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Re: Blog Thread IIIb : Look Who's Blogging Now
Patrick:
Date went well. We were both sick so it wound up happening 2 hours later than planned, but fuck it. Afterward, she and I went to a Mediterranean restaurant with some mutual friends and it turns out the place makes byrek, which I haven't had since Tirana. Wasn't like the real thing, but eh, not a lot of people would know.
Camping wound up not happening for anyone, so that saved me a lot of hurt.
snalin:
--- Quote from: Jace on 09 Jan 2013, 21:20 ---I use a 39" sword so I have range over anyone not using a polearm or spear pretty much
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You use that thing one handled? That be crazy.
I know what we do over here is pretty different from the SCA, but this advice might still work; if you are opposing someone with a polearm, they expect you to have a lot shorter reach than what you actually have, and won't really see you as a threat if they've got people with shields in front of them. You can get some really easy kills on them because of that - simply use that oversized sword and the long arms to hit them when they're trying to stab the people next to you - they'll probably just be worried about polearms on your side, not swords.
Jace:
In the melees at practice we usually end up with 5-6 guys per side, and I put myself on the left flank, that way when the other side tries to split up and flank us, I can reach out and smack the dude in the back or head really quick. Its pretty nice because there are rules for being engaged (basically, as long as you are in range of that person's weapon or them in range of yours while facing each other, or if you come up from behind, you turn them around, tap them with your weapon a couple times or shout at them so that they acknowledge you) and thus my engagement range is a little over 70" (177.8cm). It is stupid fun and I can't wait to make myself a polearm and just destroy people.
Papersatan:
--- Quote from: Jace on 11 Jan 2013, 02:19 ---my engagement range is a little over 70" (177.8cm).
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Swords with reach are always good. Increased threatened squares are great when an enemy tries to move around you and ends up with an unexpected AoO. Even better if you have Combat Reflexes and can get two in on them as they move in for an attack (or try to retreat).
Carl-E:
I am reminded of the close fighting technique I was taught of punching past the opponent's head, then swinging the sword from the wrist, wrapping around behind the shield and hitting them in the back of the head... the guy who taught it to me likened it to a waiter throwing a bowl of soup; straight out with the arm, then a lot of spin with the wrist...
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