Battle at Vyborg Castle

[@MaverickCulp]

I think this was a very good representation of a medieval battlefield, nothing fancy, all grit, and no Aragorns slaughtering loads of men left and right. I also appreciate realization that you can just bash a solider in armor with a sword and expect him to die.

[@vladimirdamned9470]

Yes, but it's not a real medieval fight. Here exist some rools like unsharpened weapon, and here is no thrusts. In real medieval fight much of them will bin dead by thrusts through the chainmail, visors and between the plates. P.S. Forgive me for ny english))

[@MaverickCulp]

Oh yeah i know that, but as in as real as it can get (safely).

[@rollyunicorn]

No need to forgive you Vladimir. Your English is just fine. In fact it's better than many English or American. ; )

[@vyacheslavkozin7163]

+Vladimir Damned In that time we have a stub rules :)))

[@EpsilVep]

+Vyacheslav Kozin actually in this you can stab

[@wrtltable]

Без музыки лучше, тогда слышен лязг, как в кузнице.

[@ВдадимирНиколаев-ц7щ]

Слов нет одни эмоции ,смотрю первый раз очень понравилось зачётно !!!

[@TheSvartulf]

Знакомые все лица и участники. Даже я мелькаю периодически :)

[@FinDan07]

Medieval combats were much manlier than modern ones :P

[@theneonpython]

we have no way of knowing that

[@theneonpython]

***** well thank you for not linking any, you have made a claim and now the burden of proof lies upon you so please, prove me wrong

[@GrandHochmeister]

***** alright man, just go read some soldiers stories from the world wars and from modern history. Humans are humans. Guys back then were no less and no more tough than people now.

[@tonarsilverwolf6485]

GrandHochmeister warfare was more honorable back then because it was more like man vs man=death not missile vs men=death

[@floydkeimiii303]

What about catapults, arrows, bolts, ect. Many people where killed or did killing where they could not see who they hit. Also, how was it honorable to slash a man in the back from a horse? Most soldiers in this time period where presents with little to know equipment who didn't want to fight. Most casualties where Caused while withdrawing from battle.

[@djnico17]

lol they even have aristocrats watching from the sidelines, this is amazing

[@HCarota]

"we need 100 gopros, now!"

[@LordRaven60606]

Mad respect for putting Question of Honor as the background music. =]

[@itsconfidential781]

The guy in the center at 1:53 reminded me of the black knight from monty Python, cause he just wouldn't go down

[@deitrichbucklige4068]

Смотреть на это страшно. Страшно интересно! Реальные витязи и богатыри с рыцарями. Мужество и отвага! 👍👍👍💪💪💪

[@SirSlaughter357]

to answer your first question in case you didn't ever figure it out, the Templars with the black surcoat and red cross are the "sergeants" in the order, basically they were the commoners or those who had no ties to nobility, thus the white surcoat and red cross meant that the wearer was of nobility, whether he was a lord, son of a baron, knight ect. Also certain privileges were granted to the nobles of the Order that a sergeant (black surcoat) would not have received, such as squires, horses ect

[@Morslyte]

You are very right about that, but one must not forget some there represent the Knights Hospitallers, black surcoat with white cross.

[@Burningrevolver]

Thank you ver much for informing me! Knowledge can't be turned down! Thanks again for telling me this, will make use of it in further comments! :D Sincerly Marcus

[@Atrahasis7]

Mountain Blade 2 butterlord footage.

[@floydkeimiii303]

I wish, man. I wish

[@JeromeIsTheMan]

1 year later

[@박훈-n9i]

yes I believe

[@MelodusDethicus]

Which is why Roman legions were so effective. They periodically switched out the guys in front and shifted the men in the formation so the fresh guys in the back would take the place of the tired troops up front.

[@xoho]

You guys really know how to have fun!

[@ASCLisy]

Офигительно! Слов нет! 😍👍

[@slayerbulia]

Обалденно рубитесь мужики! Привет с Украины! Поскорее б сезон начался, повонзаццо охота :)

[@narutofoxs]

Yea, and there armour and helmets are real steel too, it takes alot to break through

[@latarnis01]

This would be a nice release from a days frustrations or pent up anger. Just go out there and clobber the other team until you're satisfied, or too beaten up to move.

[@SirSlaughter357]

man do they got any swordsmanship clubs like this in the US, Russia is, while someplace I'd love to visit, a bit out of my budget to make the trip at the moment lol, still It'd be cool to participate in large scale battles like this using blunted blades instead of wood swords and sticks, as they say no pain no gain. for the most part.

[@Nemesid]

Hey, nice to see myself on a video after so many years :) Thanks :)

[@h3adbang0r]

That bear is the coat of arms of Bern, Switzerland. I'm not sure if they were involved in that actual battle, but the Swiss served as mercenaries across Europe throughout the medieval age, so it's not impossible (and probably a good choice in larp if you're not sure which side you're going to be on :P).

