[Ansteorra] was the saddness of the sca - Now the Awesomeness of the SCA!!!

David Brown lddevin03 at yahoo.com
Wed Feb 6 05:40:30 PST 2013


And everyone is invited to Southern Regional War College in the Barony of Raven's Fort. It is a 2 day event ( camping!). We need to find the run in this awesome game we play! 
The Barony is here for you!

HL Devin O'Donnabhain
David Brown

There is no better therapy than a dogs love.

Barone Orlando Di Gilead <orlando at agilejedi.com> wrote:

>Well said!
>
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>On Wed, Feb 6, 2013 at 7:21 AM, Doug Copley <doug.copley at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> I am having fun, doing things, making friends, and trying to improve.
>>
>> First - I am not pointing fingers at anyone, I am speaking of human nature.
>>
>> I think that this conversation has been a little bit like a drug addict,
>> when they first start it only takes a little bit to make them happy, as
>> time goes on they "need" more and more and more to get to where they feel
>> happy. Perhaps we have the same thing going now in the SCA. I have seen
>> pictures of past events and I hear stories of past events and I know a
>> little pit of human nature, and they don't match up. When people think of
>> the "Good 'Ol Days!" they forget the carpet worn as armor and remember the
>> knight wearing shinning armor, they forget the bugs, the lack of toilets,
>> or broken toilets and instead they only remember the camp fire. They forget
>> that the court was held in an old building or under an old military GP tent
>> and only remember that so-and-so got knighted. None of this is bad, except
>> perhaps with the fond memories they remember the parts they loved and
>> enjoyed and they now want the entire event to be that way and lament how
>> pathetic things are now because the stain on the poles of a period baronial
>> pavilion was not the correct color shade:-(
>>
>> I prefer to focus on what we do have and the things we get to do. We know a
>> great deal more about A&S, fighting styles, archery, makeup, clothing,
>> habits, manners, and actual events then was known 30 years ago. We can
>> accomplish more research now on the internet in a single evening then they
>> could in 6 months when they had to request books from other libraries, and
>> try to find things.
>>
>> So maybe, just maybe, we are not so bad off? Maybe we should look at some
>> of the great things that are going on and that we have and be happy for
>> them. Then look at some of the not so great things and figure out how to
>> improve them.
>>
>> Vincenti
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