[Steppes] Fighter Practice Location: question

[Michael Smith]

I'd say we have 6-10 fighters in armour ever week.  8 or 9 is about average.
  I never attended many Flagpole Hill practices, but I was always 20-25% of
the fighters there at the few I attended, which was why I started going to
ElfSea at that time.  So, my experience is that MHC park has better turnout
than FPH did, but my experience at FPH is limited.

I didn't mean to imply that archers don't have as much fun as heavy fighters
do with larger crowds.  It's just that heavy fighters NEED larger numbers to
get anything productive done.  Unless 2 guys have the same high level of
commitment and energy, 2 guys in armour don't fight much.  But two archers
can shoot a lot.  And if one archer has tender fingers, that doesn't stop #2
and #3 from shooting. But if one fighter of the three that show up is of the
"armour up, fight twice and quit" variety, it's GREATLY impacts the other
two guys for the afternoon.  But if that guy is one in 15 or 20, it doesn't
negatively impact the rest of the group.


Morgan

From: "Jack Spinks" <jspinks at ix.netcom.com>
Reply-To: steppes at ansteorra.org
To: <steppes at ansteorra.org>
Subject: Re: [Steppes] Fighter Practice Location: question
Date: Wed, 12 Jun 2002 19:06:55 -0500

Thank you for your most gracious answer.  These are good points and answer
questions that I had wondered about for a while but, spending most time at
archery, could not get answered adequately.  Although 1 or 2 archers can
practice and have a good time, I have found that the level of fun goes up
exponentially with the number of participants for archery as well since we
can run games and contests that 2 people cannot do.  And we only rarely drop
below half a dozen people at Eastfield practice nowadays so we almost always
have a great time at the minimum.   Two people usually wind up in an
instructional mode or, if matched well, a comparitive/competitive mode and
usually finish up early.

Out of curiosity- how many people actually attend fighter practice on a
regualar week in week out basis?  And how many nonparticipants?  I do not
believe I have ever heard or seen real numbers- just references to low
turnouts.

I believe you also bring up another good point- some folks would attend
Elfsea by way of convenience or turnout anyway if that is their primary
interest.  How far is it from where the current practice is held?

Jacques the Spink

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