[Bryn-gwlad] Recruiting demo ideas.

[Troy Bertram]

No, I was not saying that, we still would have to follow Society rules, as
far as fighting goes...

On Jan 25, 2008 10:49 AM, Chris Zakes <dontivar at gmail.com> wrote:

> At 10:12 AM 1/25/2008, you wrote:
> >I guess I am looking at this from a heavy fighter's point of view,
> >although it can easily be this way for new artists, bards,
> >ect.  When you go to your first fighting event, you can come up
> >against a knight just as easily as you can a opponent of your own
> >skill level.  And this can be intimidating, I don't care who you are.
> >What I am looking at is an event where they are not too overwhelmed,
> >can compete with others close to their own skill level, and we can
> >be there to cheer them on and give them some "Well done,
> >m'lord/m'lady."  Something where they are not worried bout saying or
> >doing the wrong thing.  It might have happened in the past, that
> >some have showed up to a PIP, and thought, "this is interesting",
> >but have gone to their first event, and then thought, "what have I
> >gotten myself into?"
>
> I think what you're looking for is a "Beginners Tourney": one that's
> restricted to folks who've been fighting for less than a year, or to
> folks who've never fought in a tourney before. Those have been done
> in the past, although it's been a while since I've seen one around
> here. That could certainly be done as a Tiny Tourney, it might even
> be possible to do one at Baronial next Fall (depending on what else
> will be going on.)
>
> I don't think you'd want to put Joe Newbie and his buddy Jim--fresh
> off the street and totally untrained--into armor and send them on the
> field to start fighting.
>
>         -Tivar Moondragon
>
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