[Stargate] The SCA we Play today

[John Moore]

Wulf, no offense taken or seen.  The SCA has changed just like most 
other things in the world.  It has become less of a quasi-medieval 
costume party and more of what its non-profit status says it should be.  
We have gotten away from the partying and games and slowly are evolving 
into a research and teaching group.  Either is good to my mind but some 
of the things that happened in the past are kinda of glaring when 
looking at it with a present set of eyes.  Fighter are less likely to 
fall down because we are getting old, we have gotten away from killing 
blows and go with telling blows.  The research material that is 
available today shows that the tournaments that we are trying to 
recreate was more about besting your opponent rather than beating your 
opponent.  Less falling down and more acknowledging the blow and a 
graceful bowing out.  Documentation, how else are we to know what you 
are performing is really from the period you espouse.  Same for the Arts 
and Sciences.  A lot of stuff out there that we have believed to be true 
has been found out to be bogus as can be.  Why?  Someone took the time 
to research about the subject and found out we were wrong.  Overall we 
all benefit from the time and effort of someone else.  Things change 
whether we like it or not.  One goes with the flow but at the same time 
tries to keep the fun as alive as one can. 

Iaen

p.s.  Yes you did misspell it and what is a Pigrim.  :o)

troy whitfield wrote:
> Welll, Hmmmmm, I wasnt on the list 2 weeks ago so thanks for bringing it back up  so I can comment .
>   Im newly returned from a long abscence ( bet I mispelled that word) and I have to tell ya, I see Less persona play now than when I was here before, and there was less after the last break than there was before it. Now , before anyone loads a gun and goes Wulf hunting, I didnt say there was none , but that it seems to be even less prevalent. Hey, this is partly my fault for getting sidetracked by life and not hanging in there to see that what I liked most kept going on. 
>          It does seem to me that this is less a recreationist group than a set of themed competitions where we pick our "uniform" and dress appropriately. Is there a single Leigeman to our current Baron and Baroness? Once they had a whole guard. Has anyone seen a fighter that was just " killed" fall down lately? We used to have " Best Death" contests( not something i recomend by the way , they used to make for really corny and silly  things happening on the field). When did it get to be Ok to chit chat about computers and mundane jobs, standing by the Listfield where folks were trying to hold a Medieval tournament?
>       I love competing in the Bardic but I think when Documentation is more important than the quality of performance , we have missed the point . I love fighting in tourneys and melees ( not that Im going to "live" through either one) but it does sadden me that when I "die" I have a marshal rushing over to me to see if Im really hurt. I guess what Im saying is " What happened folks ?" 
>    
>   Please forgive me if I have offended anyone , Such was not my intent in any way, shape, or form.
>    
>   Yours in Loving Companionship as a Brother within the Dream,
>   Wulf, son of Aelfric,
>   Whom Men do call Wulf the Pigrim
>   MKA Troy      
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