The Pennsic War - The Largest ROLE-PLAYING FESTIVAL in the World
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5 жыл бұрынThe Pennsic War is the largest role-playing festival in the world. Over 10,000 people gather for a two week long Medieval (Larping) festival filled with massive battles.
We arrived and were immediately getting weird looks. Nobody had ever filmed a documentary at the Pennsic War before. They’ve had news crews a couple of years prior but never a full scale documentary on the entire Pennsic War. That being said, we were so excited to be there.
The first impression we got was that we needed to change clothes. Apparently, because street clothes didn’t exist in the middle ages, you are considered naked for dressing modern. So that was an interesting start. We changed into garb ASAP.
The first thing we filmed was the massive war.
The two sides, each with over 1,000 people met in the middle. You could hear it, see it, and FEEL it. The force from over 2,000 people colliding was shocking. I was so caught up in the moment of filming, I didn’t know how close I was to the action and our media liaison team was pulling me away from the sidelines as the polearms were wildly swinging about. All in all, I knew it would be big but I never considered what it would really be like down in the action (or at least near it). And it was fierce. Indescribable, really.
We proceeded to move through the event at a blistering pace. We only had from 9am to 5pm to film so we hustled, without pausing to think, really.
In fact, a lot of the most memorable moments came in the editing process, reliving our magical experience.
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@OfftheCuff_Series 3 жыл бұрын
WHICH KINGDOM IS BEST? 👀
@rudics8908 3 жыл бұрын
I dont know, How do you win in this mess?
@lad2987 3 жыл бұрын
Your mom
@kuroassassin0386 3 жыл бұрын
The winning Kingdom
@unar1011 3 жыл бұрын
mid realm of course, dragons will hold the field
@BrumEldar 3 жыл бұрын
Kingdom of Jerusalem
@legiox3719 3 жыл бұрын
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"
@da10cent41 3 жыл бұрын
" 'Tis but a scratch sir"
@thesouthernhistorian4153 3 жыл бұрын
"A SCRATCH!? YOUR ARMS OFF!"
@hermitsunite953 3 жыл бұрын
It's only a flesh wound
@fsolaita684 3 жыл бұрын
😂😂😂😂😂
@itsss_gage4306 3 жыл бұрын
We will call it a draw then
@newschwarz 4 жыл бұрын
Now i really want to get there at least once in my life
@redx5809 3 жыл бұрын
Yeah me too
@tuxedocats2695 3 жыл бұрын
Ive been! It is totally amazing to watch. But the market place was always my favorite thing there.
@martysdogs8 3 жыл бұрын
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.
@Sk-bt9fn 3 жыл бұрын
I totally agree
@ussrunion4049 3 жыл бұрын
How could you even get to wherever that is
@MrGA555 3 жыл бұрын
Why don’t medieval shows and movies just recruit these guys
@unar1011 3 жыл бұрын
they do
@verihimthered2418 3 жыл бұрын
They do i think
@renascitur7051 3 жыл бұрын
Actually no... These guys arent that historically accurate with their armor
@IronRAVENxvx 3 жыл бұрын
@@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...
@legaliseme 3 жыл бұрын
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
@OverReaperCh 3 жыл бұрын
Avengers End game is biggest crossover ever. The Pennisc War: Hold my History.
@OfftheCuff_Series 3 жыл бұрын
😂😂
@rowancarrico6821 3 жыл бұрын
@@OfftheCuff_Series you replied and this video is a year old... WOW
@Musialasrighttoenail 3 жыл бұрын
The boxer insurrection: *amateurs*
@OverReaperCh 3 жыл бұрын
@@Musialasrighttoenail what was that, punk!?
@quanyintv 3 жыл бұрын
This comment deserves an award 👍
@thedarkadmiral3627 3 жыл бұрын
Imagine driving by and being like “wtf” You stop the car and grab your comiccon sword and join the battle
@OfftheCuff_Series 3 жыл бұрын
😂
@joshc1394 3 жыл бұрын
I've been in that position before. Knew nothing about it before hand.
@s.hung.8782 3 жыл бұрын
And actually win the MVP So the side u accidentally joined start worshipping u as God
@verihimthered2418 3 жыл бұрын
Don't forget your head neck chest hands knees and leg armor, they do things right!
@patrickstar4303 3 жыл бұрын
Ill grab my chainsaw
@nicolopapaleo5199 3 жыл бұрын
Anno Domini 2020: the medieval festival has become so realistic that they have even introduced the Corona Virus, to simulate the Black Plague
@PROVOCATEURSK 3 жыл бұрын
This weak version is kinda lame.
