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>It seems like a bad move to have a participant responsible for drilling the holes and attaching the strings. Part of the "point" of conkers is that conker-pre
by mbo 2y ago
>It seems like a bad move to have a participant responsible for drilling the holes and attaching the strings.
Part of the "point" of conkers is that conker-prep is just as much as a skill as the technique during the hitting phase.
I think this was just poor scrutineering (or corruption) on the organizers side.
- bee_rider 2y agoThat would make sense to me, but it seems like maybe it isn’t how they did it? > Jakins was responsible for drilling and inserting strings into other competitors’ chestnuts as the competition’s top judge, known as the “King Conker”.
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- mbo 2y agoRidiculous. A perversion of the true spirit of conkers.