Re: Cookies and Mercs

[Logan and/or Arielle <sirlogan@mail.clt.bellsouth.net>]

Poster: Logan and/or Arielle <sirlogan@mail.clt.bellsouth.net>

Julien de Montfort wrote:

> Poster: Julien de Montfort <julien@spiaggia.org>
>
> And probably well to duck for cover; I can see a barage of response on
> this one flyin' out the gate...
>
> But irregardless of Gryffri's opinion, I have heard it said that, as a
> Kingdom, Atlantia calibrates itself at a higher level than most others.
> That is to say, Atlantians swing harder and require a harder blow
> before it will be called good.  However, as this is internally
> consistent, I don't think you could call it 'Rhino-hiding' -- simply
> perhaps a measure of InterKingdom Anthropology.
>
> On the other hand, I wouldn't be really surprised to see that Meridies,
> Trimaris and other generally warmer-weather kingdoms would call the
> more northern Kingdoms as harder fighters in that sense.  Common sense
> would seem to suggest that in colder climes, armor tends to be much
> heavier and thicker and worn with layer(s) of undergarments, whereas in
> warmer climes, the armor would be likely to be lighter and more open
> and worn with fewer undergarments.
>
> Hence a blow that would be considered Good in Trimaris, when judged
> against the relatively lighter armor that is the probably norm down
> there, would be considred Light (or at least lighter) by a fighter from
> a more northward Kingdom.  Conversely, a northern fighter's blow that
> is Good might well be considered Heavy by a southern fighter.
>
> So there's my theoretical-yet-plausible explanation of some of why
> Gryffri might think Atlantians "Rhino-hide" more often.  I wonder if he
> sees the same problem when fighting against the East of other more
> northern Kingdoms?
>
> However, that doesn't address Gryffri's comments regarding the
> "unchivalrous" or otherwise brain-impaired status he seems to imply of
> Atlantian fighters.  I would be dearly interested to hear his basis for
> such an opinion.
>
> Julien
> ("I'm not a heavy fighter, but I play one on TV")
>

Your idea of the "warmer than us" climate of other Kingdoms is one that a
lot of people hold.  However, let us deal with some facts.  Of the fighters
from the two Kingdoms to the south of us that I have seen, fought, dealt
with, met, etc. I would have to say that they easily wear as much armor as
we do.  Further more, I wear less armor than 90% of the fighters that I run
across from other kingdoms (as was recently pointed out as an "unfair"
advantage) as do many other Atlantians.

The other topic of truth is that I have been hit as hard by both Trimarians
and Meridians as I have by Atlantians.  The two dents in my knee cops (ms?)
are both from Trimarian polearm fighters.  The truth of the entire matter is
that there are a few "key" players from 'down there' that are asses.  They
dislike a few "key" players from 'up here' and have created this false rift
between our kingdoms.

Truth be know, the highest majority of Trimarians and Meridians are just
like us.  They have a love for this game and could care less about the
political crap that gets spewed by a few in their kingdom (believe me there
are one or two hear as well!!).  My advice is that we all just play the game
to have fun and we keep those lines of communication open.

Regards,

Duke Logan


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