Exciting Tournaments

[Matthew R. Popalisky]

On Sat, 23 Nov 1996, James Crouchet wrote:

> I have an idea: what if we split the fighting into two activities, the 
> elimination (or qualification) portion and the finals. The qualification rounds 
> could happen off to the side without the expectation that everyone would watch, 
> and the final, say, 8 people could fight the finals in front of everyone. This 
> makes all kinds of twists available, like having a noble sponsor each fighter 
> in the finals, or doing the full heraldry thing, or presenting each fighter to 
> the crown, etc. Those last few rounds are what folks who don't fight that style 
> really want to see anyway. Watching 150 fighters work out their rankings gets 
> dull no matter what the fighting style.
> 

Sounds like a plan to me! 

Kateryn
Grimfells