ANST - Bored at Crown or Any Other Event

[Jube Kinser]

> Sael og heil!
> 
I have been in the SCA for about 3 years on and off starting seriously last
Feb and pretty heavily since.. I sit back and watch the people that have
been in for years but yet they don't care what is going on.. I am trying to
take action and help my shire and kingdom but as of yet do not have the
experience.. but I am working on it.  I think the best way to enjoy this
dream that we all have is to get active in your shires, baronies and
kingdom and help to create the dream.. don't sit back and make others do it
for you.  

Keep the Dream alive!
Aerin of Adlersruhe	

> I lay awake last night for the longest time considering the comments from
> those who are bored silly by any aspect of the SCA:
> 
> -- non-fighters who think watching the fighting is boring
> -- stick-jocks who wouldn't dream of attending an A&S competition
> -- early period folk who think attending a later period event is a waste
of
> time and resources
> -- late period folk who think attending an earlier period event is a
waste
> of  time and resources
> -- those who hate melees avoiding wars and melee events
> -- those who hate single combat avoiding tourneys
> 
> etc, etc. ad nauseam
> 
> Over my twenty years or so in the SCA, I have started to see a cycle in
> people's SCA developments.  Some people move through this cycle faster or
> slower than others, some skip a step, while others get stuck in one place
> forever, but the general pattern is valid:
> 
> (1) Wow!  I am starry eyed and lost in the Dream!
> 
> (2) I saw some shit and now I am totally disillusioned.
> 
> (3) I got over my disillusionment, but now I'm bored.  Why aren't you
people
> putting on events that will entertain egocentric me?
> 
> (4) I got over trying to be a total spectator and tried lending a hand,
> helping out at events, even planning events -- you know, not only is this
> not so bad, working for the betterment of the group is fun, and better
yet,
> I am not bored anymore!  I can now have a say in what sorts of events we
do,
> so I like the events better!
> 
> Those of you who are complaining about events boring you, or not suiting
> your persona, or what have you, why aren't you in there lending a hand
and
> helping plan and pitch events yourself?  
> 
> You want an Early Celtic Clan Games? You want authentic late-period silks
> and velvets, dancing and rapier combat?  You want Viking feasting?  Scots
> border raids?  High Medieval Courts?  Late period German ostentation?  Or
> whatever?  Why don't you find an experienced autocrat who will
co-autocrat
> with you and learn how to put on an event yourself?  
> 
> You will only get out of the SCA as much as you are willing to put in of
> yourself.  Look at the people who have been playing this game for ten or
> twenty or thirty years now -- you won't see anyone sitting around waiting
> for *other people* to make their fun happen.  The old timers enjoy fun
where
> they find it, and if they ain't finding it, by golly they make some fun!
> 
> It is integral to the survival of the organization itself that people
pitch
> in and help -- not for awards, but for the benefit of the group.  Awards
> alone can't motivate people to do the kind of work, unpaid and unthanked,
> that makes the SCA go (though they are nifty thank you's for services
> rendered).
> 
> Next time you find yourself thinking, "I am bored",  Get UP!  Get OUT
THERE!
> And MAKE SOME FUN HAPPEN!
> 
> Wæs Þu Hæl (Waes Thu Hael)
> 
> ::GUNNORA::
> 
> Gunnora Hallakarva
> Herskerinde
> <><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><>
> Ek eigi visa þik hversu oðlask Lofstirrlauf-Kruna heldr hversu na
> Hersis-Aðal
> (Ek eigi thik hversu odhlask Lofstirrlauf-Kruna heldr hversu na
> Hersis-Adhal)

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