ARCH - Archery Question

[Bob Dewart]

Great!  Outstanding!  I'm glad you do.  Really :)

However,  check out the history of the shoot.  Years ago more folks shot and
our scores were much higher.  Now our scores are in the crapper and not too
many people shooting.  Coincedence?  What do you think?

Then again I  could be wrong.

Archery is the greatest individual competiton I can think of.  Ok, last time
I shot I hit the target 4 times, let's see if I can hit it 5 this time.
Forget about the winner of the competition thing.  How did I do compared to
what I did last time?

Whether your counting the number of times you just hit the target or for
points, all it is is a way of keeping track of how well YOU are doing.
Other than for safety sack,  forget about the other archers.  They have
their own individual contests going on.

Gilli
-----Original Message-----
From: Rayburn, Timothy <TRayburn at healthaxis.com>
To: 'ansteorra-archery at ansteorra.org' <ansteorra-archery at ansteorra.org>
Date: Tuesday, June 06, 2000 2:16 PM
Subject: RE: ARCH - Archery Question


>** Tutahl and Gilli said (respectively)
>> >What you're saying is that none of these factors are important-that all
>> that
>> >matters is
>> >an interkingdom ranking. Quite frankly, I couldn't care less about that.
>> I'd
>> >rather see 20 people on the firing line having a good time then the 3
>> best
>> >archers in the known world shooting for score there.
>>
>> What I'm saying is that with the Kingdom ranking comes all those other
>> things.  Again, for those who do not know how it works, here is a website
>> that will give the current standing.  http://www.dellarco.com/ontarget/.
>> There is much more than just an single IKAC or IKCAC.  The over all
>> standing
>> is a sort of composite of the standings in all the divisions.
>>
>** Timothy of Glastonbury says :
>
>I could not disagree more with what Gilli said... truly!
>
>It does not follow, that higher Kingdom scores will lead to many more
people
>shooting and enjoying archery.  Just as it does not follow that Duke
>Bellatrix moving to your Barony means that more people will be out and
>enjoying armored combat.  Duke Bellatrix moving in by himself does nothing
>to armored combat.  He could not play, he could only train select squires
in
>his back yard, etc.
>
>If he was an active, friendly, welcoming and warm teacher, willing to help
>people overcome problems to enjoy armored combat so that they could
>understand what he loves about it, then he could make an incredible
>difference on a Barony (as he did in Caer Mear, Atlantia, when he moved
>there in fact).
>
>If instead he were isolationist, caring about you only if you were
striving,
>currently, to win Crown, then he could be an active detractor from the
>enjoyment of the sport.
>
>I truly feel that this is what the bible-thumping about IKAC and IKCAC
>scores is doing.  We as a community should care that people are shooting,
>not that they are shooting for score.  Some people do not enjoy
competition,
>but I'm sure they would enjoy archery.
>
>In short, there is more to archery to IKAC and IKCAC, and those other parts
>: the sheer enjoyment of the activity, are more important than scoring it
>and turning it into a sport.
>
>Timothy of Glastonbury
>Forerynel Pursuivant
>Combat Archer in Elfsea where Life is Good!
>
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