Belegarth

by **Sir Anastasia** » Sun Aug 09, 2009 9:04 pm

Battle for the Ring II UPDATES AND SCHEDULE

WHEN? Saturday January 9th 2010
WHAT? Moderate/Heavy Combat Foam Fighting aka Belegarth/Dagorhir Themed Battles, Tournaments, Prizes, and Feasts!
COST? FREE and Weapons can be provided
WHERE: Aldrich Park Commencement Lawn, Center of UC Irvine Campus
WHO? You and 100+ Awesome fighters from California and the West

Schedule of Events
• Aldrich Park Commencement Lawn Events Set-up 8:30AM. You may arrive after 8:30AM.
• Company Weapon Check Starts at 9AM (Any weapons will be checked at this time) Official Weapons Check will begin at 10AM (Late-comers will receive prompt service to get them on the field)
• Battles Starting Officially at 11AM
• 12-1PM Unofficial Lunch, Battles and Sparring
• 1PM Deadline to Sign up for Tourneys: Two-Hander, Spear, Archery, Florentine, Sword&Board
• Realm battles, Unit Battles from 1-2PM
• 2-5PM Tournaments and Battles, Request a Battle, New Games
• 5PM Break for Water, Tournaments Awards, Prepare for FINAL BATTLE
• 6PM "Battle for the Ring II" Battle GAME
• 7PM Pick up Field and Proceed to Feast
• 7PM-10PM+ Feast, Awards, Fun, Partying
Important Information Regarding Cost:
All of our events and feasts are FREE. That’s right, free. We know times are tough and we would rather have you come and play then be left out. However, we rely on your donations to let us put on these big events. Tokens to commemorate the event are given to those who make a $5 or equivalent contribution. Items such as armor, belts, bags, and other medieval accessories will be available for purchase. There will be a raffle. Crash space available by phone reservation or PM.
Important Information Regarding Location:
Aldrich Park is located at the center of UC Irvine Campus. Signs will lead you to the field and you will also be able to call “Ana” 515-491-8846 if you get lost. You may pay for parking at the garage by the student center $7/day OR you can park at the shopping center across the street at your own risk. We are trying to get allowances for parking, but can make no promises at this time.

Important Information Regarding Tournaments, and Prizes:
Tournament sign-up begins at 9AM and ends at 1PM. You must be signed up by this time, if you are running late; we can sign you up 515-491-8846. You can be in any number of tourneys. They start at 2PM. Normal fighting will continue during this time. Your match will have a posted time. A large clock will be on the field and you will need to get to your match within that time. Your name will be called. If you are late, you forfeit. Prizes will be awarded for tournaments and for BEST HONOR, which is highly prized in the realm of Andúril.

Important Information Regarding FEAST LOCATION:
Feast will begin after fighting ends around 7PM. Food donations must be edible without refrigeration or be in your cooler. Feast is free. Feast will be in the Doheney Room in the Student Center, signs will guide the way.
Battle for the Ring:
Will you fight for good or evil, destroy the One Ring or bring it back to your dark master?
By the end of the day, the fate of Middle Earth will be decided. Bring your armies and fight for the One Ring!

-AoC

by **Cheeseheart** » Sun Aug 09, 2009 9:33 pm

Ana, what tournaments will we be having?

Single Blue
Florentine
Sword and Board
Reds
Greens
Archery
Anything goes?

by **Sir Anastasia** » Sun Aug 09, 2009 10:04 pm

Yes. Those.

Also a prize for best honor.

by **Cheeseheart** » Sun Aug 09, 2009 10:14 pm

Redacted

by **Sir Anastasia** » Mon Aug 10, 2009 3:22 pm

There will be no limits on the number of people who can sign up for tournaments. There will be no limits on the number of tournaments you can sign up for. Brackets are on the sign up sheet, so this isn't really difficult to run. A time is also on the bracket, so we put up the clock and get people to be in charge of getting to their own matches. If we stagger the times, it should help to eliminate people getting two matches at the same time.

I think there will always be a little confusion with tournies held at the same time as field battles, however, if we let people hearld their own matches (best 2/3). Then the number of people required to run the tourny goes down. If a pair believes a hearld is needed, we can provide one for that match. They can ask for a herald and a new set of 3, if they thought the last set did not go well.

As for prizes, obviously I'm the donor. There will be few costs to the club, I will only seek materials money if we clear for food and other items. I am hoping to do a raffle on one really awesome prize to help us get $ back, as well as tokens to commemorate the event. I believe there should be no mandatory fees. Donors can support us through the purchase of raffle tickets and tokens. Also, you or Doc should submit a budget to the school for the event.

