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Diablo 3 potentially has an ARG (alternate reality game) contained in it! Starting at Whimsyshire! by OminousLatinWordin Diablo

[–]Teleavenger 5 points6 points ago

I have started to read into the poems a bit more and view their similarities between places in game, but if we are going to have a large amount of people discussing this, it is absolutely paramount we get an IRC channel running as it is far easier to communicate using chat than it is using Reddit's comment system.

Earl Gamer (dont hit on me xD) by unladenswallowin gaming

[–]Teleavenger 0 points1 point ago

A repost of a repost from a /v/ thread. Oh /r/gaming we hardly knew ye.

OFFICIAL Hungercraft Sign-up for Match Two. by emarceyin Hungercraft

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IGN: Teleavenger

If you are in any way interested in historically accurate sword fighting (of the 14th century variety), you should attend a newbie meet up that my group is hosting! by Teleavengerin Seattle

[–]Teleavenger[S] 0 points1 point ago

Wow thanks for writing that much it is great to have someone this interested. Sorry I cannot write to the lengths that you can, I am considerably less knowledgable that you are. My impression of the posta de donna to fendente was that it was more focused on covering the line directly to the opponent and is more prodding than any thing else. Rather than a focused blow it sets up a foundation for a secondary strike. We do not exclusively use that stance and swing, we try to cover everything Fiore writes in his manual. That picture is not reflective of everything we do in the entire class. It sounds like you know your stuff and it would b awesome if you would come down and check us out. Now, the point about the armor of the opponent is easily explained in that these positions are supposed to be against an unarmed opponent, perhaps in a duel or in self defense. In the armored sections of the manual a swing like that would be exchanges in favor of two handing the sword and trying to stab in the gaps in the armor at the armpits, groin, etc. You are absolutely right about the lack of flashiness, almost all of our sparring (with plastic wasters) does not end in a movie like bisecting but instead I reduced to grappling with the opponent an trying to open the belly or the neck. Sometimes there is a good solid strike but it is almost always is not from a direct swing but moving the opponents sword off your line and then moving in. Also, I think you might be mistaken in how we swing a fendente from posta de Donna. It is not a hands high wide upward strike, as that will usually reward you with a sword in the belly from your opponent, but a quick hands low strike ending at where the neck meets the shoulder. If you came I could show you what I am talking about.

If you are in any way interested in historically accurate sword fighting (of the 14th century variety), you should attend a newbie meet up that my group is hosting! by Teleavengerin Seattle

[–]Teleavenger[S] 0 points1 point ago

I would highly suggest that you read Fiore dei Liberi's Flower of Battle (written from 1400-1410) as it is the manuscript that we train from. Just looking at one of your points, that traditionally you would not put the sword over the shoulder and swing from that position, that position and swing comes directly from the Flower of Battle, the Posta de Donna (woman's stance) and the Fendente (slash). Everything we do derives from Fiore's teachings, which, because they were written in that time period, for that time period, would be considered historically accurate.

If you are in any way interested in historically accurate sword fighting (of the 14th century variety), you should attend a newbie meet up that my group is hosting! by Teleavengerin Seattle

[–]Teleavenger[S] 2 points3 points ago

We are a group who meets at SANCA circus school to practice 14th century longsword and dagger fighting. We focus on Fiore dei Liberi, an italian man who wrote a manual on how to fight with a longsword, dagger, and various other weapons against armored and unarmored opponents. This specific get together is so people who are interested can learn the basics and have some questions answered. If you enjoy the newbie seminar, you can come back for the more core classes.

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