[Ansteorra-rapier] Too much?

[David Whitford]

ok-you poked the Texas button so live with it.
 We have those issues in ONE state, ok so if you wanna talk about how hard it is
on say the fighters in Wisconsin or South Dakota then fine otherwise...
 R

"Purple, Academia Site Master" wrote:

> I'm sorry, I just wanna poke my head in here and giggle a bit...
>
> I know Texas is a big state, really I do.  But in the MidRealm, we've got
> fencers in South Dakota who are 4 hours from the closest OTHER FENCER.  One
> of our Bronze Rings lives out there, and the next closest one is something
> like TEN HOURS away, if not more.
>
> Please go back to your regularly scheduled talk, I'll go hide again... :)
>
> purple
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> All in all the scarves are doing doing the best for thier order that they
> can.  Sometimes though, some candidates fall through the cracks, or are
> elevated a little early because of geographical circumstances.  I am not,
> repeat, NOT saying this out of bitterness but out of observation.  If you
> have 10 WS in a barony and they see a candidate all they time they are as
> agroup going to be more familiar and more amiable towards them and therefore
> that candidate would have a stronger voice in the circle.  On the other hand
> if you have 4 active WS in an entire region the candidates from that area
> are going to suffer from that for the lack of support from the numbers in
> the circle. 4 - 10 are not good odds in any book.
>
> But having sat the throne and sat in on way too many circles I find that all
> in all these things will balance out in the long run.  The members of the WS
> are among the most dedicated to thier craft of any of the circles.  They
> take it very seriously.  As they should and for those who aspire to thier
> level should take it seriously also.
>
> Barn
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