I can explain more of my philosophy regarding the tournies in a PM, if you like.

by **Cheeseheart** » Tue Aug 11, 2009 9:25 am

Redacted

by **Cheeseheart** » Tue Aug 11, 2009 9:29 am

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by **Halbrust** » Tue Aug 11, 2009 11:25 am

Ana, may I propose a weapon building contest as well? A weapon show off if you will.

If you arrange for some impartial judges I'll provide prizes for the winners.

by **Sir Anastasia** » Tue Aug 11, 2009 12:13 pm

Halbrust, I think that's a wonderful idea. What catagories are you thinking of? Polearms, Swords, Unique Weaponry? I can set this up as well, tell me your ideas.

-AoC

by **Cheeseheart** » Tue Aug 11, 2009 12:34 pm

Redacted

by **Sir Anastasia** » Wed Aug 12, 2009 3:38 pm

Redacted...boring stuff.
-AoC

by **Cheeseheart** » Wed Aug 12, 2009 3:43 pm

Redacted

by **Sir Anastasia** » Wed Aug 12, 2009 11:05 pm

Since we don't have our own forum...and this isn't it either, let's move our realm-only discussions to PM.

Thanks,
AoC

by **Darwin** » Thu Aug 13, 2009 7:34 am

Come on guys, this is not your private forum. It sound like you have a lot of issues to work out but you should be doing it in person or on PM. Show some consideration for the moderators who have to sift through all of this.

by **Cheeseheart** » Mon Aug 17, 2009 12:19 am

i apologize for letting it get out of hand, but i'm back to discussing here what people think about what should be happening at our event.

there will be:
Tournaments
Pick up battles
Unit/Realm battles
Themed Battles
Final "Battle for the Ring"
and then a feast

by **Sir Anastasia** » Thu Nov 05, 2009 2:00 pm

Schedule Moved top.

by **Od1n** » Wed Nov 11, 2009 11:20 am

You should edit your first post and add in that info so we don't have to scroll down to read it (lazy)

Also this is kinda far drive from us up in Oregon and Washington for a one day event, any crash space being provided by anyone? just curious

by **Sir Anastasia** » Wed Nov 11, 2009 5:48 pm

Yeah, we will provide crash space and we are hard at work to get parking reimbursements for people. Also, I am trying to get some kick * prizes for things. PM me for crash reservations.

by **Sir Anastasia** » Wed Dec 02, 2009 6:41 pm

Hey, Attendance RSVPs so far are scaring the hell out of me (40 confirmed, 130 maybes!!!) and that's before anyone from my realm, Andor, Hakaturi, OC Fighters Guild, and at least half of Aggelgorod have RSVP'd. I expect that 100 is a definite for this event and that more is probable. However, I can only pay for free food for 100 people. So, the first 100 people who RSVP "YES" will be guaranteed free food. After that you are getting Pizza from Dominos, which is not as nice as the free delicious feast I am getting

Please, start your RSVPs on Facebook now!!! OR RSVP here now!

http://www.facebook.com/#/event.php?eid ... 691&ref=ts

PS: DONATIONS GREATLY APPRECIATED. PAYING FOR YOUR FOOD RAISES MONEY FOR OUR FREE EVENTS AND CLUB. WE NEVER CHARGE YOU MANDATORY FEES, BUT YOUR CONTRIBUTION IS GREATLY APPRECIATED!

Thanks,
Ana

by **Halbrust** » Sun Dec 06, 2009 10:40 pm

Are you doing a garb contest?

by **Sir Anastasia** » Mon Dec 07, 2009 12:56 pm

Maybe we can award prizes like this at feast...right now we have RSVPs for between 100-200 people, so we are mostly trying to figure out how the hell we are pulling this off with regard to themed battles and tournaments. As for things that can be added in at feast time (such as best garb, weapon, armor) this will likely be decided at the week leading up to the event (as we figure out what money we have left for prizes and what time we have left to make prizes). For sure, if anyone wants to sponsor a prize, they are welcome to do it. Feast is several hours of socializing after the fighting, so we can do some things with that time. I do intend to make prizes for that sort of stuff, but we will have to see how my break goes. I can't wait to see how many people show up!

by **Kyrax** » Thu Dec 31, 2009 10:14 am

Just confirmed with Aggelgorod that they're going to make this into a Battle weekend. On Sunday they'll throw a battle at Crescenta Valley Park to the north side of LA (perfect for those of us heading north afterwards.

