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[Chris Zakes]

At 04:32 AM 2/20/2010, you wrote:
>On Fri, Feb 19, 2010 at 12:38 PM, Dragonetti <dragonetti at generich.com>wrote:
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> > However, I perceive the value in a body that sets some
> > minimal level of standardized rules (or framework) of play
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>Without the overarching hand of the corporation I think the kingdoms would
>sort this out themselves. I can picture a council of kingdoms where
>representatives hash out fighting and other rules as needed. It might even
>make our war negotiations less unpleasant.
>
>Christian Doré


I'm not so sure about that. If we're *already* 
seeing major disagreements over war negotiations 
(when we're using the same set of rules) how 
would it be easier if the different kingdoms had 
different fighting rules and conventions, maybe even different armor rules?

I can recall horror stories from the early days 
of Pennsic where, IIRC, the Middle Kingdom didn't 
require chinstraps for helms, and didn't allow 
face-thrusts, but the East Kingdom (and most of 
the visitors from other kingdoms) *did* allow 
face-thrusts. This led to many unpleasant incidents.

         -Tivar Moondragon