ES - Defender and Tournies in General

[Darius and Monica]

The idea suggested to move the Rapier List is not to say don't have
Rapier at Defender nor to say don't have Chivalric at Springfaire. It is
meerly one suggestion of a way to improve the focus for both. It is
certainly not the only way however. A rapier list can be held with less
focus than the titled chivalric list at Defender, just as a chivalric
list could be held with less focus than the rapier list at Springfaire.
Heck we could even have Heavy Melees going on during the Rapier Champion
and Rapier Melees durring the Chivalric. That would really expand the
fighting styles onf the area.

I do feel compeled to state though, that we don't have to have something
for everyone at every event we hold. Currently we almost always try to
have a Rapier list Chivalric List, Archery, and A&S displays at both
Springfaire and Defender. We must realize that in Elfsea our camping
events typicaly bring in an average of 300 + people. This is _huge_ to
alot of groups.  We _can_ specialize an event have a smaller showing and
still have a successful event. Both in terms of Money and fun. Namron's
Beltain is a good example. It is not always a huge event but it is
almost always a really good time. Oh, and there are no list fought at
that event.  If the Rapier Defender and the Chivalric Defender and the
Archer can all be chosen on the same day, Great! If in the future we
decide that we need to space things a little that's great to. The
important thing is that we have fun doing what we are doing.

At home in Elfsea
Darius

PS: Hey Daniel, I thought you said a sarcastic reply was comming?

gutridge at us.ibm.com wrote:
> 
> 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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