ANST - Need some costuming advice

[Casey&Coni]

Perhaps a good solution to this problem would be to make a cover sheet for
you documentation.  When actually competing in the competition proper,
remove it, but when handing out copies of your work afterwards, include it.
I find that if someone needs to tell you something about your piece, they
will leave their name and a way to contact them on your commenting sheet-
this has happened to me twice.  I really desire my judging to be as
impartial as possible, not judging me against my own ability, but rather, my
work against the public highbar.

Although it's a sticky comparison, the knights (I feel) would never knight a
person on the basis of how far their fighting has progressed, but will
always attempt to measure their ability against the mean level of the
circle.  It's not that we don't take note of progress- we do notice and
praise it- it's just that we would feel awkward knighting a person whose
personal best doesn't measure up to our standard as a whole.  Adding your
name to your piece in an A&S competition *could* cloud someones judging one
way or another so I try to avoid letting the judges even see me putting
things out.  I would hate to win a competition simply because (and I have
heard this said...) "... it wasn't exactly a masterwork but, my goodness, a
_man_ made it... isn't that impressive?".  The other side of the issue is
that there may be those out there who don't get along with you *personally*:
"Good grief, Mistress Whoever, there's that loudmouth, Ritter Dieterich...
let's just get through his stuff as quickly as possible, shall we?"

Peers should be above all that?  Naaah.  Peers are people, too, and I'd
rather just narrow the odds of them judging to either side of the line.

Dieterich


PS.  Glad you put your name on your post, Genevieve! *wink*;)

Genvieve had penned:

>This message is brought to you by a "final exam frazzled" Genevieve de
>Courtanvaux. I had a momentary lack of intelligence and forgot to sign my
>name. Sorry.
>>I think that Dieterich makes very good points on how to do documentation
>>except that I disagree him on one point. That is I believe that you should
>>include your name in your documentaion. You don't include your name for
>>popularity but as a refrence as to who made the piece. I personally have
>>given my documentation to other people when I am finished because they
have
>>asked about a particular subject therein. When these people in turn use my
>>documentation I would like to be given credit for my work. Also, if I
>happen
>>along and want to know who did the piece and they are not present then all
>I
>>have to do is look at their documentation. Besides, I am a student and it
>>has become ingrained - you put your name on everything you do.
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