Choose That Hobby!!!
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IT'S PIKACHU
it's koffing
GODDAMNIT AAAAAAAAAAAARGH[/QUOTE]
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makare
Hearts are tough. But when you get them yay! and i remember when i pixeled my first ball.. those were the days.
there's the ball
and the heart
after that i started animating those bouncy things like i showed you. It's a fun hobby.
there's the ball
and the heart
after that i started animating those bouncy things like i showed you. It's a fun hobby.
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chakz
Speaking of sword fighting. How accurate is kingdom of heaven?
figmentPez
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For a long time I've considered putting a stained glass window in the side of my PC. I don't have a lot of spare energy for hobbies, though. Especially not ones that require well ventilated areas.
North_Ranger
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Speaking of sword fighting. How accurate is kingdom of heaven?[/QUOTE]
Funny you should ask. Our Medieval swordmanship group actually went to see that movie together: twenty-or-so big, bearded guys (some with suspenders) and not-so-big, beardless and some quite smokin' ladies, all wanting to see some bang for their buck.
I think the general conclusion was that the swordfighting was better than in most Hollywood movies, but there was still a measure of showing off. I'll have to see the movie again, though... it's been years.
Plus, the big, funnily speaking blonde guy who gets wasted with an arrow through the neck: He's a Finn.
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makare
I love the fact that there is a medieval swordsmanship group and that you belong to it. I think it makes the world a better place.
North_Ranger
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I love the fact that there is a medieval swordsmanship group and that you belong to it. I think it makes the world a better place.
[/QUOTE]Well, I haven't found the time to practice in the last year. But I intend to begin training again once I get my thesis done. My poor little Violet needs some tender lovin' care.
Oh, and Violet... she's my two-handed broadsword.
And now I realized I should have just called her a two-hander.
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makare
You are a very interesting man. North Ranger a man of scholarship and swordplay.
North_Ranger
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Thank you. I just love the feel of handling a longsword. I have considered taking up Medieval archery as well, but there's not that many places where one could practice in peace - or at least without worrying about strays skewering some schmuck.
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makare
Archery sounds really fun. I have enjoyed it every time I had an opportunity to try it. I am probably not much for a sword because I am a pansy. I am more of a distance projectile weapon girl.
North_Ranger
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Pansy? Surely not... I mean, we've had 13-14-year-old girls who weigh fifty pounds soaking wet with bricks in their pockets in our group. And they gun' cut ya!
:bolt:
North_Ranger
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:bolt:[/QUOTE]
When you take a single step forward, moving the blade from posta donna ('the Lady's position') to posta zingale ('the Boar Fang position'), or feel the blade swing by in a mulinello ('windmill') strike and imagine it cutting flesh and bone like wet cloth... you tend to get a nice adrenaline rush. Especially if you execute the move perfectly.
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makare
North Ranger Prince of Cats?
English Lit humor for the win!
English Lit humor for the win!
North_Ranger
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The prince of what?!
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makare
Aw...
In Romeo and Juliet, Tybalt is referred to as the Prince of Cats because he is so skilled and agile with his sword.
I love Tybalt.
"What, art thou drawn among these heartless hinds?
Turn thee, Benvolio, look upon thy death."
"What, drawn, and talk of peace!? I hate the word,
As I hate hell, all Montagues, and thee"
*woohoo*
In Romeo and Juliet, Tybalt is referred to as the Prince of Cats because he is so skilled and agile with his sword.
I love Tybalt.
"What, art thou drawn among these heartless hinds?
Turn thee, Benvolio, look upon thy death."
"What, drawn, and talk of peace!? I hate the word,
As I hate hell, all Montagues, and thee"
*woohoo*
North_Ranger
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I doubt Tybalt used a two-hander... 
Granted, the fighting style we use is the one taught by Master Fiore, a 15th-century Italian swordfighting teacher.
Granted, the fighting style we use is the one taught by Master Fiore, a 15th-century Italian swordfighting teacher.
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makare
So would a, ahem, two-hander be a slashing weapon or a bludgeoning weapon?
North_Ranger
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Slashing. And I use the term 'two-hander' because of the unfortunate implications associated with the word 'broadsword' - especially since I call my own blade Violet.
Surprising fact: at roughly 6lbs. our two-handers are actually heavier than a real sword would have been. Since we don't sharpen our blades, there's more metal in the blade than in a real, sharpened sword.
Oh, and mr_thehun... Google Guy Windsor or the School of European Swordmanship. The first is our 'guru', the one who started this hobby a few years back. The other is the organization under which we train.
Surprising fact: at roughly 6lbs. our two-handers are actually heavier than a real sword would have been. Since we don't sharpen our blades, there's more metal in the blade than in a real, sharpened sword.
Oh, and mr_thehun... Google Guy Windsor or the School of European Swordmanship. The first is our 'guru', the one who started this hobby a few years back. The other is the organization under which we train.
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TotalFusionOne
Burlesque Photography. Or MtG. Combine the two and make nerds across the world shit their pants.
North_Ranger
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Your doubt is well-placed. Though if memory serves there's a 'friendship school' or something in Singapore.
I second whoever said "juggling"
just start out with tissue paper at first to get the motions down and then you can move onto heavier objects
just start out with tissue paper at first to get the motions down and then you can move onto heavier objects
Cajungal
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I've seen pics of you, you totally could!!! Hell I'll go too, and I'm a chunkybutt. Where's a place in LA we could meet and burlesque it up?!
North_Ranger
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Mä oon mun punkassa...
"je suis une jeune fille"
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