ANST - New noncombat topic

[Mitchell-CON, Paul T]

Sir Gunthar wrote:
> > 
> > Galen of Bristol here!
> > 
> > I have always felt that A&S competitions without Laurels
> > were like tournies without knights.  Sorry Siobhan,
> > I think of so much by analogy to combat, and this is
> > one of those things.
> > 
> > For instance, Timo won Steppes Warlord.  He's neither
> > a knight nor even a fighter of long experience.  In so
> > doing, he outperformed Duke Mikael, HRM Kein, and
> > myself, among many others, belted and unbelted
> > alike.  This is far more impressive a victory for the
> > fact that there were knights in the tourney.  If there
> > hadn't been, we'd be on the sidelines going, "Yeah,
> > he's good, but I can take him."  Of course, in real
> > life, none of us did.
> > 
> 
> I'm afraid I must disagree with you here, old bean.  While I agree
> that it is
> perfectly okey-dokey for Laurels to enter A&S competitions, the
> analogy of a 
> double-elimination list is incorrect.  In your example, Timo won a
> double-elim
> tourney.  He did not defeat Duke Mikael, HRM Kein, or anyone other
> than the 
> opponents he faced.  In many fighting tournies the big guns often take
> out each
> other or have an off day or whatever.  Thus allowing someone who might
> not have
> made it so far to win. This is not to disparage Timo but just using
> your example.
> 
I stand corrected.  Just because Timo won the tourney while I was killed

out in the 3rd round (by someone who subsequently lost to Timo) doesn't 
mean he outperformed me.  Good thing for him he didn't face me himself!

Sorry Gunner, I don't buy it.  We're either choosing the best man on a
given day, or we're not.  Which is it?

- Galen

Galen of Bristol, Viscount, KSCA, etc.
http://www.flash.net/~pmitchel/galen.htm
pmitchel at flash.net (hm)
paul.t.mitchell-con at lmco.com (wk)
(last week on this lmco.com address)


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