World Wide Olympics - Festival of the Crown

Patan wrote:

Might also be worth remembering not to clash with the World Wide Olympics - Festival of the Crown that's being organised by Urbs de Valorl (posted in London Commons by Silvermane) - if we're participating. Registration for that starts on Monday and the games take place over the two weeks beginning 13 April.

That looks fun, too - are we planning to join in the festival? Sorry if it's already been posted in Somerset Inn, but I'm currently travelling and can't see there.

How do people feel about participating in this? Please comment/add constructive criticism

I like the idea.

Firstly because it sounds like fun, secondly because it can involve people who might not participate in the games themselves but who could translate or be referees, and thirdly because it could build relationships with people in other countries.

Here is the link to London Commons where Silver posted the announcement ... please be sure you are logged into the main forums to properly see the link, and see what we are talking about.

http://forum.renaissancekingdoms.com/viewtopic.php?t=478953&sid=G5OTUD38Aq7L3VjZgEuIbAebT

*After looking over the document in question, Revan brings up several points from the letter that she thinks the Committee would like to focus on ...*

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A thread represents a space, a tent, a precise place, a playground, an event. It is not an open door on multiple topics.
This is in order to create a real feeling of a festival where one can wander from place to place.
There a only ducal (or countal) tents: one duchy = one thread. There can also be a tent for a specific family, but it needs a special authorization.

Ok ... so Somerset gets their own tent ...

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The general basic events are (they can be modified, added, reduced):

Axe throwing by teams: 3 players/city
Staff fight: 2/city
Archery: 2/city (a virtual game or a dice game, to be determined)

Ducal jousts by team: 3+1 substitute/duchy
Sword duel: 2/duchy
Soule (medieval football): 1 ducal team

... and these look like to be the activities offered, so these would be the "teams" that we would need to come up with ...

It would be a interesting thing ,and make some newer players more interested in the variety the game offers.

Sounds pretty fun!
I want to participate!
Who is with me??

I'd love to join, but what are the requirements? Like do you need to have big muscles?

You must study axe throwing at university Ploate.

I believe that all your stats count, not just strength.

And it seems that Wiltshire are very keen to beat everyone, especially everyone in England, and have thrown down the gauntlet. We can't let them beat us, surely?!

I'm not sure what to do so I'll just stay out =P

I'm a bit like Fate here. I'm not really sure what to do about this event. I'm not even sure I like it yet.

I see several questions needing to be asked. I understand everyone would like to participate, I wouldn't mind throwing an axe or shoot an arrow or two myself, but who will? Are we going there to win? Admitting stats do count, then only experienced citizens will participate.? Although I see some obstacles here this is not my main concern.

The biggest issue I see is the work involved. Who will help the translations? Who will be referee? Will we just go there for the fun and not help? If that's the case, you can count me off this moment from any debate.

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We commit ourselves,

- to bring assistance in the coordination of the registrations and the information between our subjects and the team of Urbs de Valorl;

- to endow the Crown's Grand Festival with as much translators as possible, for the good process of the games, and especially between the various candidates so that our province be recognized beyond the frontiers;

- to endow the Crown's Grand Festival with referees for the various events for the cities as well as for the Duchy/County;

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In a last note, the comments I have seen on Silvermane original topic didn't make me too attracted to the idea.

(Sorry ... this is happening at a very bad time of the year for me)

First of all please look at this...

The oath of the Grand Festival of the Crown

We, .... Duke/Duchess/Count/Countess of..., and our Duchy/County...

Hereby brings help and counseling to Urgb de Valorl, Count of Gravelines, Baron of Serves, Lord of the Chalonge.

So that this gentleman build the 5th Grand Festival of the Crown, to which our Duchy/County will actively participate, in order to leave behind lasting memories.