@DrTheRich 3 жыл бұрын
this is so funny it's sad :(
@lordcommandernox9197 3 жыл бұрын
@@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
@smolpp585 3 жыл бұрын
This is nothing compared to the Black Plague...how do people still compare the two? lmao
@DrTheRich 3 жыл бұрын
@@smolpp585 relax it was a joke
@ghosti79 3 жыл бұрын
When my girlfriend said "what are all those nerd doing" that's when I was like is it time to break up?
@faisalhusein227 3 жыл бұрын
She is a big bully
@carbon5362 3 жыл бұрын
Because you have a girlfriend of course.
@bonedoggle 3 жыл бұрын
you'll have more time for nerdery without a girlfriend
@cyclopshot 3 жыл бұрын
to be fair to her, they are nerds lol no point in denying it.... but being a nerd isn't a bad thing
@twobitts8832 2 жыл бұрын
That’s not nerdy
@adityasuresh6607 3 жыл бұрын
Things I learned today " Can i fight for your honor "is both a pickup line and a turn on.
@geoffmorgan9025 2 жыл бұрын
May I fight for your honor?
@matiascardenas7897 3 жыл бұрын
Bruh, imagine declaring war on yourself and losing. How do you feel after that?
@OfftheCuff_Series 3 жыл бұрын
👀👄👁
@PopHnter 3 жыл бұрын
LOL
@SausosiosIsrugos 3 жыл бұрын
A winner and a loser at the same time, lol
@unar1011 3 жыл бұрын
he had fun
@verihimthered2418 3 жыл бұрын
Like a god
@stereodreamer23 2 жыл бұрын
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.
@OfftheCuff_Series 2 жыл бұрын
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! kzfaq.info/get/bejne/bc-FaZSr2rCYg40.html
@drjqool 2 жыл бұрын
Don't let liberals allow you anything. Your freedom to go and to hold gatherings. It is a constitutional right. Freedom of Assembly.
@the.pandamonium 3 жыл бұрын
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.
@lolez541 3 жыл бұрын
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 3 жыл бұрын
@@lolez541 I was talking about ancient times primarily.
@lolez541 3 жыл бұрын
@@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.
@the.pandamonium 3 жыл бұрын
@@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
@lolez541 3 жыл бұрын
@@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
@bawshafft4881 3 жыл бұрын
7:00 I love how he sits down with his old man and listens to his tales like a normal thing...so good
@Hussman493 4 жыл бұрын
I want to go so bad. I'm only a 30 minute drive from there too.
@OfftheCuff_Series 4 жыл бұрын
When you end up going let us know how it goes :)
@Hussman493 4 жыл бұрын
@@OfftheCuff_Series Will do :)
@SA0570_ 4 жыл бұрын
Ryan Huss Did corona shut it down?
@Hussman493 4 жыл бұрын
@@SA0570_ Yeah its cancelled this year :(
@SA0570_ 4 жыл бұрын
Ryan Huss I read on the website it has been postponed to august
@chaoticposting4591 3 жыл бұрын
I expected a guy with a Roman Legion shield battling 100 dudes at once but ok
@OfftheCuff_Series 3 жыл бұрын
That’ll be in 2021
@lawaklawakpeace9333 3 жыл бұрын
@@OfftheCuff_Series oh shit can't wait
@HiopX 3 жыл бұрын
That guy: I roleplay a Roman by completely disregarding their central doctrine of war: unit cohesion and discipline
@moggtheboss3087 2 жыл бұрын
@@OfftheCuff_Series aged like milk
@jayman4569 3 жыл бұрын
*Ferb, I know what we're gonna do today!*
@OfftheCuff_Series 3 жыл бұрын
🤣
@jcomandante6629 3 жыл бұрын
Good 1!
@thardracy2441 3 жыл бұрын
If only this is how real world wars were done, so many lives saved.
@hahaahaihate1084 3 жыл бұрын
That would be lame
@walterbell7193 3 жыл бұрын
@@hahaahaihate1084 Right? Like, where the fuck is all the PTSD?
@iiTzoreo1 3 жыл бұрын
You sound like the Russians pre wwI
@thardracy2441 3 жыл бұрын
Or someone that’s seen war and how horrible it is.
@guycross493 3 жыл бұрын
The enactment part or legit up close stabbing your enemy to death?
@cutie3265 4 жыл бұрын
Pennsic 19 was my FIRST event...and 29 years later, I am still 'living the dream'...looking to go 'home' for Pennsic 50.
@OfftheCuff_Series 4 жыл бұрын
Hope to see you there!
