[MR] Comments on Proposed revision of Corpora IV.A.1.

[Michael Houghton]

Howdy!

On Sat, Feb 02, 2002 at 10:07:51AM -0500, David W. James wrote:
[snip]
> 
> The format of Crown Tourney is disgustingly mundane as it is usually
> held, and this does nothing to address that.  It removes an avenue
> for expression of Kingdom policy, individuality and possibly even
> growth and improvement.

One can also characterize the board's proposal as micro-management.
> 
[snip interesting scenario that everyone seems to have zoomed in on
ignoring the following...]
> 
> I just as strongly support selection of the Crown's successors by
> chivalric combat alone.  This is one of the defining characteristics
> of the SCA, and is strongly tied to our unique charm.  But lets try
> not to start down the road that has us restricted to yet another
> boring, ahistorical double-elim tourney.
> 
Note the support for single combat...

Note also Atlantian Law 6.2.5.2 which states that the crown tournament
shall be a double-elimination tournament. No wiggle room there.

Note further that Atlantian Law could include an explicit limitation
to single combat, were a crown so minded.

I thought the An Tir experiment was an interesting apporach (in the
good sense). I don't know if it would work in Atlantia, but I'm 
sad to see the board reacting so strongly and so quickly to what 
ought to be a local issue. What better test of the ability to lead
under pressure than to have twelve hours to recruit and organize an
army from a limited pool of manpower? I fail to see how such is not
a test of leadership ability -- nor have I seen an articulate
explanation of how this fails to be such.

yours,
Herveus
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