Here's a link to their events page -a map and directions are in the first listing (ignore the dates, they've still got the '09 schedule up): http://www.aggelgorod.com/events.html

So come to the Battle of the Ring on Saturday and make a weekend of it by fighting with Aggelgorod on Sunday! Mallenorod is bringing a dozen, so this will be a great time to meet and beat on California fighters.

Oh, and I'll be bringing down some arrowhead and shortsword kits from this site drop me a line or let me know if you're interested.

by **Kyrax** » Mon Jan 04, 2010 8:32 pm

*bump*

by **Halbrust** » Mon Jan 04, 2010 9:19 pm

I'm SO pumped for this!

It'll be my first real event I guess. Since the Aggelgorod campout crapped out at the last minute.

by **Kyrax** » Tue Jan 05, 2010 2:09 pm

Halbrust wrote:I'm SO pumped for this!

It'll be my first real event I guess. Since the Aggelgorod campout crapped out at the last minute.

And you'll have new pink arrows to plink at people. Won't that be special?

by **ark crab defender** » Tue Jan 05, 2010 9:47 pm

sup im ark of blackwater we cant wait for the event we hope to see you all there

by **Dachande** » Wed Jan 06, 2010 9:09 am

ATTN: San Diego/Andor Folk

If I had any other way to get in touch with you guys I would, but I'm gonna just jump in here. Any carpooling happening for this event? PM me if you get this and have room in your car, or if you can get me in touch with someone that can help.

Thanks!

by **ark crab defender** » Wed Jan 06, 2010 8:06 pm

ill see what i can do ill ask around

by **Outis** » Thu Jan 07, 2010 7:23 pm

Andor will be in attendance with about 16 fighters total. 7 of those will be from our neighboring group the Blackwater Legion who came with us last year.

We are all really looking forward to this event.

by **ark crab defender** » Thu Jan 07, 2010 11:33 pm

black-water is good to go cant wait to see u guys there

by **Halbrust** » Fri Jan 08, 2010 11:12 am

****!!!!! I have to work tomorrow!

I'm hoping I can get out of here at 11:00 instead of 1:00 though.

Anna, or Sal, or whoever else has authority: Can I get pre-signed up for the sword and board and archery tourney? I hope to get there around noon, but I'd hate to miss out on the tourneys becuase San Bernardino County needs their bills paid. I'll be there just after 2:00 at the latest, but it says there is a 1:00 deadline to sign up.

by **Kyrax** » Fri Jan 08, 2010 1:22 pm

Halbrust wrote:****!!!!! I have to work tomorrow!

I'm hoping I can get out of here at 11:00 instead of 1:00 though.

Anna, or Sal, or whoever else has authority: Can I get pre-signed up for the sword and board and archery tourney? I hope to get there around noon, but I'd hate to miss out on the tourneys becuase San Bernardino County needs their bills paid. I'll be there just after 2:00 at the latest, but it says there is a 1:00 deadline to sign up.

Hey Halbrust - I'll see if I can sign you up, just don't shoot me with those pretty pink arrows (I'm going for the archery tourney also).

Oh, and the name to put on that paycheck is: "Kyrax the Mad, SSN 099-23-0012"

by **Rhajhiin** » Fri Jan 08, 2010 3:43 pm

We'll be there!

by **Aizen** » Fri Jan 08, 2010 8:03 pm

Aizen, the lost wanderer of andor will be there.

by **Sir Anastasia** » Fri Jan 08, 2010 10:46 pm

WOOT!!!! We love you buddy! Everyone is going to be psyched!. We were just wondering if we'd ever see you again. Can't wait till tomorrow. See everyone there.

Peace,
Ana

by **Dachande** » Sat Jan 09, 2010 12:50 am

Ride stuff taken care of... see you guys there!

by **Sir Anastasia** » Sun Jan 10, 2010 12:10 am

Thanks to everyone who came out to our event. 139 people this year! up from 80 at our first event last year. Also, Brian, my bf, proposed to me, so now we are engaged. Thanks to all who shared our happy moment.

Peace,
AoC

PS: My engagement ring is Lady Galadriel's Elven Ring of Power Nenya. So yeah...think about that, and try not to die of jealousy. Also, please decide if you are fighting for the bride or groom at our Bel wedding, an event so awesome-surely only the apocalypse can follow it.

by **Outis** » Sun Jan 10, 2010 10:39 am

This was a really awesome event. It was well run and a lot of fun. The San Diego groups (Andor and Blackwater) all had a great time and are eager to see your next event.

Thank you for all of your hard work. And congratulations to the happy couple!

by **randy** » Sun Jan 10, 2010 11:35 am

Thanks for the invite, we had a really great time. Cant wait till the march event down south.

