook feed was filled with people checking in. For those that don't know why this is relevant to fencing, Summer Nats was being held in Dallas this past week. The final day of competitions was scheduled for the 8th but was, eventually, cancelled because of the shootings.
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Oh gosh I hope everyone's all right.  I just came back from a vacation up north, and there was stuff waiting for me!  What could it be?  Surprise! It's fencing crap!  Specifically, a textbook on early 19th century military fencing, and a gorget. The gorget feels okay (and looks like a piece of BDSM gear), but whoever decided that it should close with a bit of elastic deserves a smack. I might have to sew on some more velcro to accommodate my dainty neck since the strap is actually too long. Here's hoping it plays nice with my mask.
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Jul 11, 2016 13:45
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Yeah my club had a bunch of kids competing in the last few days, so pretty much the bulk of the contingent was still there. Sounded like some people got caught in the lock-down, but it wasn't clear if the convention center was within it or if they were elsewhere at the time.
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Jul 11, 2016 14:31
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Oh yeah and that tall box? Full of blurry feders! Mine's the upside-down one, with the cord-wrapped handle. The square grip is going to take a bit to get used to, and the blade is the tiniest bit off when compared to the beat-up loaner I've been favouring, but I'm sure we'll be good friends in time. 
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Jul 11, 2016 21:41
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I never really got feders, for me they seem somehow off. But apparently the local crew is doing rapier or proto-rapier now so I should probably get into that poo poo after the summer.
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Jul 11, 2016 22:22
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dupersaurus posted:At least we're not epeeists! You sonofabitch! I'll duel to defend my epeeist honour! But paradoxically I can only duel other epeeists! 
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Jul 14, 2016 19:05
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I guess I've grown used to them, they've become That Thing You Practice With. But yeah they do look kinda odd. Had a couple of impromptu singlestick bouts tonight and oh my gosh it was so much fun! Gotta figure out where to get a big bundle of sticks and a couple of baskets. Also ow, gotta stretch my hamstrings out because my knee is being super strict about my lunging form right now. Edit: In other news, Leon Paul is now selling a smallsword simulator for HEMA peeps on a budget. It's just a #2 epee blade on a French foil hilt. I can't decide if I should be  or  , really.
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Jul 14, 2016 19:11
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IM_DA_DECIDER posted:Let me tell you about Dark Souls Foil is the obvious choice for pro-tier play, gotta keep your equip weight down so you can get that fast roll
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Crazy Achmed posted:Foil is the obvious choice for pro-tier play, gotta keep your equip weight down so you can get that fast roll
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Jul 16, 2016 01:23
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Crazy Achmed posted:Foil is the obvious choice for pro-tier play, gotta keep your equip weight down so you can get that fast roll The +1 to chandelier swinging is boss, though
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Speaking of foil, my main weapon has a sticky tip (takes excessive force to depress the tip sometimes). I went to open it up today and clean it out, but the grubscrews are so badly bashed that the screwdriver slots are more or less filled in. I could get a really small drill and try to drill the buggers out - they're Leon Paul ones so are more like epee tip screw size - but I'm afraid I'd slip and smash the tip. Am I poo poo outta luck here as far as non-destructive repairs go? Also, new sabre blade on the way. Why do I do this to myself, why?
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Crazy Achmed posted:Speaking of foil, my main weapon has a sticky tip (takes excessive force to depress the tip sometimes). I went to open it up today and clean it out, but the grubscrews are so badly bashed that the screwdriver slots are more or less filled in. I could get a really small drill and try to drill the buggers out - they're Leon Paul ones so are more like epee tip screw size - but I'm afraid I'd slip and smash the tip. Am I poo poo outta luck here as far as non-destructive repairs go? One time when I was in that situation I forced a particularly thin screwdriver into the screws, and I just kind of brute forced it to get just barely enough traction to unscrew them. If I couldn't do that I would just apply some gun oil to the tip to make it a bit less sticky and just keep using the weapon until the screws fall out on their own... which screws tend to do on over time anyway. You could try drilling it out, but if I tried that I would probably end up stripping the tip and damaging the barrel. You would probably want to try every other option first, unless you are really confident in your drilling.
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Yeah I've had luck before hammering the screwdriver into the screw, but that might require having some slot remaining. In other news, the FIE has released a fencing game. It's amusing enough even though it's a weird amalgamation of the three weapons.
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Well, I've recreated some of the slot by repeatedly running a box cutter though it, the screws seem to be pretty soft metal. But i might have to try your suggestion of using a thin screwdriver - i can probably grind one down to a thinner tip. It's either that or i just replace the entire barrel and rewire it (ugh). The blade itself is otherwise in great condition - I'm not sure how they do it, but vnitis seem to be really durable. Slightly floppier than I'd prefer, but it's not enough to really notice when I'm fencing. Edit: I'm skimming through that wada report about Russian doping, it's incredibly damning. Fencing's on the list but only a couple of athletes seem to be implicated. Still, 
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Jul 19, 2016 23:30
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http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/art...-programme.html So... This happened.
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Future Days posted:http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/art...-programme.html Actually, no it didn't! Sports is hard. http://www.nytimes.com/2016/07/25/sports/olympics/rio-russia-ban-doping.html?_r=0 Basically, we'll find out this week what the FIE decides to do. Given that they have two Russian fencers on their homepage; I'm going to assume that Russian fencers will compete at Rio.
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Back from Longpoint 2016. What a ride. Didn't compete, just judged. Wrassled Matt Easton, did some free sparring, and drank way too much. LP 2016 summed up in one picture taken this morning. The hangover is real. 
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BirdOfPlay posted:Actually, no it didn't! Sports is hard. It's been confirmed that the Russians will be fencing. KyloWinter posted:Does this thread not welcome HEMA people Pretty sure HEMA outnumbers us sporters at this point
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dupersaurus posted:Pretty sure HEMA outnumbers us sporters at this point Okay. It must just have been the last few pages of someone getting mad and making GBS threads on HEMA.
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KyloWinter posted:Okay. It must just have been the last few pages of someone getting mad and making GBS threads on HEMA. that's some sca dumbshit, gently caress those guys
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Neat vid on Nzingha: https://vimeo.com/176507317
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http://rio2016.fie.org/media/news/view-news/1418 This turd of a game has me hooked. Maybe we should open up a goon club?
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Oh hey it's the Olympics already. When will the beekeepers fight?
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Siivola posted:Oh hey it's the Olympics already. When will the beekeepers fight? They start this Saturday with Women's Epee - Individual and finish next Sunday with Men's Epee - Team. I believe NBC will be having the same broadcast schedule for fencing, but I'm not sure. At London, I think it was only Women's Sabre that got televised at prime time, but that would be a grave disservice to our Men's Foil team.
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BirdOfPlay posted:They start this Saturday with Women's Epee - Individual and finish next Sunday with Men's Epee - Team. I believe NBC will be having the same broadcast schedule for fencing, but I'm not sure. At London, I think it was only Women's Sabre that got televised at prime time, but that would be a grave disservice to our Men's Foil team. I'm hoping that the BBC will have the same online coverage as they did for the London Olympics, which was a really good way of catching up. Not sure if this was mainly due to it being 'local'.
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