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Tue, Jun 14 2011 5:30 PM (29 replies)
  • mnshiner
    1,382 Posts
    Mon, Jun 13 2011 9:28 AM

    I just had the pleasure of playing an A/S game with LizzieR and what a great game it was. Fun the whole time. So if you ever get a chance you will absolutely enjoy it.

    And Folks she has given up her pride and joy and is using the Ghost.

  • LizzieRossetti
    1,545 Posts
    Mon, Jun 13 2011 10:09 AM

    I was haunted by the ghost and there was no precious love, so I handed it back after the rental period expired but what I am using is the Rossa, or the Redwood, or maybe its both I can never remember. I look upon this as a signal failure in the administration of the game in that there does not appear to be any person or persons assigned to me whose job it is to whisper important information in my ear during gameplay, or even at other times so that I do not appear completely uninformed. I know there will be someone out there who will inevitably make up some dubious story about how I could just look in my own bag once in a while, but naturally that fails to take into account my inherant inability to recall at will such weighty information, and confusing information at that.

    It has come to my attention recently that new players are no longer being issued with the Beginner putter, which although this is a great shame, it nevertheless is a cloud bearing a silver lining for those of us who still posess one. Allow me to shed some light. Imagine if you will, Damocles and his trusty sword. It is my understanding that the sword par se, as a weapon of defence and or attack, has somewhat lost its appeal among those who choose to pursue such activities as might at some point require a sword for the fulfilment thereof.

    Now here is my point, and I fancy it to be entirely salient, if not genius both in intent and implementation. Imagine again Damocles, and that sword of his. You know, the type of weapon no longer much fancied by knights, errant or not. Put Damocles to one side for just a moment and picture yourself holding his sword, not just any sword, but HIS sword. Now I may not be all that historical, I may not even be histrionic, although I suspect I do have such traits somewhere in my bloodline, but it would be my guess that to own the actual sword of Damocles would be a dream, and an expensive dream, for quite a few people. This is where my plan begins to bear the fruit of the Gods, for to be in any position to own such artefact, one must perforce be in the "know" about such things, and where else does the world at large get its' collective "know" ? Well I will tell you. Ebay. Thats where. I just know that some of you will already be thinking "She is just SO right by golly!" but let me tell you, you are already too late because during one of my periods of sharp clarity this very day I placed my very own putter, my Beginners no less, on Ebay.

    I could not actually find Damocles' sword there so I think someone already won that particular auction but I think my point is made, much like my own personal fortune will be enhanced if not thoroughly "made" by my swift actions in being the first to make good on the demise of the Beginner. Of course poor Damocles will be nowhere near as famous here as some of the legends so it is with pride that I putt this idea forth in the hope that some of the more  celebrated players will be able to profit from it. My cut is a mere 18%, just saying.

    And yes MnShiner, it was a fun game, I hope the Deer was not too traumatised, because that makes their flesh somewhat stringy at table.

     

    Lizzie xx

  • LizzieRossetti
    1,545 Posts
    Mon, Jun 13 2011 10:15 AM

    PS.

    Try to keep Yankee Jim uninformed of this particular development chaps, or yours truly will have to eat her hat. Omerta gottit?

  • LizzieRossetti
    1,545 Posts
    Mon, Jun 13 2011 10:55 AM

    I just have remembered!

    Here there is a handy piece of knowledge for anyone wishing to take up swordery with relish, and the possible intent of sacking someone elses estate, which by the way includes lordly rights such as the pick of the village girls.

    My advice is thus.

    When you plan your assault, ensure that you have in your vanguard and preferably at the very point, some left handed swordsmen. The reason for this is based on logic and will go some way to negating the logic of castle builders of old. For you see, when the turrets were built, they had spiral staircases and there was a reason that they all spiralled the same way, anti clockwise as you descend. This meant that a defender coming down the spiral, would have his right hand (His sword hand) free and unimpeded by the inner wall of the spiral, whereas the attacker would be necessarily encumbered at his right hand by the very same inner wall, and would not therefore, be very able to draw swords, and even if that were possible, it would not be especially effective since he would not be able to manoeuvre sufficient to defend the blows and strikes from the defender above him. Clever these medievals hey?