@williambrown1095 3 жыл бұрын
Know what you mean. My first SCA meeting was one month after Pennsic #1. I was at #2 and Pennsic is my real home.
@blktauna 2 жыл бұрын
I started in 1978 and Pennsic 17 was my first... seems like yesterday
@higglety230 8 ай бұрын
Pennsic X was my first
@Spoinkyi 4 жыл бұрын
I have my own crusader helm, I’ll be glad to pay for the armour and join in lmao
@nocontext9635 4 жыл бұрын
You mean your ikea bois
@purp7654 3 жыл бұрын
I also own a crusader helm
@martysdogs8 3 жыл бұрын
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!
@ElementsRook 3 жыл бұрын
Your helm needs to meet or exceed the ,material standards. You might want to have a ,marshal look it over
@jakegyllenrat4443 3 жыл бұрын
You will take Jerusalem back! Bruh
@thechangamire3495 3 жыл бұрын
Why am I only hearing about this now?! THOSE ARE MY PEOPLE!
@lydiagormanshaw6455 3 жыл бұрын
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!
@OfftheCuff_Series 3 жыл бұрын
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!
@evillaust5839 2 жыл бұрын
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.
@palebloom6118 2 жыл бұрын
Which Kingdom, friend? I'm out in Ansteorra!
@Bitten259 Жыл бұрын
Same here
@Nantosuelta 10 ай бұрын
I'm so jealous, I wish I could be a part of this
@Sonof_DRN2004 3 жыл бұрын
Doesn't allow modern clothes but drives around in golf carts😂
@OfftheCuff_Series 3 жыл бұрын
They’re dragons :)
@NTNinja 3 жыл бұрын
I did not see any horses
@b.w.6189 3 жыл бұрын
Magical carts
@jonajo9757 3 жыл бұрын
@@Andras_Schiff Also don't forget those bombs horses leave when walking
@mr.meowgi9876 3 жыл бұрын
Horses are expensive and shit machines
@bmp112 4 жыл бұрын
You know you’ve been in the Sca for a bit when you not only recognize kingdoms but units too! Ad Glorium AEthelmearc!
@BogOwl 4 жыл бұрын
You going to pennsic this year?
@bmp112 4 жыл бұрын
Peter Punkin unfortunately no, my work will not let me have off
@matthewsyrkroclifford8419 4 жыл бұрын
so true
@palebloom6118 4 жыл бұрын
I loved seeing the Ansteorran contingent!
@Elfdaughter 3 жыл бұрын
Vivant!!
@GobanShodan 3 жыл бұрын
These are my people; I can't believe I'm just now hearing about this. This is definitely on my bucket list once we get through this pandemic, especially since I live so close in Ohio!
@palebloom6118 3 жыл бұрын
There's groups all over the world, especially in the US and Canada! Ohio is in the Middle Kingdom, one of the oldest Kingdoms in the SCA! There's a vibrant online community, and I can help you get started!
@martysdogs8 3 жыл бұрын
As an Ohioan, I can tell you that there are several local SCA groups you can check out, and quite a number of us go to Pennsic. You can check out the Pennsic website for more info, but you're looking at around $200/person for both weeks.
@CaptainFrost32 3 жыл бұрын
@@martysdogs8 Once you get the medallion, don't lose it for nothing. You cannot get a one-day pass or any other deal. Lose the medallion, and you pay full price for new medallions, first day or last.
@4Funand4You 3 жыл бұрын
at 2:42 i jsut love how theres all these "Typical" Knights, late middle ages and all with palte, polearm or big shields, and then theres like 1 Cohort of Legionaries who are about 1000 years too early
@ichotolot9616 2 жыл бұрын
1 cohort is about 450 men and would absolutely shred 😂 But it’s nice and who doesn’t love some Roman legionaries
@Tomcat_Coyote 2 жыл бұрын
What i love about the SCA is that you can have fun and explore absolutely every Nation's culture within a thousand year time frame . While most people will go for a more classical Medieval European vibe , it's cool to see people go for Feudal Japanese eras , Ancient Greece and Rome , Huns , etc ... :D
@blindeyecreed 4 жыл бұрын
Watching the Fight : Danger and Harm Participating in the Fight : Did i over due it? Im sorry
@williambrown1095 3 жыл бұрын
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.
@blindeyecreed 3 жыл бұрын
@@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.
@williambrown1095 3 жыл бұрын
@@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.
@mariusevander2214 3 жыл бұрын
@@williambrown1095 I assume all the weapons are super blunt ?
