05-01-2006, 05:33 AM
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#1 | | Curmudgeon-in-Chief
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| Pester, Pester, Pester
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05-01-2006, 09:06 AM
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#2 | | Épéeist Hive Queen
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Originally Posted by Inquartata Can I get a witness?!  | Sure. Can I get a flight ticket..? 
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05-02-2006, 03:27 AM
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#3 | | Curmudgeon-in-Chief
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| I'm sure you can. How motivated are you?  | |
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05-02-2006, 06:07 AM
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#4 | | Senior Member
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Originally Posted by Zilverzmurfen Sure. Can I get a flight ticket..? | Since your employer already payed for an international flight for fencing last week, why not try again?
BTW: Inq, tell us how it went afterwards!
Have a nice time!
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05-02-2006, 06:37 AM
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#5 | | Épéeist Hive Queen
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Originally Posted by Inquartata I'm sure you can. How motivated are you? | Very motivated, but alas, also very skint.
'Care to make a donation..? *puppy eyes* 
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05-02-2006, 08:16 AM
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#6 | | Curmudgeon-in-Chief
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| Hah, Peter just busted you! You're on an expense account! | |
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05-02-2006, 10:31 AM
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#7 | | Épéeist Hive Queen
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Originally Posted by Inquartata Hah, Peter just busted you! You're on an expense account! | I somehow doubt they would be willing to pay for me to go to a non-CISM event... 
Anyway, I've hijacked this thread more than enough. Best of luck for the comp Inq, grab the gold!
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05-08-2006, 03:31 AM
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#8 | | Curmudgeon-in-Chief
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| Entries are still lagging last year by quite a bit. Were attendees at the 2005 tournament really that disappointed with the experience? Is it the high cost of travel? Is everyone so keenly aware of the time value of money that they're waiting until the last minute to enter? What? 
Come on, folks! Don't you want to see Bill Becker kick my keister? You know you do... | |
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05-08-2006, 09:45 AM
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#9 | | Fencing Expert
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Originally Posted by Inquartata Entries are still lagging last year by quite a bit. | Last year it wasn't on Memorial Day Weekend. I had other plans well before the date was announced (even with how early the date was announced).
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05-09-2006, 02:46 AM
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#10 | | Curmudgeon-in-Chief
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| I suspect that any weekend is going to be in conflict with something, somewhere, for some people.
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05-09-2006, 10:31 AM
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#11 | | Fencing Expert
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Originally Posted by Inquartata I suspect that any weekend is going to be in conflict with something, somewhere, for some people. | Of course. And the weekend prior (equivalent weekend to last year's event) conflicts with some college graduations. And I DO plan to be fencing Memorial Day Weekend.
I was throwing it out there as a possible explanation for the change you noted.
Another possiblity is that large numbers of people wanted to support a new event (generally I'd expect to see more people in a second-year event as you no longer have issues with people wanting a quality event to prive itself before committing to travel, but in theory this could be a contributing factor).
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05-09-2006, 10:54 AM
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#12 | | Senior Member
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| Great event
The event was one of the best run and fun events I've been to. Plenty of strips, many of them grounded. Good local tv coverage, great raffle prizes, excellent display of pools and DE's (projected), the evening Cabaret night is fun...the trophy and prize money are great...lot's of great things to see in and around Phoenix.
The weekend this year is problematic, only because to fly in is a bit expensive. I'm betting the numbers will go up somewhat as Arizona and other local fencers tend to wait until the last minute on many tournaments and there are a few A's and B's not listed (in epee with some in foil anyway) that I'm sure will be going.
The Phoenix Cup is well worth going to if you can swing it...I've got nothing but good things to say about it.
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05-10-2006, 10:01 PM
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#13 | | Have Blazer, Will Travel
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| I'm afraid I wouldn't be able to make it till next year at the best, and only if airfares don't keep climbing. | 
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05-11-2006, 03:30 AM
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#14 | | Curmudgeon-in-Chief
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| Bah, where are your priorities? It's fencing! You put mere money before fencing?!?! 
Besides, spending money on airfares boosts the economy, you know.
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05-13-2006, 03:34 AM
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#15 | | Senior Member
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Originally Posted by Zilverzmurfen Very motivated, but alas, also very skint.
'Care to make a donation..? *puppy eyes* | aww.. with those puppy eyes, how can anyone turn you down, ZZ?? | |
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