[Sca-cooks] Re: Food-related Meta-Issue

[Tom Vincent]

Well, first my weakest argument:  If you don't try alternatives, how will you ever find a better system?
   
  That being said, there are certainly better (*and* period) criteria for determining a crown that the populace appreciates...someone that inspires people to say, "Now SHE'S a queen!" in all honest and sincere praise.

  Again, like others, you're presenting an example of crowns who were (I'm guessing) wonderful *despite* having had to 'earn' the crown the current way.  Doesn't that tell you something?  How many 'deserving' members are there that would make wonderful kings & queens but who can't lift a sword to save their lives?
   
  Now, the problem with the way Adria, ECS and others do it is that the standards are simply not high enough.  A majority of members should be able to say about *each* candidate for crown that, yes, I may not agree with their positions on all the issues, but at least I can see them as crown.
   
  I don't know of any re-creation group that has successfully developed a way to mimic hereditary crowns in a fair & open way, but it might be interesting to try to come up with one.
   
  Duriel
  
Susan Fox <selene at earthlink.net> wrote:
  Sure, it would be nice, but NO medieval recreation organization has 
managed all of these at the same time. I could make a few arguments in 
favor of a few of our royals fulfilling up to the latter three at the 
same time, but their better qualities are not the same skills that won 
their Crowns. [I'm thinking Guillaume and Felinah of Caid in 
particular, of course, but they were Landed Baronage and Pelicans before 
he ever won Crown. The experience helped a lot.]

What did you have in mind in terms of "gained the throne in period 
ways"? Thumping the other guys by group combat instead of single 
combat? The Adrian Empire has gotten just as many royal prats that way 
as the SCA has, get real. Being born to the right parents? The only 
second-generation royals I can think of off the top of my head are the 
Bellatrix boys, and even then, neither of them succeeded their father 
directly.

Enjoying the discussion!

Selene



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Tom Vincent
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