Just in case anyone out there is still interested in reading these... I'm still running around with swords in my spare time. I wrote this up last week for some friends so the timing is a little off. I'm back at work now and am almost through with my first week of students. Block scheduling is new and fun.
Pennsic XXXIV has come and gone, and though I am sad to see it go I am even less pleased about the prospect of having to wake up at an ungodly hour tomorrow. However, I have the bruises and sore muscles to remember my vacation by.
Highlights of the War include:
Making it to the semi-finals in a tournament of 80 people and having my friend and student Dominyk win the tournament, defeating the woman who knocked me out. My final record was 11-2.
Immediately thereafter, my 5-man team made it to the top 8 of the Five Man Melee tournament, undefeated in our pod. We got knocked out by a team of fellow Atlantians when a long day and lack of food and rest resulted in some miscommunication. During one round I saw Dominyk about to be DFBed; I shouted a warning and ran at him. He bent at the waist to duck, and I parried both blades of the bad guy and stuck him twice over Dominyk's back at a full sprint. It was sweet.
Breaking through the East Kingdom line for the Field Battle war point and butchering people with both blades as I ran to take out their commander. In a later battle, I dropped four myself despite being the one carrying our company banner.
Lasting 30 minutes into the Woods Battle war point without being hit despite being in constant engagement. I only had to resurrect twice, and only after the Middle Kingdom's queen requested that we stop using Death From Behind on the hapless and hopelessly outnumbered EK army.
Lots of other stuff happened, of course, but that's about all I can remember at the moment, and time and energy are short.
There is a saying "So goes Atlantia, so goes the War". Sir Timoch told me that someone once asked him what happens when we lose, and he replied "I don't know; I've only been doing this 20 years."
