Oh, well, sounds more humane than fighting animals. So they just rounded up some LARPers from a Ren Faire and told them to fight, or how did that come about?
Yeah pretty much. They had small tournaments throughout the weekend and in between it was a free for all that anyone could jump in to and whack people for a little bit. They had a bunch of foam swords and shields available for people to use.
In a swordfight arena
Like a fencing event?
Much weirder. It was a LARP fighting arena next to a joust.
Oh, well, sounds more humane than fighting animals. So they just rounded up some LARPers from a Ren Faire and told them to fight, or how did that come about?
Yeah pretty much. They had small tournaments throughout the weekend and in between it was a free for all that anyone could jump in to and whack people for a little bit. They had a bunch of foam swords and shields available for people to use.