[Archers] Queen's Request

[loreleielkins at aol.com]

I love the idea too!  Seems we need a Herald type who can call to the crowd what's going on too....like a baseball game or something.  We can certainly suggest the showy final idea to our Champions...but....Siegfried, Fen......you know what you have to do to run the Atlantian Archery Competition just the way you want to....


:-)


But you'll have to beat ME next year.


Lorelei


-----Original Message-----
From: Siegfried <siegfried at crossbows.biz>
To: archers <archers at seahorse.atlantia.sca.org>
Sent: Wed, Jun 29, 2011 5:29 am
Subject: Re: [Archers] Queen's Request


Actually Fen, I was thinking the same thing.   Traditionally for the
shootoff at Royal Archer, we just reuse a number of targets that we have
laying around.  Not specifically pick/choose targets for show.

And the same thing crossed my mind at the shootoff there, while watching
it, I realized that some targets were pretty obvious (snakes, lollipops,
balloon).  Others you couldn't tell.

If specifically setting up such a shoot for 'show'.  Then it would be
good to have all the targets be 'immediately obvious' when they are shot.

This would mean to me:

* Balloons
* Clay Pidgeons
* Ground targets (that knock over)
* Other 'knock down' targets (Seamus' line of heads comes to mind)
* Blow the squishy ball through the hole target

I'd suggest things like the lollipops as well, because they are obvious
when shot.  However, they are only obvious when you see them be hit.
AFterwards (if you lose your place), you can't tell.

So anyway, we could still set up a pretty gnarly shoot with different
kinds of targets/etc.  But just make sure that all of them are 'obvious
when hit'

Then everyone will be on the edge of their seat for the whole shoot :)

Siegfried


On 6/28/11 6:09 PM, fenrisulven at comcast.net wrote:
> I'm wondering if the non-archer populace has trouble following the pace
> of the shoot-outs because they can't keep up with who has hit what.
> 
> I know I did, and I was right behind the firing line.
> 
> Maybe we could use baloons on *each* target. Assume 2 sets of 10 per
> shootoff. ~60 total for a Final Four. This would amp up the excitement
> factor for those who don't have front row seats. Also means we wouldn't
> need to worry about equal target faces, we would only need them as
> backing. Only problem is we would need a fast reset crew in between
> shoots. And people with good lungs.


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