February Coronation 2016 GBMU

I enjoyed myself. Given how awful the last event ended up being, I'm kind of surprised. I started out being really pessimistic, but caught myself doing that and told myself that's not plan-A - the default should be having a good time. I'm not a big believer in Rhonda Byrne wish-it-and-it-will-come-true BS, But this wasn't a wish so much as a don't push yourself into the pit unless you have a good reason to.

Babbling. That's a good time to switch to GBMU-format:

Good

• I'm happy with my targets.
  
• Socialized with quite a few folks.
  
• Had a delicious reuben sandwich on Friday night.
  
• Court was fun.
  
• The cards were well-received by their models.

Bad

• My awesome targets were only seen by a handful of people. We had the lowest turnout for a Montengarde archery tournament ever. This could have been fixed by not having lists at the same time as the archery tournament, or by allowing people who were shooting to sign up for lists later. Note that both lists and archery were before court, and the rapier tourney (that the lists were for) was after court (the heavy tournament was simultaneous with archery though). As it was, if you wanted to fight heavy or rapier, you couldn't compete in archery. Hence why there were only eight archers out.
  
• Despite seeing lots of cool folks, I didn't see everyone I'd hoped to.
  
• Lost my Ironhead pullover, leading to me searching my room multiple times. Tygar recovered it though. My theory? I left it in cat_cetera's stitch and bitch room Friday night and they couldn't identify the owner.
  
• My earlier post about SCA Exclusivity was misinterpreted. At least it was misinterpreted in a way meant to be positive, even if I think the point was missed. Oh well.

Meh

• Once again, I got a room for both nights, but could have gotten away with one night easily.
  
• The feast was catered by the hotel. I paid for it more to support the barony than because of the menu. I could have had either a better meal or a cheaper one easily enough downtown. The company was good at least.

Ugly

• Nothing! Hurray!