[Ansteorra] ADVERTISING WORKS!!!!!!

[Barone Orlando Di Gilead]

I think it was called "Summer Knights" http://www.scatoday.net/node/1034

Yes it wasn't the most flattering article.

Orlando


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On Mon, May 6, 2013 at 4:32 PM, Sir Lyonel <sirlyonel at hotmail.com> wrote:

> Not in this case. I've seen the article. They not only title it "Game of
> Dorks," the called SCAers the worst thing they could possibly call us:
> larpers. The pics focused mostly (not solely) on the stupidest looking
> fighters--crappiest armor, fattest, oldest, dumpiest, carrying the
> dumbest-looking weapons.
>
> It's harsh, but they really don't lie, which makes it all the more
> embarrassing.
>
> En Lyonel
>
> Scribbler
>
> Sent from my iPhone
>
> On May 6, 2013, at 4:03 PM, Jean Paul de Sens <jeanpauldesens at gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
> > Infamous just means "even more famous" :D
> >
> > JP
> >
> >
> > Qui mieux fait, mieux vault.
> >
> >
> > On Mon, May 6, 2013 at 3:09 PM, Uillicc <uilliacc at gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> >> Considering that Maxim is kinda like Penthouse lite,  I'm not sure many
> >> readers/subscribers get past the pictures to read the articles...
> >>
> >> Anyhow someone told me long ago that there wasn't such thing as bad word
> >> fame...  Only word fame and better word fame...
> >> uillecc
> >>
> >>
> >> On 5/6/2013 12:06 PM, Barone Orlando Di Gilead wrote:
> >>
> >>> Well, that's what surprised us too.
> >>>
> >>> Orlando
> >>>
> >>>
> >>> Checkout my blog @ http://blog.agilejedi.com
> >>> Checkout my homepage @ http://www.agilejedi.com
> >>> Follow me on Twitter @ http://twitter.com/**theagilejedi<
> http://twitter.com/theagilejedi>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>> On Mon, May 6, 2013 at 11:49 AM, Stefan li Rous
> >>> <StefanliRous at austin.rr.com>**wrote:
> >>>
> >>> On May 6, 2013, at 11:17 AM, Barone Orlando Di Gilead <
> >>>> orlando at agilejedi.com> wrote:
> >>>>
> >>>> Great tidings Your Majesty! On a side note about advertising, we had
> at
> >>>>> least one newcomer this weekend (at Beltane) who learned about us
> from
> >>>>> an
> >>>>> article in Maxim magazine. It's amazing how traditional media still
> >>>>> works
> >>>>> :-)
> >>>>>
> >>>>> HE Orlando
> >>>>>
> >>>> From reports on other SCA mail lists, that Maxim magazine article
> would
> >>>> seem to not be a good one for the SCA from a PR standpoint. I'm happy
> to
> >>>> see that, for at least one individual, it did help us.
> >>>>
> >>>> Stefan
> >>>>
> >>>> =========================
> >>>> Date: Mon, 29 Apr 2013 17:43:02 -0400
> >>>> From: Siegfried <siegfried at crossbows.biz>
> >>>> To: Merry Rose <Atlantia at atlantia.sca.org>
> >>>> Subject: [MR] Maxim Magazine
> >>>>
> >>>> So it appears that the SCA got a full feature length writeup in Maxim
> >>>> Magazine, with big photographs/etc.
> >>>>
> >>>> It's not in a good light.
> >>>>
> >>>> The title of the article is "Game of ... Dorks".
> >>>>
> >>>> And they lambast the fact that we are sitting around drinking Monster
> >>>> Energy drinks, and have Cobra Commander stickers on our helms. (I'll
> >>>> note that it wasn't an Atlantian Event, with our appearance laws.
> >>>> Therefore, the pictures show a lot of people in rather modern looking
> >>>> equipment on the field)
> >>>>
> >>>> Just thought folks might want to know, since I hadn't heard it
> mentioned
> >>>> here yet.
> >>>>
> >>>> Siegfried
> >>>> --
> >>>> Barun Siegfried Sebastian Faust, OP - Baron Highland Foorde - Atlantia
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> >>>> ============================
> >>>>
> >>>> Several more messages on this topic and others, will eventually end
> up in
> >>>> the Florilegium SCA-in-print-msg file.
> >>>> --------
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