rules question.thinking on becoming a fighter

[Daemien]

I don't think peoples feathers are ruffled so much as they are trying to answer your question for you and your reading their responses as defensive in nature.  Except for Jeff's post....

Jeff, its not tired for everyone, just for those who have been reading these forums for years... Keep in mind not everyone has, and with a large influx of new players of course you are going to get some similar questions.  So be nice   And if you can't do that stop responding

[Andrew]

I want to focus on the last part of the previous post in particular. Inever once said I was not going to play by the rules.I never once said anything even to that effect. I never once said it should be acceptable in SOLAR;because it was acceptable in AMTGARD.I was just merely curious as to why if other LARPS have found a safe way to work around it "why has no one in SOLAR found that same safe way around it?".I am beginning , however to hate that I even brought it up. It seems many people are very defensive about the solar rules and I never even began to imagine that it would rufflethismany feathers.

The thing is that other LARPs may have deemed it safe when it is not. If you check we probably have less injurys than other because of what we ban stuff like Turtling. If you look at the "safe ways to get around it" 4 out of 5 would be a injury waver. I have seen some full contact LARP videos in you tube that made me wince. The reason why no has come up with a safe way around turtling is simply there is no safe way for a pure fighter to get around it. I  have come up with what could work as a way to eliminate it and that is to give fighters a sunder skill that works like a slay except it destroys a weapon or shield like a shatter spell would. Apart from somthing like that you would need magic to get by a shield turtle.

[Jeff Hall]

I just watched some of the combat instructional videos for AMTGARD.  Their combat system is incompatible with SOLAR.  What works for AMTGARD won't work for SOLAR.  Not an official ruling, but I doubt you'd get approval for their style of combat.

[NovariusDarkshade]

WellIfeellike my question has been answered and there is no need to continue with this thread.thanks to all who responded.