@@renascitur7051 Given the discrepancies Hollywood has when it comes to emulating Medieval scenes, these guys may have gotten more things right than the industry more times than not...
One of the problems that happens when movies recruit reenactors to portray soldiers in movies is the average age, like in reality most soldiers were very young men, kings and generals in history, for example say Takeda Shingen stormed and took a castle when he was 15 years old, in the middle ages the average life expectancy was the same as the average age of reenactors, so when you see american civil war movies and they use reenactors who are all in the 40's 50's and 60's it kind of takes away the point that most of the men dying were barely men, and many were actually just boys. Hell I think you could join the royal navy at 8 at one point in history, as an officer if your family had enough money
This looks like an entire city! It's even crazier when you think that in ancient times, countries fielded armies up to and over 100k sometimes. Can you imagine the size of these camps, and the insane logistics it would have required? They would sometimes march halfway across the known world! It's mind-boggling just to think about.
first of all, almost no countries fielded up 100k or near to that in medieval times. The biggest battles in medieval times had up to 10k each army. And even with 10k armies in the field they would not march halfway across the world trust me.
@@the.pandamonium I remember reading a long time about that the sizes of ancient armies were exaggerated by the people telling the stories. One example i remember was Xerxes having a 1,000,000+ army when he tried to invade Greece, but he most likely had less than 100,000.
@@lolez541 Yeah, it's hard to believe that there was a million strong army in those times, but it's well documented that for example Alexander the Great had around 100.000 soldiers with him after the battle of gaugamela, and another example would be the battle of Cannae where the Romans fielded an 80 thousand man strong army, and this wasn't even Rome at its peak. Another note to take is in the examples I mentioned these are armies assembled for actual battle, while Rome for example had a total army size of about 500.000 men during its peak. The medieval times, at least in europe, didn't see these army sizes primarily because of the change in the system of governance with small feudal lords as opposed to big centralized empires like Rome and ancient macedonia
@@the.pandamonium for example, one of the biggest medieval battles between the main factions at medieval times was batalha de aljubarrota, were around 38k man were deployed. 31k for spain and 7k for portugal
You really can't get a true sense of the epic-ness of the field battles from watching a video. The biggest Pennsic I ever attended--in the late 1990s when we had over 14,000 total campers (and over 3,000 fighters on the field at once!) was mind-blowing. You could literally feel the ground shake, and you could feel the concussion wave in the air when the two sides first clashed. It was unlike anything I've ever experienced. I've been in the SCA since 1987. I do fencing, printmaking, papermaking, bookbinding, and I teach all those arts. I've been to over 25 Pennsics, and it is my annual vacation every year I can go. I've only missed about half a dozen over the years, and plan to go back next year, if this whole COVID thing clears up and allows for it.
Amazing! It is so cool that you have been around to experience so many events. What is your favorite part about Pennsic? On another note, you should check out our latest episode about Armored Combat Sports! ua-cam.com/video/7iU61zuJ4SY/v-deo.html
Thank you guys, I am really happy with the way you presented the SCA. Being born and raised as a part of it I've never had an easy time trying to explain exactly what it is I do on weekends and this just shows so many of my favorite things about it. Wassail!
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Its not too expensive. The priciest part of my armor set was my stainless steel helm (~$150). The rest adds to about the same, and all thats left is to piece it together with leather straps and duct tape!
Hahaha, some camps in the 'party district' of the event are so immersive, that you can KNOW you're at the event and *still* be drunk as hell thinking to yourself "wtf did I travel back in time?" xD
participating : not that bad, the armor IS real {some ugly} and you spend a lot of time training. Heat stroke. Now that's the biggest danger. I think it happened in past for real. knight dying of a broken heart? i think it was heat stroke. and over doing it. Maybe a few times got a bit excited. That's why there are marshals to intervene. {in a tournament, a new fighter decided to ignore blows. I broke his shield, his helm and cracked his collarbone {and bruised him up and down his body] duke Andrew made him quit.
@@williambrown1095 That's quite terrifying One is just having fun and coulf basically die mid battle because of a Heat Stroke or just Over doing the fight.
I qualified against Sir Duke Caridac with weapon/shield in 1980. That man was so fast with his Florentine style that he hit me at least 15 times before I hit the ground.
After reading the comments I would like to clarify a few things. First, there are over 10, 000 that show up at Pennsic. I would say around 1,000-2,000 actually do heavy weapons fighting. To even be on the battle field you have to have an authorization card which proves you know how to protect yourself and take a hit. Also all of the armor has to be inspected and signed off on before you can fight. I have been going since Pennsic 32. The weapons are all made of rattan and covered in duct tape to make them look like steel. When you do get hit good it hurts like a SOB. Broken bones do happen at times. I loved the documentary. Keep up the good work. Hope to see you all in 2022 if it isn't cancelled for a third year. Slainte!
Thanks for the info! Are you familiar with ACS? Our latest doc looks at another medieval battle group. This one is pretty sweet! ua-cam.com/video/7iU61zuJ4SY/v-deo.html
I fought in Pennsic 25 (God I'm getting old!) We were 3000 fighters on the field, out of 10 000 participants. Well, check-in stopped counting at 10 000 because there were not supposed to be more than that in a tent encampment. Someting about, if it was bigger than that it would count as a town and need its own emergency services.
And the virus hits! Dang. now i'll be 70 at 49 {delayed from this year and I'll have to still be fighting at 71 to make it a good time to retire. [ok, I'll do combat archery and light weapons. just not the same as heavy weapons}
William Brown Oh wow! That’s amazing! I’ve tried to do target practice in Archery. Yeah, I was really disappointed when it was canceled from the virus 😔
* My mom looking out the window * Mom : Son, Look at those baffoons Me : * swings my plastic sword around * Mom : Who am I kidding, I gave birth to a Baffoon too.
