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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>I can’t think of any of these folks that now shoot X-bows that were not excellent shots with a hand bow prior. With that said, I don’t think any of them don’t understand that the comments are just teasing. Having come from the gun world and being a competitive shooter in both handguns and rifle, I can say the X-bow is simply a tool to be used by the shooter just like a hand bow. There are obvious things with a hand bow that cause precision to be more complicated but it in no way diminishes the challenge of a X-Bow. As said prior, it is the shooter not the bow that is making the difference. Any of you that understand archery also understand that it is mainly a mental game, and when we have our off days a golden bow will not help us any more than our normal ones. After all this challenge showcased our top shooters in the Kingdom and I was grateful to be part of it and see such a great competition. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>Janyn<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><div><div style='border:none;border-top:solid #B5C4DF 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0in 0in 0in'><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>From:</span></b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'> archers-bounces@seahorse.atlantia.sca.org [mailto:archers-bounces@seahorse.atlantia.sca.org] <b>On Behalf Of </b>fenrisulven@comcast.net<br><b>Sent:</b> Sunday, June 26, 2011 3:20 PM<br><b>To:</b> archers@atlantia.sca.org<br><b>Subject:</b> [Archers] Xbow Griefing<o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><div><p><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>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!<o:p></o:p></span></p><p><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>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!)<o:p></o:p></span></p><p><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>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.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>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?<o:p></o:p></span></p><p><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>Cheers<o:p></o:p></span></p><p><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>Fen<o:p></o:p></span></p><p><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>[yes, my wife had her xbow aimed at me while I wrote this...]<o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div></body></html>