NR - Principality

[HEGitana at aol.com]

In a message dated 9/10/00 9:23:23 AM Central Daylight Time, 
peachykeen at moose-mail.com writes:

<< How selfish am I! >>

Not selfish at all, this is why most of us began playing this game and part 
of my concern is for those like you who are new and might not really 
understand all of the Principality issue.  As the discussion grows you will 
learn more about why both sides feel the way they do.  I've always felt that 
it's groups (not regions) that play the game different.  Some better than 
others but mostly just different.  If you ever have an opportunity to go to 
Bjornesberg (San Antonio) or to participate in a quest that they are 
sponsoring at another event you will see what I mean.  IMHO, I have always 
thought that they were the best of the best at portraying the dream. 

Maybe because we have so few old players and/or so many who have played the 
game for only five or six years, but we in the North seem to get wrapped up 
in issues and forget about portraying persona, hiding mundanities and trying 
to make the dream real.  I've never been very good at playing persona, but 
being around Master Ulf and Finneogan is wonderful.  They are two of our best.

>Will it flare up even more rivalry and division between the North and the 
South?  Is this to >be ignored? 

These things are also of great concern to me.  I hope we will think long and 
hard and I think we will.  I do not want Oklahomans to be perceived as 
separatists.  Many of us have good friends in the South and that will not 
change.  

>I'm not suggesting that the North become under anyone's thumb

This is another of my concerns.  The best Crowns are usually (all of you that 
want to jump on that, remember I said "usually") those with a lot of 
knowledge and experience in ALL aspects of the SCA or have been Crown before. 
 They recognize the differences in the way each group plays the game.  Now 
and then you get those who forget that this is just a game, have little 
experience and listen only to their own little group of friends.  I'm 
concerned that we would see much more of the latter in a Principality.  I 
know that no one likes to hear it, but we in the North can be pretty clannish 
sometimes (I'm thinking clear back before Northern Regional existed).

Guess you have figured out that I'm not really in favor of a Principality.  I 
am, however, trying to listen (read) and keep an open mind.  Many of you have 
made some really good points.  Keep voicing your concerns my lady, it's nice 
to hear the perspective of someone who is new.  Smile.

Gitana  



 
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