[Ansteorra] Why Crown Tourney has been moved to the heat.

[Chris Zakes]

At 02:49 PM 7/21/2010, you wrote:

>Everyone This is Willow
>I Believe in tradition, but please remember us old dinosaurs fought 
>in the heat but Crown tourney was in May and most often on Mother's 
>day and you young people still fight tourneys in May. Steppes 
>Warlord was the end of the fighting season except for the very hardy.
>Today our Crowns are fought in July. I don't care where you are at 
>in Ansteorra July is hot.  It is a matter of health. Crown is an all 
>out Tournament and is very intense and I think it is unsafe to fight 
>that in Ansteorra Summer.  Tradition is great but it is "tradition" 
>that the leaders of Ansteorra put the health and safely of our people first.

<shrug> Ansteorrans have been fighting in the summer heat since 
before there *was* an Ansteorra. Is it worth pointing out that for 
many, many years, it was Queen's Champion that was fought in the 
worst of the summer heat--late July or early August--and that rapier 
gear is, if anything, even hotter than what's worn on the armored 
field. Yet I can recall only *once* when a summer Queen's was fought indoors.


>  I think we should present the next crown prince and princess with 
> letters asking for the safely of the fighters and all the people 
> who run the list that the next Summer Crown List be indoors.

But realistically, how much of a safety issue is this? As I 
understand things, we had *one* fighter withdraw from Crown because 
he was getting overheated, and I recall one person complaining on 
this list because she thought it was too hot that day. But many more 
people spoke out against moving Crown to an indoor venue. That does 
not sound to me like there's an overwhelming need to move the entire 
event indoors.

         -Tivar Moondragon
              another fossil