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Posted: Tue Jun 13, 2006 7:54 pm
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Posted: Tue Jun 13, 2006 9:29 pm
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OMG, one of our female fencers (her name is Fredeburg-- spelling is approximate sweatdrop whee ) does the exact same thing! It happened during War Practice, actually.
We were practicing melee, and (we think) she got hit too hard; she pulled off her helmet and sank, sobbing, to the ground, while the marshals (and all of us on the sidelines who could see her) screamed "HOLD!!" several times.
She was led over to a seat and took about a 20/30 minute breather, during which she explained that she was okay, she didn't get hit that hard, it just caught her by surprise and that, coupled with all the chaos of the melee, was a bit too much for her.
She then got right back out there and eventually won the mini 1-on-1 tournament. . . thingy (whatever they called it sweatdrop ) they held next.
Anywho. . . yea, I don't really fight yet, so I've got nothin'. whee
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Posted: Wed Jun 14, 2006 3:41 am
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Posted: Sat Jun 17, 2006 1:31 pm
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Not-So-Sweet Transvestite
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Posted: Sat Jun 17, 2006 11:54 pm
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Posted: Sat Jun 17, 2006 11:56 pm
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BladeDeSoul Hmmmmm.... I remember my first year I was scarred/nervous like all the time. Even at practice with the same dozen people I fight every week. But then I took a year off and did nothing but solo katas and pell work. Came back and now I'm not affraid, on top of it I score a lot more kills too, just keep surprising myself. Anyways, I find that after I arm up I leave my helmet off and kinda sit there on my knees, focusing on my breathing and slowly putting myself into the mindset that I have to fight. I just say over and over again. "Alright, this is what you're trained for....'' I just feel so mellow, sometimes I get little butterflies, but it usually works out in the end, I know all too well the whole rush/fear then sick to your stomach feeling. William The Bloody. I used to get really nervous before the start of each battle, but then at Estrella my helmet came off and I had the realization that I was literally in mortal peril. Since then I've been a lot calmer, because I know that if all my gear stays put I'll be fine.
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Not-So-Sweet Transvestite
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Posted: Tue Jun 20, 2006 7:51 pm
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squire to fools BladeDeSoul Hmmmmm.... I remember my first year I was scarred/nervous like all the time. Even at practice with the same dozen people I fight every week. But then I took a year off and did nothing but solo katas and pell work. Came back and now I'm not affraid, on top of it I score a lot more kills too, just keep surprising myself. Anyways, I find that after I arm up I leave my helmet off and kinda sit there on my knees, focusing on my breathing and slowly putting myself into the mindset that I have to fight. I just say over and over again. "Alright, this is what you're trained for....'' I just feel so mellow, sometimes I get little butterflies, but it usually works out in the end, I know all too well the whole rush/fear then sick to your stomach feeling. William The Bloody. I used to get really nervous before the start of each battle, but then at Estrella my helmet came off and I had the realization that I was literally in mortal peril. Since then I've been a lot calmer, because I know that if all my gear stays put I'll be fine.
Ohhhhhhhh man that reminds of me a while back. I was fighting at March Hare here in Caid and I fought a pick up with Duke Dirk. He was very very gentle with me but still managed to screw my helmet up. Got me right across the grill when I got legged. Anyways....Came off the feild and noticed everything was kinda 'off', the leather strap broke and my nasal was like 4 inches out of place to the left. Ahhhh. the newbie days.
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Posted: Wed Jul 05, 2006 6:56 pm
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squire to fools My Pre-Battle Ritual: -alarm goes off. -I b***h and moan about getting up this early. -I more or less wander out of my tent (and sometime shower to get awake) -people shove food at me, knowing I won't remember to make time to eat by myself -armor up -b***h about whatever's wrong with my armor this week -b***h about how far away it is to the field -get to the field -grin like a kid at jul until a lay-on is called I ******** love this game. My Post-Battle Ritual: -shower -sex -food [the above can be put into any order]
For the girl's sake I would hope that shower would come before sex. Fighter-smell is icky!
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Posted: Wed Jul 05, 2006 7:00 pm
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Kiddo the fox-phoenix squire to fools My Pre-Battle Ritual: -alarm goes off. -I b***h and moan about getting up this early. -I more or less wander out of my tent (and sometime shower to get awake) -people shove food at me, knowing I won't remember to make time to eat by myself -armor up -b***h about whatever's wrong with my armor this week -b***h about how far away it is to the field -get to the field -grin like a kid at jul until a lay-on is called I ******** love this game. My Post-Battle Ritual: -shower -sex -food [the above can be put into any order] For the girl's sake I would hope that shower would come before sex. Fighter-smell is icky!
I dont know I kinda like the smell. Granted I guess Im just odd that way... xd
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Posted: Thu Jul 06, 2006 11:48 pm
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north_of_nita Kiddo the fox-phoenix squire to fools My Post-Battle Ritual: -shower -sex -food [the above can be put into any order] For the girl's sake I would hope that shower would come before sex. Fighter-smell is icky! I dont know I kinda like the smell. Granted I guess I'm just odd that way... xd
Same here! heart whee
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Posted: Fri Jul 07, 2006 12:57 am
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While I've not been in a battle...yet (having rheumatoid arthritis kind of cramps that style...but mark my words, Calontir, I will be on the fields of battle), I suspect that my highly competitive self'll love it.
I played football (read: soccer) for a few years, and having performance experience (read: years of band competitions), I'm sure I can write down my past rituals and that they'd be the same.
Pre-battle/game/what have you rituals
-Wake up -Get caffeinated -Stretch -Meditate/clear mind/focus -Abbrieviated practice
By that time, the adrenaline's pumpin' like crazy. Can't think straight, etc. It's these times that make me swear that I have a boy's brain.
-FIGHT!
Post-battle/game/what have you rituals
-Meditate/clear mind/focus -Destress -Go party -Sleep
Yeah.
I'm pathetic, I know.
I'm working on bulking up, actually, which is taking less time than anticipated. I'm certainly not used to wearing armour (seriously, those games of football, American football, and ultimate Frisbee WITHOUT padding spoiled the crap out of me, I'm tellin' you), so it'll be a completely different experience when I've got fifty pounds of armour on. I'm one of those weird girls that don't cry unless I've got a broken bone or something...and since I've never had one, you figure it out.
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Posted: Tue Aug 08, 2006 11:16 pm
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Posted: Sun Aug 13, 2006 10:34 pm
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squire to fools My Pre-Battle Ritual: -alarm goes off. -I b***h and moan about getting up this early. -I more or less wander out of my tent (and sometime shower to get awake) -people shove food at me, knowing I won't remember to make time to eat by myself -armor up -b***h about whatever's wrong with my armor this week -b***h about how far away it is to the field -get to the field -grin like a kid at jul until a lay-on is called I ******** love this game. My Post-Battle Ritual: -shower -sex -food [the above can be put into any order] Ditto, but with the addition of an adrenaline spike in weird places of late. I spent 20 minutes with sympathetic water-bearers at Darkwell this year because I couldn't stop shaking and I didn't want to bother the chiurgeons since I knew what was going on and it wouldn't hurt me.
Well, that and the "sex" doesn't happen so much now that my war lover isn't so much mine these days, and my primary's a noncom light fighter... food group.
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Posted: Tue Aug 15, 2006 4:26 pm
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Posted: Mon Aug 21, 2006 5:30 am
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