[SCA-AE] Re: Thoughts on Crown Tourneys

[Wayne M. Canne]

Greetings to all,
    I see no problem with the Prince/Princess setting some limits 
(obviously ones that do not violate modern laws or SCA laws/rules) on 
who can enter their Crown Tournament.  I trust that Their Highnesses 
will help ensure their heirs will be capable of and willing to give up 
so much of their lives, for the better part of a year, for the rest of 
us.  Asking for the letters of recommendation is simply one way to 
attempt this.  Remember, whoever becomes the next Prince and Princess 
will be expected to lead and command not only every AEthelmearc peer, 
but every AEthelmearc citizen.  Finding 3 peers to agree a candidate can 
do so is in my mind nothing compared to that.
Also, in regards to what Sir Aengus mentioned about entering Crown 
Tournament vs another tournament:  To me the big difference is that the 
prize for winning Crown is that you bear a large responsibility to other 
people that lasts almost an entire year.  Agreeing to risk taking on 
that kind of load should not be done just to get experience in fighting 
the top people - not all of whom will always fight in a Crown 
Tournament.  There is an easier way to seek them out - look for fights 
at events or practices like I do.    :)

sincerely,
 Clewin Kupferhelbelinc, BMDL

Aengus wrote:
> I believe that we should be concentrating on trying to come up with ways to encourage the new and/or intermediate fighters to fight in Crown. To that end, I feel that any Crown specific restriction can be problematic, regardless of good intent.
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> We all know that those who compete in Crown are expected to be prepared to win. Realistically, how does that differ from any other Tournament?  
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