    I'm not that bothered about a cut from any of you willing to sack a local adjacent estate, although a DVD of proceedings would be quite nice.

     

    Lizzie xx

  • theMuttsnutts
    45 Posts
    Mon, Jun 13 2011 11:04 AM

    LizzieRossetti:

    I just have remembered!

    Here there is a handy piece of knowledge for anyone wishing to take up swordery with relish, and the possible intent of sacking someone elses estate, which by the way includes lordly rights such as the pick of the village girls.

    My advice is thus.

    When you plan your assault, ensure that you have in your vanguard and preferably at the very point, some left handed swordsmen. The reason for this is based on logic and will go some way to negating the logic of castle builders of old. For you see, when the turrets were built, they had spiral staircases and there was a reason that they all spiralled the same way, anti clockwise as you descend. This meant that a defender coming down the spiral, would have his right hand (His sword hand) free and unimpeded by the inner wall of the spiral, whereas the attacker would be necessarily encumbered at his right hand by the very same inner wall, and would not therefore, be very able to draw swords, and even if that were possible, it would not be especially effective since he would not be able to manoeuvre sufficient to defend the blows and strikes from the defender above him. Clever these medievals hey?

    I'm not that bothered about a cut from any of you willing to sack a local adjacent estate, although a DVD of proceedings would be quite nice.

     

    Lizzie xx

    Your not possibly Steven Fry in disguise are you Lizzie?... hehe

  • SgtDoodles
    3,112 Posts
    Mon, Jun 13 2011 11:06 AM

    theMuttsnutts:

    LizzieRossetti:

    I just have remembered!

    Here there is a handy piece of knowledge for anyone wishing to take up swordery with relish, and the possible intent of sacking someone elses estate, which by the way includes lordly rights such as the pick of the village girls.

    My advice is thus.

    When you plan your assault, ensure that you have in your vanguard and preferably at the very point, some left handed swordsmen. The reason for this is based on logic and will go some way to negating the logic of castle builders of old. For you see, when the turrets were built, they had spiral staircases and there was a reason that they all spiralled the same way, anti clockwise as you descend. This meant that a defender coming down the spiral, would have his right hand (His sword hand) free and unimpeded by the inner wall of the spiral, whereas the attacker would be necessarily encumbered at his right hand by the very same inner wall, and would not therefore, be very able to draw swords, and even if that were possible, it would not be especially effective since he would not be able to manoeuvre sufficient to defend the blows and strikes from the defender above him. Clever these medievals hey?

    I'm not that bothered about a cut from any of you willing to sack a local adjacent estate, although a DVD of proceedings would be quite nice.

     

    Lizzie xx

    Your not possibly Steven Fry in disguise are you Lizzie?... hehe

    Nah... Lizzie's WAY smarter than Stephen Fry!

  • theMuttsnutts
    45 Posts
    Mon, Jun 13 2011 11:38 AM

    Touché...

  • Jerm65
    1,413 Posts
    Mon, Jun 13 2011 12:45 PM

    LizzieRossetti:
    when the turrets were built, they had spiral staircases and there was a reason that they all spiralled the same way, anti clockwise as you descend. This meant that a defender coming down the spiral, would have his right hand (His sword hand) free

    Once again Lizzie, you're bang on. 

    And yes, when it came to devising new and interesting ways of hacking each other to bits...those medievals certainly were a clever bunch of lads.

    However, if my foggy memory isn't totally pea-soup today, I think there was one of the Border Clans who built their peel towers with staircases that spiralled in the opposite direction (clockwise), since they were predominantly left-handed.

    I may have to consult my voluminous reference tome this evening to confirm which clan that was.  Not that anyone really gives a shite of course, but more to satisfy myself that I haven't completely lost my mind (which is always a distinct possibility on a Monday....).

  • LizzieRossetti
    1,545 Posts
    Mon, Jun 13 2011 2:02 PM

    'Twere the Kerrs Jerm.

    Love the succinct and distinctly to the point of your Touch'e Mutts.

     

    Lizzie xx

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