@lDIZZYl 3 жыл бұрын
Imagine having enough people to do the 300 Spartans all the same armor and same colors using the same tactics as the 300 and king leonidas
@Ipo024 3 жыл бұрын
Wouldn't work in an open battlefield.
@DC-ei9vl 3 жыл бұрын
That's actual reenacting.
@ThaiLitzki 3 жыл бұрын
@@Ipo024 You're missing the point my friend. It's for the feel!
@Ipo024 3 жыл бұрын
@@ThaiLitzki But will it be realistic enough if the God king Xerxes isn't there himself? It wouldn't be, I'm afraid.
@ThaiLitzki 3 жыл бұрын
@@Ipo024 We all know a really really tall friend, we'll pay him to dress in a lot of bling bling while sitting in a chair, will that do?
@theonly6blake911 3 жыл бұрын
Imagine being drunk as hell and stumbling onto this scene thinking “wtf did I travel back in time?”
@CaptainFrost32 3 жыл бұрын
If you stumble into this, the State Troopers posted outside are going to have words with you...
@drakarra 2 жыл бұрын
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
@christopherbuck9599 3 жыл бұрын
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.
@f1r3hunt3rz5 3 жыл бұрын
When you think about it, we are truly living in the strangest period of history. Wars throughout the world were carried out like this for a major part of human history, in which you and your allies fight in large formations so you can see the enemies and they can see you, then the battle starts and you have to go close into a more 'intimate' melee range, and with every attack you can see the effect it has on the enemy. Then fast forward to our time, the only period where wars are carried out most of the time without really seeing the enemy with eye vision, soldiers shooting or suppressing enemy position is the norm, formations are smaller and more dynamic, and long range bombardment is preferable.
@redrock2794 3 жыл бұрын
I want do this. This looks like it would be a blast.
@OfftheCuff_Series 3 жыл бұрын
We hope you make it!
@lordraifwoulson 2 жыл бұрын
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!
@OfftheCuff_Series 2 жыл бұрын
Thanks for the info! Are you familiar with ACS? Our latest doc looks at another medieval battle group. This one is pretty sweet! kzfaq.info/get/bejne/bc-FaZSr2rCYg40.html
@svennoren9047 Жыл бұрын
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.
@phatboyjustinhodor1336 4 жыл бұрын
its like real life mount & blade and also bannerlord
@AViewCado69420 3 жыл бұрын
Unrealistic, no bard shredding some doom music
@user-fl7zn2tn9q 3 жыл бұрын
Bro bannerlord and mount and blade is the same (Mount and Blade: Bannerlord)
@RSguideX 3 жыл бұрын
@@AViewCado69420 They actually got some bards charging on vanguard with their lutes and what not
@angellustergame 3 жыл бұрын
@@user-fl7zn2tn9q he meant warband
@commissargab6181 3 жыл бұрын
@@user-fl7zn2tn9q i think he mean the first mount and blade
@kohzi3533 4 жыл бұрын
I went to Pennsic 48. This was my first time at Pennsic and to be honest, im really looking forward to going next year.
@ijustchangedmyname7794 4 жыл бұрын
BlueGacha317 Good for you! Living your best life ☺️
@OfftheCuff_Series 4 жыл бұрын
So glad to hear that! :)
@Boarhaven 4 жыл бұрын
@@OfftheCuff_Series Which part?
@williambrown1095 3 жыл бұрын
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}
@kohzi3533 3 жыл бұрын
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 😔
@MrCouchmen 3 жыл бұрын
This should be part of Olympic Games. This festival has a big potential.
@terranaxiomuk 2 жыл бұрын
This is literally turbo larping. Check out 150vs 150 battle of nations buhurt and be enlightened.
@innocentsmith122 3 жыл бұрын
i joined the SCA a little over a month and a half ago i'm saving up money from my job and plan to participate in everything i can especially when things open up soon.
@OfftheCuff_Series 3 жыл бұрын
So cool 🥰
@OfftheCuff_Series 3 жыл бұрын
What kingdom?
@ebonyse 3 жыл бұрын
"Laughs in european"
@CommanderApple 3 жыл бұрын
Laughs in Viribus Unitis
@martinn.6082 3 жыл бұрын
They do the same thing in Czechia every year. But it does look a bit more authentic there, in my opinion.
@zwest400 3 жыл бұрын
śmieje się po polsku
@Kvitravn. 3 жыл бұрын
"Laughs in Norwegian"
@rimpinionstormblade3757 3 жыл бұрын
Laughs in spanish
@Pytskaayu 3 жыл бұрын
I always asked myself "I don't have a reason to go to america" but seeing this makes me change my mind alot
@crabbostb4075 3 жыл бұрын
Dude you should come to Branson Missouri. It like a city and a festival at the same.
