Battle Of The Nations - /botn/

21vs21 are going to start right now

Main live stream
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>What is Battle of Nations?
The Battle of the Nations is an international historical medieval battles world championship, first held in 2009, in Kharkiv, Ukraine and held in Europe, in April, every year since.
It is a full contact competition using metal weapons and a standardized list of rules. National teams compete in several standard events, with all being full contact - no stage reenactment battles are included.
Teams from up to 25 countries have entered the tournaments.


Come support your countries!
Discuss the battles and your countries armor and tactics!

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first for Switzerland

Last year fighter still lurking. Will answer all questions.

Russian trolls hacked BotN pls join IMCF

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Schedule:
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Most serious injury you've ever gotten?

Even your little flags are square? Weird.

Bruises and light concussions. Fractures and dislocated joints do happen but I got a good set and have been pretty lucky so far. Been doing this for 3 years.

Being contrarian is cool

how bad do sword or axe blows hurt?

How are the Finland teams 1/2?

Good shit?

the fug these lads aren't neckbeards most of them look like bouncers

were you the one accusing russians of rigging things last thread

Russia vs UK starts right now

You guys actually watch some guys larping as mount and blade??? lmao

Is Slovenia there and where is it being held this year?

>Russia won
What a surprise!
Just get to the Russia vs Ukraine for some fun.

>larping

those hits look pretty real, you try it, faggit

>mount and blade
wtf cunt, you think mount and blade didnt directly take from history?

russians need to be banned

Spain, m8. And yes, Slovenia has a team in 5v5s which start tomorrow.

I'm 6'2 and going to the gym for years. I'll probably roast some regulars.

There is only 2 million of us. Where do we pull this autists from?

Fucking bongs are getting meme'd on

>thinking neckbeards would have the strenght and stamina to this

why do Russians always win

Noice

like I said, try it

I thought the heraldic is supposed to be modern.
Why are Russians wearing Empire colors?
It's way outside of medieval period too.

Still, handling UK's assses to them.

Sword hits rarely hurt unless they hit a good spot. 2h axe hits hurt but you're in so much adrenaline that you can push through it. You'd still want to catch that axe with your shield rather than with your helmet.

Some from last years Finland 1 dropped out due to financial issues this year but they're still pretty solid. Finland 2 is mostly new guys.

You misunderstood. I meant that accusations of cheating were one of the reasons IMCF was formed. I don't think they have been straight up cheating, rather there's been misunderstandings due to language and cultural barriers.

>this commentator

Most experience / training.

professionals

>muh multicultarism

Seriously, I can't escape this shit even in medieval nationalistic competition?

>pay hundreds of euros for armour and a mace to just try it once

>tfw stream 1 is shite but the commentators talk about that one so looking at the other one is weird

cause its cool I guess
I liked those 1v1 americans earlier with the non-generic sort of costume looking gear, looked like 18th century formal wear

judges bought

they are spetsnaz

This is actually interesting content. That's why i come here.

Clubs usually loan stuff to new members and what not.

honestly yeah wtf

it's like they feel the need to apologize for something nobody even accused them of, something that they don't even need to apologize for even if they were accused

he said absolutely nothing of meaning either

That's a nice shot

What a shame, Poland.

21vs21 is so much better this year with the bigger arena.

Burgers vs spaghetti now

there you go, try it, tough guy

he's Australian so that's normal

You did this last year? War with Finland when?

Okay I will. I have no idea if those clubs even exist here. I only know of the cosplay kind of and that's something I want to stay far away from.

burgers btfo

>US vs Italy
>Some hugging, some pushing

>Ukraine vs Poland
>Full 2h axe swings into heads

ITALY STRONG

They're big guys though.

Seems to be most of your national team is from clubs "Ascia" and "Lions of Steel"

They are big guys

4u desu senpai

Slavs are animals. That's why they are so good at this. Will we see Russia vs Ukraine today and will there be dead?

the cunts autistic or something, he's being impartial and inoffensive as possible

doesnt sound aussie either, i think he lives in UK or something.

Lol amerisharts BTFO

Not me but it was brutal as hell. Too bad all finns felt pretty bad for it and got a bit demotivated as we thought we actually paralyzed the guy.

We later learned that his armor was actually faulty which is why the force penetrated so effectively. He's also fine nowadays.

fuck, that was fast

>Italy won
that's actually pretty surprising

>american
>charge 'n pray style
>die instantly

fucking hell they did it again one guy that instantly falls over

That fucking Czech with feathers.

What should I be looking at? There is too much going on.

real monster, he got like 3 takedowns this round

sad, because it was pretty close there at one point

1 guy more is a huge deal

Hi where are the burgers?

That guy who got hit in the neck with an axe was taken to a hospital l8r iirc.

fucking rip germs

LIBERATED

How much did you pay for your gear?

Betting on this would be so easy. Just bet the house on the team that comes from the more easterly country.

>tfw no cute slavic medievalboo gf

China is in this year

Well if I've learned one thing on /heem/ it's never bet on an asian fighter.

I can hear a spanish relator.... There is any stream in spanish?

youtube.com/watch?v=D6ggbCoFcmo

Well, you just lost a bet

just kill me now

Yeah but it'd be balanced out by all the others I would have won.

Czech vs Spain fight was awesome holyshit

>that Czech guy front kicking the guy in the gut

Why are Russians and Ukrainians even allowed here? They should just fight between them for 1st and 2nd place, and let everyone else fight for the 3rd.

The Russian's overhand polearm game seems unbeatable.

I don't know why people bother doing anything else.

I'd say my current set is something between 1500-2000€. My first set was around 1200€ but I've since upgraded some of my gear (shins, helmet, gauntlets, gambesons).

The cheapest sets are around 800€ if you order from Russian armorsmiths and get them delivered to an event like BOTN.

I would assume so, the event is being held in Barcelona I think.

Czechs rolling out big guys

p i k e s

Roar.
Finns need more +190cm street fighters.

>Which seems to be the Russian way. ;^)

>Feather Czach is back
I hope Spaniards asses are ready

They need a few less camera changes.

It's hard enough following a 21 v 21 fight without the camera jumping to a new corner of the ring every couple of seconds.

BIG GUYS DOWN

REVOLUTIONARY WAR COMING UP.

Why don't they fight in formation?
What are the rules? How hard are you allowed to hit?

BIG
SPANISH
GUYS

They need to fucking fix their camera shit.

>OH THAT'S A BIG TAKEDOWN
>camera is zoomed out so you can't see shit.

>one commentator sounds like a girl
>seconds randomly screams

the JR&King of our times

They do initially, battle usually breaks up the formations though. Look at how polearms are positioned.

>What are the rules?
In 5v5s and 21v21s you have to throw enemies to the ground to get them out of the match. Thrusting is not allowed etc. I guess the finn () might be able to help out here with more specific questions.

Word.