[Ansteorra-rapier] Proposed revision to rapier rules

Sean Hertzberg colsith at gmail.com
Mon Oct 15 06:37:37 PDT 2012


Dena and Pug,

Thanks for the clarification.  Makes much more sense now.  :)

Avery

On Mon, Oct 15, 2012 at 8:30 AM, Katy Hendrick <pancua at gmail.com> wrote:

> I had mine filtered down to current authorizations, which may be why our
> numbers are off but I agree that its broken.
>
> Another project to work on in the future! :)
>
> --Dena
>
>
> On Mon, Oct 15, 2012 at 8:27 AM, Pug Bainter <pug at pug.net> wrote:
>
>> As for needing something for “If it ain’t broke, don’t fix it”, that is
>> not something the SCA has ever worked on. Otherwise we wouldn’t have
>> improved in technique, weapons styles, etc. It worked just fine when it was
>> first used, just there are better options commonly available now to be used
>> instead.****
>>
>> ** **
>>
>> Dena, I hate to argue with the Marshal Secretary in front of everyone,
>> but I think that you and I aren’t generating the numbers the same way.
>> Maybe we need to look into that. When I re-wrote the reporting script I
>> added a numbers report for participants and got the following counts with
>> valid expiration dates:****
>>
>> ** **
>>
>> **·         **Light Rapier Combatants: 270 ****
>>
>> **·         **Heavy Rapier Combatants: 293 ****
>>
>> **·         **Rapier Marshals: 181 ****
>>
>> ** **
>>
>> Unfortunately I haven’t had time to relook at the script to figure out to
>> generate how many light or heavy only combatants. I will see if I can get
>> that done in the next day or so.****
>>
>> ** **
>>
>> I do agree that it is broke because the enforcement of the rules doesn’t
>> appear to be happening with regards to authorizing rapier marshals and
>> light rapier combatants.****
>>
>> ** **
>>
>> For everyone out there, “real soon now” we’ll have some canned reports to
>> look up data from the database with a goal of eventually printing your own
>> authorization card.****
>>
>> ** **
>>
>> Ciao,****
>>
>> Pug****
>>
>> ** **
>>
>> *From:* ansteorra-rapier-bounces at lists.ansteorra.org [mailto:
>> ansteorra-rapier-bounces at lists.ansteorra.org] *On Behalf Of *Katy
>> Hendrick
>> *Sent:* Monday, October 15, 2012 7:45 AM
>> *To:* Ansteorra RapierNet
>> *Subject:* Re: [Ansteorra-rapier] Proposed revision to rapier rules****
>>
>> ** **
>>
>> I think the fact that people are authorized to marshal a blade they have
>> no clue about is a huge "broken" point. ****
>>
>> ** **
>>
>> Speaking from a simple numbers perspective, there really aren't that many
>> fighters that fight F/E. Out of 500+ fencers, less than 20 of those are
>> even authorized and of those 20, I know of at least 10 personally that
>> don't fight F/E so I am not even sure why or how they got authorized.****
>>
>> ** **
>>
>> --Dena****
>>
>> On Mon, Oct 15, 2012 at 7:42 AM, Elisabeth B. Zakes <kitharis at gmail.com>
>> wrote:****
>>
>> Working from the statement, "If it ain't broke, don't fix it," what is
>> broken that we're trying to fix here? I've seen several solutions proposed,
>> but I still haven't seen what we're proposing solutions FOR.
>>
>> Aethelyan
>>
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>> ****
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>> ** **
>>
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>>
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> Lady Magdelena "Dena" Cortez
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