In the late 50's, watching "robin Hood" and "the Vikings" I wanted to take my home made wooden sword and do battle. Now I've spent nearly 50 years bashing my friends. {rattan, not plastic. Twice, knowing how to fight meant me vs street gangs meant I beat them. }
@@cn.st.182 Hi! yep, I lived in Chicago after college and the gangs were on my street. Most of the time being able to do unto others better than they could do unto me meant I didn't have to fight. The fighting you see is a martial art, just not Asian. Chicago means actual Chicago, not the suburbs. living in a good neighborhood was rare in 70's. {if you haven't lived in a real city, try talking to people that have. same type of story again and again.}
I'm crying, I love this so much. The emotional moments are real, although the setting is just as much make believe (as the daily real world is), giving it even more legitimacy to me to build a _happy_ and _wondrous_ world. Also, the British historian man toward the end seems very intelligent and meek. Perfect person to listen to and have you explain things
Hey, long as their retainers were kit up in legal gear and weapons, we certainly wouldn't argue against it. and there are kingdoms in england and italy so it could be possible, though highly unlikely. And of course played by the rules
My family had been going to pennsic since before I was even born. I got kinda bored of it by the time I turned 18 and stopped going but Definitly excited to come back for #50 :) I’ve heard surprisingly good things about the party’s there lmao
American history is shit. All anyone knows about is the american civil war and their role in ww1 and ww2 which were both mainly in europe. Sorry but you will have to wait at least another 500 years to be able to have enough for people to roleplay about on.
An accurate and great depiction of Pennsic! I always felt like my words could never do the event justice when describing it to my friends, so thank you! Very excited for Armistice and Pennsic 49 :)
I'm not so sure I fully get it, and yet, I cant help but feel like this must be a lot of fun. Good on the Pennsic people. They're creating something that seems to be actually ver positive and community oriented, and I respect that a lot, even if its not my particular cup of tea.
I've been to Pennsic once, in college. It's an experience I will treasure forever. I'm hoping to get my family into my local SCA after COVID is less of a problem!
Last year troll number was 10,486. The highest total number was at Pennsic 29 and was 12,001. There has never been 16,00 at Pennsic. www.pennsicwar.net/History
@@murdoc4312 {Don't tell anyone. I was there at P#2 and have watched it grow. i know when it hit 10,000. Took up WAY less space, and way smaller crowds. I think the trick is by only counting "gentles on site "} way too many can only get one week off and many can't take second week because kids have to be ready for school year. One year I only got 2 days at Pennsic because my car broke down just as was leaving .oh, well.}{that 10,000 law? It is real. Pennsylvania wrote that long ago to keep out musical festivals along with riff-raff like me}
@@OfftheCuff_Series I wish! I haven't had time for the SCA since college, and I can't afford to go as an outsider. At the same time, that's probably one of the things that makes it so special - it's all about the participants rather than being all about tourists. But you can see the medieval tents carpeting the ground out there if you drive by on the Interstate. The rest of the year, that area is pretty much just a huge, empty field.
Very sadly, my friend John Leland (5:55), Baron Sir Jehan de la Marche, passed away on the 15th of May 2024. He was an SCA mainstay and founded the Barony of Middle Marches in Ohio in 1970. He participated in the first Pennsic War and attended every war but one from the event's founding until his passing. His charming personality, erudition, humility, and creative involvement in the Pennsic War will leave a big hole in the event with his passing, and I hope that he will receive a worthy and fitting tribute at this year's war, as befits an honourable knight of such standing. He was the very epitome of the scholarly gentleman and will be greatly missed. Farewell, John 🍻
Oh, there once was a hero named Ragnar the Red Who came riding to Whiterun from ole Rorikstead And the braggart did swagger and brandish his blade As he told of bold battles and gold he had made But then he went quiet, did Ragnar the Red When he met the shieldmaiden Matilda who said Oh, you talk and you lie and you drink all our mead Now I think it's high time that you lie down and bleed And so then came clashing and slashing of steel As the brave lass Matilda charged in full of zeal And the braggart named Ragnar was boastful no more When his ugly red head rolled around on the floor And the braggart named Ragnar was boastful no more When his ugly red head rolled around on the floor.
@@OfftheCuff_Series Unfortunately not as I'm from New Zealand, However we have our own groups and events that are very similar, other than the 10,000 person scale 😄
I've dreamed of being in the SCA for years, I think my shyness and money are all that are holding me back.. I need someone in Washington to hold my hand! lol
I've taken a daneaxe to the face and came off happy. Bleeding but so much more rewarding than hitting people with crappy foam looking crap. Also stick to 1 period or none at all. Because you have medieval 15th cen with 11th and 1st cen Romans. It looks cancerous and to us hard line reenactors in Europe we think it's a joke.
As someone who attends Estrella War in Arizona i can say this is true, I have heard the stories from groups that come down to fight like from Black Talon who you can see at 0:10. Also War Dogs Represent.
I did ren fairs since the age of 7, and at this point we do almost all SCA. The biggest difference I've seen is that at ren fairs if you want something they sell it to you, in the SCA they give you references, and often help you make it. Otherwise it's pretty similar minus the fairy's and stuff, so I'd definitely recommend it if you enjoy them.
I keep forgetting how much "Surprise, its Confed!" Is in the documentary (Blue and gold people with the mountain lion). It warms the blood in my sword arm to see. Honor not Honors!
Am i the only one thinking of how cool it would be to bring a roman legion (downscaled ofc) into battle. Like fully disciplined, doing a turtle formation or something?
There are some Native, Latin American, and Indegenous persons, as well as African, and they are all welcome to play! The guy I know who does Aztec wears a Jaguar print and a Spanish style helm, and a Native (I believe he is also Choctaw but I could be completely wrong) who has hidden armor and a headdress that covers his helm style.
@@ebaduddin5788 dunno bout you, but i am a Northman and i approve This message. These fellers in the video need a few vikings over, il be happy to participate
How have I lived here for years and never heard of this before. I wonder if this is part of the medieval arts festival? I’m so in when this COVID thing gets figured out.
