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Hmmmm.....I see I see! I might come!! I hope I can!!! Do we have to be there right at 7 or could we come later?

You can come later.

That's ok I've been telling everyone we are going to have new people coming!

Also! To anyone thinking of going you need to sign a waiver saying you won't sue they group should something happen to you.

Just go to www.qtneb.org and open the document link and fill out the appropriate waiver (adult or child) and have it with you when you come to practice. It makes everything easier on every if you just have it filled and with you.

Ok thanks!

Bale (Ryel Nightshade)

Ahhh, memories. I remember when my next door neighbor had a giant trampoline, and her mom wouldn't let anyone on it unless they had a note from our parents saying we wouldn't sue them if we got hurt, blahdey blah.

Nowadays, it's pretty much a pre-cautionary tactic for minors, who's parent/guardians wouldn't be attending. As for someone actually going ahead and suing someone...you forget where you live. Capitalism and opportunity, AHOY! I mean all in all, pretty smart. Just a general way to cover their a**. xd

Well, like I said, the main thing is just to cover their a**. Problem with this, is it also gives them a ton of leniency if any of their judges, i'm not even sure what they have as enforcers, decides to be lazy. Yes, it is simulated combat, but it is also still the point, that when involved with these activities, at some point in time, weapons and flesh will make contact, and if a weapon is not set to the restrictions they give, chance for injury is that much greater.

even if we did form our own group, wed still have to sign a waiver.

yup yup, you have the waiver or you dont play.

1) It wouldn't be all that much work. I could probably take an evening and get everything planned, from meetings points to times and that sort of thing.

2) We wouldn't have to have waivers. So long as we know who hits harder than others, we know who can and can't attack who.

3) We would most definitely not have to be recognized by Amtgard just to play. I can see where you're coming from with the official stuff, but to me it's just mumbo-jumbo. If I'm gonna play, I'm just gonna want to play. Probably just me, but I know a few other people probably feel that way too.

3.5) Adding to #3, if we decided that the Amtgard rules were too strict (in my opinion) or too loose (whoever sides that way I'll injure), we could always make our own. Personally, I don't like AG's system so well as it's too restricting. After all, I'd still be alive for at least five minutes if one of my arms and one of my legs were cut off...and I'd be able to swing a weapon, even if I keeled over. >_> Thus, I've proposed to make a seperate set of rules for casual play basing NOTHING on Amtgard (though I'm likely to include classes if I end up developing it).

4) We don't need many people to start a group. Heck - Chaos, Crixs, Cloud, Jada, Romku, and myself all enjoyed a rather good game of boffle at the last NON meeting. Six people, sure...but it was fun. I disliked the AG rules we were playing by (which is why I didn't want to play past 9:45), but getting to bum rush Romku and kill him was priceless. XD

5) My wall of text ends here. :3