[MR] WoW points

[Laurence Lagnese]

I think you missed the point most of the people were trying to make.  They
are all for having points that are non-fighting, just not points based on
attendance.  I believe more than one person said have a contest based on
quality of the art sci project not the quantity of the art sci project.




On Tue, Oct 13, 2009 at 9:21 PM, Denise Keppel <dkeppel at yahoo.com> wrote:

> May I please offer the viewpoint of a nonfighter about WoW?  I think I
> heard at one point that of the 900+ people who attended this weekend, about
> 200 were fighters.  By offering these points it was possible for the
> majority of those attending to have an impact on the outcome.  In fact, I
> will be as bold as to state that it's slightly unfair for a contest to be
> carried solely on the backs of those fighting.  Being in the SCA is a
> multifaceted existence.  Not all of us can represent our group in physical
> battle, but we can take time to help out in other ways.  Allowing for non
> combat points allowed the rest of us to take part in the war.
>
> On the other hand, if one is wanting to be absolutely fair to the other
> team, maybe it's time to agree to have equal numbers in battle with a system
> that rewards the first to sign up?
>
>
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