Carrying Weapons

I'm sorry to hear about your wrist! Good on you, though, for wanting to take it easy when the cast comes off.

I broke it at the September event, which was my first time at KR. On my NPC shift, which was the first one. I backed up and fell over a rock in the dark. So I hurt my wrist before I even got to play my character for the first time...
I thought it was just sprained though, and I continued my NPC shift till the end, using my left hand (I am right handed). The following day, when I woke up, instead of feeling better it felt worse. I got an ace bandage to put on my hand, and switched over to non combat. My wrist was starting to feel better later in the day and I got approved to switch back to combat. I fought in main mod with only my left hand (Some one told me it was impressive that I didn't lose my hat in the fight, and that I did well, I told them it was more impressive that I was using only my left hand), as well as a mod the following morning. If I hadn't gotten the chance to participate in any of the mods as my character, I may have never wanted to come back. I had enough fun during the mods though that I did come back as non combat in October (I must say that you guys are doing something right if I broke my wrist and still returned, and I stand by my decision to fight with my left hand the rest of the event). On our trip home my mother had me stop at an urgent care and get an Xray, I wasn't expecting my wrist to be broken, but it was. Naturally I broke a wrist bone that heals slowly, and have to wear a cast (which immobilized my thumb) for 8 weeks. I have about 2 weeks left. I am very much a gamer, so I haven't been able to use a gaming controller for all this time... When people ask what happened to my arm, I tell them I broke it in a sword fight, which is actually the truth, even if it is misleading.

Andrew Greyscar wrote: (I must say that you guys are doing something right if I broke my wrist and still returned

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I just wanted to isolate that quote and appreciate it. We're only getting better from here.

I am very much a gamer, so I haven't been able to use a gaming controller for all this time...

My younger self empathizes and mourns.

When people ask what happened to my arm, I tell them I broke it in a sword fight, which is actually the truth, even if it is misleading.

That's how it starts. Pretty soon you'll be re-wording LARP experiences onto your resumé (which has worked for quite a few people here, actually).

Jeff, you're what, 19?

Andrew, it's actually a very valuable thing to learn to fight left-handed, especially when you're a florentine fighter. I assume you know the adage from your karate days that you always train both sides of your body equally, so you can switch between dominant sides with a moment's thought? This is part of why I'm one of the best florintine fighters in the game. I'm not stuck only defending with one side, or primarily attacking with the other. To anyone who doesn't know what they're looking for (either because they already knew it or I'm teaching them) it looks a lot like I'm wielding two swords completely independently. That is, of course, impossible; the human brain can't process that. But there's a trick to it.