Heh, I watched this fight before within the past year or so, but I didn't pick up on something until now: 0:50 to 0:56 Vega started to fly back before Allen kicked him away. 1:38 XD Oh Allen. Stop playing with Vega's mask. Even if it DOES look good on you. 2:32 to 2:35 You can tell they had a little trouble getting the sword into the hooks or whatever on Vega's armband, but that's to be expected in something like this.
"Real" stage combat CAN be done and look awesome, but the only place I've seen it happen is at a Ren faire in Woodstock CT (and I think only some, not all, of the fighting was improvised on the spot). With a setting like this, yeah, I shouldn't have put the "almost" in my above post. But many of the people involved this year were pretty damn good at making their fights look awesome. For a setting where half the people probably aren't using carbon steel weapons, that's saying something.
The only people not using carbonized steel are the hand-to-hand fighters. I should know I was IN it and had to help clean the rust off of them. And our Directors have been fighting on chess-boards for a combined total of 50 years, are still doing ren-fairs, and even THEY say "Never do free-form unless you know yourself and your fight-partner inside and out, and are very good at casting with your weapon." You can't learn to effectively free-form with a partner in only 3 months.
Wow. My comment came from the look of the weapons: it seemed like Vergil was using the Sephiroth Masamune sword (which I thought was only available in stainless), and a few others seemed too accurate to be stage-fighting weapons (notably Anderson's bayonets. Were those custom made, or are they not as accurate as they look in the video?) I could guess the thing about the time (classes I've taken say that much), but the advice from your directors is intriguing. I must internalize it...
Any of the specialty blades, like Masamune, Zengetsu, the Keyblades and the 4 bayonets were custom made for our show. Baltimore Knife and Sword and Starfire Forge make ours. But they can become quite pricey if you want complete accuracy.
We really have some of the best directors ever(in my opinion).
....I crave dearly to work in your show. Curse its placement in Florida, curse it! And thank you very much for the information (I didn't know Starfire did customs!)
@Pyre Vergil WAS using Sephiroth's sword, but apparently, some sword-selling websites now have an almost EXACT replica of Vergil's actual katana, Yamato.
Ignore that last comment!!
MzReno2012 8 months ago
What anime/videogame is vega from?
MzReno2012 8 months ago
It was over as soon as Vega lost his claws....
Bbjenious 10 months ago
Heh, I watched this fight before within the past year or so, but I didn't pick up on something until now: 0:50 to 0:56 Vega started to fly back before Allen kicked him away. 1:38 XD Oh Allen. Stop playing with Vega's mask. Even if it DOES look good on you. 2:32 to 2:35 You can tell they had a little trouble getting the sword into the hooks or whatever on Vega's armband, but that's to be expected in something like this.
KitaraStrife 1 year ago
WHAT!!! NO WAY!!! HOW COULD VERGIL HAVE LOST THAT HE CAN BEAT ANY OF THERE BUTS!!
deathlord1475 1 year ago
at the beggining of this part, Ganon said something and then someone else said something... Who said it and what did he say? lol sorry, im slow :[
EmoXanimegeek10 2 years ago
VEGA SHOULD HAVE WON!
ZeldaFanatic0121 2 years ago
1:22 LOLOL nobody wins with a headbutt.
l337m4s73r 2 years ago
Vega got it goin' ON!! *whistles*
sugaxshyxtype 3 years ago
I think I just had a fangasm. xD;;;
Moonlightstrike 3 years ago
The part where Vega licked his claws gave me the chills!
caitlinjane92 3 years ago
Vega.
Arithaniel 3 years ago
whoa :O these fights are so good, were they coreographed or did it just happen that way?
lordtwigg 3 years ago
Almost certainly choreographed. Though they upped the stage combat quality by ALOT since the previous year.
Pyre 3 years ago
Metrocon chess is ALWAYS choreographed. Imagine just going at it with real steal...people would get hurt, and it wouldn't look this cool.
soedblackchaos 3 years ago
"Real" stage combat CAN be done and look awesome, but the only place I've seen it happen is at a Ren faire in Woodstock CT (and I think only some, not all, of the fighting was improvised on the spot). With a setting like this, yeah, I shouldn't have put the "almost" in my above post. But many of the people involved this year were pretty damn good at making their fights look awesome. For a setting where half the people probably aren't using carbon steel weapons, that's saying something.
Pyre 3 years ago
The only people not using carbonized steel are the hand-to-hand fighters. I should know I was IN it and had to help clean the rust off of them. And our Directors have been fighting on chess-boards for a combined total of 50 years, are still doing ren-fairs, and even THEY say "Never do free-form unless you know yourself and your fight-partner inside and out, and are very good at casting with your weapon." You can't learn to effectively free-form with a partner in only 3 months.
soedblackchaos 3 years ago
Wow. My comment came from the look of the weapons: it seemed like Vergil was using the Sephiroth Masamune sword (which I thought was only available in stainless), and a few others seemed too accurate to be stage-fighting weapons (notably Anderson's bayonets. Were those custom made, or are they not as accurate as they look in the video?) I could guess the thing about the time (classes I've taken say that much), but the advice from your directors is intriguing. I must internalize it...
Pyre 3 years ago
Any of the specialty blades, like Masamune, Zengetsu, the Keyblades and the 4 bayonets were custom made for our show. Baltimore Knife and Sword and Starfire Forge make ours. But they can become quite pricey if you want complete accuracy.
We really have some of the best directors ever(in my opinion).
soedblackchaos 3 years ago
....I crave dearly to work in your show. Curse its placement in Florida, curse it! And thank you very much for the information (I didn't know Starfire did customs!)
Pyre 2 years ago
@Pyre Vergil WAS using Sephiroth's sword, but apparently, some sword-selling websites now have an almost EXACT replica of Vergil's actual katana, Yamato.
GamingGenius 1 year ago
i no the website ur talking about swordsellers i think is what its called not sure tho
deathlord1475 1 year ago