ES - Fighters? (was: Elfsea Defender Tournaments)

[Richard Threlkeld]

I would fight in either one. I do think we should set it up to 
handle situations like Stella's where some form of combat is 
not possible. There should be an option to choose another form 
or to "by" into the next round. Feargus and Rick might have 
a similar problem with the barrier.

I would also marshal/herald rapier, if possible. If we alternated 
rapier and chivalric, I would marshal the rapier in heavy armor.

The statement that the Defender should be chosen only by combat 
is more difficult. Though we want the best fighter possible, I 
believe Defenders would have been chosen by the nobles in 
period based on many criteria. Ability to create strategies, 
respond quickly to battle changes, manage people, and choose 
a wife with the right political connections could have been 
more important than the ability to fight one-on-one. If you 
argue that this is not really the middle ages, then the title 
of Defender is really an award, not a functional position.

Caelin


> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-elfsea at ansteorra.org [mailto:owner-elfsea at ansteorra.org]On
> Behalf Of baron at elfsea.ansteorra.org
> Sent: Tuesday, June 20, 2000 10:13 AM
> To: elfsea at ansteorra.org
> Subject: ES - Fighters? (was: Elfsea Defender Tournaments)
> 
> 
> Quoting Estella Flather <eflather at flash.net>:
> <snip>
> > I find it interesting that most of the people venturing 
> opinions about HE
> > Galen's tourney plan are not chivalric fighters. Are there experienced
> > chivalric fighters out there who have an opinion?
> > 	Mistress Stella
> 
> I also find it most interesting that I'm not hearing from 
> people who might fight in the actual tourney.  So far, 
> I've heard from two potential fighters, both of whom 
> didn't think it looked like what they'd want to fight in.
> 
> At this point, I have two votes from fighters for the 
> traditional swiss-five with the first-round reverse 
> precedence challenge, which as I've said, has always been 
> a lot of fun and has gotten us great defenders.
> 
> Do we have anyone who would fight in the tourney I 
> described?  And who else agrees that they prefer the 
> Swiss Five?  Private e-mail on this topic is most 
> welcome.
> 
> Stella's right; we can do my idea at a Spring Faire.
> 
> - Galen
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