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<P><FONT COLOR="#0000FF" SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">I believe you miss my point....</FONT>
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<P><FONT COLOR="#0000FF" SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">Who said that Springfaire should be a Rapier only event?</FONT>
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<P><FONT COLOR="#0000FF" SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">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).</FONT></P>
<P><FONT COLOR="#0000FF" SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">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.</FONT></P>
<P><FONT COLOR="#0000FF" SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">Timothy</FONT>
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<P><FONT SIZE=1 FACE="Arial">-----Original Message-----</FONT>
<BR><B><FONT SIZE=1 FACE="Arial">From: </FONT></B> <FONT SIZE=1 FACE="Arial">gutridge@us.ibm.com [SMTP:gutridge@us.ibm.com]</FONT>
<BR><B><FONT SIZE=1 FACE="Arial">Sent: </FONT></B> <FONT SIZE=1 FACE="Arial">Wednesday, June 14, 2000 6:20 PM</FONT>
<BR><B><FONT SIZE=1 FACE="Arial">To: </FONT></B> <FONT SIZE=1 FACE="Arial">elfsea@ansteorra.org</FONT>
<BR><B><FONT SIZE=1 FACE="Arial">Subject: </FONT></B> <FONT SIZE=1 FACE="Arial">RE: ES - Elfsea Defender Chivalric Tourney</FONT>
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<P><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">Warning : Sarcastic reply comming!</FONT>
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<P><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">I would not go out of my way to attend an all rapier event, it is not of</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">interest to me. If there was a tournament on the same weekend elsewhere I</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">would probably attend that! I feel that this would strongly be the</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">opinion of many people. Change is not always a bad thing, but in this case</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">I feel that we would end up with an event (springfaire) that would not be</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">well attended.</FONT>
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<P><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">The point may be that we have to tone down the chivalric list a bit so that</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">appropriate attention could be given to the light fighters. Maybe we run a</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">round of light fighting followed by a round of heavy fignting, continuing</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">in this manner all day. This would expose more people to light fighting</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">that otherwise may not watch and would allow the crown to attend both</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">equally. Yes, this is a long day but would also give a lot of rest and off</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">time between rounds for people with no interest in the other venue to eat</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">or sociallize. This would also allow the list mistresses and other running</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">the list appropriate time to arrange pairings etc.. and would limit the</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">wasted time we often have between rounds.</FONT>
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<P><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">This is just the opinion of the autocrat, it not like I run the thing.</FONT>
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<P><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">Daniel</FONT>
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