@HiopX 3 жыл бұрын
You know those exist in Europe as well. With real castles!
@CaptainFrost32 3 жыл бұрын
@@HiopX ...12 miles away is a New Castle.
@HiopX 3 жыл бұрын
@@CaptainFrost32 a New castle, or the New Castle?
@reallychadical 2 жыл бұрын
Pensacola, FL will always give you a reason, brother
@bernardosaldana9982 3 жыл бұрын
Imagine if during one of these festivals and actual king and queen from Europe shows up
@OfftheCuff_Series 3 жыл бұрын
🤯
@mustard4762 3 жыл бұрын
I can imagine Queen Elizabeth coming with a brigade of knights
@HiopX 3 жыл бұрын
Pope with a phalanx of Swiss guard
@scribblerstudios9895 3 жыл бұрын
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
@cyrusmann5443 2 жыл бұрын
i think we know the winner if the immortal queen begins larping with her royal guards.
@giorgiociaravolol1998 3 жыл бұрын
2:43 everyone: medieval shit Some emperial bois: I think that wasn't the right Castrum, Jupiter watch us!
@DC-ei9vl 3 жыл бұрын
@Sizzil'n sausagebooi Iron age! Hell yeah!
@indivivdualism 3 жыл бұрын
@Just Another Pleb *The centurion sweats nervously while singlehandedly telling the cohort what to do.*
@Be_93 3 жыл бұрын
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 :)
@Dimage666 3 жыл бұрын
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.
@deepyamandas1192 3 жыл бұрын
The fact comes the only thing that can match this is the annual battle of Waterloo reenactment celebrations,which are growing year by year.
@deepyamandas1192 3 жыл бұрын
In 2015,of the 200th anniversary of the battle more than 6,000 reenactors participated and it's growing year by year.
@handsinthefire 3 жыл бұрын
@@deepyamandas1192 That's mostly do to other larps dying off or stagnating. Hell i've thought about joining myself at one point.
@therealdontclickme 3 жыл бұрын
you know it's real when the king of rohan is doing a "epic times" hand sign. (9:52)
@beetlejuus 2 жыл бұрын
All bullshit aside, LARPing like this is *extremely valuable*. There are few to no reasons why 10,000 would amass on a field and melee fight. Thanks to LARPing, all of us get to see what the scale of a pre-firearm battle would look like. It's outstanding to see, and it's a benefit to the goofiness of LARPing.
@xXChaoticRavenXx 3 жыл бұрын
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
@BudgetGunsandGearReviews 3 жыл бұрын
DRACO INVICTUS! (Thorgrimr Thorgrimsson, Barony Brendoken, North Oaken region, Midrealm) I just got done watchng the video... and I'm kinda bummed out. I haven't played in the SCA for several years due to a number of things (one of which is focusing my free time on MY KZfaq channel), and I hadn't realized until now how damn MUCH I miss this game. There's a great cameraderie felt after you spend all day sweating, and sometimes bleeding, in the hot sunand then get back to your camp and spend time with the family you've chosen... not to mention the sheer adrenalin-filled high of charging across the field at 1000 or so people with weapons in their hands with your brothers and sisters at your side. Now where did I put that helm...
@shadowcat3163 3 жыл бұрын
LOL, even though I retired from fighting a few years back, still sit in my tent on the hill watching the battles. Only down side is the walk down the hill to get to town to do some shopping. (Lord Thurkill L'Armeurier Barony Northwoods, Pentamare region, Midrealm)
@unar1011 3 жыл бұрын
dragons will hold the field
@AllBraunZeroBrains 3 жыл бұрын
My elementary school used to take us to the renaissance festivals every year and it was the best experience ever tbsr
@OfftheCuff_Series 3 жыл бұрын
That is so cool!
@JaredibleProductions Жыл бұрын
🤣😂🤣 “declared war on himself and lost” great animation! 😭
@No_Man_Is_An_Island 3 жыл бұрын
9:15 Still better than game of thrones season 8.
@HiopX 3 жыл бұрын
And a better love story than twilight. Can we please have meaningful benchmarks again?
@hrdgms27 4 жыл бұрын
* 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.
@williambrown1095 3 жыл бұрын
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 3 жыл бұрын
William Brown sure broheim, sure. street gangs and such.
@cn.st.182 3 жыл бұрын
William Brown sure broheim, sure. street gangs and such.