If you can make it, we our having our coronation from 5-7th of Feb at Sage hill campground in Santa Barbara. Fee is 15$ for camping and a saturday night feast.

by **Dachande** » Mon Jan 11, 2010 4:50 am

I saw all sorts of cameras out at the field... where are the pics? :angel:

by **Rhajhiin** » Mon Jan 11, 2010 6:44 am

Check out our album as a slideshow http://hakuturiclan.webs.com/apps/photos/album?albumid=7893650

My Camera died half way through the day because I forgot to charge it, or there would have been waaaaaaaaay more pictures. Logan is trying to email me the stuff he took on his phone so I can add it to the album

by **Tiberius Claudius** » Mon Jan 11, 2010 2:13 pm

Nice pics. You guys look like everyone had a blast, the weather was great and a high attendance. Looks like there were quite a bit of females fighting too, so good on ya'll. Wish I could have been there.

In particular, I like the giant war hammer that I saw in this picture:

I'd like to know what he used as the core and how he keeps the head from detaching from the haft and spinning around?

I would wager to guess its a block of yellow couch cushion foam with a single layer of blue camp pad either DAP'ed or taped to all six sides for some firmness?

by **Rhajhiin** » Mon Jan 11, 2010 2:27 pm

I'm pretty certain the hammer in that picture was one of the loaners UCI had on hand. I didn't get a chance to wield it, so I couldn't tell you what it was made from.

by **Dyre** » Mon Jan 11, 2010 4:05 pm

I believe that hammer in the picture is from the Dagorhir group from Sunnyvale. Kyrax is a member of that realm, so you can ask him about the hammer.

I would like to thank Anduril and everyone who helped out at the event for making it such an awesome day. Everyone from Salamandastron had a blast.

by **Kyrax** » Mon Jan 11, 2010 5:31 pm

Defendus Sanctae wrote:Nice pics. You guys look like everyone had a blast, the weather was great and a high attendance. Looks like there were quite a bit of females fighting too, so good on ya'll. Wish I could have been there.

In particular, I like the giant war hammer that I saw in this picture:

I'd like to know what he used as the core and how he keeps the head from detaching from the haft and spinning around?

I would wager to guess its a block of yellow couch cushion foam with a single layer of blue camp pad either DAP'ed or taped to all six sides for some firmness?

Dyre is right - the Hammer is Rau's (he's the guy watching it being checked in the center, wearing a blue and green tabard).

From Left to Right, Tati (Valley Militia), the checker (Anduril), Rau (Valley Militia) and Fugook (Guard).

by **Kyrax** » Mon Jan 11, 2010 5:34 pm

And I second the thanks to Anastasia and Anduril for a fun event. Like Salamandastron, our NorCal neighbors, Mallenorod had a blast.

by **Kyrax** » Mon Jan 11, 2010 6:27 pm

Rhajhiin wrote:Check out our album as a slideshow http://hakuturiclan.webs.com/apps/photos/album?albumid=7893650

My Camera died half way through the day because I forgot to charge it, or there would have been waaaaaaaaay more pictures. Logan is trying to email me the stuff he took on his phone so I can add it to the album

Thanks guys for taking so many pics of my unit and of Vek. I forgot, again, to take the camera out and get any pics.

by **Rhajhiin** » Mon Jan 11, 2010 11:41 pm

I love taking pictures. I only wish my camera hadn't died. So many memorable and epic moments that should have been captured on film. Though the mind is the best camera. You bet I'll be more prepared next time!

Also thank you for posting the names of the people in the pictures. I'll update the picture captions when I get a chance.

by **Halbrust** » Mon Jan 11, 2010 11:59 pm

Kyrax wrote:Dyre is right - the Hammer is Rao's (he's the guy watching it being checked in the center, wearing a blue and green tabard).

From Left to Right, Tati (Valley Militia), the checker (Anduril), Rao (Valley Militia and Fugook (Guard).

I thought his name was Raul, and his wife Tati is hot

by **Kyrax** » Tue Jan 12, 2010 1:48 am

Halbrust wrote:
Kyrax wrote:Dyre is right - the Hammer is Rau's (he's the guy watching it being checked in the center, wearing a blue and green tabard).

From Left to Right, Tati (Valley Militia), the checker (Anduril), Rau (Valley Militia and Fugook (Guard).

I thought his name was Raul, and his wife Tati is hot

You were closer than I was on his name - it is RAU. My bad. :frog:

So, you liked her dragon winged headdress huh?

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