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

[David Brown]

That should say FUN...not run.

David Brown

There is no better therapy than a dogs love.

David Brown <lddevin03 at yahoo.com> wrote:

>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!
>>
>>**Shameless Plug Warning**
>>
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>>
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>>
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>>
>>YIS,
>>HE Orlando
>>Barone di' Namron
>>
>>
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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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