SC - rare foods at feasts-rant

[margali]

Most events in both Aethelmark and East have the event fee, with or without a
dayboard and a separate fee for the feast. That is what he means by going
'offboard' to an event.

I frequently go offboard to events, being ultra allergic to mushrooms, and many
people using commercial stock bases and otehr conveniences with 'natural
flavors' that quite often have mushroom essence or tropical products [my other
main food allergy is palm or tropical products.] I will also go offboard if I
don't like the menu for the feast.
margali


>  No. If they don;t like what is being served,
> the
> > solution is simple...they feed themselves and remain off board.
>
> Hmmm...
>
> With this point I would respectfully disagree with you mi'Lord.  They
> *paid* to be fed.  In my experience a considerable amount of the event
> budget goes towards the feast with the intent that all the participants
> will be fed.  They didn't "pay" for the fighting or any other activity in
> the event, those are all run as volunteer efforts but they paid for the
> site and they paid for the feast, therefore they are entitled, IMO, to
> both.
>
> If you wish to take the attitude that they are not entitled to the feast,
> then it should be a seperate fee (as it is with a few events that I've seen
> where they needed to limit the number of people at the feast.) Then your
> point would be valid.  Otherwise, they have a right to expect value for
> their money.  This does *not*, however, mean that they should expect to
> like everything on the menu, only that they should expect not to have to
> expend even more money feeding themselves, as you suggest.
>
> With regards, I remain as always I remain, in service to Meridies,
> Lady Celia des L'archier