[Archers] Xbow Griefing

[Siegfried]

Fen, thank you for the compliment :)

And very well said.  It's also not just the 'general populace' that one
needs to be concerned about.  But the newer archers as well.  Who walk
off going: "Man it's unfair, look all those good archers agree"

In service,
Siegfried


On 6/26/11 3:20 PM, fenrisulven at comcast.net wrote:
> Well met!  I hope you are all recovering from the Championship and
> resting your arm for Stierbach and then Pennsic.  It was a great
> tournament with a very tough field. Felt like every shooter in Atlantia
> was there!  Vivat to Miles for hosting such a challenging course, Vivat
> to Mors for taking the championship!
> 
>  
> 
> I want to address a minor issue, so bear with me please.  I'm concerned
> that, with all the jokes we make at the expense of Xbows, we are
> creating a perception across the Kingdom that xbows are easier to use
> and thus marginalizing their achievements and stealing a bit of their
> glory. I admit I'm one of the worst when it comes to this, and that I
> get immense pleasure from teasing Gregge at our practices (and I can
> almost outrun him now!)
> 
>  
> 
> But we all know its just an "inside joke".  I once made the mistake of
> assuming Mors wasn't a threat at an event because he was shooting
> recurve instead of crossbow - he proceeded to kick my butt all over the
> range. And yesterday, I felt like I really got the jump on Baron
> Siegfried and could have bested him if I hadn't got hung up on the
> snakes.  It wasn't his crossbow, it was that I missed 3 shots in an
> elimination round. I'm sure the rest of us have similar stories.
> 
>  
> 
> However, when the general populace hears us joking back and forth, they
> take it more seriously than us and get the wrong idea. Which is then
> repeated when they get back home. We are inadvertently contributing to a
> false account of our fellow archers. So maybe we should dial it back a
> bit when we are around non-archers?
> 
>  
> 
> Cheers
> 
> Fen
> 
>  
> 
> [yes, my wife had her xbow aimed at me while I wrote this...]
> 
> 
> 
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