Pennsic is its own, totally separate event. It is intended as a camping event, where you come to stay for most/all the time, during the event. As such, the smallest entry pass you can get covers you for a week of entry... for somewhere over $100. You have to wear some sort of vaguely Medieval clothing, but if you talk to local Scadians beforehand (we're very active on FB!), we can help you get set up for it. If you need a tent, we can help you with that, too. We love newcomers, 99% of the time. If you'd like any help getting started, genuinely; please let me know. I'll gladly help you get in touch with your nearest group.
Europe has higher standards when it comes to historical re-enactments. People spend a lot of money on the costume and make sure it is as historically accurate as possible. Monoting the footbol masks to medival helmet with silver tape would make cring everyone who has dealt with European reenactors.
They have fun and it's popular in the States. No need to act high and mighty just because our European Larp has a higher costume/prop standard. ;) As long as they have fun, it doesn't really matter.
@@Kiterou But it's not just about having fun and prop standard. Such events in Europe also have a large educational element, they support a lot of craftsmen who produce things from the era in a traditional way, help save monuments, etc. From what I can see, these American events are just running and smashing eachother with a rubber bat, and its kinda kringe...
@@marsjanskimaszynista4626 But it's not about education for them. It's not reenactment. It's mostly Larp, and it's done for fun. Do you think the Drachenfest or Mythodea are done for historical education? They're not. Nor are most small cons throughout Europe. There's nothing cringe about it. It'd be a different thing if education was their goal, but nothing in this video suggests it is. This is a pseudo-medieval Larp festival and it does what it says. If you're searching for things that help preserve history and focus on education and preservation, you shouldn't go on videos documenting Larps just to shame them.
Haha weird! I guess its a more pronounced version of people dressing in 80's garb and throwing parties.. or having 'big hair' festivals with early rock n' roll. Just a few more years difference 😉 I've never thought about it like that. Thanks!
Actually, they were doing things just like that themselves! Edward I- and III- of England rerally liked to hold tournaments where he played the role of King Arthur, and the other members of hours court played the knights of the Round Table. 14thc dudes re-enacting 5th c stuff! And they weren't the only ones!
Yeah dude it's growing every year, for example of Texas Renaissance Festival is ridiculously big now. In 2019 we had 75,000 people that showed up one weekend breaking the record. Also worth noting what made ancient history & Medieval history a little more popular was the total war games. I remember growing up nobody knew what the heck the Holy Roman Empire was until medieval 2 total war came out.
@@landsknecht8654 that’s really good to hear 👍🏻 After all they are all your ancestors just as much as they are mine. Have you ever had the chance to visit Europe? I live in Sheffield and it borders the Peak District National Park. It’s got nothing on your Nation Parks in size. But what it does have is a lot of history. You can still see the foundations of hill forts built by the Brigantes some 2500 years ago or pevril castle built by the normans some 1000 years ago. It’s a amazing place to visit. If your really into your medieval history I’d say check out a page called Kings & Generals on UA-cam. Have a nice day and god bless.
@@landsknecht8654 That’s crazy that no one new about the Holy Roman Empire. To be honest tho here in the uk most young generations now probably don’t know about it either. Our schooling system doesn’t even teach kids about the English civil war.
@@Indigenous-English-Man Back in the early 1990's in the USA, English Civil Wars were require learning. Since England was took over a few times by Anglo Saxon and other German tribes, along with USA being settled by them, it looks like we are getting closer to have another " English " style civil war. Anti religious big government that is anti weapon ownership vs religious gun ownership and small government. Both sides scare me cause I can seen the history trend.
My Dads side goes back to the cousin of King James VI of Scotland/ I of England and on through Robert the Bruce to Charlemange and on. We were looking at a book and I told my 10 year old daughter that there were knights in our family. She looked at me and said, " I want to be a knight ! " I told her she couldn't for she was a girl. " Yes I can ! " she said and went to get another book." See, she said, " the Amazon women were knights, so I can be one ! " the little stinker also said, " You know Dad, cowboy boots are high heels for men." "WHAT ? " was my reaction. YEAH, she said with glee and went to get on of my books and shown me a 14th century painting of a King wearing high heeled shoes. So now so now I wear high heels. 😛
don't sweat! SCA is a learning thing and lots of gamers are there {me/ would I do a thing like that. Let me roll a saving throw} And hollywood is way wrong but it's a start. you'll be with us crabbing about armor, costume, and swords in no time.
@@absolutelyshmooie7086 very true! but SCA does predate DND, and trying to discover the difference between real sword and shield fighting and Hollywood was one of the keys. Poul Anderson {One of the great fantasy writers and almost the founder of SCA] and some friends decided to have a fake Medieval tournament and feast as a birthday party for a lady who was an medieval French scholar. It was fun and they decided to do it again. There you go!
Much of it is substantially better than Hollywood. And sadly, when film/tv producers have sought out SCAdians, their advice has been pretty well ignored. so you end up with stuff like 'Vikings'. They use the names of real people, but the rest is fantasy.
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WHICH KINGDOM IS BEST? 👀
I dont know, How do you win in this mess?
Your mom
The winning Kingdom
mid realm of course, dragons will hold the field
Kingdom of Jerusalem
I can see the real fights happening when one yells out "i killed you" then other guy yells back "bullsh*t I still have 1 arm left"
" 'Tis but a scratch sir"
"A SCRATCH!? YOUR ARMS OFF!"
It's only a flesh wound
😂😂😂😂😂
We will call it a draw then
Imagine driving by and being like “wtf”
You stop the car and grab your comiccon sword and join the battle
😂
I've been in that position before. Knew nothing about it before hand.
And actually win the MVP
So the side u accidentally joined start worshipping u as God
Don't forget your head neck chest hands knees and leg armor, they do things right!