@williambrown1095 3 жыл бұрын
@@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.}
@thelikebutton9015 3 жыл бұрын
*mom grabs a sword and routes the whole legion of buffoons*
@allisonphillips5063 5 жыл бұрын
I do love how much you see folks from Ansteorra in this
@palebloom6118 4 жыл бұрын
I know!! I heard the chanting and happily freaked out!
@Freeplayone 2 жыл бұрын
4:49 the Lady is standing there quoting Rommel with middle age armor. I love it :D
@alexxd2398 2 жыл бұрын
13:13 is what I am here for. I love the look and the practicality.
@OfftheCuff_Series 2 жыл бұрын
The housing set ups were so fascinating! Do you go to Pennsic?
@cjkolber3701 4 жыл бұрын
I go to penisc every year and it’s like a second home for me. If you leave and cut off a conversation, when you get back they start right back up again.
@OfftheCuff_Series 4 жыл бұрын
What is your favorite part about Pennsic? Do you attend any other SCA events throughout the year?
@cjkolber3701 4 жыл бұрын
Off the Cuf I enjoy helping out Markland at the war giving them water and keeping them going. I go for both weeks and I usually attend Rivenwar since I’m from rivenwood and any event near us.
@williambrown1095 3 жыл бұрын
I'm one of those "I missed Pennsic one" types. it's where we meet and it's "I found out something new!" and the discussion started a decade before.
@alexalvarez6351 3 жыл бұрын
Do you need an invitation to join? I read on their website that the public cannot go without an invitation
@williambrown1095 3 жыл бұрын
@@alexalvarez6351 Nope. You will have to get a costume {Amazon cheap stuff is fine} and you have to pay for one weeks camping as a minimum. There's a information point, help classes for new people, and a HUGE welcome booklet {over a thousand classes are available] and really just say "My first Pennsic !" and you'll get more help than you'd believe. Plus old timers like me who will talk forever about how "You should seen Pennsic 40 years ago!"
@user-xx3rj1ft1n 3 жыл бұрын
Damn 10000, that's like the whole Mordor army
@OfftheCuff_Series 3 жыл бұрын
Right!
@valkyrie1066 2 жыл бұрын
And everyone can participate. Not just the fighting, which is for all genders, ability levels, and ages. Someone has to do the rest of it: music, dancing, medieval classes, planned gatherings. If you're a juggler or magician; musician, dance enthusiast, history geek of any kind, or are interested in cloth/fabric/sewing, or nearly any handcraft one can think of....there is definitely a place for you!!! If you are a cook, baker, brewer or user of herbs, so very welcome!!! If you are a medical person/emt there is a tent which would be delighted to have your services an hour or two a day. Leave your phone, your camera, your computer and video games at home. Just for a few days. Be who YOU want to be. I found it very refreshing. Pennsic Wars on pause for COVID, next one will be the biggest ever!!! Has been capped at 15,000 attendees and I've seen idlers turned away. Tickets are a year in advance. See you at the next one!
@OfftheCuff_Series 2 жыл бұрын
Wild! I'm sure this coming years event will be one to remember!
@valkyrie1066 Жыл бұрын
@@OfftheCuff_Series See you there! Lady Freydis Wolvesbrat; currently of Caid; but will be returning to the East Kingdom upon the next war.
@Man_of_Tears Жыл бұрын
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
@greensoplenty6809 3 жыл бұрын
"the boogie woogie bugle wench of company skullcrusher!"
@mrslasher1064 2 жыл бұрын
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...
@jamesgrindelwald Жыл бұрын
3:15 "Every time period is represented together" Omw with 21 century gear 🔥
@CarlosRodriguez-dd4sb 3 жыл бұрын
Someone should recreate the scene from 'Holy Grail' "Listen. Strange women lying in ponds distributing swords is no basis for a system of government. Supreme executive power derives from a mandate from the masses, not from some farcical aquatic ceremony"
@Historian2113 3 жыл бұрын
Lines from movies get thrown around all the time when you're on the field, from Princess Bride to Monty Python to Robin Hood to Kingdom of Heaven to Ivanhoe to Highlander to Braveheart to Lord of the Rings to Conan the Barbarian (and everything in between)
@scribblerstudios9895 3 жыл бұрын
3 to 1 someone has at one point or another
@CaptainFrost32 3 жыл бұрын
This campland is just outside of Moraine State Park. The park has a manmade lake where a glacier had originally created the lake bed in the Ice Age. It is called Lake Arthur. When the park was dedicated in 1970, the geologist hammer belonging to Dr. Arthur had been inscribed as Excalibur, and the first park manager was instructed to row to the middle of the lake and drop the hammer to the bottom of the lake.
@Liutgard 2 жыл бұрын
Oh, you have no idea...
