Entering Crown Tournament Pt2

Below is response No2 to what is becoming an FAQ chat.
In this one:
- What if I actually win? $'s, politics, current office responsibilities
- I don't want to miss the chance to fight the visiting top-guns

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I believe when entering you should be morally/emotionally willing to reign should you win, even if you have no idea how the hell to make it work. This is also something you need to take as a bit of a risk analysis. What's the REAL likelihood of winning? Rest assured that the tourney can and will be re-scheduled if something happens to a majority of the entrants. It's only fair to them and is in the interests of the kingdom.

Now say you have a GREAT day and everyone else is not and you do win. This puts you in the awesome and scary position of becoming rapidly famous. This will give you a whole heap of credit and attract a lot of support from across the kingdom which will help you fulfill the reign. If nothing else, all you have to do is send an email to the Peers lists and say "Help!!". Naturally there will be detractors, but that happens with every reign, some people just like to complain and chop down tall poppies.
Part of that support will also be political/emotional support to help deal with that aspect of the reign. I'd suggest talking to your favourite local peers and ask them directly if they would help with _advice and networking_ if you did win.

Regarding your consorts office as . It is a commitment, one that deserves serious regard and appropriate management. However, this can be quite easy if there is a good positive vibe in the group. Arranging with someone to be prepared to act as deputy should she win can be a good way to help people feel included. Plus imagine the vibe of "one of ours won!"

To balance out my "Yes, enter!" rave, if you do decide not to enter there will still be the chance to fight and train with the visiting top-guns, especially if you ask ahead of time (try "lochac fighters" email list) and help set-up an organised opportunity to do so. Naturally you need to be flexible with timing and access to particular people depending on what happens on the day.