Estrella War XXIII

[Erisianmonkey]

I'm afraid the SCA lost all of my interest when the 31st person(not an exaggeration-after the first few I started keeping a count.) who was an SCA member walked up to me on the street (not at an event, mind you, just on the street!) and told me that my great kilt wasn't "period." I realize that those 31+ people do not comprise the entire SCA, but that was enough of them to make me shoot the whole idea of getting involved in any way out of a cannon.

[Warlock]

SCA, Knights of Old, Mediaeval Society of Memphis, Amtgard... Ahhh those were fun times. Still have the scar from the sword through my foot to prove it!

[Retro Red]

Sorry, Scott, I mean, Connor, I've got other plans for that week. You see sometime during that week (I won't say when) is our 30th wedding anniversary & my 51st birthday. If I were to suggest to my wife that we spend our anniversary at an SCA "war" I'm afraid she'd get "medieval" on me!

I have no doubt that you & yours will have a fun time there - I'll be looking for the pics. Enjoy!!
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[Caradoc]

I'm afraid the SCA lost all of my interest when the 31st person(not an exaggeration-after the first few I started keeping a count.) who was an SCA member walked up to me on the street (not at an event, mind you, just on the street!) and told me that my great kilt wasn't "period."

That'd happened to me once or twice before I took to carrying a couple of Xeroxed pages from various history books folded into my sporran - indicating that the so-called "great kilt" was dated to at least 1594.

It is period. But just barely. It's still fun to deflate the windbags.

If you weren't at an SCA event, "periodicity" doesn't matter at all.

If you were at an SCA event, that sort of commentary is still inexcusably rude, and it's perfectly acceptable to reply, "Oh, shucky darn! Good for me I didn't ask you and don't care about your opinion!"

(Master Ian Cradoc, OP, Atenveldt, eight-time Gatekeeper for the Estrella War, former Deputy Kingdom Sheriff, etc.)