Once a month Wistric donates platelets to those who are not blessed with the sort of blood-clotting ability that could be used to dam moderate sized rivers. During the two hours of recumbency, ensconced in warm blankets, that this lasts, he watches a movie. Today’s movie was True Grit (the 2010 version), which had an […]
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Movie Quote of the Day 2 comments
Warfighter!!!!!?!!!!WTF!!!!!BBQ!!!!11!!!! 3 comments
Er… so the title may seem a weird intarwebs typo-laden spew-fest (this blog is entirely devoid of intarwebs typo-laden spew-fests) but, this past weekend was WARFIGHTER! (which, I’m told, is the correct way to type the name of the event). WARFIGHTER! could also be called King’s Assessment of His Armies But Not in Black Diamond, […]
Sapphire Joust 2011 2 comments
Before writing this I went back to last year’s entry just to see how that started. Last year: I griped about fighting with a 37″ because my 40″ was really floppy. I was schooled by Connor and Dom, which kept me out of the playoffs in the tourney, and meant I only fought 4 opponents, […]
Journal, 5/30 4 comments
Heyyy… so, yeah, it’s only been like 2 months since I did one of these journally thingies. Not entirely sure why. Some of it has to do with a certain amount of introspection and focusing on maintaining my current performance level for the time being (that performance level is “Pretty damn good”, though my form […]
Grande Tournoi d’Amitie 2011 2 comments
Really, I think I should stop over-estimating my abilities, it just gets me in trouble. I think “Eh, that? I could do that, easy” and then I find somebody actually calling my bluff and I have to put my money where my mouth is (See “War of the Wings 2010” and “Spring Coronation 2011”). And […]
Wistric’s Weekly Warfare 36: Charging, revisited 2 comments
Back almost two years ago, I held forth in one of these on the topic of charging. I feel it’s worth a revisit. Possibly, my exterior has become more leathern, possibly, I’ve just learned how better to control my opponents, or, I don’t know, grew a pair and toughened up, but I’m starting to think […]
Wistric’s Weekly Warfare 35: Moving Forward 4 comments
First of all: No, this is not a “Future of the Blog” post. Yeebus no. Instead, this is about, well… Moving forward. As an army. Together, and whatnot, without dying terribly. The Step Command The standard approach to moving a line forward against resistance has been the step command. At the command “Prepare” the line […]
Golden Rose 2011 Leave a comment
For the third year now, we have honored the current and former queens of Atlantia with a day of fighting in their name, for their glory, and giving it our best. The Roses each have a team, and the Rose with the most points (earned on the armored or rapier field, or archery field, or […]
Night on the Town 2011 2 comments
What could get me to drive five hours after a long day of work? Only the greatest rapier melee event in Atlantia. And my crashpad, at Alric’s, happened to also include a hot tub and an introduction to the game Dominion. So equipped with a gratitudinal absinthe and all the gear necessary for practicing murder […]
Questions for the Audience: Female adrenal response 3 comments
In general, the female and male adrenal responses are significantly different. Men can “light switch”: turn it on for an immediate burst, and then turn it off. The typical female response requires more of a gradual ramping up (I can fight my A game without much/any warmup; Letia has to fight for about 30 minutes […]