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Days of Knights III - 2014
Ian:
--- Quote from: Sir Naythan on 2014-10-23, 21:01:26 ---What is the Chaucer award?
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It's an award given out at the Frankfort version of Days of Knights for a newcomer to medieval living history. The judges will ask you questions regarding your kit and it's context etc.
Sir James A:
--- Quote from: Ian on 2014-10-23, 19:15:51 ---I really think all the people on the facebook thread should refrain from speculating and give Nicky the time to address it himself.
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I don't know why he'd make a post which will have quick and substantial questions and speculation without giving the details to head that off early. Only way we could have had more intrigue and speculation would be if he said "The city of Frankfort AND THE TEMPLARS have decided..." :)
Sir Edward:
--- Quote from: Sir James A on 2014-10-24, 14:25:39 ---
--- Quote from: Ian on 2014-10-23, 19:15:51 ---I really think all the people on the facebook thread should refrain from speculating and give Nicky the time to address it himself.
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I don't know why he'd make a post which will have quick and substantial questions and speculation without giving the details to head that off early. Only way we could have had more intrigue and speculation would be if he said "The city of Frankfort AND THE TEMPLARS have decided..." :)
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lol... And perhaps the Illuminati? :)
Ian:
Yes, he left it a bit open-ended, but like I've said speculation doesn't help. There could be a million reasons why this decision was reached. It just fans the flames and whips people into a frenzy on tangents that are unfounded in reality, and doesn't do anything to correct the situation we're inevitably left with regardless of why it ended the way it did.
The important part is the end result; that Days of Knights will not be returning to Frankfort in 2016.
My concern is not why it won't be there, but rather the fact that a bunch of folks who have either attended one DoK or no DoKs at all seem to be hell bent on making the next location as convenient as possible for themselves while disregarding the fact that half of the participants are East Coast folks. We all have a vested interest in this event as some of the folks who helped get it off the ground at DoK 1. I know I don't just speak for myself when I say that this is a very special event to a lot of us, if not the only big LH event some of us get to attend. I'd hate to see a bunch of new guys rip it out of our grasp so they can reduce their drives by a couple hours. Meanwhile we were all making 10-14 hr trips out there, and moving further west would certainly put it out of reach for us. I fear we will see a fracturing of the group. I think the knowledge sharing and online community will remain intact, but I'm nervous about the future of the event itself.
This is especially troubling because it would be on the even years that this happens. And those are the years that more folks can attend (WMAW conflict on the odd years for a lot of people). If it can't ever be in Frankfort again, I'd almost rather see it be in Oak Grove every year. The beauty of KY is that it was centrally located enough to get the Midwest and East Coast folks. It seems a lot of the Midwest folks are forgetting that a huge portion of the participants are East Coast guys. Either that or they aren't really concerned.
Sir James A:
Agreed. Oak Grove is just really too much of a hike, at somewhere around 11-12 hours drive time. Gas cost starts to get ridiculous at that point, too; it was almost $400 for just gas alone to do Frankfort.
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