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Soo Ma Tai wrote:incidental: Loosely associated; existing as a byproduct, tangent, or accident. That character, though colorful, is incidental to the overall plot.
contact: The act of touching physically.
Incidental contact: The inadvertant contact of non-striking areas with an opponent during the normal action of combat.
s rear quadrant is allowed."[/quote]Soo Ma Tai wrote:incidental: Loosely associated; existing as a byproduct, tangent, or accident. That character, though colorful, is incidental to the overall plot.
contact: The act of touching physically.
Incidental contact: The inadvertant contact of non-striking areas with an opponent during the normal action of combat.
Soo Ma Tai wrote:I don't really understand the question Saki, do you mean were someone to swing at an opponents back, where could incidental padding hit you?
Satanaka wrote:Can I be an a ss and get away with it?
1. Adjudication
1.1. Marshal - Person responsible for rules enforcement and weapons inspection.
1.1.1. A Marshal has the authority to remove anyone from the field of battle.
Thomas MacFinn said Marshal's don't need a rules reason to throw you off the field. It is the very first rule on the sheet.
[/quote]1. Adjudication
1.1. Marshal - Person responsible for rules enforcement and weapons inspection.
1.1.1. A Marshal has the authority to remove anyone from the field of battle.
Satanaka wrote:What idiot goes around kicking people off the field for no reason? Why are they a herald and why are they still in our game???
Thomas MacFinn wrote:To give you a couple real-world examples, I've been tossed off the field twice during practice.
The first time, during the middle of a battle, Judas yelled out "Thomas, you're dead." Our local rule is that if you want to discuss something with the marshal, the discussion takes place after the battle. I dropped, as instructed.
I was a new fighter and hadn't noticed a nice clean shot to my right side that occured while I was bashing somebody's shield with my left shoulder. After the battle, Judas explained that he normally doesn't call fighters dead but he knew that I was new and was used to SCA fighting and went over blow calibration with me.
By exerting his authority for 5 seconds during a battle and taking 10 minutes with me after, he avoided a lot of unintentional rhino-hiding for what could have been a long time.
The second time I was thrown off the field, I was tired and swinging a heavy red sword. My blows were getting wild and I clocked the same guy in the ear twice less than ten minutes apart. The other guy lost his temper and Coach made us both "take a breather."
During that ten minutes we both calmed down, I caught my breath, apologized to the guy I had hit and we asked Coach if we could fight again.
You can argue the letter of the rules all you want, but this is a sport played among friends. No matter how hard we play or how many scrapes and bruises we earn my opponent is not, and should not be, my enemy and I have no problems with the marshals keeping it that way.
Thomas MacFinn wrote:Satanaka wrote:What idiot goes around kicking people off the field for no reason? Why are they a herald and why are they still in our game???
If Judas or Coach (our local marshals) toss somebody off the field, it is usually just for a battle or two and they will usually pull the guy off to the side and explain why after he has calmed down. They have that authority because the rest of us trusted their judgement enough to give them that authority when we made them marshals.
Thomas MacFinn wrote:for example, bashing people in the back) .
I would say contact existing as an accident. ie: if you trip and fall forward into someones back while holding a shield, no one is going to call you dead. If someone pushes you from behind, and you bump the guy in front of you's back, no ones getting bent out of shape.
Thomas MacFinn wrote: In the end "the marshal said so" trumps either of our opinions on the matter.
Theros said: Why is this such a huge issue?
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