What does it feel to get hit with one of these Foam Weapons?

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Postby Zzyzx » Fri Jan 27, 2006 4:53 pm

Uther wrote:Hello all,
I was wondering what does it feel like to get hit with one of these Foam Weapons?
Why do people wear armor?

thanks,
Uther


Uther,
All of the weapons are padded where you can be safely hit even with strong force.

We may have a realm close to you, where do you live? (City & State?)
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Postby Xooyan » Fri Jan 27, 2006 5:16 pm

The weapons are made to hit solidly, but not really painfully. It's not abnormal to have an occassional bruise, but that's about the worst of it.

Some people choose to wear armor because it affords them an extra hit to the area the armor covers, so if I'm wearing greaves I would have to be hit in the same leg twice before the leg would be "gone".

Does that help?
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Postby Theros the Large » Fri Jan 27, 2006 5:30 pm

Armor is not required for participation.

In fact, I would suggest that you learn how to fight WITHOUT armor for a while. Getting a good grasp of hit taking before attempting to learn armor rules is a good idea.

Check out the realms page and see if we have an established realm near where you live.

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Postby Xooyan » Sat Jan 28, 2006 12:28 pm

Uther,
How close are you to Fort Worth? Alfheim is located there and the leader of the group is a good guy. Here's the realm info with their webpage

"CITADEL OF ALFHIEM
Fort Worth, TX
Contact Name: Sathallarin
Contact Number: (817) 560-1662
http://www.geocities.com/Alfhiem

Comments:
We meet at Thorny Ridge Park on sundays at 2pm in fort worth at the intersection of normandale and dale lanes"

Let me know if this isn't within driving range for you and I'll see what else I can come up with.
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Postby kohntre » Mon Jan 30, 2006 8:40 am

It also helps the look, the realism
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Postby Bushi » Mon Jan 30, 2006 10:21 am

Where in Tarrant do you live? I live off of Hulen, near I-20.
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Postby kohntre » Mon Jan 30, 2006 3:07 pm

the more people fighting, greater intensity, sure people get hurt, maybe injured.
then again at practice last Thur there were 16-20 people, I was there for an hour+ and within a span of 15 minutes I was struck on the left and right side of face. So **** happens, suck up and war on, or just watch.
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Postby Colin » Mon Jan 30, 2006 4:06 pm

I've only seen a handful of serious accidents at events ever since Belegarth began. (And some of those were the same person, he's just got a knack for it.)

I've seen a LOT more medium and minor injuries at practices. Of course, there are only 10 or so events a year that most will make, and practices can be 1-4 times a week, depending on where you live, so I'd say you're a lot more likely to get hurt during practice, just based on the sheer amount of fighting that takes place locally vs. big events. (Holy run on sentence, batman!)

I'd have to say your best chance for injury is during a smaller practice, just because you're doing them a lot more during the year than a big event, and you're fighting a lot more during a smaller practice too. It doesn't take as long for 20 people to die as it does for 300+.
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Postby Colin » Mon Jan 30, 2006 4:49 pm

Anything worse than stubbed fingers/sprained joints/welts/bloody nose/heat exhaustion/nut shots gets into the extremely rare category.
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Postby Conn MacCollach » Mon Jan 30, 2006 6:50 pm

i spent a bunch of time getting my fingers broken for some reason. i recommend gloves or gauntlets, especially when fighting people who seem to just flail around wildly instead of figuring out how to hit with accuracy.
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Postby Ander_Elessedil » Tue Jan 31, 2006 1:23 am

Conn MacCollach wrote:i spent a bunch of time getting my fingers broken for some reason. i recommend gloves or gauntlets, especially when fighting people who seem to just flail around wildly instead of figuring out how to hit with accuracy.


Yes, and if you value your thumb and wish to attempt catching a javelin, gloves are a must. My thumb still broke, but the gloves re-set it for me and saved me a whole lot of hell.
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Postby kohntre » Tue Jan 31, 2006 6:51 am

and getting hit by our weapons runs anywhere from a teddy bear whipped at you head to a large cinder block slammed in to your chest...
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Postby graavish » Tue Jan 31, 2006 8:24 am

look the ways youse prepares for dee pains of dee foam kombatts iss youse take snakes and beats yourself wid dem and den pour acids on yourself
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Postby Killian of Andor » Wed Mar 01, 2006 5:07 pm

Depends where you got hit, and what you got hit with.

Arrow to the face=bad
Javy to the face=bad
Glaive to the face=very bad
Red weapon to the face=bad
Flail to the face=bad
Spear to the nose=bad

Glaive to the crotch=very very very bad

So unless you get hit in the face or crotch, it doesn't really hurt.
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Postby Vokor » Wed Mar 01, 2006 5:07 pm

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Postby Versago Hayashida » Wed Mar 01, 2006 5:22 pm

Killian of Andor wrote:Depends where you got hit, and what you got hit with.

Arrow to the face=bad
Javy to the face=bad
Glaive to the face=very bad
Red weapon to the face=bad
Flail to the face=bad
Spear to the nose=bad

Glaive to the crotch=very very very bad

So unless you get hit in the face or crotch, it doesn't really hurt.


i would have to agree. just try and stay away from any glaves. especially in ered duath in provo utah. they tend to find crotches pretty darn fast, and pretty darn often. oh yeah and dont forget about the occasional throat shots from everything.
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Postby Teej » Wed Mar 01, 2006 5:24 pm

It makes my "little tribal" happy:)
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Postby Gambit » Fri Mar 10, 2006 9:40 pm

March 16-20? Amtgard is having an event in giddings (mapquest it if u dont know where it is, its east of Austin) Its supposed to be their largest event of the year.

http://www.belegarth.com/board/viewtopic.php?t=15247
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Postby Zzyzx » Mon Mar 27, 2006 11:36 pm

PIZZAPIE wrote:The first time I fought I took a full power shot to the ear with a red weapon. My ear swelled up to about the size of my palm and I lost my sense of balance for a week and puked in my friend's car. It's all worth it though and I'm sure your first hit will be in the belly or something. Remember, pain is weakness leaving the body.


Maybe not the best testimonial for a Belegarth commercial. Glad you stuck with it though. =)
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Postby kohntre » Tue Mar 28, 2006 11:59 am

it kinda tickles just abit and then nothingness, as your liver quits and your spleen drips out of your *
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Postby Xooyan » Tue Mar 28, 2006 12:59 pm

Hey guys, try to remember what forum you're in. Your responses here are supposed to be helpful, not your best attempt to freak someone out or impress them with your fortitude in the face of serious pukeage.

In other words, keep that stuff in GM and leave it out of the New Member forums. The mods have been quite clear about that in the past. Please don't make us go back to heavy moderation here.
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Postby Zanark Morningstar » Wed Mar 29, 2006 12:28 pm

PIZZAPIE wrote:The first time I fought I took a full power shot to the ear with a red weapon. My ear swelled up to about the size of my palm and I lost my sense of balance for a week and puked in my friend's car. It's all worth it though and I'm sure your first hit will be in the belly or something. Remember, pain is weakness leaving the body.


Dude thats sounds bad it must have been a *. Nice quote at the end so true
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