[Archers] Ludicrous Rank, was: Re: Royal Round web site

[lbudzier at mindspring.com]

Well spoken and thank you, Siegfried.

Wow, all I have to ask all of you is this... what happened to the day when archery in the SCA was fun?  Before we all got lost in titles and ranks?  I personally remember when we all followed traditions and were content with the light-hearted friendly competitions.  I personally do not see where displaying an unofficial rank on an official web site could or would pose any problems in the future as long as it is stated as such (and with paisley it certainly is).

Remember why we all shoot and play this game.  I don't mean to say it critically, just trying to get people to remember and think why we are all here.

In Service to the Dream-
Feline'

-----Original Message-----
>From: Siegfried <crossbow at freeshell.org>
>Sent: Nov 20, 2006 12:27 PM
>To: Greg Christensen <gcjckc at hotmail.com>
>Cc: archers at atlantia.sca.org
>Subject: [Archers] Ludicrous Rank, was:  Re:  Royal Round web site
>
>Greetings unto the archery marshals of Atlantia, please allow me to set 
>a few facts straight in regards to the Ludicrous Rank, and Gregge's 
>query ...
>
>1) First of all, there was no conspiracy behind/between Jonathas and I, 
>to make that extra rank in the system, and to make it show up special, 
>because I happened to be the one who achieved it.
>
>Instead, Baron Jonathas who made this excellent system for us, was 
>approached a while back by the Kingdom of AEthlemearc, to retool the 
>same system for them to use, since they saw how wonderful it was.
>
>When doing that, they asked if it could show the Ludicrous unofficial 
>rank separately on the pages, as they felt that would be desired.
>
>Baron Jonathas made those changes for their version, and went ahead and 
>included them into our version of the software as well, as he saw no 
>harm in doing so.  And I most certainly do not fault him for that 
>assumption.  There was a mention in passing once from him, a year or 
>more ago, that there was something 'special' in place for folks who hit 
>Ludicrous.  I did not know exactly what it was, nor did I bother to 
>inquire further.
>
>All of the input I have gotten on the matter since, will be taken into 
>account.  Thank you all for your comments.
>
>However:
>
>2) There will not (at least as long as I am Kingdom Marshal) ever be an 
>'official rank' of Ludicrous.  I do not wish that to happen.  In the SCA 
>the rank of Ludicrous has a long tradition of being an unofficial rank, 
>that archers across the SCA support and understand.  There is strong 
>opposition in the SCA archery community against any Kingdom making an 
>official rank of Ludicrous.  One kingdom did it once, and received so 
>many complaints from the rest of the SCA, that it was made back into an 
>unofficial rank.
>
>I firmly support the fact that this is a community-based unofficial 
>rank, and the tradition that goes with it.  I would not want to see 
>Atlantia make it official.
>
>So that bit, will not be changing.
>
>Siegfried
>
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