Sabre or Foil?

( magnum, Sun 5 Aug 2012, 18:43, archived)

foil,
they have lights on the floor, on their heads, on the side of the little podium thing.
( Windy Pig is a stupid cunt., Sun 5 Aug 2012, 18:46, archived)

The foil is the lightest of the 3 swords
and points scored from hits with the tip of the blade on the torso
( magnum, Sun 5 Aug 2012, 18:47, archived)

Cool,
so the lights are just for show?
( Windy Pig is a stupid cunt., Sun 5 Aug 2012, 18:48, archived)

No, the lights denotes who won the point
A red light or green light means that one fencer has landed a hit in a valid target area; the fencer that gets the point is the one that makes the hit that is decided by right-of-way by the referees. A white light means that the hit was not valid. Multiple lights mean that the referee will decide who gets the point according the rule of right-of-way
( magnum, Sun 5 Aug 2012, 18:50, archived)

one of them fell over,
i'm guessing that's not good.
( Windy Pig is a stupid cunt., Sun 5 Aug 2012, 18:51, archived)

They call that a Stumblefoot
and denotes him/her as a ninny for the rest of the match
( magnum, Sun 5 Aug 2012, 18:56, archived)

I'm glad you're here, mags.
are we getting live commentary for 100m?
( Windy Pig is a stupid cunt., Sun 5 Aug 2012, 18:56, archived)

THEY'RE RUNNING

( glued eel /questions/questionsyoudliketoask/post1648081, Sun 5 Aug 2012, 18:59, archived)

THEY'RE RUNNING

( glued eel /questions/questionsyoudliketoask/post1648081, Sun 5 Aug 2012, 18:59, archived)

THEY'VE STOPPED RUNNING

( glued eel /questions/questionsyoudliketoask/post1648081, Sun 5 Aug 2012, 18:59, archived)

OH MY GOD THEY'RE ALL DEAD

( glued eel /questions/questionsyoudliketoask/post1648081, Sun 5 Aug 2012, 19:00, archived)

YES
it'll be great
( magnum, Sun 5 Aug 2012, 18:59, archived)

I type about 35 words a minute
so that should be interesting
( magnum, Sun 5 Aug 2012, 18:59, archived)