[Ansteorra] Voluntary tagging

[Doug Copley]

I agree. Many times we may see someone and think that they look like 
they know what they are doing or where they are going but we do not take 
the time to verify with everyone we see that we do not know that they do 
in fact know what they are doing and where they are going. We do not 
have the time to question everyone we see to find out for sure if they know.

By having a simple method to know that they are new we could pause for a 
few minutes to see if there is any way we can help them.

The first few events I went to I had garb and camping stuff so everyone 
figured that I knew everything and that I was visiting the area or they 
had just not met me yet. I had no idea most of the time what was going 
on or how things worked. It would have been nice to an emblem of some 
type that would have identified me as new so that others could help.

Vincenti

James Crouchet wrote:
> On Wed, Feb 24, 2010 at 1:27 PM, Maria Buchanan <scarlettmb at sbcglobal.net>wrote:
> 
>> Seneschal is the gold key on a red background and it's vertical.  The
>> Hospitaler's badge is the gold key, horizontal on a green background.
>> And I too would expect someone wearing the hospitaler's badge to be a
>> hospitaler.  I would not expect that person to be a newcomer.
>>
>> I think the best idea is what Robin has already said.  Be nice to everyone
>> and you will eventually find a newcomer who you are being nice to.
>>
>>
> I presume that is what we are doing now. Obviously some of us think that is
> not enough or we would not be having this conversation.
> 
> I'll say again, THIS IS NOT ABOUT BEING NICE. I presume we are already
> trying to do that. But helping a newcomer is different from helping long
> time SCAers. For example, if I offer to explain the meaning of the awards
> being given in court a newcomer will probably be interested while an
> oldtimer will probably be annoyed. Also, a newcomer is more likely to need a
> place to sit, feast gear or a cloak and they are less likely to have friends
> to ask. Given that their needs are different, treating the newcomer and the
> oldtimer the same is not rational.
> 
> All of which brings us back to the question of how to identify newcomers. If
> we depend on extended conversations and good detective work that means those
> SCAers who are BUSY (you know who you are) will typically not notice the
> newcomers, especially at kingdom events or in large groups like Bryn Gwlad,
> Elfsea and Steppes where not everyone knows one another.
> 
> Christian Doré
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