ANST - Interesting site... and poignant, too

[Shane B.]

I took it as funny and insignificant and left it at that...


Alastair


Martin, Brian wrote:
> 
> Ritter Deterich Wrote:
> >
> > http://www.geocities.com/Athens/Forum/8500/sca.htm
> >
> > Was strolling about the Internet when I happened to stumble on
> these
> > gentlemen.
> > And I thought we had the market on humor.  Maybe through the laughs
> and
> > the winces we can learn how to better ourselves, eh?
> >
> > Ritter Dieterich- Recovering from the ego-beating this site gave
> me....
> > *ouch*
> 
>         Viscount Galen of Bristol Then Added:
> 
> I saw this site several months ago, when it was a hot topic on
> the Rialto.  It's posted by an Australian re-enactment group
> called the Routiers, whose size is roughly equivalent to the
> average household in Stargate, and whose focus is laser-tight,
> in terms of period and setting.  They've looked at the SCA
> as it's played in Australia, and as it's discussed on the
> Rialto, found it not to _their_ satisfaction, and have devoted
> a page to criticizing the SCA for not being what they think
> the SCA should be.
> 
> I would not urge anyone to waste their time on the Routiers'
> venom.  My reaction to it was to be glad that _my_ hobby
> doesn't allow me time to be critical of groups that I'm not
> in.
> 
> Instead, I spend my time trying to make that part of the
> SCA that's in my reach better, more fun, and more authentic.
> Unfortunately for the Routiers, that doesn't include
> Australia.
> 
> - Galen of Bristol
> 
>         Sir Pendaran Adds
> 
>         I must admit that I've seen many things in the SCA that turned my
> stomach. Call me a member of the period police, but I think that a
> bunch of people wearing Daffy Duck tabards in a war is repulsive, not
> cute. Seeing a guy in plastic, rainbow colored armor just made me cut
> a swath through the enemy (with two squires protecting my flanks -
> Inman may be able to do that unaided, but not I), just to hit the guy,
> not laugh at how cute he was. Fortunately, most of these travesties
> have been sighted in other kingdoms. However, I've seen more than
> enough tennis shoes, cammo pants and wrist watches on people here in
> Ansteorra. I believe that if we're supposed to be recreating the
> Middle Ages and Renaissance, such things should be hidden away. New
> fighters in crappy looking old armor is one thing - they're new and
> are probably using stuff they've pieced together from several kind
> folks who have loaned them. On the other hand, those of us that have
> been around awhile need to be more vigilant about moving our cars,
> hiding watches and other such things. We are the examples by which the
> new people learn the game.
> 
>         Having said all of that, just what in blue blazes is up with those
> Routiers? Did some big bad SCA people beat them up or something? For
> crying out loud, I've haven't seen such petulance and childish hate
> and jealousy like that in years. We're their mortal enemies? Grow up!
> 
>         I agree whole heartedly with Viscount Galen's sentiment: let's all do
> what we can to make the SCA more fun and realistically authentic,
> (meaning that we don't have to go over board but can we please move
> the cars?), and have a lot of fun. If those folks in the Routiers want
> to rant, let 'em. We'll just keep on having fun and making things
> better.
> 
>         Pendaran
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