NR - Re: NR Warlord vs. Tribute

[Lori Campbell]

> First, I consider the very first NR Tribute to have been the best one.

I agree.  Most folks don't remember, but the War College didn't start 
until the second Tribute.  And then it was only as a favor to a King 
who asked a somewhat overworked Regional Marshal to run one.

Most folks also don't remember that Tribute wasn't originally 
intended to be a perpetual event.  It started as a one-time-only 
thing and the only reason it continued was because folks asked 
Gitana (the first autocrat, then Northern regional treasurer) to 
"please let's do it again" after the event went so well the first 
year.  I don't think it became perpetual until after the third one.  

> Adding the war college has, in my opinion, really changed the 
> whole tenor of the event.

Again, I agree completely.  If we had it to do over again I would 
strongly advise against adding it to the schedule.  It completely 
changed the focus of the event and laid groundwork for many 
misunderstandings that followed.

> The northern region should have two events...<snip>  in February
> would be the Northern War College & Warlord event. 
> In August would be the Northern Tribute to Ansteorra
> <snip> I don't really anticipate anyone else agreeing with
> me on this idea, and that doesn't really bother me. It just
> seems the more logical way of holding the events.

I have to smile at this.  When Wiesenfeuer elected not to sponsor NRT 
anymore and sent out their letter to all the groups, it very 
specifically said that we wanted to use our February date that year 
(the one we used to sponsor Wolfstar, NRT, and now Mead Bees) 
for a Really Big War College.  We respectfully requested that any 
group who wanted to continue sponsorship of NRT please pick a date 
that wouldn't directly conflict with our normal February date 
(whatever we decided to use it for in future years).  In the midst of 
a whole lot of confusion the decision was made that it would be in 
the best interests of the kingdom for the War College to continue in 
conjunction with NRT and happen in February.

Thus nixed the idea for a separate War College.  We hated that, 
because we were all for a less busy schedule that would allow Barn 
and I both a whole day of teaching/fighting (I'm always being 
called away from the war college for official business).  It also 
would have allowed plenty of time for other pre-war activities - like 
choosing artisans for GW (should TRM desire) or Titled Champions for 
the Region, testing seige engines, practicing combat archery, etc. 
We strongly felt that support for our Kingdoms war effort should be 
more than just an afterthought tacked on to a fund-raising event. 

So, Estril, I daresay you have quite a few people who agree with you 
for what it's worth (though I personally think two regional events a 
year is overkill).  I was tempted to propose such a radical change 
myself, but felt, like you, that I would definitely be among the 
minority of those who thought the idea made perfect sense.  

Kat  >^.,.^<
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