Ill grab my chainsaw
Anno Domini 2020: the medieval festival has become so realistic that they have even introduced the Corona Virus, to simulate the Black Plague
This weak version is kinda lame.
this is so funny it's sad :(
@@PROVOCATEURSK Yeah, you would kind of expect a virus that's compared to the bubonic plague to be somewhat lethal and this one only kills democracies
This is nothing compared to the Black Plague...how do people still compare the two? lmao
@@smolpp585 relax it was a joke
When my girlfriend said "what are all those nerd doing" that's when I was like is it time to break up?
She is a big bully
Because you have a girlfriend of course.
you'll have more time for nerdery without a girlfriend
to be fair to her, they are nerds lol no point in denying it.... but being a nerd isn't a bad thing
That’s not nerdy
Why don’t medieval shows and movies just recruit these guys
they do
They do i think
Actually no... These guys arent that historically accurate with their armor
@@renascitur7051
Given the discrepancies Hollywood has when it comes to emulating Medieval scenes, these guys may have gotten more things right than the industry more times than not...
One of the problems that happens when movies recruit reenactors to portray soldiers in movies is the average age, like in reality most soldiers were very young men, kings and generals in history, for example say Takeda Shingen stormed and took a castle when he was 15 years old, in the middle ages the average life expectancy was the same as the average age of reenactors, so when you see american civil war movies and they use reenactors who are all in the 40's 50's and 60's it kind of takes away the point that most of the men dying were barely men, and many were actually just boys.
Hell I think you could join the royal navy at 8 at one point in history, as an officer if your family had enough money
Now i really want to get there at least once in my life
Yeah me too
Ive been! It is totally amazing to watch. But the market place was always my favorite thing there.
As a scadian most of my life, it is a wonderful experience. If you’re interested, there are many people who love to help with that sort of thing.
I totally agree
How could you even get to wherever that is
Things I learned today
" Can i fight for your honor "is both a pickup line and a turn on.
May I fight for your honor?
This looks like an entire city! It's even crazier when you think that in ancient times, countries fielded armies up to and over 100k sometimes. Can you imagine the size of these camps, and the insane logistics it would have required? They would sometimes march halfway across the known world! It's mind-boggling just to think about.
first of all, almost no countries fielded up 100k or near to that in medieval times. The biggest battles in medieval times had up to 10k each army. And even with 10k armies in the field they would not march halfway across the world trust me.
@@lolez541 I was talking about ancient times primarily.
@@the.pandamonium I remember reading a long time about that the sizes of ancient armies were exaggerated by the people telling the stories. One example i remember was Xerxes having a 1,000,000+ army when he tried to invade Greece, but he most likely had less than 100,000.
@@lolez541 Yeah, it's hard to believe that there was a million strong army in those times, but it's well documented that for example Alexander the Great had around 100.000 soldiers with him after the battle of gaugamela, and another example would be the battle of Cannae where the Romans fielded an 80 thousand man strong army, and this wasn't even Rome at its peak. Another note to take is in the examples I mentioned these are armies assembled for actual battle, while Rome for example had a total army size of about 500.000 men during its peak. The medieval times, at least in europe, didn't see these army sizes primarily because of the change in the system of governance with small feudal lords as opposed to big centralized empires like Rome and ancient macedonia
@@the.pandamonium for example, one of the biggest medieval battles between the main factions at medieval times was batalha de aljubarrota, were around 38k man were deployed. 31k for spain and 7k for portugal
You really can't get a true sense of the epic-ness of the field battles from watching a video. The biggest Pennsic I ever attended--in the late 1990s when we had over 14,000 total campers (and over 3,000 fighters on the field at once!) was mind-blowing. You could literally feel the ground shake, and you could feel the concussion wave in the air when the two sides first clashed. It was unlike anything I've ever experienced.
I've been in the SCA since 1987. I do fencing, printmaking, papermaking, bookbinding, and I teach all those arts. I've been to over 25 Pennsics, and it is my annual vacation every year I can go. I've only missed about half a dozen over the years, and plan to go back next year, if this whole COVID thing clears up and allows for it.
Amazing! It is so cool that you have been around to experience so many events. What is your favorite part about Pennsic? On another note, you should check out our latest episode about Armored Combat Sports! ua-cam.com/video/7iU61zuJ4SY/v-deo.html
Don't let liberals allow you anything. Your freedom to go and to hold gatherings. It is a constitutional right. Freedom of Assembly.
7:00 I love how he sits down with his old man and listens to his tales like a normal thing...so good
Pennsic 19 was my FIRST event...and 29 years later, I am still 'living the dream'...looking to go 'home' for Pennsic 50.
Hope to see you there!
Know what you mean. My first SCA meeting was one month after Pennsic #1. I was at #2 and Pennsic is my real home.
I started in 1978 and Pennsic 17 was my first... seems like yesterday
Pennsic X was my first
Thank you guys, I am really happy with the way you presented the SCA. Being born and raised as a part of it I've never had an easy time trying to explain exactly what it is I do on weekends and this just shows so many of my favorite things about it. Wassail!
Lydia, we're so glad to hear that. It is always our goal to represent the communities we explore as authentically as possible. I hope you are able to share this video and give people a better idea of what being in the SCA is like:) Be sure to subscribe to our channel and check out our other interesting videos!
Yeah same it's a very tricky thing to explain to some of my non SCA friends what I do and why I like it.
Which Kingdom, friend? I'm out in Ansteorra!
Same here
I'm so jealous, I wish I could be a part of this
I expected a guy with a Roman Legion shield battling 100 dudes at once but ok
That’ll be in 2021
@@OfftheCuff_Series oh shit can't wait
That guy: I roleplay a Roman by completely disregarding their central doctrine of war: unit cohesion and discipline
@@OfftheCuff_Series aged like milk
I have my own crusader helm, I’ll be glad to pay for the armour and join in lmao
You mean your ikea bois
I also own a crusader helm
Its not too expensive. The priciest part of my armor set was my stainless steel helm (~$150). The rest adds to about the same, and all thats left is to piece it together with leather straps and duct tape!
Your helm needs to meet or exceed the ,material standards. You might want to have a ,marshal look it over
You will take Jerusalem back! Bruh
Imagine being drunk as hell and stumbling onto this scene thinking “wtf did I travel back in time?”
