Throwing down the Gauntlet

Curious Expeditions has a rundown of several of history’s more interesting duels. For example: Two ladies dueled in 1792 over a comment one made about the other’s true age!
The ladies dueled first with single shot pistols. The duel came within a foot of fatal when Mrs. Elpinstone’s shot went through Lady Braddock’s hat. Despite the calls of their seconds (every principle duelist must have a second, a sort of right hand man - or madame, in this case) to cease and desist, the determined ladies switched to swords. A short round of fencing ensued, and Mrs. Elphinstone was wounded in the arm. Through her pain, she agreed to write a letter of apology. Honor restored, the ladies curtsied and headed home.

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Ever since ROBOCOP won for best sound editing I have paid attention to the art of Sound Design and i work in the field now. (If you play an Alesis Keyboard i programmed the presets.)

My vote for this year are City of Ember a great sci-fi movie with a message and great sound editing. WALL-E had fantastic sound FX and i agree with its nomination.
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Thank you so much for this!
I'm currently in school for sound design, so it's definitely not overlooked by me. :)

Currently, there's really only two of us here. I'm focusing on sound design in theatre.
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