[@maaderllin]

I'd like to make a point: LARP means Live Action Role-Playing. If you recreate a historical battle, you play a role even if there's little to no "character playing" in it, you incarnate a medieval warrior in a given era. Common LARP: great variety of organisation, freedom of character and armor style from historically accurate to extreme "fantasy" style. You often play the character you want to play and interract with other until fight happens. There can be magic, creatures (part 1)

[@mouthforwar17]

i like this kind of stuff..however sometimes it just seems like wild flailing of weapons...i think when a soldier really knew his life was on the line there wouldve been a lot more organization of groups of soldiers perhaps

[@dantepanda5315]

la mejor representacion medieval del mundo

[@МаксимДроговоз-й8ц]

no this is Viborg in Russia its near Saint Petersburg

[@ROBBEAUDOIN66]

This is really a amazing thing---WOW---Well done.

[@draynnorvillageidiot]

is this a reenactment, or just a bunch of guys in armor making teams and mass chaos ensues?

[@shmelushka]

This guys are fighting eachother for years. So they all know how the oponents look like.

[@Blade025]

oh cool..thanks for the explanation...i figured there must have been some sort of "hit point" rule but i never knew about the 2nd system

[@johnrehak]

Nice it looks like "full contanct" where full armour is necesary.

[@SirSlaughter357]

:) Happy to have been of service. I'm glad my countless hours of studying proved to be helpful to someone.

[@allgoodnamestaken123]

I recomend plate cuirass with shoulders and thick helmet, also lots of padding. otherwise you will be battered since there is no room to dodge or fence and guys will crush you pretty hard

[@daaustin2]

What are the rules to this? I would love to do something like this but it seems if you are hit, you stay in the battle! Looks very chaotic. I can see how discipline was so important in mideval fighting.

[@gamegeezerf494]

now, imagine this, but with blood and guts flying everywhere. This is how it was done.

[@DummmmmmmmmmmerKID]

This is pretty damn legit. I kinda wish we had stuff like this in Arizona.

[@individuum4494]

This is really good reenacting!

[@ChamorruWarrior]

Yep... I was thinking that same thing haha The pikes are just like chopping at people, they should be stabbing between where the axes should be hooking haha

[@LordRichardLeviathan]

The guy with the danish ax at 5:00 is a machine.

[@kola672]

No problem. Who is who and who won beating

[@farky91]

@daaustin2 In the video it seems that you had to fall down to be considered dead. In Transylvania-Hungary-Chekoslovakian area if you get hit by a blade (regardless the type of weapon) you have to fall down - dead. But this is only in the general battles, in the tours you can't kill the oponent, obviously. But there you have other rules: you can't stabb first of all. One "touche" means one point. You have to get the first to a number of points (usually 5 or 10) or to disarm your oponent to win.

[@1stNightingale]

You should try out Australian LARPing we play it more as a sport than roleplay weekend events get more nerdy but contact sports are still pretty strong. We are a decade or so behind you guys on members and respect.

[@Sanadau]

What's the name of the compagny which is wearing the swiss (berner) flag? please?

[@Ar0n13]

what the...? Are they using real weapons? how many get injured in such a fight?

[@space197]

no, knights templar have a red and white tabards, these were more likely knights hospitallers

[@Sanadau]

ah ok, thank you! I'm from switzerland and I was surprise to see this flag. That's fun!

[@archis84]

Whats the historical background?

[@NinjaGamer1999]

how do you know if you're dead/out?

[@Blade025]

So how exactly do you determine if someone is "dead" or do people just beat each other with the weapons until the time runs out? Don't know anythin about the rules so if someone can explain..it'd be appreciated :)

[@racedriver52]

It's like moshing with swords, fuckin sick!

[@ShaktipatSeer2]

This is actually pretty cool

[@RaymondThierry]

@jenniferinmontreal Yeah, e6eMo3r is right, we are doing it by ourselves, using historical records. But the weapons are not sharpened for safety and in most of the battles like this and 1x1 tournaments there is no pricking blows. There are some shops in the ineternet and in some cities too, that sell some goods and weapons. I dont know how many people were there, but the "bugurts" are usually from 10 people to 500 and even more.

[@wenbosx4415]

fucking awesome !!!

[@adamfriend5878]

Lego battles

[@BremerBurschenschaft]

Those are actually real steel arms, although blunt.

[@Loki459]

So I have a question about the rules, and no I haven't gone through past posts searching for the answer. I have looked at the SCA to join but combat seems somewhat lacking... So, what are these weapons made of? I know it seems stupid to ask, but I assume real steel is out of the question. If not, I gotta pay respect to these guys! (And I should anyways, since this looks pretty tough!)

[@luchse]

They call themselves "Bern". Mostly from Moscow, Zelenograd.

[@Timmyboy505]

were do I sign up this is fucking awesome

[@lordilluminati5836]

i too want to know

[@EpsilVep]

+patricio torre well this is the society for creative anachronism (sca)

[@helgedergesegnete3395]

This is more HMB . (Historical Medieval Battle) then sca

[@Arkapok81]

Yep, this is early HMB, not SCA at all.....

