[Ansteorra] ideas was Presentation at Round Table

[Tina Michael]

It reminds me of the movie Wall-e, where everyone is so dependant on the
technology they had forgotten how to live and enjoy living. I am kind of a
technophobe, even though I am using it now, teehee, I hate it. I don't keep
my cell phone stapled to me at events and never want to be that
"connected". I come to events to disconnect from the modern world and
retreat to a simpler time where we were more in touch with the world and
the people in it. We have gotten so used to communicating with each other
through technology we are losing the ability to relate personally. Very
sad, don't you think?

Tina
old fashioned girl

On Tue, Jan 29, 2013 at 9:09 PM, Ld.blackmoon <ld.blackmoon at cox.net> wrote:

> greetings
>
> well thought out and well said  : )
>
>
> Be Safe , Be Happy, Have Fun .
> Arthur
> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Dragonetti" <dragonetti at generich.com>
> To: "'Kingdom of Ansteorra - SCA, Inc.'" <ansteorra at lists.ansteorra.org**>
> Sent: Tuesday, January 29, 2013 11:01 AM
> Subject: Re: [Ansteorra] ideas was Presentation at Round Table
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>  Greetings from Baron Armand Dragonetti,
>>
>> First, I applaud the crown's effort to acknowledge and highlight this
>> problem and to take a systematic approach to analyze and address it. It
>> is a
>> serious problem without a simple solution. (Otherwise it would have
>> already
>> been corrected.)
>>
>> IMHO, declining attendance is the result of numerous contributing factors.
>> Tight finances in a poor economy. Too much modern familiarity diminishes
>> the
>> experience for many as well. Some have indicated lack of recognition after
>> many years of effort. Others simply burn out after too much "drama" or too
>> much "work". Personally, I suspect the "aging" of the SCA plays a large
>> role.
>>
>> As a new player, I was excited about the "magic", the potential for honor
>> and chivalry that I found lacking in modern life. When the SCA was
>> relatively young, the majority of players were new. Over time, veteran
>> players who achieved some manner of recognition tended to stay active.
>> Those
>> who did not, tended to move on to other things. So over time, you see a
>> room
>> full of "hats" and fewer and fewer without "hats". A very different "look"
>> than those nostalgic early days. A new participant sees a "long road
>> ahead"
>> to ever attain similar stature, since they quickly learn that a peerage
>> or a
>> hat tends to come after a long period of time. By definition such
>> achievers
>> are now older; a veteran with many experiences on their resume.
>>
>> Naturally, these folks tend to be chosen to lead local groups and autocrat
>> large events, so as not to waste resources with an unseasoned leader's
>> ideas/plans that may have proven unsuccessful in the "early days",
>> ironically, by those same veterans.
>>
>> The fun in the good-ole-days of the early SCA was produced by a much less
>> experienced crew of younger leaders, pioneering the game for us. (The
>> pioneering itself was much of the "fun" that gets remembered.) Not to be
>> discriminatory, but what do you suppose was the average age of a
>> Baron/Baroness in the 1970's or 1980's as compared to the average age of
>> today's leaders?
>>
>> I would suggest that older folks, with kids, mortgages, etc, tend to be a
>> little less "silly" than they were before acquiring those
>> responsibilities.
>> However, silly often equates to fun.
>>
>> It also occurs to me that it is much easier to stay in persona with a
>> stranger or newcomer than with your friend of 15+ years. As a long time
>> friend, I'm likely to be more interested in what's going on with you in
>> your
>> modern life. How's your job? Your kids? Your thoughts on the latest movie,
>> etc. For a stranger or newcomer, I'm interested in your impression of the
>> SCA and am excited to talk about all it has to offer and to impart
>> whatever
>> medieval education I feel knowledgeable on.
>>
>> The creep of the modern-world that diminishes our game is very much the
>> result of aging participants. It will take a conscious, extra effort to
>> thwart this effect. And may require purposely choosing some younger, less
>> experienced leaders, if nothing more than to give a little "hope" to the
>> newcomers that do manage to find us. And who knows, they might be a little
>> silly and create a little more "fun" that brings in other, young/new
>> participants.
>>
>> Just a few random thoughts off the top of me noggin,
>> Bloody Baron Armand Dragonetti
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