If you stumble into this, the State Troopers posted outside are going to have words with you...
Hahaha, some camps in the 'party district' of the event are so immersive, that you can KNOW you're at the event and *still* be drunk as hell thinking to yourself "wtf did I travel back in time?" xD
You know you’ve been in the Sca for a bit when you not only recognize kingdoms but units too!
Ad Glorium AEthelmearc!
You going to pennsic this year?
Peter Punkin unfortunately no, my work will not let me have off
so true
I loved seeing the Ansteorran contingent!
Vivant!!
Watching the Fight : Danger and Harm
Participating in the Fight : Did i over due it? Im sorry
participating : not that bad, the armor IS real {some ugly} and you spend a lot of time training. Heat stroke. Now that's the biggest danger. I think it happened in past for real. knight dying of a broken heart? i think it was heat stroke. and over doing it. Maybe a few times got a bit excited. That's why there are marshals to intervene. {in a tournament, a new fighter decided to ignore blows. I broke his shield, his helm and cracked his collarbone {and bruised him up and down his body] duke Andrew made him quit.
@@williambrown1095 That's quite terrifying One is just having fun and coulf basically die mid battle because of a Heat Stroke or just Over doing the fight.
@@blindeyecreed you're right. I do admit after almost 50 years that if I died doing what I love I would hang around Pennsic and play ghost jokes.
@@williambrown1095 I assume all the weapons are super blunt ?
I qualified against Sir Duke Caridac with weapon/shield in 1980. That man was so fast with his Florentine style that he hit me at least 15 times before I hit the ground.
After reading the comments I would like to clarify a few things. First, there are over 10, 000 that show up at Pennsic. I would say around 1,000-2,000 actually do heavy weapons fighting. To even be on the battle field you have to have an authorization card which proves you know how to protect yourself and take a hit. Also all of the armor has to be inspected and signed off on before you can fight. I have been going since Pennsic 32. The weapons are all made of rattan and covered in duct tape to make them look like steel. When you do get hit good it hurts like a SOB. Broken bones do happen at times. I loved the documentary. Keep up the good work. Hope to see you all in 2022 if it isn't cancelled for a third year. Slainte!
Thanks for the info! Are you familiar with ACS? Our latest doc looks at another medieval battle group. This one is pretty sweet! ua-cam.com/video/7iU61zuJ4SY/v-deo.html
I fought in Pennsic 25 (God I'm getting old!) We were 3000 fighters on the field, out of 10 000 participants. Well, check-in stopped counting at 10 000 because there were not supposed to be more than that in a tent encampment. Someting about, if it was bigger than that it would count as a town and need its own emergency services.
I went to Pennsic 48. This was my first time at Pennsic and to be honest, im really looking forward to going next year.
BlueGacha317 Good for you! Living your best life ☺️
So glad to hear that! :)
@@OfftheCuff_Series Which part?
And the virus hits! Dang. now i'll be 70 at 49 {delayed from this year and I'll have to still be fighting at 71 to make it a good time to retire. [ok, I'll do combat archery and light weapons. just not the same as heavy weapons}
William Brown Oh wow! That’s amazing! I’ve tried to do target practice in Archery. Yeah, I was really disappointed when it was canceled from the virus 😔
I want do this. This looks like it would be a blast.
We hope you make it!
I always asked myself "I don't have a reason to go to america" but seeing this makes me change my mind alot
Dude you should come to Branson Missouri. It like a city and a festival at the same.
You know those exist in Europe as well. With real castles!
@@HiopX ...12 miles away is a New Castle.
@@CaptainFrost32 a New castle, or the New Castle?
Pensacola, FL will always give you a reason, brother
* My mom looking out the window *
Mom : Son, Look at those baffoons
Me : * swings my plastic sword around *
Mom : Who am I kidding, I gave birth to a Baffoon too.
In the late 50's, watching "robin Hood" and "the Vikings" I wanted to take my home made wooden sword and do battle. Now I've spent nearly 50 years bashing my friends. {rattan, not plastic. Twice, knowing how to fight meant me vs street gangs meant I beat them. }
William Brown sure broheim, sure. street gangs and such.
William Brown sure broheim, sure. street gangs and such.
@@cn.st.182 Hi! yep, I lived in Chicago after college and the gangs were on my street. Most of the time being able to do unto others better than they could do unto me meant I didn't have to fight. The fighting you see is a martial art, just not Asian. Chicago means actual Chicago, not the suburbs. living in a good neighborhood was rare in 70's. {if you haven't lived in a real city, try talking to people that have. same type of story again and again.}
*mom grabs a sword and routes the whole legion of buffoons*
As a Re-enactor and Roleplayer from Germany:
You are on a good way but still have a longer one to go. All in all thumbs up :)
I think they have found their place after 45 years of doing it.. No need to folow what others do. It is better to find their own thing.
The fact comes the only thing that can match this is the annual battle of Waterloo reenactment celebrations,which are growing year by year.
In 2015,of the 200th anniversary of the battle more than 6,000 reenactors participated and it's growing year by year.
@@deepyamandas1192 That's mostly do to other larps dying off or stagnating. Hell i've thought about joining myself at one point.
I'm crying, I love this so much. The emotional moments are real, although the setting is just as much make believe (as the daily real world is), giving it even more legitimacy to me to build a _happy_ and _wondrous_ world.
Also, the British historian man toward the end seems very intelligent and meek. Perfect person to listen to and have you explain things
Imagine if during one of these festivals and actual king and queen from Europe shows up
🤯
I can imagine Queen Elizabeth coming with a brigade of knights
Pope with a phalanx of Swiss guard
Hey, long as their retainers were kit up in legal gear and weapons, we certainly wouldn't argue against it. and there are kingdoms in england and italy so it could be possible, though highly unlikely. And of course played by the rules
i think we know the winner if the immortal queen begins larping with her royal guards.