[@mysza90016]

What is the name of this song??

[@Morslyte]

I see Templars and Hospitallers costumes in there mate.

[@Umbraldancer]

so do you actually have to die to count as dead?

[@vonDreiadlerstein]

wow! i love it! greetings from germany! you're the best!

[@KatharsisWorks]

do you think that real battles were also so slow?

[@amager]

there are alot of groups i Denmark that do it whit real weapons we love remenbering the times of the vikings

[@katalinos100]

Woow , I love this kind of larp game ^^ . .... It's chaotic , but its a part of war :P .... Do you know anything about the templars????(Those ones with cross on their tabards) , I'd like to collect a costume like theirs . Can you help me with some istruction? He he he :D ...

[@DavidAMarin]

In LARPing, from what I heard in the Yogpod LARP episode, when you are hit(and you don't dodge/block)you take damage. However, let's say my armor has +1 block, and my shield has +1 block if I block. A sword deals like 2 damage and I have 10 HP. If I am hit and I don't block I NEED to say 1(because damage-block, so it dealt 1 damage to me). Maybe I block, so that means 0 damage. I wonder how they count all those things, seeing how noisy and full of people it is over there.

[@tubedud1]

Holy shit. Next thing that you know they'll go all out and say "Fuck it, we're sharpening these swords. IF YOU DIE YOU LOOSE."

[@arti2184876]

what song is put to the background?

[@pickle6599]

Классно рубились мужики.)

[@Hnkl7]

What song is it?

[@illmatex]

song in background?

[@akaniotevanos9861]

Sounds like, Blind Guardian maybe? Or Iron Fire, those two bands are awesome

[@Nosondakar]

looks like larp lets you be creative, and in reenactment you have to follow historical equipment

[@IsaquahIsDaBest]

How is this considered nerdy? This looks like it would kick ass!

[@gemkapocs]

Correction, it can't be SCA, they use rattan weapons, these are steel ones.

[@Califacs]

Please tell me what the song&

[@Scotspikeman]

What groups were taking part?

[@ducdegruyere]

why there is Berner flag aus switzerland in this battle....?

[@PVPB3AST]

I'd love to even be apart of a thing like this.

[@sockschappercat]

Where do I sign? I'm serious; this looks fun (and painful - in a good way) as hell.

[@Catbean9]

I think that they are teutonic knights not hospitallers or templars as they are fighting russians. The Templars and Hospitallers were involved in the crusades.

[@VLGSHow]

but the weapons are made of iron or cartoon ??

[@alexeypoljakov]

Хорошо рубяться, я тоже хочу!!!)))

[@Military_Equipments]

That's another way to get your adrenaline going.

[@U2BAMF]

@Ar0n13 They real medieval weapons reconstructed, but blunt so its still a piece of metal getting in your face

[@capperz412]

What's the difference?

[@43productions93]

ok so were do I go to do this.

[@vvp_rus]

21 Productions go Russia

[@amager]

is this Viborg in Denmark?

[@PVPB3AST]

How the hell would you tell if you're out?

[@19sole]

@johnrehak Its harder than full contact...

[@korndog87]

that was sick!

[@kola672]

Что за бойня? Кто выиграл?

[@Von_of_the_Dawn]

templars am i correct

[@farky91]

@TheHockeyfreak1964 Those weapons have real steel blades, but of course, they're blunt. But either way, you have the medieval armour (made exactly like in the middle ages): a gambeson and a mail armour/plated armour. And over the armour the tunic. As you can see, everyone has a helmet (unfortunately not every company can afford helmets, here in Transsylvania they are quite expensive). Search for Wolin on youtube to see the greatest medieval reenactment festival! Transsylvania invicta!

[@LunaDevaKitty]

There's a city in Denamrk called Viborg though :c

[@maaderllin]

Anything you want there to be. Or none of them. In that case the line between SCA and common larp becomes thinner. SCA: Societies for Creative Anachronism. It's on a more restricted level, but you can still incarnate any type of people in pre-17th century europe. Wich means a viking can meet a crusader, but there is no magic nor creature or monster. (From what I understand, any SCA member correct me if I'm wrong) (part 2)

[@edscissor-e9w]

Next level - actual death! I prefer the beach.

[@WhiteReconcista]

and "Hornet"

[@robgungan4276]

I NEED THE NAME OF THE SONG

[@James.c]

It's at the beginning

[@freddakiko]

it depends on your lingual background but it's on tier with chinese or japanese, due to the alphabet.

[@chrisferguson5381]

Are those real metal weapons because they look real?

[@paveleliseyev4017]

yep

[@JasonOfArgo]

Playing Total War I always found it a little weird that guys would line up and only the ones right in front do any sword swinging... but watching this I guess it's true, you have to wait your turn to die. XD