Comments on: More About The Rose Condon http://www.nicholasroussos.com/general/more-about-the-rose-condon/ I like to see my name in hyperlinks. Fri, 29 Aug 2008 02:27:16 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.1 By: Nicholas Roussos http://www.nicholasroussos.com/general/more-about-the-rose-condon/#comment-100 Nicholas Roussos Tue, 01 Mar 2005 16:27:00 +0000 http://nicholasroussos.dreamhosters.com/general/more-about-the-rose-condon/#comment-100 Thanks for the link.<br /><br />I can understand wanting to use another tournament program like xSeed. There are many reasons to use the various programs out there. I only hope that askFRED will soon support results from them all.<br /><br />While I came close to attending this event last year, I didn't make it. It's close to a 7 hour drive from Mobile, AL. However, I am sure that this event will be on the top of my list for future years.<br /><br />On top of everything else, this event had one of the friendliest atmospheres that I've seen. Too often, the competitive nature of fencing events obscures how much fun they really are. The Rose Condon Memorial rose above petty club squabbles and produced an atmosphere all could enjoy.<br /><br />Congratulations again on a successful fencing event. Thanks for the link.

I can understand wanting to use another tournament program like xSeed. There are many reasons to use the various programs out there. I only hope that askFRED will soon support results from them all.

While I came close to attending this event last year, I didn’t make it. It’s close to a 7 hour drive from Mobile, AL. However, I am sure that this event will be on the top of my list for future years.

On top of everything else, this event had one of the friendliest atmospheres that I’ve seen. Too often, the competitive nature of fencing events obscures how much fun they really are. The Rose Condon Memorial rose above petty club squabbles and produced an atmosphere all could enjoy.

Congratulations again on a successful fencing event.

]]> By: Terry http://www.nicholasroussos.com/general/more-about-the-rose-condon/#comment-99 Terry Tue, 01 Mar 2005 15:54:00 +0000 http://nicholasroussos.dreamhosters.com/general/more-about-the-rose-condon/#comment-99 Wow! On behalf of at least a dozen faithful "Friends of Rose" thank you for the compliments on the tournament! Our hope is that everyone had a good experience.<br /><br />Thank you also for your helpful and insightful constructive criticism. Those not attending may not know that after the tournament, we ask the fencers (via fredmail) for that. We aren't afraid to see the problems. That will make it better next year. (I wanted a raised strip, too, but it wasn't possible.) A special Rose site (without those nasty pop-ups) is a smart idea and I am already on it for next time. I will try to remember to notify people outside the section when it is up.<br /><br />One note about Xseed vs. Fencing Time. I do hate that I can't use the cool explicit results from FRED because I do exclusively use Xseed. However, ideally, we are training our athletes for the national level and beyond. Xseed is the exact software that is used in every national tournament. A fencer who participated in this tournament will know the ropes when they get to a national tournament, since it is run very similarly and everything will be completely familiar to them. I will try to work out a plan where this tournament can be recreated to reflect the complete results, even it if is scanned results in jpg files. ;)<br /><br />Additionally, this season the Southwest Section Circuit Cup Executive Committee established a seeding procedure to protect the those who are at the top of the circuit. SWS points are protected to 8 and National points to 32. The only software that can easily handle this is Xseed. <br /><br />Members of the Alabama Division (Southeast Section) didn't get a flier (another oversight we'll fix!) That would have explained who is Rose. Here's the link. C:\almweb\TOURNAMENTS\Rose05info.pdf Wow! On behalf of at least a dozen faithful “Friends of Rose” thank you for the compliments on the tournament! Our hope is that everyone had a good experience.

Thank you also for your helpful and insightful constructive criticism. Those not attending may not know that after the tournament, we ask the fencers (via fredmail) for that. We aren’t afraid to see the problems. That will make it better next year. (I wanted a raised strip, too, but it wasn’t possible.) A special Rose site (without those nasty pop-ups) is a smart idea and I am already on it for next time. I will try to remember to notify people outside the section when it is up.

One note about Xseed vs. Fencing Time. I do hate that I can’t use the cool explicit results from FRED because I do exclusively use Xseed. However, ideally, we are training our athletes for the national level and beyond. Xseed is the exact software that is used in every national tournament. A fencer who participated in this tournament will know the ropes when they get to a national tournament, since it is run very similarly and everything will be completely familiar to them. I will try to work out a plan where this tournament can be recreated to reflect the complete results, even it if is scanned results in jpg files. ;)

Additionally, this season the Southwest Section Circuit Cup Executive Committee established a seeding procedure to protect the those who are at the top of the circuit. SWS points are protected to 8 and National points to 32. The only software that can easily handle this is Xseed.

Members of the Alabama Division (Southeast Section) didn’t get a flier (another oversight we’ll fix!) That would have explained who is Rose. Here’s the link. C:\almweb\TOURNAMENTS\Rose05info.pdf

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