Having done some SCA heavy, those open inner thighs make me twitch (armpits too, but less could be done about that). One thing SCA has figured out that the sports industry seems to have failed to is how helms work. It turns out the best way to extend the reduce the impact of hits to the head is NOT cushioning or crumpling to extend impulse but rather just having a lot of mass to move. I've been smashed over the head…
New body armour promises to transform fighting sports
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#22Having done some SCA heavy, those open inner thighs make me twitch (armpits too, but less could be done about that). One thing SCA has figured out that the sports industry seems to have failed to is how helms work. It turns out the best way to extend the reduce the impact of hits to the head is NOT cushioning or crumpling to extend impulse but rather just having a lot of mass to move. I've been smashed over the head…
SCA ? It is not in the article and it is hard to google.
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#23I like the idea of using real-time cgi to render shiny suits of armour and the consequence of "hits". As grim as watching decapitation might be, I expect the ratings would be huge.
I don't recommend watching it. Someone I know posted an ISIS (or similar) video on Facebook, which popped up into my feed while I was doing something on the other monitor, and it auto-played. By the time I realized that it wasn't fake (it wasn't a clean, axe-lop decapitation, but rather done via sawing away with what appeared to be a camp knife) and it literally froze me, then left me quite out of myself.
I consider myself fairly stoic, and entirely un-squeamish, but that bothered me in a way that I didn't realize anything could. For your own sanity, I recommend avoiding it where possible.
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#25I like the idea of using real-time cgi to render shiny suits of armour and the consequence of "hits". As grim as watching decapitation might be, I expect the ratings would be huge.
> As grim as watching decapitation might be, I expect the ratings would be huge. I don't recommend watching it. Someone I know posted an ISIS (or similar) video on Facebook, which popped up into my feed while I was doing something on the other monitor, and it auto-played. By the time I realized that it wasn't fake (it wasn't a clean, axe-lop decapitation, but rather done via sawing away with what appeared to be a cam…
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#26http://i.imgur.com/1mJPxyK.png
This is after I dismissed the “click this to add this to your reading list” popover.
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#27The designers and advertisers have gone full mental on this site: http://i.imgur.com/1mJPxyK.png This is after I dismissed the “click this to add this to your reading list” popover.
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#28Earlier quoted context omitted.
SCA ? It is not in the article and it is hard to google.
Society for Creative Anachronism, www.sca.org
Re: New body armour promises to transform fighting sports
#29Having done some SCA heavy, those open inner thighs make me twitch (armpits too, but less could be done about that). One thing SCA has figured out that the sports industry seems to have failed to is how helms work. It turns out the best way to extend the reduce the impact of hits to the head is NOT cushioning or crumpling to extend impulse but rather just having a lot of mass to move. I've been smashed over the head…
Holy shit, these guys don't fuck around https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_RiQR60-5gs