ARN - Stagnation?

[Chris Backus]

There is currently one group in this region without a rapier marshal
or an application submitted.  Many of the practices are small, but
every group except for two is reporting regular practices.

The Canton of Rundel does not currently have a marshal, but could be
considered to fall under Lord Marchand's capable hands, as they are
under the protection of the Barony of Northkeep.

Numbers do not necessarily define the strength of a group.  When I was
Baronial Rapier Marshal in Namron, we had about four regular fighters,
but it was a strong practice.  At the same time Mooneschadowe
sometimes had twelve due to access to University equipment, but it was
really about the same - four regulars.

Hawkins

----- Original Message -----
From: "Chandranath" <russ at randomgang.com>
To: <ansteorra-rapier at ansteorra.org>
Sent: Tuesday, September 19, 2000 11:08 PM
Subject: Re: ARN - Stagnation?


> On Tue, Sep 19, 2000 at 09:00:51PM -0700, Delphina Champeaux wrote:
> > We had a slow night tonight with only 14 fighters on
> > the rapier field but we had three new fighters in that
> > number.  There are also armored, youth rapier, bardic
> > & other A&S, boffer (when they can make it) and a
> > monthly melee practice.
> >
> > I think that the way this happened was an "if you
> > build it, they will come" attitude.  It took over two
> > or three years to see this number grow but it is a
> > very good practice that has people driving from
> > Raven's Fort and Bordermarch just about every week.
>
> To an extent, this has worked for us.  However, Lord Walter and I
spent pretty
> much a year being the only people consistently at practice -- not a
great
> turnout for an oversized Shire like Mooneschadowe.  Possibly because
I am a
> bigger pest than my predecessors and nag people into coming, we've
had
> turnouts as high as 10, averaging around 6 during the summer.  This
is better,
> but it's all we can do to get it that high (not counting our
Wastelandian
> brethren, who are a welcome addition when here).
>
> But unless I am mistaken, there are a frightening number of groups
without a
> rapier marshal at all, much less practices, and I am concerned
beyond the
> bounds of my Shire.  I get to fight the Mooneschadin already. :)
>
> Chandra
>
> --
> Lord Chandranath, Cadet to Don Timothy
> Musician in the King's Players
> Deputy Regional Herald, Northern Ansteorra
> Rapier Marshal and Captain of the Plumes of the Shire of
Mooneschadowe


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