Desrtopa comments on Rationality Quotes December 2012 - Less Wrong

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Comment author: Desrtopa 09 December 2012 03:17:26PM *  1 point [-]

Not in a ten-point bout. Very rarely in a five-point bout. I've seen it happen in one-point bouts, though.

At my club, I don't think anyone really fenced one-point bouts. Three rarely. The newbie would sometimes get points though, so if they had been fencing one point bouts, they would have had a chance. Five was the standard where I fenced, and I don't remember seeing a newbie ever win one.

Comment author: DaFranker 10 December 2012 03:41:18PM 1 point [-]

Five was the standard where I fenced, and I don't remember seeing a newbie ever win one.

Anything else would have surprised me. Fencing would probably not have acquired its current status and reputation had it been so reliant on things other than training and skill.