[Ravensfort] Theory

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Cathal SilAlmhain <silalmhain at yahoo.com> wrote:
>replies inserted below . . .

(snip)


>Except that all these other communities deal with--for
>lack of a better term--"real life." The SCA gives a
>person the opportunity to dedicate as much of their
>lives to it as does any whole-life endeavor (e.g., a
>profession, a religion, school, dare i say even a
>marriage) yet the SCA is--no matter how much one may
>protest--only a game.

please define game for me...I think we might have different definitions...

(snip)

>> 
>> Transients - those who feel their sole purpose in
>> the SCA is to entertain themselves. They have little
>> or no interaction with the local group and seldom
>> participate in scheduled
>> activities...

>Well, calling them transients, while an accurate term
>analogistically, certainly isn't very flattering :-)


It's the most neutral thing I could come up with...people I ran this by didn't like the term gypsy because lots of people in the SCA have an idealized view of gypsies, tourists was even more negative...I guess I could have said travellers...but that relates back to gypsies...

If you have a better term I'd use it!

> 
> I'm still trying to figure out terminolgy for those
> who participate minimally on a local level but
> participate and take responsibility on a Kingdom or
> Society level...got any ideas?
> 

Nobility. Scholars. The clergy.


> I'd like to hear what you think about this model!
> 

>I think the model works well. Except--what category
>would i fall in? I don't participate for years at a
>time sometimes, then i'll have a period of intense
>participation that lasts for about a year and is
>characterized by involvement on all available levels. 
>I don't get involved simply for my own amusement, so
>i'm not quite a transient, but i'm not frequent enough
>to be a townsperson, or even a country folk. I think
>I'm a merchant--appearing in one place at one time and
>being deeply involved, and then dissappearing
>"overseas" to pursue my business interests in some
>other community. hmmmmmm . . .
>No, I've got it. I am a country dweller. I just live
>WAY out in the country and I live alone. :-)

"your" catagory was one I didn't even try, cause...I couldn't think of a  term for it...like you said ...when you come out...you are extremely active...and invest a lot of time and energy into both the groups and the people in the SCA...but your visits are sporadic...


Cathal
I love theories. I think about them all day long.

=====
Cathal SilAlmhain

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