[Archers] challenges

[Jonathas]

Yep, Cog you are a better at shooting a crossbow then you let on, maybe you
should try shooting it more, you might ... well I'll leave that blank for
someone else to fill in :>

Ah yes the age old years to train an English Longbowmen verse weeks to train
a Germanic Crossbowmen.  Well when you consider that "proficient" means that
one is capable of hitting a target the size of, well and entire ARMY, I'm
not so sure that "years to train" is something I'd be bragging about!!!!
Course it might also be that us Germans are just better at making and
handling precision weapons, so getting to the level of hitting an entire
army just isn't that much of a challenge.  :D

Jonathas


On Tue, May 10, 2011 at 5:07 PM, John Atkins <cogworks at triad.rr.com> wrote:

>  Jonathas,
> OK, color me confused, but I won, I think.  Looking at the Seasonal
> Challenge scores I see that even though I consider myself a REAL archer
> using REAL equipment that requires skill and technique, I had to shoot your
> challenge with a weapon I have not scored an RR with.  Thus I was relegated
> to going to a neighbor's house, who has children, and stealing their son's
> toys.  You would call it a crossbow.  Breaking 6 of Achbar's new arrows in
> half so they would be short enough to shoot on this child's toy - let us
> recall that the crossbow was invented because it took years for an English
> bowman to become proficient with a real weapon while it took only weeks to
> become proficient, if you could all it that, with a crossbow.- it appears
> that my total score is LESS than your total score for the shoot.  As this
> challenge was for HOW FEW SHAFTS it took to accomplish I believe that means
> I won.  However, here comes the question after all my crossbow insults :),
> what do the scores on the main page mean?  How are they tallied?  Does it
> mean you have sustained 15 challenges and I only 2?  if so, it is incorrect,
> even though I won this challenge using the devil's instrument.
>
> Have I mentioned how glad I am to be back using a REAL bow?
>
> cog the boastful...........................and fearing the wrath of the
> crossbow community!
>
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