But even in pre-electric fencing (foil anyway), the point goes to the person who has "the line", who establishes or has priority in a sequence. So the pereson who lunges will usually win the point against the person who stop-hits them at the same time, because the judge sees the attacker establishing the line first, regardless of which light comes on first. > -----Original Message----- > From: Joshua Kronengold [mailto:mneme at io.com] > Sent: Tuesday, February 08, 2005 11:07 AM > To: dragaera at dragaera.info > Subject: Re: Defender always wins? (Was: Re: on > contradictions and such) > > Donna writes: > >even if they're not being biased, the aggressor is the person judges > >subconsciously watch during an exchange. > > Interesting. Traditionally, in fencing (pre-electric), > specific judges are assigned to watch specific fencers, and > cannot call points on the other fencer, so there may be less > of this effect. > > -- > Joshua Kronengold (mneme@(io.com, labcats.org)) |\ > _,,,--,,_ ,) > --^-- "Get your mind right and you can make a stick > /,`.-'`' -, ;-;;' > /\\ your wand and the sky your hat and a puddle |,4- > ) )-,_ ) /\ > /-\\\ your magic..." -- Granny Weatherwax > '---''(_/--' (_/-' > >