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| The Scots |
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4% |
[ 5 ] |
| The Celts |
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7% |
[ 8 ] |
| The Vikings |
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18% |
[ 19 ] |
| The Knights |
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37% |
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| The Samurai |
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0% |
[ 1 ] |
| The Chinese |
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1% |
[ 2 ] |
| The Romans |
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2% |
[ 3 ] |
| The Renaissance Men (or women) |
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7% |
[ 8 ] |
| Middle East / Far East |
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3% |
[ 4 ] |
| The Barbarians |
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2% |
[ 3 ] |
| South East Asia |
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0% |
[ 0 ] |
| Miscellaneous Whiners |
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11% |
[ 12 ] |
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Chuck Russell
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hmmm guess i'll have to go with viking. but what happens if your a few all mixed into one?
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Nate C.
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| Chuck Russell wrote: | | ... but what happens if your a few all mixed into one? ... |
A just question  .
I for one like Armor, Horses, lances, Guns, "overgrown knitting needles", plus anything complex hilted and/or hollow-ground. Thus, I say Renaissance Armored Cav.  ! Oh, and Russ, you once again forgot to mention that the Renaissance also saw the use of that SUV of sword-dom... the Zweihander.  Maybe they were invented to balance out the rapiers eh?
Cheers,
Nate C.
Sapere Aude
"If you are going to kill the man, at least give him a decent salute." - A. Blansitt
If they ever come up with a Swashbuckling School, I think one of the courses should be Laughing, then Jumping Off Something. --Jack Handy
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Matt G
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I'm stickin with Romans
Nothing like traveling the ancient world under arms and bringing "civilization" to the great unwashed. 
"Speak what you think today in words as hard as cannon-balls and tomorrow speak what tomorrow thinks in hard words again, though it contradict every thing you said today."
Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803 - 1882)
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B. Stark
Industry Professional
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Living in Western Washington, Lot's of rain Scot, Celt, Viking or Barbarian. Celt it is. Also we aren't so fond of leafies as you might think. La Tene' era longswords, thanks. Naked or not. And spears, throwable, stabable or both.
"Wyrd bi∂ ful aræd"
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Jean Thibodeau
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I voted miscellaneous whiner in part in the fond memory of trying to spell " Miscellaneous " years ago and trying to find it in the dictionary when I didn't know how to spell it in the first place: Doesn't seem difficult to find " NOW "! Maybe I was stupid
" THEN "
Well, not an easy word if one has a touch of dyslexia. 
The real reason is that I study real history and with the armour I have now I could have voted Knight: But my fantasy life is closer to fantasy, alternate history or Sci. Fi.
So I can learn and appreciate real history but when I apply it to my fantasy world I can mix and match arms and armour without the restrictions of reality. Oh, and I value keeping these two mind sets separate and not confuse the two.
I have to assume that most of us here have a " closet " fantasy life and that the true " serious " adults who don't at least fantasize a bit are probably lying to themselves or have lost the joy of being a little kid at heart. ( Even at 56 )
So, the official vote is miscellaneous whiner with a current strong Knightly interest but I used to be very interested in ancient history including the Romans and Dark ages. Oh, and modern weaponery is also a center of interest.
You can easily give up your freedom. You have to fight hard to get it back!
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Bill Grandy
myArmoury Team
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Jedi Master.
I can't decide between Knight and Renaissance man, and also I'll whine that there's no category for Renaissance longswords, so I guess that puts me in the whiner group. Which comes as absolutely no surprise, really. 
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-Inspired by History, Crafted by Hand
"For practice is better than artfulness. Your exercise can do well without artfulness, but artfulness is not much good without the exercise.” -anonymous 15th century fencing master, MS 3227a
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Kenton Spaulding
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I prolly should have chosen Celt, because running around naked would certainly be the cheapest kit to assemble, but since I live up here in the frozen tundra of Maine, and my only sword is a Gaddhjalt, I gotta vote Viking.
Kenton
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Chris Olsen
Location: Saint Paul Joined: 23 Mar 2006
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The Celts, we made gorilla tactics fun... ever wonder what went through a roman soldiers mind when he saw our women on the battle field? ok other than her spear/arrow/knife/etc...
and yes you little scots are the newbies, and you can hear a knight from miles away so the obvious choice is celt... so there
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Al Muckart
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Looking at the one sword I own, I have to go with Knight
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Al.
http://wherearetheelves.net
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Matt Phillips
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Viking all the way.
Matt
"Mine honour is my life; both grow in one; take honour from me and my life is done." William Shakespear
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Eric Bergeron
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I couldn't decide on a single category but I whine alot so I figure i'm in good company seeing come of the people in this category.
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Mike Capanelli
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| Posted: Mon 08 May, 2006 10:24 pm Post subject: ......................................... |
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Yep, I'm a knight. Got my wood carving of Saint George to provre it too.
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Taylor Ellis
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Wannabe knight, for the 8th year in a row...
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Douglas G.
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Russ!
In honor of my Lidkjoping/Rosneros grandparents I will claim Viking,
albeit with a strong whiff of Rus.
Doug Gentner
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Eric Allen
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I voted "knight," but I'd consider myself more of a "man-at-arms."
Sure, I've got a sword, but my armor is whatever I can scrape together, and though i do all the grunt work, I'm always letting some "gallant knight" get all the glory.
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Folkert van Wijk
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| Posted: Tue 09 May, 2006 12:55 am Post subject: Celt all the way |
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| B. Stark wrote: | | ...we aren't so fond of leafies as you might think. La Tene' era longswords, thanks. Naked or not. And spears, throwable, stabable or both. |
I can second that...
And yep cound me in as a Celt....
A good sword will only be sharp, in the hands of a wise man…
I am great fan of everything Celtic BC, including there weapons.
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Dan Dickinson
Industry Professional
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Call me a knight, a Norman knight. I'm a descendant of Charlemagne so I gotta go with the Knights....though I do have a fair bit of Celt and Scottish as well....oh well, gotta pick one!
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Lee O'Hagan
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| Posted: Tue 09 May, 2006 1:45 am Post subject: Miscellaneous Whiners |
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Falling into the collecting of this that and the other,Miscellaneous Whiners seems most appropriate this year
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Greyson Brown
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Have to go with Knight. I've only got a few swords that wouldn't be appropriate for a 14th century kit. Of course, I don't have the armour or the horse...
I've also got Swedish blood in me, so maybe I should have gone with Viking. And then there is that "closet fantasy life" that Jean mentioned...
-Grey
Do we need credentials to be in the whiners catagory? I'll bet I know some people who would write me a glowing (or glowering) letter of recomendation.
"So long as I can keep the path of honor I am well content."
-Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, The White Company
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David Martin
Location: Southeastern Pennsylvania Joined: 11 Apr 2005
Posts: 165
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Scot. I'd love to brag about my collection of basket hilts and claymores, but I'm too cheap to buy them. 
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