We commit ourselves,

- to bring assistance in the coordination of the registrations and the information between our subjects and the team of Urbs de Valorl;

- to endow the Crown's Grand Festival with as much translators as possible, for the good process of the games, and especially between the various candidates so that our province be recognized beyond the frontiers;

- to endow the Crown's Grand Festival with referees for the various events for the cities as well as for the Duchy/County;

- to assure the necessary peace during the month of the Grand Festival of the Crown, which is two weeks before the event and three weeks after in addition to its duration; to not reduce this period of peace, but instead to further it with the agreement of Urbs de Valorl;

- We invite each inhabitant of our Duchy/County to bring help and counseling in the coordination, translation and reference to the team of Urbs de Valorl, and to be present in the castle of Lyon where the event is organized.

Done in...

On this day of...



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Contact : ur_bis@hotmail.fr
Castle of Lyon : http://chateau-de-lyon.forumactif.com/forum.htm


This Oath of Participation must be signed by the duke/duchess and returned to
Urbs de Valorl pretty quick so that a tent may be set up for the players that wish to participate.Must be done Latest ...19th April 1457(2009)

Rukles and regulations for fighting with a Staff(Stick/shaft)

Fighting with a stick (each village may have 2 players)
Every village of a participating Duchy will be able to send 2 fighters who will represent the village at the Grand Festival of the Crown

One against one, for instance:
The city of Compiègne against the city of Avranches.
The winner of the contest will be the one who will have obtained the most points with 3 blows.
The contestants will wear a protecting gear in order not to be wounded.
The rules are based on the same model as for the jousts.

The organizers will chose series of three numbers between 0 and 9 before each combat phase.
Each participant will give his own series of three numbers between 0 and 9 to the umpire.
The sum of the two series will then be made allowing to know the result on the location table and also the number of points scored.


Location table:

0 - The opponent as been smashed to the ground and the stick has been broken! = 4 points.
1 - The blow has missed its target.
2 - The opponent has been hit in the stomach, the stick is intact = 2 points.
3 - Miss !!!
4 - The arm of the opponent has been hit, the stick is intact = 1 point.
5 - The legs of the opponent has been hit, the stick has been broken = 2 points.
6 - Slightly touched!!
7 - The head of the opponent has been hit, the stick has been broken = 3 points.
8 - Tired?!
9 - The opponent as been smashed to the ground, the stick is intact = 3 points.

The points should be sent to Adrienne

Rules and Regulations for Axe Throwing

Throwing the axes (3 players per village)

This event is generally considered to be a team event, each team having 3 players per village.

The player who throws is confronted to the distance to the target and must decide if he wishes to make a long throw or a short one. He is also confronted to the power of the throw he wants to make and, according to the target he aims for, if he wants to make a powerfull throw or a more subtle one.

A value has been given to Distance and Power. So you have to choose a distance (D1, D2, D3, D4, D5, D6, D7, D8, D9, D10) and a Power (P1, P2, P3, P4, P5, P6, P7, P8, P9, P10)

The values for D1 to D10 are the following ones: 10; 20; 30; 40; 50; 60; 70; 80; 90; 100
The same values have been allocated to P1 to P10.

At the beginning of his first throw, each player must send his serie of numbers.
After that, the umpires will randomly allocate a value to the software. (We cannot collect thousands of data’s)
The throws will be asked in the final phase.
Example:
First player of MUNICH
1st throw = D4 / P7
2nd throw = D10 / P1
3rd throw = D8 / P2


Example and explanations:
D4 is good for 50 points and P7 = 20 points ----- ---------------TOTAL 1st throw = 70
D10 and P1 are respectively good for 20 and 70 points --------TOTAL 2nd throw = 90
D8 et P2 are respectively good for 100 and 10 points --------TOTAL 3rd throw = 110
This first player has gathered a total of 270 points for his village. I’ll do the same for the second player and the last one.

For the teams counting two players, only one supplementary throw is allowed.
If there is only one player, he is granted two more throws.
So: 9 throws for a team of 3 players; 7 throws for a team of 2 players and 5 throws for one player.