My family had been going to pennsic since before I was even born. I got kinda bored of it by the time I turned 18 and stopped going but Definitly excited to come back for #50 :) I’ve heard surprisingly good things about the party’s there lmao
Ah yes, American history will be European history roleplayed.
American history is shit. All anyone knows about is the american civil war and their role in ww1 and ww2 which were both mainly in europe. Sorry but you will have to wait at least another 500 years to be able to have enough for people to roleplay about on.
@@eatinsomtin9984 People already roleplaying superheros in comic con isnt that considered american culture
@@RSguideX You call that culture? So you eating spaghetti makes it so that you are expressing italian culture?
@@eatinsomtin9984 Eating spaghetti and cosplaying/roleplaying is different
I'd love to fly over in a chopper with a huge magnet and see how many humans I could catch
An accurate and great depiction of Pennsic! I always felt like my words could never do the event justice when describing it to my friends, so thank you!
Very excited for Armistice and Pennsic 49 :)
I do love how much you see folks from Ansteorra in this
I know!! I heard the chanting and happily freaked out!
I'm not so sure I fully get it, and yet, I cant help but feel like this must be a lot of fun.
Good on the Pennsic people. They're creating something that seems to be actually ver positive and community oriented, and I respect that a lot, even if its not my particular cup of tea.
My elementary school used to take us to the renaissance festivals every year and it was the best experience ever tbsr
That is so cool!
Very respectful take on our culture. Thank you. This hobby saved my life; many others in it will say it did the same for them, for various reasons.
Imagine when they are in the future role playing 2020 and all the people are just sat working at laptops with face masks on
Just be happy with what you have
Like if everyone have the same thought like that then the world would be sinking in poverties and illnesses
@@s.hung.8782 It is
In the 90's, we were roleplaying 2020 and called it CyberPunk...
13:13 is what I am here for. I love the look and the practicality.
The housing set ups were so fascinating! Do you go to Pennsic?
The sca is really fun,I'm part of the kingdom of Antir in Oregon,I'm glad you guys could join in on the fun even if it was just for a bit...
I've been to Pennsic once, in college. It's an experience I will treasure forever. I'm hoping to get my family into my local SCA after COVID is less of a problem!
In the Marines at the moment, but plan to get back into it 👍🗡🛡 SEMPER FIDELIS!
See you at Pennsic! get some!
Is anybody going point out the fact that that king of the middle is Milton Friedman's son.
That is Milton Friedman
Who?
lol
Yes his tiny Grace is David Friedman, Milton Friedman's son
Yup. I find it amusing that David, who is a serious libertarian in real life, is a leader in a serious royalist organization.
4:49 the Lady is standing there quoting Rommel with middle age armor. I love it :D
1:55 That's David. D Friedman. Son of famous economist, Milton Friedman.
Really? Thats wild! We did not know this. Thanks!
@@OfftheCuff_Series You're welcome :)
OMG IM GOING THERE THIS YEAR btw I’m craftycelts and my uncle
Is Danny hansen and it’s 16,000 ppl and over
Last year troll number was 10,486. The highest total number was at Pennsic 29 and was 12,001. There has never been 16,00 at Pennsic.
www.pennsicwar.net/History
Last time I went was early 2000's. I was told they stopped counting at 10 thousand so as not to have to file as a city with state and county.
@@murdoc4312 {Don't tell anyone. I was there at P#2 and have watched it grow. i know when it hit 10,000. Took up WAY less space, and way smaller crowds. I think the trick is by only counting "gentles on site "} way too many can only get one week off and many can't take second week because kids have to be ready for school year. One year I only got 2 days at Pennsic because my car broke down just as was leaving .oh, well.}{that 10,000 law? It is real. Pennsylvania wrote that long ago to keep out musical festivals along with riff-raff like me}
I live just a couple miles from Cooper's Lake, and it's absolutely amazing the difference between when Pennsic is there and the rest of the year!
Oh I bet! Have you been to many?
@@OfftheCuff_Series I wish! I haven't had time for the SCA since college, and I can't afford to go as an outsider. At the same time, that's probably one of the things that makes it so special - it's all about the participants rather than being all about tourists.
But you can see the medieval tents carpeting the ground out there if you drive by on the Interstate. The rest of the year, that area is pretty much just a huge, empty field.
Very sadly, my friend John Leland (5:55), Baron Sir Jehan de la Marche, passed away on the 15th of May 2024. He was an SCA mainstay and founded the Barony of Middle Marches in Ohio in 1970. He participated in the first Pennsic War and attended every war but one from the event's founding until his passing. His charming personality, erudition, humility, and creative involvement in the Pennsic War will leave a big hole in the event with his passing, and I hope that he will receive a worthy and fitting tribute at this year's war, as befits an honourable knight of such standing. He was the very epitome of the scholarly gentleman and will be greatly missed. Farewell, John 🍻
I NEED to go here at least 5 times in my lifetime. And when I go I have no doubt all imma do is do archery 💀
Amazing!!
There might be a group near you that does Archery! Every US state and all of Canada have groups, and there are international ones, as well!
Oh, there once was a hero named Ragnar the Red
Who came riding to Whiterun from ole Rorikstead
And the braggart did swagger and brandish his blade
As he told of bold battles and gold he had made
But then he went quiet, did Ragnar the Red
When he met the shieldmaiden Matilda who said
Oh, you talk and you lie and you drink all our mead
Now I think it's high time that you lie down and bleed
And so then came clashing and slashing of steel
As the brave lass Matilda charged in full of zeal
And the braggart named Ragnar was boastful no more
When his ugly red head rolled around on the floor
And the braggart named Ragnar was boastful no more
When his ugly red head rolled around on the floor.
Geeks around the world are preparing their armies to take other the world!
Meanwhile: « excuse me » « are you good? » « give him a second »
I'm a Percy Jackson fan and I love this!!
So cool! I'm actually reading that series right now.
Basically Comic-Con
A place for passionate folks
The casual conversations whilst killing 😂
Just cause we fightin....don't me we ain't friends. :D
@@ChadBurns "Are we still friends?"
