tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14473417.post9181078349600266932..comments2024-03-28T03:31:42.278-07:00Comments on Chiron: CommunityRoryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08483616030072739190noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14473417.post-43735662430175729132013-08-06T14:52:07.126-07:002013-08-06T14:52:07.126-07:00OMG Rory, there are plenty of people who like to c...OMG Rory, there are plenty of people who like to challenge. On the internet where it's just talk we call them trolls, but you know there are people who question, who challenge assumptions, who demand logical foundation for conclusions. <br /><br />I self-identify as contrary. Surely there are people with physical skills who do the same. Kai Joneshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13319136737099550784noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14473417.post-20018963445309199362013-08-02T14:14:44.422-07:002013-08-02T14:14:44.422-07:00A challenge based community, not sure if it's ...A challenge based community, not sure if it's long term, as a model, might be the Crossfit\interw3bz\Youtube model. <br /><br />Here's the challenge. Now document that you accomplished it. Now the new challenge is to beat it, etc. <br /><br />Since it's stored publicly or semi-publicly you can get around some of the, "Well in my dojo, when nobody was there but all us senior students, then we...", type stuff that might cloud the issue. <br /><br />Of course that's assuming your challenges are relatively physical and relatively documentable. <br /><br />Not sure how you can have a random bouncer document talking down an X level or Y level threat in an X or Y type situation. So it suffers from issues of quantifying the challenges so they can be documented in some form. <br /><br />In any case if the identity of the group is somehow abstracted and distributed beyond individuals and 'schools' you might be able to make it more challenge based. <br /><br />Any jackass with a video camera can grab a Crossfit benchmark or something similar, do it, post it, and get ranked or accepted as having done whatever they did. <br /><br />Powerlifters always wanna beat other powerlifters, even if it's just a grainy, compressed, lo-rez internet video of somebody they've never met. <br /><br />Of course that's just PT stuff, easy to document, compare, etc, and you still get arguments and such over standards, BUT, it's AN example of a challenge-based community that exists beyond a single school\source. <br /><br />Provided you can quantify and document the challenges and the overcoming of them, which the internetz make pretty easy, seems potentially workable as a model. <br /><br /><br /><br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14473417.post-88000150978192303122013-08-02T09:29:19.587-07:002013-08-02T09:29:19.587-07:00One only need to skim through various martial art ...One only need to skim through various martial art or tactical training forums to see the truth here. RXianhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11422318102571966643noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14473417.post-50405144114440573762013-08-01T23:43:38.477-07:002013-08-01T23:43:38.477-07:00I think it would be possible to create such a grou...I think it would be possible to create such a group. Though as it would be based upon humans it would be constantly "under threat" from the usual issues. Even if it didn't fall prey to the usual suspects, one issue may be that as its goal is to dedicated to challenge, sustaining the definition of challenge would be the issue!<br />Still I believe it could work, but that it would be fluid, people would drop in and out and come back over time. It would be like the task specific groups you have mentioned before. Rather than a conventional group, it would be more like a resource?The European Historical Combat Guildhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02425115205496881300noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14473417.post-89597413938339241612013-08-01T17:05:14.362-07:002013-08-01T17:05:14.362-07:00Some friends of mine share an interest in driving,...Some friends of mine share an interest in driving, maps, and efficiency ... though it's probably more of an affliction than an interest. <br />We decided to call ourselves Road Bores Anonymous, and thought we should have a secret handshake to identify ourselves to others. We decided it should be the 3 hand signals for stop, right turn and left turn .... which is neither secret, or a handshake ... <br />It seemed appropriate.Maijahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18264657619197571965noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14473417.post-40067325107270990032013-08-01T11:02:06.276-07:002013-08-01T11:02:06.276-07:00Ermmmm--- because the last five posts I tried to w...Ermmmm--- because the last five posts I tried to write were just basically rants and I don't publish them until I think they make sense?Roryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08483616030072739190noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14473417.post-2184514761762968092013-08-01T10:52:28.733-07:002013-08-01T10:52:28.733-07:00Wy oh why do you have to make such good sense all ...Wy oh why do you have to make such good sense all the time? Charles Jameshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13812618556413423872noreply@blogger.com