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Should funnodles be legal foam? (read first)

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Postby Sir Killian » Thu Jun 05, 2003 4:50 pm

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Postby savetuba » Thu Jun 05, 2003 8:46 pm

I personally don't mind if a wepon is made out of fun noodles just so long as it ISN'T the STRIKING SURFACE. I mean for arm gaurds or cross gaurds or final layering around sheild edges or surface protection they are fine, but if a striking surface is made of fun noodle then I wouldn't fight the guy/gal.
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Postby Zale » Fri Jun 06, 2003 3:27 pm

I voted yes, because some people need that extra sting to realize they've been hit I for one am one of those people. my back and my arms have become less senstive to pain then the rest of my body and when i was nailed in the back by a fun-noodle flail i felt it but sometimes i wont feel a hit with a blue foam weapon unless some power is put into it.


some weapons should be banned in my opion of fun-noodle foam but i'm a newbie and i'm probly going to be hearing about this from my CO when and if he reads this
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Postby Gautlet Guy » Wed Jun 18, 2003 12:12 pm

i think that fun noodles could be used as long as its not around the core. I'd use it as a last resort because it tends to wear out remarkably fast, and occasionally hurts somebody. But then again, it's a hazard of this sport and you can't regulate everything.
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Postby Sir Beak » Tue Jul 22, 2003 10:00 am

i agree
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Postby Makieus » Sun Jul 27, 2003 8:28 pm

The problem I have with fun noodle, is that they hit too light. We have a few ampguarders ?spelling fight with us from time to time, and I can almost never fell their hits. I really don't care if people use the noodles, provided the weapons pass inspection.
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Postby Diomedes » Sun Jul 27, 2003 9:41 pm

It's not the noodle that makes it so that you can't feel their hits, Makieus, it's their sissy * swings! Those weapons feel fine when we check them, but give them back to those guys and its wimpy hits time. They are used to swinging really lightly... It's quite sad... :) My other point is that if I had a doller for every time that I had a noodle break down, I would be able to afford, well, stuff... And other stuff... :neutral:
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Postby Dmitri » Mon Jul 28, 2003 11:29 pm

I've never been hit by funnoodle weapons, but the funnoodles I've handled were so hard I was shocked. I wouldn't use them for ANYTHING. They just wouldn't be safe. But I have heard of much softer funnoodles, made of better foam...while they might be safe, I'm gonna have to vote no. The way I understand it, the foam is similar to pipe insulators (not the black rubber type), which I used to use (for SCA-style sword--*shudder*). Even when teh weapon is fine at check, it can get bad really fast...my old pipe-foam weapons are now stabbing-only, since I just can't rely on the pipe foam to stay safe for more than a few hours...and there can be bad spots that you don't see, and teh tips tend to tear off quickly... The foam is just not up to what we want it to do.
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Postby Makieus » Wed Jul 30, 2003 10:16 pm

You are right Diomedes. But then I can snap their weapons in half with one hand. If they come Thursday, 'Stress test' their weapons on me again.

Just kidding. To each their own. They come they fight, but most importantly, they DIE! :goblin:
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Postby Makieus » Wed Jul 30, 2003 10:17 pm

By the way, I really need to get a better pic, than the 'Rabbit' If anyone has viewed the comics www.sluggy.com then you would know who the rabbit was....
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Postby Tor » Wed Jul 30, 2003 10:36 pm

Bun-bun? :P
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Postby Kyrax » Thu Jul 31, 2003 9:11 am

Makieus wrote:The problem I have with fun noodle, is that they hit too light. We have a few ampguarders ?spelling fight with us from time to time, and I can almost never fell their hits. I really don't care if people use the noodles, provided the weapons pass inspection.


Would that be because they are trained to hit lightly, and use ultra-light weapons (which make our ultra-light arguments seem silly by comparison)? Amtgard has gone down the path towards making weapons as light as physically possible, and that is an example I don't want to see Belegarth follow.
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Postby Dmitri » Sun Aug 10, 2003 3:47 pm

Well, ihave just been introduced to a well-made funnoodle sword. I'm not sure what type of noodle it is, but it actually seems prety safe. It's a red sword with about a 4' blade. It remains to be seen, of course, wether it will break down under use...
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Postby Kyrax » Mon Aug 11, 2003 1:01 pm

ixt wrote:Well, ihave just been introduced to a well-made funnoodle sword. I'm not sure what type of noodle it is, but it actually seems prety safe. It's a red sword with about a 4' blade. It remains to be seen, of course, wether it will break down under use...


All foam weapons break down. The question is how rapidly will this weapon break down, and more importantly will the foam fail at the worst possible moment. I'm an example of that worst case scenario, and I don't want to see someone else crippled because my experience was ignored.
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Postby Xipher » Mon Aug 11, 2003 5:45 pm

Yeah Ixt, if it passes it passes, but make sure the person checks it out AT LEAST twice per fighting day to make sure it's still in good condition.
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Postby Dmitri » Mon Aug 11, 2003 8:33 pm

Yah. I'm kind of leary of it still, but it looks ok so far... It actually belongs to the realm leader, and it doesn't have anything like the leverage that the sword you were talking about had (this is a pretty short red sword). But yeah, I'm certainly keeping your experience in mind...
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Postby beekmaster » Sat Jan 10, 2004 9:42 am

Varadin wrote:Not only do they hurt the weapons look stupid. It isnt that hard to make a decent weapon that doesnt hurt. If you are too lazy to bother making a weapon out of blue foam or something get out of the sport.


for me (i've made a few noodle weapons) it was a matter of lack of materials, not laziness.

