ANST - Crown topics

[Cherie Nolan]

A true fighter would enjoy the competeion and not just the chance to win the
crown. He would want to go and have fun. After all isn't that the reason for
the SCA. Many forget that this is a hobby and recreation. They become
everything that the SCA is against. If a Duke wants to go and have fun and
swing a stick to chanellege the next possible crown. Then let him. But that
Duke needs to look in his own heart to check the reasons why he is in the
list for the day. Marguerite
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Marguerite at tex-is.net
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From: <ELYSANDRE at aol.com>
To: <ansteorra at Ansteorra.ORG>
Sent: Wednesday, June 30, 1999 5:05 PM
Subject: Re: ANST - Crown topics


> I have been to many crown lists throughout the last 17years and watched
many
> reigns as a result of these same lists.  This process has served the
Kingdom
> well as it has stood.  A lot of you are upset about Dukes being able to
> withdraw from the list.  Well it is their earned right. It always has been
> that way that I know of.  They have faithfully served the Kingdom and I
feel
> that they have the best interests of the Kingdom at heart.  They fight in
the
> lists to ensure the quality of those who make it to the final rounds,
while
> this may not be fair, we are not re-creating a democratic society are we.
> When they withdraw from the list it is not always because they had no
> intention of winning, sometimes it is because they feel the remaining
> fighters would do a good job of serving the Kingdom and would like to give
> them the chance to do so.
>
> I urge those of you who question the way the lists are run to think about
> how theses methods have served Ansteorra.  Are you also the ones entering
the
> lists? or sitting on the sidelines.  I find it hard to believe that so
many
> people want to question something that has worked so well. Those of you
that
> have served as crown or as their entourage know what an undertaking it
really
> is both financially and mentally.  Those Dukes have not only undertaken
this
> responsiblity once but twice and sometimes even more.  They have earned
their
> right to protect the crown by entering the lists and challenging the
> competitors,  they better than anyone know what is expected and as I said
> before have Ansteorra's best interest at heart.
>
> On a side note I have seen many a fighter withdraw from a list or fight
with
> no intention of winning the title offered the champion and yet do not hear
> any complaints along these lines.
>
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