[Stargate] The SCA we Play today

[Mike Dowdy]

Howdy folks,

I don't normally jump out there on list as I tend to get flamed.. now with 
that disclaimer...here  goes .

I joined the SCA for partying and fighting (1985?). I will be honest that 
was the end goal at that time. I matured and so did my thoughts of the SCA. 
I am in it for a great many other things now.. (and still fighting and.. um 
the other thing to..)

Now, Contrary to popular belief, we need that same kind of person as I 
am/was. We need the young *for lack of a better term I shall use my own 
name* Michaels to come party and mature, (notice the party and mature...) we 
need those Michaels to grow and learn.  Kain and Lissa (or is it lessa) form 
Glen Aub, always.. have a HORDE  of new folks, .. we aren't talking every 
few years, we are talking EVERY YEAR. They have encouraged the growth of 
everything from squires to peers to crowns. They have a expenintial track 
record, we need to take notice. Folks they meet STAY IN THE SCA and mature. 
(for some reason we are looking for the pre-mature sca person.. ??????)

I think we need to take a step back and find a way to make ourselves more 
open and friendly. Lets face it, our last 10 years of recruiting in the 
combined Stargat/Loch/Westgate/ cant even pile up one year of what they can 
do. We need to the same thing folks did for us, offer up a HELL OF A FUN 
TIME,  be patient, teach, and set the example. We need to get folks and 
*mature* them just like most of us were *matured*..
just my 2 cents
Michael of Gravesend


--- Original Message ----- 
From: "John Moore" <iaenmor at swbell.net>
To: "Barony of Stargate" <stargate at lists.ansteorra.org>
Sent: Wednesday, January 24, 2007 7:18 PM
Subject: Re: [Stargate] The SCA we Play today


> 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
>>
>>
>> ---------------------------------
>> Don't get soaked.  Take a quick peak at the forecast
>>  with theYahoo! Search weather shortcut.
>> _______________________________________________
>> Stargate mailing list
>> Stargate at lists.ansteorra.org
>> http://lists.ansteorra.org/listinfo.cgi/stargate-ansteorra.org
>>
>>
> _______________________________________________
> Stargate mailing list
> Stargate at lists.ansteorra.org
> http://lists.ansteorra.org/listinfo.cgi/stargate-ansteorra.org
>