Depressing News on the Games Front

[MacMillan of Rathdown]

I have long take the view that the proliferation of games in the 80's and 90's was ultimately not a good thing: too many games vying for a limited number of bands, athletes, dancers, vendors and, most importantly, attendees. This led, in my opinion, to a large number of "games" becoming a mish-mash of ideas-- sort of the rennfaire meets SCA tournament meets Celtic festival with pirates approach with less and less attention given to the cultural core of what is, after all, a Scottish event. These "weak" end events are now feeling the pinch, and economic Darwinism seems to be taking effect.

[macwilkin]

I have long take the view that the proliferation of games in the 80's and 90's was ultimately not a good thing: too many games vying for a limited number of bands, athletes, dancers, vendors and, most importantly, attendees. This led, in my opinion, to a large number of "games" becoming a mish-mash of ideas-- sort of the rennfaire meets SCA tournament meets Celtic festival with pirates approach with less and less attention given to the cultural core of what is, after all, a Scottish event. These "weak" end events are now feeling the pinch, and economic Darwinism seems to be taking effect.

I made similar comments about the proliferation of Civil War reenactments in the 1990s.

T.

[BoldHighlander]

I have long take the view that the proliferation of games in the 80's and 90's was ultimately not a good thing: too many games vying for a limited number of bands, athletes, dancers, vendors and, most importantly, attendees. This led, in my opinion, to a large number of "games" becoming a mish-mash of ideas-- sort of the rennfaire meets SCA tournament meets Celtic festival with pirates approach with less and less attention given to the cultural core of what is, after all, a Scottish event. These "weak" end events are now feeling the pinch, and economic Darwinism seems to be taking effect.

A few years ago our local games tried to incorporate an SCA village into the events. It turned into a bloody fiasco of sorts & thankfully they went back to the tried & true of the past 50 years.

My only complaint this year was there wasn't any sheep dog trials as in years past