[Ansteorra-archery] How to increase TA, TW, and CA
ld.blackmoon
ld.blackmoon at cox.net
Mon Jan 12 21:22:13 PST 2009
greetings
not to change your mind , but to correct some of the observations ; )
>Partially it is fun to watch people beat on each
other:-)
oh, like high school ,, now i see .
>They have areas set up for
spectators,
nope , participants and those wishing to watch set up their own pavilions , unless your speaking of the baronial / kingdom pavilions ?
> they have heralds announcing who is fighting, who is
winning, what is happening, and who won, so it is to follow,
would be nice , but most of the hearalds this far north want to herald the heavy / rapier fields .so you better grab and bribe your prospective herald early ; )
>they even
have some refreshments
again , nope , they get the same refreshments everyone else gets , just lots more of them and people to serve them .
but having our own is a very good idea ; )
>I
would really hate to think that someone that gets beat over the head all
the time has been out thinking me:-)
now ,now , vincenti , you should know by now , not to give me straight lines like that 8 )~~
now for a couple you left out ..
make the range more eye appealing , ( like eldern's poles and flags ) , or one i like , have little shield shaped banners with all of you past champions devices drawn on them , and hung from the safety ropes , if you don't have enough to fill the line, make blanks and fill them in later ; )
have a dedicated " wagon " driving people to and from the ranges , with room for pavillions, chairs, coolers , etc.
set up your pavillions near the ranges with extra chairs for spectators .
design and advertise your tourneys , so that they attract attention . ( ikac and royals are for practices and before or after tourneys )
you might be surprised at how many people come to watch if it sounds interesting enough .
>For TW what about having more than one target and more than one thrower
at a time? It seems that every event I have been at there is always only
one at a time.
your biggest problems there are going to be , each thrower needs his / her own marshal , all throwers would have to be throwing at the same time , and there would have to be safety range adjustments , so for the most part , you have the same problems in ta as you do in tw , you have to plan an interesting throw or shoot , and plan it to keep moving , its the dead time will be called boring ; )
a boring tourney is a boring tourney , weather its on the heavy field or the archery range .
personaly, i would like to start getting together at events with both tw and ta marshals so that maybe we can plan some more interesting shoots / throws .
does this sound doable ??
>The more we help each other and the more that we build these events the
bigger and better they can be!
we need to have this pretty much worked out very soon , if june is gonna fly on its own ; )
be safe, be happy, have fun
arthur
----- Original Message -----
From: Doug Copley
To: Archery within the Kingdom of Ansteorra ; Missile Marshals List
Sent: Monday, January 12, 2009 8:27 PM
Subject: [Ansteorra-archery] How to increase TA, TW, and CA
I am sure some of you have already thought about some of these things
but I am sure that others have not thought about them so for those of
you who have already thought of some of these things perhaps you will be
able to provide some great insight on things that can be done. I have a
marketing background and tend to watch and observe things and try to
figure out why some things work better than others.
What I have seen is that one of the hold-backs for CA, TW, and TA is
that honestly they are very un-spectator friendly at the events that I
have been to. I have seen the Chivalric fighters and they draw a good
crowd but why do they? Partially it is fun to watch people beat on each
other:-) But there are some other things. They have areas set up for
spectators, they have heralds announcing who is fighting, who is
winning, what is happening, and who won, so it is to follow, they even
have some refreshments. Is it really that they have a better event or
have they just been out-thinking us or just been doing it longer? I
would really hate to think that someone that gets beat over the head all
the time has been out thinking me:-)
In Namron we have already started working with some of these ideas and
we are going to be doing even more of them and seeing how they work for
us too. Does anyone have any ideas of specific things that they have
done or tried that worked really well (or really bad) that they could
share with the rest of the group?
Here in Namron we have already started working at having refreshments
for people at the archery area, we are talking about trying some
heralding and making sure that we have an area setup for spectators so
that they can see what is happening. For the shooters we are discussing
having some site tokens that they receive when they have their equipment
inspected.
For TW what about having more than one target and more than one thrower
at a time? It seems that every event I have been at there is always only
one at a time.
The more we help each other and the more that we build these events the
bigger and better they can be!
YIS,
Vincenti da Murano
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