@Liutgard 2 жыл бұрын
@@Historian2113 You forgot Lion in Winter! :-D
@windowsxperience4319 4 жыл бұрын
In the Marines at the moment, but plan to get back into it 👍🗡🛡 SEMPER FIDELIS!
@williambrown1095 3 жыл бұрын
See you at Pennsic! get some!
@PumaTwoU 5 жыл бұрын
Thank you gentlemen for the lovely coverage of Pennsic 47. This was great coverage of the joys I have experienced over many Pennsic wars. Please do come back again!
@OfftheCuff_Series 4 жыл бұрын
Hope to see you next year!
@georgewilliamson5667 2 жыл бұрын
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.
@matalatta724 3 жыл бұрын
Damn Skyrim *Very Special Edition* is looking good 🙏🏼
@blacktemplar5970 3 жыл бұрын
Imagine when they are in the future role playing 2020 and all the people are just sat working at laptops with face masks on
@s.hung.8782 3 жыл бұрын
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
@blacktemplar5970 3 жыл бұрын
@@s.hung.8782 It is
@CaptainFrost32 3 жыл бұрын
In the 90's, we were roleplaying 2020 and called it CyberPunk...
@bosniankumquat1835 3 жыл бұрын
Is anybody going point out the fact that that king of the middle is Milton Friedman's son.
@JC-om7nr 3 жыл бұрын
That is Milton Friedman
@mustard4762 3 жыл бұрын
Who?
@darklibertario5001 3 жыл бұрын
lol
@blktauna 2 жыл бұрын
Yes his tiny Grace is David Friedman, Milton Friedman's son
@Liutgard 2 жыл бұрын
Yup. I find it amusing that David, who is a serious libertarian in real life, is a leader in a serious royalist organization.
@maxasaurus3008 Жыл бұрын
Calls her up “can I fight for you honor?” Dude! Sir Romeo: the moxie on that guy! Right on!❤
@OfftheCuff_Series Жыл бұрын
Classic
@chrismayberry9850 3 жыл бұрын
I am going now and I can't wait to see you all there!
@amykhan76 4 жыл бұрын
OMG IM GOING THERE THIS YEAR btw I’m craftycelts and my uncle Is Danny hansen and it’s 16,000 ppl and over
@GregStraub42 4 жыл бұрын
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 4 жыл бұрын
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.
@williambrown1095 3 жыл бұрын
@@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}
@leathersmith88 2 жыл бұрын
Awesome video. I think the only thing it was missing was the Pennsic night life. The parties, the delicious home made alcohol, fire dancers and belly dancers.
@OfftheCuff_Series 2 жыл бұрын
Oh how we wish we were given access to that part 🤦♂️ We were able to get in for a portion of one evening. To gain access to the event we weren't allowed to film any of the night festivities, unfortunately :/
@BrigitofBergental 2 ай бұрын
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.
@DrGodzirra Жыл бұрын
that guys beard at 14:30 is majestic. its like perfectly proportioned
@sirtopazium7794 2 жыл бұрын
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 :)
@panpiper 3 жыл бұрын
Decades ago, I fought in seven Pensic wars. Those times remain among my fondest of memories.
@OfftheCuff_Series 3 жыл бұрын
Do you ever plan to go back?
@panpiper 3 жыл бұрын
@@OfftheCuff_Series Not really. At this point in my life I am partially disabled and impoverished, and way too old to participate in the fighting I that was my primary interest.
@stillwinston3765 2 жыл бұрын
9:55 "Excuse me." Most polite warrior on the battlefield I've ever heard lol
@OfftheCuff_Series 2 жыл бұрын
😂 fair enough!
@mash3d67 Жыл бұрын
I was bashing on the Two Chucks back in the 90's. Nice to know somethings never change.
@Texasmilitarydepartmentvid9654 3 жыл бұрын
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.
@Eldormen 2 жыл бұрын
this was a great little piece, especially from mundis. I like that it was so well rounded in its focus, and even though its main was focused on the war and fighting it didn't feel like it put us in as people just hitting each other with sticks. I could also feel the warmth that the sca have. capturing that to me is the most important part about any piece on the sca as its so important of what we do.
@OfftheCuff_Series 2 жыл бұрын
Check out the full length video on Amazon, if you're interested. It's 48 minutes in total
@palebloom6118 2 жыл бұрын
@@OfftheCuff_Series Oh my gosh, I didn't know you have a longer version!!!
@liamwalsh4008 18 сағат бұрын
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 🍻
@ixedtea5302 2 жыл бұрын
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 💀
@OfftheCuff_Series 2 жыл бұрын
Amazing!!
