[Ansteorra] IKA on calibration standards (was Re: Polls)

[Susan]

Thanks to you both for the information reguarding the bowling ball test 
and thoughts on calibration.
Susan

Sir Lyonel Oliver Grace wrote:

>Salut cozyns,
>
>The bowling ball test was part of a test scenario someone set up at Estrella 
>and Pennsic several years ago in an attempt to measure average ft-lbs force 
>of an the mean adequate killing blow of each kingdom. I think it was part of 
>a college thesis project. The effort was something of a failure in that the 
>test subjects tended to treat it like a carnival hammer drop game--each 
>fighter attempting to make the ball roll further than the fighter just 
>before him.
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