[MR] A&S competitions

[Kirsten Niemann]

On Apr 10, 2007, at 1:09 PM, Anne Ramey wrote:

>
>
> Karen <karen_larsdatter at yahoo.com> wrote: > But honestly, someone  
> cannot compete in a heavy or rapier tourney
>> without being present...why should we never have to attend our
>> competitions?
>
> Umm ... just to throw a couple of pennies on the fire, but A&S  
> competitions tend to be a lot less "active" for the competitors.  It'd  
> be kind of a drag to have to commit all day to sit by your work at  
> every event, on the offchance that someone might want to talk to you  
> about it -- especially if there were other activities you wanted to  
> participate in. :)

What is a drag is spending one's day judging  (usually somewhere way  
far away from the central activities) while everyone else is out  
socializing and having fun with their friends and participating in  
those other activities.

Why don't those who want to participate in A&S competitions just all  
judge one another. That gives everyone entering experience in judging   
- creating a larger pool of judges and insight into what it takes to  
judge and to write commentary, it provides more judges for the  
competition and it lets those who are always recruited to judge to  
actually enjoy the event in stead of being guilted into judging.

-Thjora

Mistress Thjora Arnkitelsdottir





>
> Karen
> Possibly, but I have never stayed by my work and not found it to be a  
> remarkable productive time.  It doesn't need to be all day, just the  
> hour or two allotted for Judging would be enough to make a big  
> difference.  As has been mentioned by people in this thread, and  
> others to me...I just happened to be walking by while someone was  
> judging my work and ended up having a great conversation about it.   
> Perhaps just an idea for those who want to get the comments. Just a  
> thought.
>
> Jehanette
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