Update

Recapping will be brief.

EDIT: An ambiguity was pointed out to me today, when I say some fighting was lackluster, it is on my part, not other fighters'.

Egil Skillgrimson Memorial Tournament 2012. Went in with a 42" sword (one-handed); worked a bit on single sword; had my ass handed to me handily in the tournaments; fought the byes in the "notable fighter" invitational, felt much more comfortable without any pressure to perform, even though I lost all those fights; enjoyed some good deaths though.
All in all, I think I'd prefer to go to Grand Thing next year, a more kingdom-central event with less fringies, and more fighting that is typically scheduled on the same weekend.


War of the Trees 2012. A small Summits war event; saw fighters from Wuduholt be Secg (shire in the West Kingdom) as its close to the border; "war" fighting (only about two dozen fighters) was lackluster for me; pick-ups were lackluster; Griffin Quest tournament had good fighting, though my anxiety levels were high. Switched to a planked 2" stick, cut to 32" in length—more persona appropriate.

Summits June Investiture 2012. Had a few pick-up fights with Sir Einarr, whose more aggressive approach was an interesting (in a positive way) change in fighting for me; Summits Defender tournament saw me out in two, but enjoyable skirmish in the finals.

West-An Tir War 2012. Came to the event a day late due to coming off a cold; first day of war fighting was lackluster and frustrating, had fun running around with my knight though; had pick-up fights with (then) HRH Vik Vikingson, Viscount Miles Fitz-Rauf, and another fighter whose name I didn't catch; second day of war fighting saw some good piking on my part, was much more loose and enjoying myself; Brian squired his other two men at arms; got heat exhaustion and heat tetany on the drive back, which was the scariest experience of my life, so far.

An Tir Coronation 2012. Saw Viscount William Jeffrey the Rogue knighted before the squire's tournament; tourney proper was total shit on my end; spoke with HRM Vik about the headspace issue.