<html><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; ">Having read this, it reads as if I'm being dismissive of Arthur's concerns, and for that, I apologize to Arthur.<div><div><br></div><div>I've only been able to enter RH a few times. I speak from the experience of having entered all but five or six Queen's Champion lists since 1992. The single most painful thing I have ever done in the SCA when I had to drop out of Valeria's second. </div><div><br></div><div>However, the very nature of being a royal champion is to be the champion not of Ansteorra, but of its Crown. The best fighters, or in this case archers, may not make the best champions. </div><div><br></div><div>I will leave discussion of your suggestions below to those more involve in the archery community than I.</div><div><br></div><div>Iago</div><div><div><div>On Nov 18, 2009, at 6:05 PM, Greg Coffman wrote:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><blockquote type="cite"> Arthur, that is what it means to be a champion for their majesties. Before entering the list, find out the duties. If I can't do the job, I don't enter. It sucks sometimes, but I would rather not be the RH than do a bad job of it.<div><br></div><div>Iago </div><div><br><div><div>On Nov 18, 2009, at 8:49 AM, ld.blackmoon wrote:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><blockquote type="cite"> <div><font face="Arial" size="4">greetings </font></div> <div><font face="Arial" size="4"></font> </div> <div><font face="Arial" size="4">actually thats part of the problem as i see it, each different king has a different view of what it means to be </font></div> <div><font face="Arial" size="4">( or what he wants to see ) , in a royal huntsman , and therefore each gives different requirements to win, and different duties to the winner.</font></div> <div><font face="Arial" size="4">it is my understanding that many times the target archery war point and the combat archery war point are often set in such a way that it is almost impossible for one person to compete in both .</font></div> <div><font face="Arial" size="4">it has also been my observation that when kings require the royal huntsman to be at most if not all of the royal procession events , that the royal huntsman usualy winds up needing stand in royal huntsmen at many of those events .</font></div> <div><font face="Arial" size="4">a problem for many ( including me ) is that we can't afford to travel all over the kingdom as well as take off work to go to war .</font></div> <div><font face="Arial" size="4">is it possibly time to divide the r.h. and have a ta huntsman , and an c.a. archer general ??</font></div> <div><font face="Arial" size="4">the rh representing the kingdom ta community , and the ag representing the ca community ?</font></div> <div>Be Safe , Be Happy, Have Fun<br>Arthur</div> <blockquote style="PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; 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