Battle of the Nations - Live steel fighting

[merithyn]

Love the Russian soundtrack.

Thought that was absolutely perfect.

USA loses, 0-17. (I wish I knew what the scoring meant.)

[DontSayBanana]

USA loses, 0-17. (I wish I knew what the scoring meant.)

Looks like submissions or KOs.  17 US on the ground, 0 Russians.

[DontSayBanana]

Did any of you catch the guy dancing to the theme music there?  Very little that's funnier than a guy in full armor dancing.

[Syt]

It looks a lot like my battles in Mount & Blade.

[merithyn]

Damnit. Work got in the way and I missed this one. Good fight?

[DontSayBanana]

Damnit. Work got in the way and I missed this one. Good fight?

18-0, Belarus.

[merithyn]

Who's up next?

[Razgovory]

That is one fat knight.  A hog in armor.  Bertrand de Guesclin  reborn.

[The Larch]

So, the big countries on this are Russia, Ukraine, Belarus and Poland? I guess that vodka sales skyrocket in the host city.

[merithyn]

That is one fat knight.  A hog in armor.  Bertrand de Guesclin  reborn.

Heh. I mentioned that several of my friends are there fighting, didn't I? Two of them gained more than 50 pounds for this battle... and lost something like 10-15% body fat. Those are big boys, alright... but not fat.

[merithyn]

So, the big countries on this are Russia, Ukraine, Belarus and Poland? I guess that vodka sales skyrocket in the host city.

It started with them three years ago. It's grown every year, but they're still the Big Teams because they've had the most practice and time in armor.

[Syt]

So, the big countries on this are Russia, Ukraine, Belarus and Poland? I guess that vodka sales skyrocket in the host city.

Looking at the participating national teams on their website, there's a number other countries (Israel, Germany, Austria, Luxembourg, Australia etc.), but it seems they have smaller teams and therefore don't participate in the mass battles.

They'd be fighting tomorrow in th 5vs5 and in the duels.

[DontSayBanana]

Looking at the participating national teams on their website, there's a number other countries (Israel, Germany, Austria, Luxembourg, Australia etc.), but it seems they have smaller teams and therefore don't participate in the mass battles.

They'd be fighting tomorrow in th 5vs5 or the day after in the duels.

The team only has to have 8- big enough for 5v5, but not necessarily for mass battles.

[Razgovory]

That is one fat knight.  A hog in armor.  Bertrand de Guesclin  reborn.

Heh. I mentioned that several of my friends are there fighting, didn't I? Two of them gained more than 50 pounds for this battle... and lost something like 10-15% body fat. Those are big boys, alright... but not fat.

Body fat isn't necessarily bad in this sort of combat.  Historically warriors wanted a good layer of fat to protect the muscle. And the guy I was looking at, muscles just don't grow that far out of the belly.

[merithyn]

So, the big countries on this are Russia, Ukraine, Belarus and Poland? I guess that vodka sales skyrocket in the host city.

Looking at the participating national teams on their website, there's a number other countries (Israel, Germany, Austria, Luxembourg, Australia etc.), but it seems they have smaller teams and therefore don't participate in the mass battles.

They'd be fighting tomorrow in th 5vs5 and in the duels.

Yeah, but the teams that Larch mentions are the big competitors. The USA team is getting better, but we're not up to those standards yet.