Greetings,<div><br></div><div>I am not a Pennsic participant, nor do I play one on TV, so my experiences are not directly related to _that_ event.</div><div><br></div><div>Gulf Wars last year was a tie. It was a tie the year before, and the 5 years previous that I attended. I rather expect that it has always been a tie. Does that stop people from going out, shooting their best, and still having fun? No. The Calontiri archers make a grand appearance at the range with all who can draw a bow to shoot the war points. Does it make a difference in the outcome of the war? Nope! We all go to war, do our best, and have a blast.</div>
<div><br></div><div>Regarding the GW War point shoots; they're always the same. I'm kinda bored with them, but I still shoot them anyway. The daily prize shoots and the Grand Exhibition Tourney are what hold the highest draw for me. (I see you Seamus!)</div>
<div><br></div><div><br></div><div>HL William Arwemakere</div><div>An Tir</div><div><br></div><div>"Yup, I'm Sigrid's minion"</div><div><br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Tue, Oct 26, 2010 at 10:57 AM, Siegfried <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:siegfried@crossbows.biz">siegfried@crossbows.biz</a>></span> wrote:<br>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex;">Mungo, but is the point not to have fun? Did you not enjoy shooting the<br>
castle window? Would you have not enjoyed shooting the other targets?<br>
If not, then why did you do it in the first place? If you did, then<br>
why did you stop shooting just because it wasn't a counted War Point<br>
anymore?<br>
<font color="#888888"><br>
Siegfried<br>
</font><div class="im"><br>
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On 10/26/10 12:56 PM, Garth G. Groff wrote:<br>
> Lord Siegfried,<br>
><br>
> It was Pennsic XXXVII (IIRC), the only one I've attended so far. I only<br>
> shot the castle window (5 of 6 clean). The marshals running the shoot<br>
> said it was a shame the arrows didn't count for anything, and then told<br>
> me about the concession. I felt a bit betrayed. never shot the rest of<br>
> the war points.<br>
><br>
> We will be going to Pennsic this summer, and hope to to some meaningful<br>
> shooting of some kind this time.<br>
><br>
> Kind regards,<br>
><br>
><br>
> Lord Mungo<br>
><br>
<br>
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