winter wrote:Suzaku, I know the guy who runs Blacksun Empire. His name is Tartarus, and he would love to have new members in his realm. Consistency and stability are key to a healthy realm. It might be small now, but with some core, dedicated fighters, that number will grow. If you are serious about fighting, get out there every week, support a realm, and swing foam as much as you can. This sport lives and dies by how much we put into it ourselves; we can't just rely on other people to put in the work while we reap the benefits.
Yes, your weapon was failed at the event, but you seem to be excited about the sport and creative, and those are two traits any realm can use. Take that enthusiasm and energy and apply it and you'll get way more out of this sport.
Yep! I met Tartarus and we had a blast running around defeating the enemy. My hometown is Riverside, however work has caused me to move to Lake Elsinore temporarily so it would be and there is a fledgling realm that plans on launching for real this year in Lake Elsinore and I hope to be part of them.
The weapon did fail on my first day at the event, however I took it home and made the necessary modifications so that I could use it on the second day! Where it passed with flying colors minus the stab tip (Apparently open celled stabbing tips are 1980s technology) and I plan on redoing the entire striking surface of the blade with yoga mat sometime this week!
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Anastasia of Chamonix wrote:and feel free to use the resources here, in PM's here or on Facebook, to get answers to your questions even before you build. California is a great place to be for networking and we love it when people get involved. Winter has excellent advice here and getting more people in that area (making some ties to Hemet, CA and Anaheim, CA) will really start making a Belegarth-style Pony Express in that inland area. You can be one of the people to start helping that region.
Thanks for putting together the event Anastasia, for my first time ever playing Belegarth I had a blast and hope to stop by one of your practices sometime soon. I'm getting really involved on facebook and soaking up as much info as possible and now I'm trying to recruit my friends!
P.S. Did you know anyone named Julie by any chance Anastasia? She just transferred to Hawaii and was a student at UCI.