Now that i have blue foam (but not the right kind apperently) i am going legit.

but noodle weapons for noobs should be ok, we don't swing hard enough to hurt anyone
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Postby Thorondor » Sat Jan 10, 2004 10:45 am

What in the hell beek? This has been dead for a long while. It was an issue LAST school year when I was in Rolla. I'm not even sure if Emyn Beraid is still up and running.

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Postby William MacGregor » Sat Jan 10, 2004 11:00 am

me I use MegaNuddle it is 4'' in diameter for the 4''-6'' heads of nowbie mase's and on the heads of my jav's and pike's as a base then I add at least 2 layers of blue foam and then the open-cel foam.

but as a realm leader I would never want any of my realm to make a funnuddle sword of any leanth or as the base or a slashing polarm, and I would most liking be a * and fail any sword that made out of that $&!#

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Postby beekmaster » Sat Jan 10, 2004 4:39 pm

Sorry, I was searching under "foam rubber" and this came up
if you are seriously * at me for re-opening a thread then why don't you delete it.

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Postby Kage » Sun Jan 11, 2004 1:29 am

Good point. But that is just me two cents.
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Postby Thorondor » Sun Jan 11, 2004 8:54 am

1- I'm not a mod, so I can't
2- If I was a mod I would have locked it
3- Using the mega noodle as a base for the heads of javs and spears is actually a pretty good idea...as long as it's covered in blue foam or Evalite

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Postby beekmaster » Sun Jan 11, 2004 9:21 am

yeah i agree with the pike thing as well, good thinking
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Already taken care of...another mod has talked to me about it. (J, if you need/want to know PM me)

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Postby striker » Mon Jan 12, 2004 3:35 pm

I have personally used clubs/maces made from the mega noodle 4" dia and as far as I know they last the better part of a year. However the clubs are only used one handed, but htey are red weapons. And we have never had problems with injury or complaints of it hitting too hard. I do know that there are real dangers however in useing regular fun noodle in certian weapons. I believe that fun noddle should never be used in a large two handed weapon, or as any part of a stabbing tip. If i can shove my finger threw it how is it going to any type of core
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Postby ZenChi » Sun Jan 18, 2004 3:45 pm

beekmaster wrote:for me (i've made a few noodle weapons) it was a matter of lack of materials, not laziness.
Now that i have blue foam (but not the right kind apperently) i am going legit.
but noodle weapons for noobs should be ok, we don't swing hard enough to hurt anyone


I consider myself a newb, I swing hard as hell if i'm annoyed, angry, *, hate the system/ world, and on occasion just bored
I will swing hard as hell if i get angry/ *
I get angry/* by many things, these also include be hit
noodle foam hurts when swung with decent force and has to be replaced every few months, enough reason not to use the stuff
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Postby Zephyr » Thu Dec 30, 2004 12:00 pm

I've made quite a few clubs out of fun noodles, but i always add a layer of blue foam to it. The fun noodle breaks down very quickly, so better safe then sorry. Also, the fun noodle rips when pulled on with little pressure. Weapons using it need to be repaired every week or two.
That aside, they make very lightweight, cheep, and good weapons.
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ZOMBIE THREAD!!!

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Postby Conn MacCollach » Sat Jan 01, 2005 5:39 am

thanks to the virus, ancient threads look like new threads and they are now getting answered all over again.

it is now 2005. i suggest everyone interested in the very few threads that have not been deleted check the date and DO NOT post replies to anything that has has a genesis earlier than, say, late november 2004.

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Postby Grey » Sat Nov 26, 2005 9:46 pm

fun noodle should not be used for main padding purposes, but it is good for using under a layer of blue foam, for incidental padding, and for weapons like quarterstaves.
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Postby Loptr » Mon Nov 28, 2005 10:29 am

Diomedes wrote:It's not the noodle that makes it so that you can't feel their hits, Makieus, it's their sissy * swings! Those weapons feel fine when we check them, but give them back to those guys and its wimpy hits time. They are used to swinging really lightly... It's quite sad... :) My other point is that if I had a doller for every time that I had a noodle break down, I would be able to afford, well, stuff... And other stuff... :neutral:


Diomedes you are completly and utterly full of ****.
I fight with my Amt swords and I get called light, I use my Bel swords and there are no issues of light.
I fight with Mak when he shows up, and can vouch for the fact that I dont swing like a *.
Come to a FP and I will be happy to hit you with my Amt noodle sword, then hit you with my Bel sword. You WILL feel a difference.

Then again maybe I am just a *.

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Postby Loptr » Mon Nov 28, 2005 10:33 am

Secondly,

For a light hit system noodle is fine.
For Bel it is not good for striking surfaces, but is much better than pipe insulation for courtesy padding.

Also red weapons with pvc core with noodle (even in Amt) is scarry. Requires rigorous testing. However my Bel swords develope a sweet spot too quickly and become dangerous to use too.


The brand name Funnoodle is not as durable as the Joeboxer, and other knockoffs.

My Amt swords will tip out in about 1-2 months and need to be rebladed.
But my Bel swords dont stand up for the "years" I am hearing about.

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Postby Peregrine » Mon Nov 28, 2005 10:56 am

Loptr wrote:
Diomedes wrote:It's not the noodle that makes it so that you can't feel their hits, Makieus, it's their sissy * swings! Those weapons feel fine when we check them, but give them back to those guys and its wimpy hits time. They are used to swinging really lightly... It's quite sad... :) My other point is that if I had a doller for every time that I had a noodle break down, I would be able to afford, well, stuff... And other stuff... :neutral:


Diomedes you are completly and utterly full of ****.
I fight with my Amt swords and I get called light, I use my Bel swords and there are no issues of light.
I fight with Mak when he shows up, and can vouch for the fact that I dont swing like a *.
to a FP and I will be happy to hit you with my Amt noodle sword, then hit you with my Bel sword. You WILL feel a difference.

Then again maybe I am just a *.

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