[Bryn-gwlad] championships

[Tim McDaniel]

On Wed, 1 Aug 2007, rurikthered at swordworks.org wrote:
> I agree with the notion that if we allow our championships to
> fluctuate, it give the appearance that they are no big deal and are
> subject to whims of fancy and thereby not of importance.

Let me put on my asbestos BVDs and my four-gauge jockstrap.
I do *not* want to sound belittling or imply "payback's a bitch";
that's not my intent.

Some years ago, there was a dance event up in the Middle where it was
announced that there would be *fighting* after the *dancing*.
(Laughter at the world turned upside down.)  At 10:58 PM, two guys
came out onto the floor in armor with a marshal.  They had just
squared off to begin when the event steward announced that the site
closed at 11:30, and the feast and dancing had run late, so there
wasn't any time for the tourney.  The dancers about fell over laughing
and cheering.

My impression is that, in an event schedule, the tourney wins
scheduling contests against everything else -- court, the feast, and
peerage circles will be postponed to accomodate it (in about that
order), and those three others shoulder aside anything else.  Anyone
have a different impression?

I don't see a likelihood that martial championships will be seen as
unimportant, regardless of how moved they are.  That said, a regular
schedule seems better to me than an ad hoc schedule.

(In fairness: in the few events I've lately gotten to, things have
gotten better for dance: for a few years, it felt like "dancing" meant
"dancing after court" meant "no dancing at this event".  I can't speak
for other activities.)

Daniel de Lyncoln
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Tim McDaniel, tmcd at panix.com