kree wrote:if you dont want to fight with andor, i suggest getting garbed up and looking good, and fighting at a public place, like a park
and be very friendly and informative
Yea, the less you look like a bunch of highschool stoner kids fooling around the better. Make some really sharp garb, get some nice weapons, none of this sock covered short sword junk. Train a few people in spears/glaives. big thing is that they are visible from the road and people associate them with jousting which they do know about.
Handing out fliers is all well and good, but that targets the wrong demographic. Most people couldn't care less. Target the nerd groups. Gamers, Goths, Social Outcasts, History Clubs, Chess Clubs, Table Top Game Clubs, D&D groups. Most of these groups don't advertise their existence so you need to go to where they hang out. Comic book stores, table top supply stores in the malls.
You will be surprised at how handing a nerd a sword and shield will straighten his spine and put a fire in his eye. Appeal to the people looking for some place to belong. Also bill it differently depending on who you are talking to. If your talking to the table top guys, bill it as more RP, history nerds, bill it as historical reenactment. If your pitching it to someone who thinks he is cool, bill it as a Medieval fight club.
It's all about marketing.
Once you have a few noobs, kick their * sure, but make sure you constantly give them feedback and tell them what they are doing right and wrong. Tell them how to beat you. Don't wait for them to come up to you and ask for tips. You want new people, you instantly put yourself in the role of teacher. The quickest way to drive new people away is to completely face roll them every time they show up and hope they pick up on what they are doing wrong. My first day i almost left because my first fighting experience was a half dozen FFAs back to back. I was irritated and very dissolusioned till i saw some team tactics. I refer to FFA battles as epeen battles to this day because it is a waste of time and the only thing it does it let the vets get some easy kills. It doesn't teach anyone anything unless the vet sits down and teaches the guy he just rolled how to do better next time.