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(...) I got to ask, whats that? Josh (...) (23 years ago, 24-Apr-01, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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(...) A member (or just participant) in the Society for Creative Anachronism. We go out and do all things medieval except the bad parts. (unless you count politics as one of the bad parts, 'cause we do that in spades...) James (23 years ago, 25-Apr-01, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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(...) Ah i get it now, thanks! Josh (...) (23 years ago, 25-Apr-01, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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(...) And when he says _all things_, he means all things. They're planning on killing off 1/3-1/2 of their members with the plague and then switching to all things Renaissance... :) -JDF (23 years ago, 25-Apr-01, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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(...) Note that mundanes is a term also used by SF Fans (interesting question, where was it first used? There's a large crossover between SCA and SF fandom, but SF fandom is definitely older). (...) I was at one time, but I got better... Actually, (...) (23 years ago, 25-Apr-01, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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(...) I agree with you--one bad apple. The absolute limit of my tolerance anymore is four days at Pennsic; beyond that, I can't be bothered with the in-fighting, pettiness, and back-stabbing rampant in the SCA. It cracks me up that the SCA is by (...) (23 years ago, 25-Apr-01, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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(...) I come from a more laid-back area; up here in Avacal our political infighting is pretty minimal, and it rarely spills over past the people involved, so I don't see it (much) - but that's the advantage of living in the hinterlands. Less people, (...) (23 years ago, 25-Apr-01, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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(...) I think plague counts as one of the "bad parts", so we ignore that. And I'd never switch to all things Renaissance... you'll never catch me waving around one of those silly pokey swords, and wearing fruffly clothing. <grin, duck> James (23 years ago, 25-Apr-01, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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(...) Only if you don't target the people making things political. :) (...) But in the Renaissance, armor and weapons got so much more elegant. Of course, this was largely because the cannon of the king and the arquebus of the common foot soldier (...) (23 years ago, 25-Apr-01, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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(...) I see people like that at all the time in the SCA; I think the preferred term is "fop" or "dandy." 8^) (...) I have several suits of chain, and SCA people ask if I fight in it. I say, why would I? It offers no impact protection, coupled with (...) (23 years ago, 25-Apr-01, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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(...) Thinking of various sorts of weapons and dress reminded me of the group which performed at the SF con we had back in October. They are a group who do staged combats using close to real weapons (I don't think they're sharp). They were quite (...) (23 years ago, 25-Apr-01, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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(...) Around here, we call them "swishy-poke". They call us a variety of more stylish insults, but we heavy fighters are simple folk, with simple insults. ;) (...) That's why I fight in a moving blanket (technical term: gambeson). It's a little (...) (23 years ago, 25-Apr-01, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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James Brown wrote in message ... (...) people (...) living in (...) Same here in Lions Gate - there is politics, of course (get more than 2 people together in any kind of organisation and there will be politics!) but it's ignorable if you're not (...) (23 years ago, 26-Apr-01, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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