'Depends on how hard you hit me.'
I know so many people like this, I grew up into this hobby. This was my family vacation.
So cool to hear! Have you attended Pennsic before?
@@OfftheCuff_Series Unfortunately not as I'm from New Zealand, However we have our own groups and events that are very similar, other than the 10,000 person scale 😄
It is gratifying that no one is arguing that the SCA is a larp game and not a living history group.
That was my dad’s shield!!!!!
Amazing! At which part?
Off the Cuf none of them because.. he’s lying
Troll Wayy shush, you don’t know that lol
SplattyJ yeah I do..
Troll wayy, mhm what’s ur proof noob
New bucket list: Be In One Of These Role-plays events
Pennsic is such an amazing experience
I've dreamed of being in the SCA for years, I think my shyness and money are all that are holding me back.. I need someone in Washington to hold my hand! lol
Look up the Kingdom of An Tir. www.antir.org/ I'm from the East Kingdom and have been in the SCA since 1989.
Awesome!
How about you guys grow up and fight with real steel weapons. Pussies
I've taken a daneaxe to the face and came off happy. Bleeding but so much more rewarding than hitting people with crappy foam looking crap. Also stick to 1 period or none at all. Because you have medieval 15th cen with 11th and 1st cen Romans. It looks cancerous and to us hard line reenactors in Europe we think it's a joke.
@@LordNeckBeard You're trying too hard.
As someone who attends Estrella War in Arizona i can say this is true, I have heard the stories from groups that come down to fight like from Black Talon who you can see at 0:10. Also War Dogs Represent.
I’m in! I have been going to Renaissance, Pirate, and Viking fairs since I was a kid. I really recommend them!
I did ren fairs since the age of 7, and at this point we do almost all SCA. The biggest difference I've seen is that at ren fairs if you want something they sell it to you, in the SCA they give you references, and often help you make it. Otherwise it's pretty similar minus the fairy's and stuff, so I'd definitely recommend it if you enjoy them.
No lie this kinda lit
I recently had a thought of this but Crusade themed, glad I came across this in my recommendations
Imagine what that guy's seen. 47 years of MASSIVE larping.
i'd pay money to see Hafþór Björnsson go there as Sir Gregor Clegane "the Mountain" and compete in the 1v1 or just wreck havoc on the battlefield
9:49 mad lad, came outta nowhere , that's cool😂
I keep forgetting how much "Surprise, its Confed!" Is in the documentary (Blue and gold people with the mountain lion). It warms the blood in my sword arm to see.
Honor not Honors!
This looks fun af! I don't care what people say.
This is so sick people would just be themselves and do this, wonderful
All I can imagine is one guy saying I killed you and somone else saying no I got you and a bunch of arguing
I have a new bucket list
Me: Oh hey! I know you! And you!
- Lifelong SCAdian
I was up on the hill, with the cannons.
Very cool! Sorry to hear about this year being cancelled :/
Bro I wanna go 2021
Holy shit there really do be a whole history to this, like any other country’s or kingdoms history
Imagine seeing dabuney saying: DEFEND THE WALLS!
Am i the only one thinking of how cool it would be to bring a roman legion (downscaled ofc) into battle. Like fully disciplined, doing a turtle formation or something?
Do it!
Lol I'm choctaw, it would be fun if we sent some 'warriors' who'd fight like it was a less intense stickball game
Honestly I think that would be pretty awesome to see. Could also throw in those Aztec reenactors from Latin America for added style!
There are some Native, Latin American, and Indegenous persons, as well as African, and they are all welcome to play! The guy I know who does Aztec wears a Jaguar print and a Spanish style helm, and a Native (I believe he is also Choctaw but I could be completely wrong) who has hidden armor and a headdress that covers his helm style.
Welcome to the best representation of Valhalla you are going to get alive.
imagine declaring war on yourself and then losing
8:16 must be the soldiers from the Medieval Kingdom of Mordor
Should check out Tewkesbury medieval festival and battle reenactment. Similar to this but with real steel weapons and armour 👌
I would have like come there with all my friends dressed as Assassin's creed characters lol 😂
Eww
And made a guild.
Now you can be a viking my friend.
May Odin guide us!!
Assassins creed brotherhood assassins lol
@@ebaduddin5788 dunno bout you, but i am a Northman and i approve This message. These fellers in the video need a few vikings over, il be happy to participate
How have I lived here for years and never heard of this before. I wonder if this is part of the medieval arts festival? I’m so in when this COVID thing gets figured out.
Pennsic is its own, totally separate event. It is intended as a camping event, where you come to stay for most/all the time, during the event. As such, the smallest entry pass you can get covers you for a week of entry... for somewhere over $100. You have to wear some sort of vaguely Medieval clothing, but if you talk to local Scadians beforehand (we're very active on FB!), we can help you get set up for it. If you need a tent, we can help you with that, too. We love newcomers, 99% of the time. If you'd like any help getting started, genuinely; please let me know. I'll gladly help you get in touch with your nearest group.
This is the coolest festival i have ever seen.
Heck yeah! Would you attend?
@@OfftheCuff_Series of course! I would love to
@@Strollerist Right on! I hope you make it there one day :) Would you compete in the heavy battles??
Why did I not know about this sooner? Maybe before COVID?
Terrible, right? 😢
We just joined the kingdom of Ealdormere ❤ very excited to go to pennsic next year!
I drove by one time but no one was there and I just saw a bunch of wooden castles and I was like what the heck
I remember saying to one of my opponent "i still have one leg idiot"
😂😂 Was this in the big battles?
@@OfftheCuff_Series unfortunately no its like that but smaller on terms of numbers
As a european LARPer and reenactor, I'm suffering while watching this... Like for real... what the heck is that "Festival" ?
What is your favorite event?
Europe has higher standards when it comes to historical re-enactments. People spend a lot of money on the costume and make sure it is as historically accurate as possible. Monoting the footbol masks to medival helmet with silver tape would make cring everyone who has dealt with European reenactors.
