Well my nipples sure don't hurt...

Post #36,589 by inthane-chan 4/26/02 11:31:38 AM Reply	Well my nipples sure don't hurt... Sorry, couldn't resist that one. No, I'm not lapsing into the "do nothing" mindset - but there's something I REALLY want to do that I can't find anybody around to do it with. Boffers. For the uninformed, this was my old hobby, picking up foam-padded PVC pipes and bashing other people with them who were trying to do the same to me. A lot of fun, lots of excercise (I always came home tired, sweaty, and in serious pain, not from the boffers, but sore muscles), and I can't find anybody locally who's into this peculiar hobby of mine. Bah. "He who fights with monsters might take care lest he thereby become a monster. And if you gaze for long into an abyss, the abyss gazes also into you." - Friedrich Nietzsche
Post #36,609 by Mike 4/26/02 2:58:40 PM Reply	Well I learned something new today -- William Shatner's Trousers --
Post #36,636 by ben_tilly 4/26/02 9:02:08 PM Reply	Try the SCA They sometimes use boffers. OTOH they prefer wearing real armor, and harder sticks... Cheers, Ben "... I couldn't see how anyone could be educated by this self-propagating system in which people pass exams, teach others to pass exams, but nobody knows anything." --Richard Feynman
Post #36,767 by inthane-chan 4/29/02 11:15:51 AM Reply	That's why I don't try them. 1) Greater expense 2) Greater risk "He who fights with monsters might take care lest he thereby become a monster. And if you gaze for long into an abyss, the abyss gazes also into you." - Friedrich Nietzsche
Post #36,839 by ben_tilly 4/29/02 7:38:03 PM Reply	Less risk With boffer swords it is too easy to get poked, hit in a sensitive spot, etc. The SCA swords aren't much heavier, and with a little armour you easily eliminate the vast majority of possibilities for accidental injury. Cost, well yes. SCA armour isn't very expensive (plus people sometimes lend stuff), but it is more so than boffer swords. Given that you are unemployed, this may be an issue. But I would ask an active member before deciding that you can't afford it. Cheers, Ben "... I couldn't see how anyone could be educated by this self-propagating system in which people pass exams, teach others to pass exams, but nobody knows anything." --Richard Feynman
Post #36,849 by inthane-chan 4/29/02 8:51:19 PM Reply	You ought to see our eye protection... ...and we DO wear padding/mesh in the appropriate areas. The only injuries in the 12 year history of the group I was involved with were self-inflicted, such as the guy who walked backwards off an 18' embankment in full plate armor. :P Okay, there was one case where a guy's weapon was called "nonspec" (it had PVC showing) and he was told to a) fix the weapon, b) not use the weapon, or c) leave the game. He refused, tried, was restrained, and then handed over to the friendly police officer who liked to watch us. Wasn't charged with anything, but we didn't see their face around those parts again... Something about a possible assault 'n battery charge being pressed. "He who fights with monsters might take care lest he thereby become a monster. And if you gaze for long into an abyss, the abyss gazes also into you." - Friedrich Nietzsche
Post #37,008 by ben_tilly 4/30/02 9:15:45 PM Reply	Ah I was only briefly involved in the SCA, and that was a long time ago. But I seem to remember that injuries there are non-existent to rare as well. I have never been involved in boffer fighting. I have just seen it a couple of times. Cheers, Ben "... I couldn't see how anyone could be educated by this self-propagating system in which people pass exams, teach others to pass exams, but nobody knows anything." --Richard Feynman

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