@palebloom6118 2 жыл бұрын
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!
@matheuspeixoto8689 3 жыл бұрын
i have to be in a roleplaying festival at least once in my life
@OfftheCuff_Series 3 жыл бұрын
We hope you get to make it here one day, Matheus!
@mattperotti6433 Жыл бұрын
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!
@OfftheCuff_Series Жыл бұрын
Oh I bet! Have you been to many?
@mattperotti6433 Жыл бұрын
@@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.
@sumi..... 3 жыл бұрын
I'm a Percy Jackson fan and I love this!!
@OfftheCuff_Series 3 жыл бұрын
So cool! I'm actually reading that series right now.
@dr.fjoer_the_crazy_scienti5841 3 жыл бұрын
This is added to my bucket list. I seriously need to get there at leady once in my life
@Historian2113 3 жыл бұрын
Please do!
@PhaserFelix 3 жыл бұрын
Then someone with a M4 Carbine comes in and says he's from the future, and kills everyone. Anime Logic.
@benyaminyaphiliandro2032 3 жыл бұрын
I like the that twist
@FF-ds9xw 3 жыл бұрын
You mean GATE?
@isagredanzelb.5602 3 жыл бұрын
What anime is it? Is it GATE?
@flakcannonhans6170 3 жыл бұрын
Then there’s one guy that comes from future Soviet Russia with his crew and drive through the knights with a T-34
@FF-ds9xw 3 жыл бұрын
@@isagredanzelb.5602 yes
@gagecunningham1040 Жыл бұрын
Dude, these videos have been awesome!!
@OfftheCuff_Series Жыл бұрын
Glad you’re enjoying them :)
@golden1_1dragon12 3 жыл бұрын
Basically Comic-Con A place for passionate folks
@Cabochon1360 4 жыл бұрын
Really makes me want to go back to Pennsic. Maybe in 2021, for Pennsic L.
@williambrown1095 3 жыл бұрын
me too, dang virus.
@shadowcat3163 3 жыл бұрын
Sadly with the plague shutting us down this year, IF we have it next year 2022 will be Pennsic 50.
@joshwongwai3532 3 жыл бұрын
The casual conversations whilst killing 😂
@ChadBurns 3 жыл бұрын
Just cause we fightin....don't me we ain't friends. :D
@CaptainFrost32 3 жыл бұрын
@@ChadBurns "Are we still friends?" 'Depends on how hard you hit me.'
@SirCharles12357 2 жыл бұрын
Largest collection of nerds in the US of A! Love it!
@ItsMinoAgain 2 жыл бұрын
I know so many people like this, I grew up into this hobby. This was my family vacation.
@OfftheCuff_Series 2 жыл бұрын
So cool to hear! Have you attended Pennsic before?
@ItsMinoAgain 2 жыл бұрын
@@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 😄
@vincentcampaert8497 3 жыл бұрын
Ah yes, American history will be European history roleplayed.
@eatinsomtin9984 3 жыл бұрын
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.
@RSguideX 3 жыл бұрын
@@eatinsomtin9984 People already roleplaying superheros in comic con isnt that considered american culture
@eatinsomtin9984 3 жыл бұрын
@@RSguideX You call that culture? So you eating spaghetti makes it so that you are expressing italian culture?
@RSguideX 3 жыл бұрын
@@eatinsomtin9984 Eating spaghetti and cosplaying/roleplaying is different
@swanson6845 3 жыл бұрын
I'd love to fly over in a chopper with a huge magnet and see how many humans I could catch
@hunteralbers1449 3 жыл бұрын
These are my people. why didnt i know about this? My life was empty until now D:
@Varg390 2 жыл бұрын
I like that the roman like dudes still are in the formation and the other are like "frick it I'm gonna smack everyone'
@Griffinattack 3 жыл бұрын
I recently had a thought of this but Crusade themed, glad I came across this in my recommendations
@BigBadDevilDaddy666 3 жыл бұрын
I need a full hour of sir jehans war stories.
@blktauna 2 жыл бұрын
an hour is only the tip of the iceberg. I wish someone would record him. I wish someone had recorder Master El before we lost him.
@hostility3404 4 жыл бұрын
5:43 nice aim there Tebow
@muhdzofmadness0245 3 жыл бұрын
Ngl I wanna see a samurai vs spartans close combat with foam swords that would be really amusing and fun to watch
@MarcFuhrmann85 2 жыл бұрын
u earned my abo! props to kamera, edit, voiceover and moderation. gg
@OfftheCuff_Series 2 жыл бұрын
gg
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