"Only a Game" (Re: ANST - What? Us Pompous? Nah....)

[Paul Mitchell]

Galen here!

Tim McDaniel wrote:
> 
> On Wed, 7 Jan 1998, Pendaran / Martin, Brian <bmartin at origin.ea.com>
> wrote:
> > As for your comments that the SCA is a game: I couldn't agree more!!
> > It is a game and it should be fun. If someone is in the SCA and
> > they're not having fun, I think that they're wasting a lot of time
> > and money.
> 
> May I digress onto a tangent that this provoked?
> 
> I have read reports of people doing minor or major SCA "atrocities",
> and when confronted saying "It's just a game!".  Yes, it's a game.
> Yes, have fun.  Do realize, though, that real people are involved, and
> real people and property can be hurt, and dishonorable conduct in this
> game is still evil.

Yes!  Quite right!

> Daniel "'Pompous, artificial, and awful', and loving it" de Lincoln

- Galen
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