Mynok wrote:Well im trying to talk the rest of my group to come with me to Ocktoberfest trying to shoot for that one but if I could hit a practice before that it would be awesome . Maybe the house in Bloomington Indiana could have some visitors in the next couple of weeks.
As far as sensibilities go you should click, good sense of humor, honesty, integrity within the majority of the group - we're all nerds of a different stripe when it comes down to it, and there's a fair chunk that started in SCA/Bel/Dag and routinely crossgame, there are different elements for everyone of course but there is a common interest.
Octoberfest from what I hear is a great event, unfortunately never attended, but one of the major battles we hold.
I'd encourage you to visit a practice and do some one on one with folks first however, nothing negative implied with this, but just to get a feel for things.
For example as someone who's started out in Dag when I first suited up for SCA I had a lot of issues blocking my head, SCA crossovers like to hit in the head a lot and have to worry about delivering headshots in the game. likewise I love spears in our sport but head/face shots are illegal, and I can't crank them like I'd like to in some instances with a roundabout shot to the head/torso which would be pretty unsafe in our sport but fairly safe for yours.
Likewise grappling and bowling over someone with your shield aren't much of an option in SCA, there's a little bit to be gained from aspects in each game. Hell I'm wondering eventually if I'll start doing rebated steel when I can, or get involved with Kali, but to each their own...