The format for the values has sent:

Name/Town/Duchy: Du/Pv Dw/Px Dy/Pz

(u, v, w, x, y, z= value from de 1 to 10)

To Argael and xyphos

Rules and Regulations Regarding Archery Contest ...

Archery contest: (2 players per village)

Oyez, Oyez, ye Bowmen!

Each village has the opportunity to present two of its finest archers!

Once again, the festivities of the fifth Grand Festival of the Crown will allow our finest archers to confront their skills!




Here are the rules that will be used for this new edition:

THE TOURNAMENT

Large groups will be constituted in order to allow the best archers of each group to qualify for the final!

Each archer will appear on the archery field and will shoot ONE series of SIX arrows.
Each player will then have three attempts to prove his skills and to qualify for the second round.

The rest of the tournament consists of a series of duels (one against one).
During each duel, each of the archers will be allowed to shoot One series of SIX arrows.
This playing mode will continue until the final.

JURY

The members of the jury for this tournament are Nynaeve 87 and Argael.
During this tournament, only the members of the jury will be considered competent to judge the results and to take a decision if a dispute should arise. Urbs will decide in last request

The archery list can be found here


http://ntco.free.fr/tirarc2.php?h=554&l=984

You will have to use the ‘Tournament’ mode.
Each archer will have to give 1 result per round and present the target of his SIXTH arrow, or else the result will not be validated.

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Rules and Regulations for Dueling with a Sword

Citation:
The duel with the sword (2 players per province)

Playing mode:
The duel will go as follows.
RP: Each duellist will be wearing heavy armour and will join the lice where he will be given a blunt two handed sword. He will not have a shield to protect himself. Each on turn, the duellists will attack their opponent and try to hit him. When each player has made three attacks, the player who will have shown the greatest fighting spirit will be declared winner.
HRP: before each fight, the umpire will randomly choose a series of 3 numbers between 0 and 9. Each player will give his own series of 3 numbers from 0 à 9 to the umpire.
The sum of the two series (umpire +duellist) will then give the final score which will be compared to the location table in order to know the result and the number of points scored. The winner of the contest will be the player who has scored the greatest number of points.


Location table:
0 - The head of the opponent has been hit, he falls to the ground = 4 points.
1 - Missed by a mile.
2 - The opponent has endured a hit to the stomach = 2 points.
3 - Missed !!!
4 - The opponent has endured a hit to the arm = 1 point.
5 - Slightly hit, blow does not count.
6 - The hit has been countered
7 - The opponent has endured a hit to the legs = 2 points.
8 - Tired?!
9 - The head of the opponent has been hit = 3 points.

Exemple :
Example:
Knight "Blackadder" mentions the following series: 2, 5 and 9.
The series of the umpire is: 0, 8, 6.
Thus, the final serial is: 2 (2+0), 4 (5+8=13=1+3=4) and 6 (9+6=15=1+5=6).
In our example, Knight "Blackadder" has hit his opponent to the stomach (2 pts), then to the arme (1 pt) and has finally missed him on his final attempts. He gathers a total of Il marque au total 3 points. Can do better...

The numbers should be sent to Ceseargl and Victoire Loo Oriane

Jousting Rules and Regulations ... followed by an explanation of how the stats come into play.

The Joust Tournament of the Grand Festival of the Crown (5 jousters+ 1 substitute/province)

« Never mind the Victory, as long as the spectacle shown is a beautiful one!! »

Oyez, Oyez

Noble Damsels and Ladies, Valiant Courageous Sirs of all Provinces,

Just like during the precedent editions, you will be given the opportunity to defend the colours of ye Province during this present Grand Festival of the Crown

Contestants:

In order to participate to the joust, you must be a Noble person recorded on the lists of the Heraldry or be a member of a known Chivalry Order.

