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Maeryk

Stop me if you have heard this before because I sure have. You know Max' 1 and 2 about the conversation between Maeryk and Gavin probably go back 15 years or better. Yep it runs that long. Audax's original post probably goes back 20 years of hearing it. Yes have heard Sir Olafr's response and used ...

Maeryk

I should weigh my Von Seussen kite.. it's up there.. not sure if it's 18 lbs.. but its' more than 10, I'm sure.

Maeryk

[you are reading something in that isn't there.. the only "appeal" process, is for denial, not for permission. Welcome to the East. You should read our "rights" section.. it's ENTIRELY comprised of what we may not do. Kinda funny, honestly. Too bad. I haven't experienced or even...

Maeryk

sorry about your shoulder..

Maeryk

Maeryk - that is a real bummer. Can you do something like a vote of no confidence for the Seneschal? Depends on the shire, and who is sufficiently pissed off. Needless to say, he wasn't re-elected. but when it's three days before the event, there's not a lit of time to re-org and make it work. but ...

Maeryk

1. A local group can hold and sponsor an event outside its borders, but cannot hold a Baronial Court at that event, except with permission of the „lending‟ group. Pennsic is exempt from this law. 2. The seneschal of the group sponsoring the event (the requesting group) will send in advance a writte...

Maeryk

a handmade wooden pen.

Maeryk

Dude, don't apply facts and math.. the bar is NECESSARILY higher every year.. more info is out there, it's "easier" to research, and all that ground has already been gone over by someone else. So it's only right that each new award recipient has to do more than the last to recieve it. (yes...

Maeryk

Aaron wrote:And by analogy, which is at fault for the state of Mexico and the SCA? Is it the rabble? Or the royalty? Or the middle class? Or all of the above?

-Aaron

it's renting space in the castle built on clouds that is at fault. Any time you sell people a fantasy unrealized, you are gonna have issues.

Maeryk

Max.. Gojo, not P&G.

Maeryk

Aaron? what do you mean by quality here? I thought we were just scrapping by with what we had and the thing that made it magical were the people all coming together to do fun middle ages stuff. Quantity vs. quality? The VERY best SCA-type events I've been to were in Japan. The quality was astoundin...

Maeryk

Why didn't someone take it to the baronial or regional seneschal, if they wanted to do the demo? If a specific officer doesn't want you to do something, what about their successor? Or their superior? Does the event steward not do the type of event you want? Run the next one. They won't LET you? Kee...

Maeryk

Gentlemen I have no pony in this race. This was a really good discussion, can we get back to it? Thanks, Brennainn but it's part of the meta discussion. There are huge ugly chancres in the SCA that drive people away. Joe Newb is powerless to do anythign about it. And as long as Charlie LongTermGuy ...

Maeryk

Lying? LYING? You are constantly belittling peoples honest gripes with what they have experienced in the SCA as "whiners" or "part of the problem". You are constantly telling them they must change what they percieve to be the problem, but if others don't like they change, THEY a...

Maeryk

Straw men? Because you haven't experienced it, it doesn't exist? Like I said.. you are me.. lowly nobody in the SCA.. what do you do when Blaecstan tears up the contract and ORDERS his shire people to be at Coronation or nowhere? There you go again. I've never said I haven't experienced it. I've sa...

Maeryk

Sometimes there needs to be a revolution. And sometimes, it's worth reconsidering whether there needs to be a revolution when you really, genuinely, can't find the support to make it happen. Maybe, just maybe, you're the malcontent with a problem... Yup.. the problem of not wanting to belong to a h...

Maeryk

oh, this crap again? Tell me how, exactly, the person who doesn't fight is "responsible" for the attitude of "Where's your armor? Don't have any? Then why the hell are you at an event?"? You really have to drop the chip of your shoulder. Seriously. For real. Because it makes you...

Maeryk

Yup.. the problem of not wanting to belong to a household in order to do anything. The problem of not wanting to belong to some Knight's retinue in order to "be allowed" to do anything.. etc etc. yeah, that's the problem allright.. Dude, just move to Calontir, we don't have that crap so m...

