[Archers] 'Kingdoms' vs. 'Known World' -- was: Re: Known World Archery Event

[Janyn Fletcher]

This is a great point and really sheds light on some other areas we would
probably need to discuss further. This is the type of discussions we have
had in the past and really need to be answered so we can firm up our wants.
I am not against either type of shoot, I love the known world style and if
all would rather that, we should shoot for that. I have never been to the
past crusades so I am only going on what I have been told. If we think it
would draw more and be more successful to hold a known world event vise a
tri-kingdom event I would be all for that. This is where I know I would have
to defer to many others expertise than my own to understand what it is we
would need to do. I know we would have to have approval from our own Kingdom
and then go from there...

Janyn



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Sent: Wednesday, October 12, 2011 11:03 AM
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Subject: [Archers] 'Kingdoms' vs. 'Known World' -- was: Re: Known World
Archery Event

While I'm loving these ideas as well.  I'd like to point out a couple
things that should be considered:

1) Having a 'competition' ala the three local kingdoms.  Is not a 'Known
World' style event.  It's a 3-kingdom competition.  It sounds awesome.
But it's going to discourage people from around the Known World to come
and just attend.  (Just like many are discouraged from attending
Pennsic, because of the exclusive nature of some shoots there).
   If we wanted to do something like this, it should probably be called
the 'TriKingdom Archery Tournament', or something similar.  (With a nod
towards Harry Potter - Maybe we could have a big goblet you had to put
your scorecards into at the end of the day?)

2) The 'Known World' series of events (Rapier, Heraldic, etc) are not
focused on competition.  But on education & fun.  I would assume that a
Known World Archery event, would have lots of classes on archery
(shooting, equipment making, history, etc).
   As well as perhaps numerous different ranges/courses set up for
people to go shoot throughout the day.  (Think like Will's Revenge used
to be, with 6 different courses you could go shoot at any point during
the day)

3) If you want to call this 'Knowne World', then you are going to need
to get permission from the Society Target Archery Marshal, who in turn
will probably need to setup a bidding/rotation process, similar to the
other Known World events for the future.

Siegfried


On 10/12/11 10:49 AM, Jonathas wrote:
> Love the idea, especially setting it up both as a competition as well as
> a get together and share ideas.  The competition part could be setup
> track meet style, rather then A vs B with allies to each, set it up as A
> vs B vs C.  Initially focus on the three "local" kingdoms and let it
> grow from there.
> 
> Love the idea, will volunteer to help to make it happen as well.
> 
> Jonathas

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