To valid their inscription, a jouster will have to transmit his Coat of Arms and his references [characteristics] to the umpire who report the event.
The jousters defending the colours of a Lady are invited to signal the fact upon their registration form if they wish this fact to be known

Each participating duchy will be represented by a team of 5 jousters and by one substitute. Indeed, a jouster might be hurt during this event and every injury must be taken into account.
The way the Duchys and the Counties choose their team members is entirely free.

The umpire storyteller for this event is My Lord Morkar


Gameplay:

The gameplay of the joust is very simple: Two knights on a horse, separated by a barrier (lice), are riding towards each other in an attempt to dismount their opponent.
During the joust, the aim was not to kill the opponent, but merely to break and crush a lance against him in order to make him fall of his horse. To make it easier, the lances used during the tournament were very breakable and were made of fir wood instead of ash wood... Nevertheless, each broken lance can be the cause of a more or less severe injury.
Three lances were used during each run, which means that a jouster will have to face his opponent three times in a row in order to determine the winner.

The winner of the run is the jouster who will be the first to dismount his opponent
In the case of simultaneous falls, the number of broken lances will be taken into account in order to determine the winner. In case of a draw, the jousters will have to face themselves one mort time.
In the end, if no fall allows us to separate the jousters, the winner or the draw will be determined by the number of broken lances.

As it is a team event, the winning team will be determined after the third run of the joust in progress.
First of all, if every run has designated a winner, the team who has got the most victories will be declared the winning team.
In case of a draw, the number of broken lances will be taken into account.
In case of a new draw, the last jousters who made the run will meet again and again till a winner has been designated.
Every team should wisely determine the order of appearance of the jousters…

Will receive a prize:
- The team who will win the final Grand Joust will receive the Trophy of the Grand Festival
- The best jousters (those who will have dismounted many opponents) and also the most skilful ones (most broken lances).

The Intricacies of the Joust ... (stats used to arrive at the results)


For those who want to know more:

Characteristics and Competence

All the characteristics [intelligence (INT), Force (FOR) and Charisma (CHA)] will be used plus a new Competence called Experience

Intelligence, Force and Charisma will have the following impacts:
• between 0 and 50 = no bonus
• between 51 and 100 = bonus 1
• between 101 and 200 = bonus 2
• above 201 = bonus 3


The Experience will have the following impact (and will be added to the bonus of each characteristic)
• * First joust = no bonus
• Between 1 and 5 jousts = bonus 1
• Between 6 and 10 jousts= bonus 2
• More than 11 jousts = bonus 3


Example: A player has got [INT= 101; FOR= 232; CHA=154 and has already participated to 2 joust tournaments]. This will give him the following bonuses
: INT = 2 + 1 = 3; FOR = 3 + 1 = 4; CHA = 2 + 1 = 3

Resolutions :

All the resolutions are made with the help of a D12. The throwing of the dice happens for the two players at the same time, for their actions are done simultaneously

The holding of the lance (the accuracy of the aim), The Power of the Hit, the way the player stays on his saddle and also the possible wounds

The holding of the Lance and the accuracy of the aim are ruled by the intelligence characteristic (INT)
The score of the D12 is added to “INT + bonus”, which gives us the following:
The result is lower or equal to 10: failure, the lance missed its target
The result is higher than 10: good aim and handling and the lance will touch the opponent


The power of the hit allows us to determine if a touching lance breaks, or even throws the opponent of his horse. This action is ruled by the Force characteristic (FOR)
The score of the D12 is added to “FOR + bonus”, which gives us the following:

The result is lower or equal to 7: the lance does not break but the opponent must throw in order to test how well he stays in the saddle, no risk of an injury

The result is 8 till 14: the lance breaks, the opponent must test to see how well (or equals 14) he stays in the saddle and check for an eventual injury

The result is higher than 14: the lance breaks, the fall of the opponent is inevitable and he must test for an eventual injury