They have fun and it's popular in the States. No need to act high and mighty just because our European Larp has a higher costume/prop standard. ;) As long as they have fun, it doesn't really matter.
@@Kiterou But it's not just about having fun and prop standard. Such events in Europe also have a large educational element, they support a lot of craftsmen who produce things from the era in a traditional way, help save monuments, etc. From what I can see, these American events are just running and smashing eachother with a rubber bat, and its kinda kringe...
@@marsjanskimaszynista4626 But it's not about education for them. It's not reenactment. It's mostly Larp, and it's done for fun. Do you think the Drachenfest or Mythodea are done for historical education? They're not. Nor are most small cons throughout Europe. There's nothing cringe about it. It'd be a different thing if education was their goal, but nothing in this video suggests it is.
This is a pseudo-medieval Larp festival and it does what it says. If you're searching for things that help preserve history and focus on education and preservation, you shouldn't go on videos documenting Larps just to shame them.
Memories of Pennsic 19 ❤
Which kingdom?
@@OfftheCuff_Series East, Dragonship Haven
"We had cameras that surely didnt exist in medievil times.."
So this is an educational piece, too..
This is what happens when total war players leave their parents basements
Don't worry when you too leave your parents basement you can join us.
Total war players?... This is more like mount and blade than Total war, wtf?... Even For honor is closer tan Total war
@@tanker102 My men would like to have a word about your purse and your belongings
@@tanker102 I am triggered! :D I play both good sir! Total war, mount and blade, kingdom come and so on. I demand satisfaction.
How many people in lockdown regretting they never nerded out and tried some LARPing? :P
Ooh, careful. We SCAdians don’t like to be called LARPers. We’re reenactors. 😁
Not larping
Larping is gay dude .
imagine telling someone from medieval times that in the future people would dress like them and pretend to be like them and have fake battles.
Haha weird! I guess its a more pronounced version of people dressing in 80's garb and throwing parties.. or having 'big hair' festivals with early rock n' roll. Just a few more years difference 😉 I've never thought about it like that. Thanks!
Actually, they were doing things just like that themselves! Edward I- and III- of England rerally liked to hold tournaments where he played the role of King Arthur, and the other members of hours court played the knights of the Round Table. 14thc dudes re-enacting 5th c stuff! And they weren't the only ones!
I’d be out there Naturo running through everybody!!! Can’t touch this! 😂
Bring me your best warrior and let us duel!
*Catches on fire*
😂
*Not picking up the phone*
Her: I swear if you're cheating!
Him: FOR QUEEN AND COUNTRY! AWOO AWOO!
Cool to see so many Americans interested in medieval history.
Yeah dude it's growing every year, for example of Texas Renaissance Festival is ridiculously big now. In 2019 we had 75,000 people that showed up one weekend breaking the record.
Also worth noting what made ancient history & Medieval history a little more popular was the total war games. I remember growing up nobody knew what the heck the Holy Roman Empire was until medieval 2 total war came out.
@@landsknecht8654 that’s really good to hear 👍🏻 After all they are all your ancestors just as much as they are mine.
Have you ever had the chance to visit Europe?
I live in Sheffield and it borders the Peak District National Park. It’s got nothing on your Nation Parks in size. But what it does have is a lot of history. You can still see the foundations of hill forts built by the Brigantes some 2500 years ago or pevril castle built by the normans some 1000 years ago. It’s a amazing place to visit.
If your really into your medieval history I’d say check out a page called Kings & Generals on UA-cam. Have a nice day and god bless.
@@landsknecht8654 That’s crazy that no one new about the Holy Roman Empire. To be honest tho here in the uk most young generations now probably don’t know about it either. Our schooling system doesn’t even teach kids about the English civil war.
@@Indigenous-English-Man Back in the early 1990's in the USA, English Civil Wars were require learning.
Since England was took over a few times by Anglo Saxon and other German tribes, along with USA being settled by them, it looks like we are getting closer to have another " English " style civil war. Anti religious big government that is anti weapon ownership vs religious gun ownership and small government. Both sides scare me cause I can seen the history trend.
@@krispalermo8133 well put kris. The thing with America as well. You guys have the weapons to actually have a civil war
My Dads side goes back to the cousin of King James VI of Scotland/ I of England and on through Robert the Bruce to Charlemange and on. We were looking at a book and I told my 10 year old daughter that there were knights in our family. She looked at me and said, " I want to be a knight ! "
I told her she couldn't for she was a girl. " Yes I can ! " she said and went to get another book." See, she said, " the Amazon women were knights, so I can be one ! " the little stinker also said, " You know Dad, cowboy boots are high heels for men." "WHAT ? " was my reaction. YEAH, she said with glee and went to get on of my books and shown me a 14th century painting of a King wearing high heeled shoes. So now so now I wear high heels. 😛
That was an emotional roller coasters with that old man
10:10 - thats how it looked like when you were a part of the war in the middle age.
10:16 - yeah... uhmmm... definitely not
This is what happens when your idea of what is medieval comes from the DnD handbook and hollywood :')
don't sweat! SCA is a learning thing and lots of gamers are there {me/ would I do a thing like that. Let me roll a saving throw} And hollywood is way wrong but it's a start. you'll be with us crabbing about armor, costume, and swords in no time.
Well dnd and Hollywood fighting is fun
@@absolutelyshmooie7086 very true! but SCA does predate DND, and trying to discover the difference between real sword and shield fighting and Hollywood was one of the keys. Poul Anderson {One of the great fantasy writers and almost the founder of SCA] and some friends decided to have a fake Medieval tournament and feast as a birthday party for a lady who was an medieval French scholar. It was fun and they decided to do it again. There you go!
Much of it is substantially better than Hollywood. And sadly, when film/tv producers have sought out SCAdians, their advice has been pretty well ignored. so you end up with stuff like 'Vikings'. They use the names of real people, but the rest is fantasy.