Maeryk

Sometimes there needs to be a revolution. And sometimes, it's worth reconsidering whether there needs to be a revolution when you really, genuinely, can't find the support to make it happen. Maybe, just maybe, you're the malcontent with a problem... Yup.. the problem of not wanting to belong to a h...

Maeryk

What I see in our local Barony is lots of fighters where few participate in the running of things due to politicos who insist on 'controlling' everything, and punish those who disagree with them by giving them bad campsites at wars and such. This kind of behavior has to stop. YEARS ago when I was a...

Maeryk

How do you ignore someone that wants to volunteer? Don't get that one. An established group of people they're used to interacting with, who "know how we do things around here". That way, they don't have to take the time to instruct the well-meaning newcomer. It doesn't happen everywhere, ...

Maeryk

If you do not fight the good fight because it's difficult and unpleasant and cede power and control (and the agenda) to those who actually want power and control... Then you are almost certain to hate the outcome over the long-term and from my perspective have no right to complain once you get ther...

Maeryk

When Timothy (of Arindale) and I first got to Caid, we weren't having fun with the local situation. So we started our own group (Club Seal), had a ton of fun and attracted a ton of people (fun does that)

oh, that explains so very much...

Maeryk

I think judging the health of the SCA solely by how many people put on hardsuit is a bad idea. It might be an indicator of the overall physical health of it though. Perhaps most of those folks increasing in the lighter activities, are just getting too out of shape, unhealthy, and or old to do heavy...

Maeryk

I think judging the health of the SCA solely by how many people put on hardsuit is a bad idea. *Solely*? I think not. I explicitly said it was a proxy measure. It is a means to indicate the shift in the nature of participation. Not conclusive in any way... just an available proxy to indicate direct...

Maeryk

keep in mind I've heard better stories from people that go to other RF's, particularly ones in Texas. really, if it was me and I wanted to increase members, and decrease the average age, I'd go form a college group. Any earlier than college and they can't usually make their own decisions yet; any l...

Maeryk

Do you recall the results when we actually did go out and hire a professional at the corporate level, supposedly for just this sort of purpose? The Society Seneschale at the time was also my wife. I had quite an excellent view of just how badly he managed to screw things up - and how quickly. I'm n...

Maeryk

I'll be a heretic here...but we are more than just fighting. What percentage of Pennsic actually fights? I _think_ the largest field battle was about 3K people, out of 10K or so attendees that year (but it might have since been surpassed).. so.. less than half. At it's height, there were about 3K o...

Maeryk

Aaron wrote:I'll be a heretic here...but we are more than just fighting. What percentage of Pennsic actually fights?

I _think_ the largest field battle was about 3K people, out of 10K or so attendees that year (but it might have since been surpassed).. so.. less than half.

Maeryk

I don't think you can sell the Society. Either people are going to get it, or they don't. The key is just to get the word out to people who are going to get it. We used to face the same problems trying to start a rugby team in missouri. We'd put hours and hours into 'selling' rugby to someone at th...

Maeryk

Want to improve recruiting, we need to change the way we appear to the outsider. All our websites are designed to pass along information to our membership. Same with most of the literature I have seen. No one outside the SCA knows what "Heavy Combat" is, but I bet they all know what "...

Maeryk

IMO - If Joe Newguy wants to wear generic tunic and pants, with armor that isn't particularly tied to a certain portrayal, we should help him do that as well as he can, while encouraging him to look around, experience different aspect and portrayals in the SCA until they find "their fit"....

Maeryk

I think discussing is the best option. Minimizing/hiding only sets the newb up for a rude awakening. It can be worded well "Rife with medieval intrigue, power struggles, interpersonal squabbles, and truly period backstabbing!".. but to ignore it is a disservice.

Maeryk

My point is more that we tend to paint a rosy, fairly unrealistic picture of "what the SCA is" for people.. as I pointed out.. look at the flyers. There's a HUGE subset of the SCA that simply isn't represented there..which is false advertising. yes, I too think the best of the best (lookin...

Maeryk

Been around for more than ten years. Got an AoA. Nothing in the last 8 years or so. I get lost in the shuffle between "Good Lord we need new guys, stat!" and "Oh he's a triple peer, let's give him some more stuff!" It's pretty discouraging. Many folks I know who started after I ...

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