The way the player stays in the saddle. This depends on the capacity of the jouster to be one with his horse, so the CHA shall be taken into account
The score of the D12 is added to “CHA + bonus”, which gives us the following:

The result is lower or equal to 10: failure and fall
The result is higher than 10: the player stays very well in the saddle


For those who play a RP, here are some supplementary indications in order to determine the health of your character:

When a lance breaks against à jouster, we have to test in order to see if the player sustains an injury. To do so, we have to check the difference between the power of the hit and the resistance of the player who has been hit. So, the Force shall be taken into account
We calculate the difference between the result of the Power of the Hit that has been given and that of a D12 added to the FOR + bonus of the player who resists

The result is lower or equal to 7: the player who has been hit suffers no injury
The result is 8 till 10: the player who has been hit suffers a light injury. 1 unit shall be withdrawn at the next dice throw (the injuries can be added on)

The result is 11 till 13: the player who has been hit suffers à medium injury. 2 units shall be withdrawn at the next dice throw (the injuries can be added on)

The result equals or is higher than 14: The player who has been hit must abandon the jousting competition. The injury is severe and can cause some unavailability.

The effect of an injury is immediately applied after the scene where the hit happened. Once the injury has been accepted, the place where the injury has been suffered is chosen, with à D20.


1-3 Leg, knee, foot, ham
4-7 Hip, thigh, buttock
8-9 stomach, kidney
10-12 Chest, back
13-14 Forearm, hand, elbow
15-18 Shoulder, arm, shoulder
19-20 Head, throat, nape of the neck


The severity of the injury, determined by the preceding Wound drawing, has the following impacts for the injured player. It is important to know that an severe injury is healed by becoming a minor injury and may impose some modifications or even an unavailability upon the player:

Minor: -1 for a week
Medium: -2 for two weeks, then the wound becomes a minor wound, so we add -1 for another week
Severe: unavailable for 4 weeks, becomes a medium one, -2 for the two following weeks, alters into a minor wound so -1 for another week which gives us a total of 7 weeks

Remember...none of this can happen if the duke does not sign the "Oath of Participation"
and return it to Urbs de Valorl.

Happy gaming...last date for entry into the Festival has been revised to 19th pf April 1457(2009)

Whats this persons IG Name?

I added him on msn but think that a mail would be better.

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We,Luja Duke of Somerset, and our Duchy Somerset

Hereby brings help and counseling to Urgb de Valorl, Count of Gravelines, Baron of Serves, Lord of the Chalonge.

So that this gentleman build the 5th Grand Festival of the Crown, to which our Duchy/County will actively participate, in order to leave behind lasting memories.

We commit ourselves,

- to bring assistance in the coordination of the registrations and the information between our subjects and the team of Urbs de Valorl;

- to endow the Crown's Grand Festival with as much translators as possible, for the good process of the games, and especially between the various candidates so that our province be recognized beyond the frontiers;

- to endow the Crown's Grand Festival with referees for the various events for the cities as well as for the Duchy/County;

- to assure the necessary peace during the month of the Grand Festival of the Crown, which is two weeks before the event and three weeks after in addition to its duration; to not reduce this period of peace, but instead to further it with the agreement of Urbs de Valorl;

- We invite each inhabitant of our Duchy/County to bring help and counseling in the coordination, translation and reference to the team of Urbs de Valorl, and to be present in the castle of Lyon where the event is organized.

Done in Somerset

On this day of 15th of April 1457

His IG name is ... Urbs

Raider128 wants to compete in the Archery contest and is willing to represent Somerset in other parts also if needed.

I sent the mail by the way.

A list of people that wish to participate must be compiled with the events that in which they wish to participate. Latest tomorrow ... Saturday April 18th...before reset.

Archery:

Chard:Raider128 and Ladybeegood



Anyone else got names?

Looks like we will only compete in Archery?

and only Chard

Well mailed the two names to Urbz.