ES - Elfsea Defender Chivalric Tourney

[Rayburn, Timothy]

I believe you miss my point....

Who said that Springfaire should be a Rapier only event?

Right now we have a Heavy and a Light list at both our events, and I see no
reason to change that.  My point was to highlight a particular tournament at
a particular event.  Defender would highlight Armored combat, Springfaire
would highlight Rapier.  Each would also have another major competition
(Archery and Bardic respectfully).

The myth that there must not be Armored combat at an event which highlights
on the selection of our Rapier Champion is just that, a myth.  It does not
have to be one OR the other, just like Defender doesn't HAVE to be one or
the other.  But dividing the /major/ competitions divides the press of time
in the day.

Timothy

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> Sent:	Wednesday, June 14, 2000 6:20 PM
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> Subject:	RE: ES - Elfsea Defender Chivalric Tourney
> 
> 
> 
> Warning :  Sarcastic reply comming!
> 
> I would not go out of my way to attend an all rapier event, it is not of
> interest to me.  If there was a tournament on the same weekend elsewhere I
> would probably attend that!   I feel that this would strongly be the
> opinion of many people.  Change is not always a bad thing, but in this
> case
> I feel that we would end up with an event (springfaire) that would not be
> well attended.
> 
> The point may be that we have to tone down the chivalric list a bit so
> that
> appropriate attention could be given to the light fighters.  Maybe we run
> a
> round of light fighting followed by a round of heavy fignting, continuing
> in this manner all day.  This would expose more people to light fighting
> that otherwise may not watch and would allow the crown to attend both
> equally.  Yes, this is a long day but would also give a lot of rest and
> off
> time between rounds for people with no interest in the other venue to eat
> or sociallize.  This would also allow the list mistresses and other
> running
> the list appropriate time to arrange pairings etc.. and would limit the
> wasted time we often have between rounds.
> 
> 
> This is just the opinion of the autocrat, it not like I run the thing.
> 
> 
> Daniel
> 
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