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[devianttide]

Tournament rules and system are going through drastic changes! I'll keep everyone posted about what's happening within the week!

[SiguusaEcho]

Tournament rules and system are going through drastic changes! I'll keep everyone posted about what's happening within the week!

Can't wait to see the new rules! Sad that I missed the first practice/trial =(

[KagamineLen]

Tournament rules and system are going through drastic changes! I'll keep everyone posted about what's happening within the week!

Can't wait to see the new rules! Sad that I missed the first practice/trial =(

I practiced at my airsoft teams' training ground and great news it was Alpha and Bravo training time and LOL I asked them as 2nd Lieutenant to help me train for this event and they did.

The take down.

I made myself a sturdy foam sword and used my mitts.
Combat round #1 (the part we all laughed cause I forgot to mention no "guns")

Alpha flanking to my right to corner me Bravo team attack me head on
I got knocked down about 10 times (they spammed to many airsoft filled nades xD)

Combat round #2 (Sword and fist fight)
Alpha and Bravo came attacking in waves of 2 man squad
I got hit once in the stomach and twice in the head.

In return I counted I punched at least 10 members in the guts. >.<

Final combat round

Evasive tactics, succeed. I used their own weapons against them and used their body as shields.

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I am so ready for this!
xD

[devianttide]

The first post has been updated. If any of you are disappointed with the direction of this event now I can explain.

Kira and I decided to merge our meetup with another meetup which was happening on the same day. We had many new people interested in trying out some duels with foam swords and were overjoyed by it. Unfortunately, we underestimated how much of a hype people could get into and someone took a hard hit to the face. There were some unexpected difficulties we experienced with the foam swords which would easily dissolve our previous rules due to their excessive flexibility. Therefore, with some discussion with some of the attendees this is the result.

I do apologize to those who were excited about how we previously planned the event but I do hope to be able to bring that back in the future. I will keep you all posted about changes as we continue to have meetups.

[xwhisper]

Hope that person is okay >: I'm glad it was caught before the con though? And I'm still excited for this, though I'll need some practice to remember striking, piercing and slashing XD Let's hope I have a better reaction time then :'D

[KiraSrm]

We're holding another meet up! on the 25 Time is still TBA but if you are interested go to this page http://www.facebook.com/events/455813204445287/
we'll most likely be at the part in front of the Burnaby central library park , leave a comment on the page if there's anything you want to know or a preferred time.
Come on out and enjoy a nice sunny day

[TaJaDor]

Just throwing it out there and not sure if already said.. Maybe each contestant can have their own entrance theme music, even if it's just a 10 second snip-it?

[KiraSrm]

Just throwing it out there and not sure if already said.. Maybe each contestant can have their own entrance theme
music, even if it's just a 10 second snip-it?

This is def a good idea, would need a lot of prep and would need a roster of people coming in advance, perhaps we can do it so that people who register with us before this panel is held we could try to give them a intro song or else u get something random for our " collection" of music