[MR] Pennsic 5 Man Melee (Rapier Schedule Change)

[Troy Herring]

This is a note for everyone to know that there has been a change to  
the Pennsic Schedule in regards to Rapier.

Originally set for Monday morning of War week, the Atlantian 5 Man  
Melee has been changed in order to make sure that more Atlantians  
could join in the fray.  When the tournament was submitted to the  
Pennsic MoL, she worked very hard to find a slot for our tournament  
to reside.  As this is typically the largest turnout for a tournament  
at war, we were given a large chunk of time in order to make it all  
happen.  However this original schedule conflicted with the Bridge  
Battle on the same day, and would mean that we would lose a large set  
of our forces (and for me a large pool of marshals)

Thanks to a little wheeling and dealing, we were able to switch the  
schedule a little bit and the schedule on the Pennsic site has been  
updated to show these changes.

The Atlantian 5 Man Melee is moving from Monday 9:00 AM to Thursday  
3:00PM (this conflicts with the following Heavy events: Allied  
Champions battle, Midrealm - East Unbelted singles practice, Known  
World Squires Tourney, Sidhe Mor's Five Ring Tourney, Non war point  
Woods Battle w/Combat Archery, Dwarves vs. Giants, Children's  
Leukemia Deed of Arms,Judicial Combats - Historic Combat Series.

If you are not competing or playing in these, please come on out and  
join us on the rapier list.  If you are authorized in rapier put  
together a team and join in the fray.  One major rule change this  
year is that we will be allowing a total 3 White Scarves, Dons, OGRs,  
MoB, Bronze Rings, Knights, Master at Arms, etc. per team.  As we are  
hoping that many of the knights will also join us we have upped the  
limit to allow for more possibilities for team creation.

Due to the time change I am in need of marshals that can help me with  
the tournament.  I already have a couple of people that have  
volunteered, but I would like to have more.  As this can be a hectic  
tournament I would like at least 2 experienced Atlantian marshals per  
list, MiTs will be welcome, just see myself or Chris earlier in the  
week.  I have a few things for the prize box, but if you would like  
to donate something, please let me know (Email me directly at  
thatguy at troyfish.com)

The other schedule shift is that the East Kingdom Tournament has been  
shifted up an hour on Thursday to Noon.

To make the shift happen, I volunteered to run another tournament in  
its stead on Monday morning.  This will be the Unscarved Tourney.   
That too will be fun, once I figure out what to do with it.

However here are the rules for the Atlantian 5 Man.

The Atlantian 5 Man Melee
Atlantia calls forth the fencers of the knowne world to test their  
mettle against each other in Atlantia’s annual 5 Man Melee  
Tournament.  Build your teams, drink water, kill your friends, have  
some fun.

The tournament will begin at 3PM on Thursday of War Week.
Check in will begin at 2:00PM

Tourney Format:
This tournament will consist of no WHINING!
Double Elimination – You get a second chance to kill.
Atlantian Rules apply.
When a team is knocked out of the tournament there will be a bear pit  
on the side consisting of melee fun for all involved – Our pit  
marshals will be trained to make up new scenarios on the spot and  
keep people fighting ‘til there is no fight left in ‘em.
This tournament is open to all rapier fighters authorized in epee or  
schläger.
If any member of either team in any given bout is not schläger  
authorized, then that bout will be deemed an epee bout.  If all are  
authorized in heavy blades then please use them.
There will be a limit of three top-ranked fighters per team of five —  
this includes all fighters who have received their kingdom’s highest  
level award for a martial form. –
Rapier (White Scarf, Bronze Ring, MoB, OGRe, Order of Thorbjorn's  
Hammer, etc.)
Heavy (Knight, Master at Arms, etc.)
All teams must check in as a group.  However, if a fighter is  
detained during the time of check-in, another team member may sign  
them in provided they have the appropriate paperwork for the missing  
fighter.

If you have any questions please contact Connor Levingstoune (The  
Vagabond Provost of Atlantia) or THL Christopher MacConing (Queen’s  
Rapier Champion of Atlantia).

Take care,
Connor