[NR] Reasoning behind short fighting times for Med Faire

Angus Mac angusmacn at yahoo.com
Wed Feb 13 10:57:01 PST 2002


Only speaking for my self:

If I can only fight for 45 min at a time then wait to do it again,
I will not attend
it is that simple
It would be way to much like a catholic service

stand up
sit down
neal
repeat

not for me

fight fight fight
eat
fight fight fight

go home


ya'll have fun

Angus MacKnochard

----- Original Message -----
From: <CLASS016 at aol.com>
To: <namron at ansteorra.org>; <northern at ansteorra.org>;
<northkeep at ansteorra.org>
Sent: Wednesday, February 13, 2002 11:11 AM
Subject: [NR] Reasoning behind short fighting times for Med Faire


> There has been some concern expressed about the short fighting times.  We
> made this time frame adjustment for several reasons:
>
> 1) Elfsea is having Spring Fair with a Baronial Investiture on the same
> weekend as Med Faire and we are going to be losing many of the people we
> would normally have fought/participated ... so to keep our fighters fit
for
> all three days we are running shorter rounds.  (Most of the guys aren't
just
> fighting, they are my set-up and tear-down crew everyday, security at
night
> and beasts-of-burden at my beck-and-call during the day!)  =0)
>
> 2) With the shorter rounds we hope you guys aren't pooped because the
> expectation is you will then work the crowd while still in armor -- like
when
> we stand around before and after fighter practice and gab while still
armored
> up.
>
> 3) If the female fighting doesn't "make" then I am flip-flopping that time
> back into the heavy and light fighting so you will be fighting for 1.5
hours
> intervals.
>
> If the fighting is going incrediably well, we will not call "time" at
exactly
> 45 minutes ... we will look for the natural break -- but won't let it run
> over too much, don't want to short change anyone else!
>
> The schedule was hopefully to get the women fighters to come up and the
> dancers to sign-up.  I know the fighters will show up!!
>
> Please send me anymore suggestions and understand that the schedule is
> flexible -- but I will need something going on at the field and on the
side
> lines all the time!
>
> Bianca
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