OT: Just Curious?
 

Off Topic I know...but I was curious?

How many people here are part of, or have been part of the SCA (Society for Creative Anachronism)?

Kana

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What is that?

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Officially, the Society for Creative Anachronism is a Medieval 're-enactment' society which tries to recreate the more pleasant aspects of medieval life while pretending not to notice the less pleasant aspects. In practice, it's a sort of amalgam of historian/antiquarian, 'back-to-the-land'/survivalist, neo-pagan, and FRPG player interests. Many (if not most) members fall into all four catagories plus a few more. http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/icons/icon7.gif Your local SCA group is generally a great place to find advice on things like survival crafts (soap making, hand weaving, small-scale animal husbandry, sustainable/organic farming) and to get in touch with all or most of the 'alternative' communities in your area.

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People who act out the middle ages, including mock battles.

Personally, I think the whole thing is a little weird.

Except for the swords. I like swords. The real me likes swords the way my avater likes hammers. http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/icons/shock.gif

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<font size="2" face="sans-serif, arial, verdana">And the babes in the tight laced up bodices, don't forget them.

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I used to be in it because a friend was in it. The members weren't very friendly though and they seemed to have an enchanted view of the middle ages. As said they wanted to reenact it, but as one of them told me not anything that could be controversial. I mentioned the crusades (Knights vs. Saracens) and they said something along the lines of "oh, we avoid any of that sort of stuff"

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<font size="2" face="sans-serif, arial, verdana">And the babes in the tight laced up bodices, don't forget them. </font><hr /></blockquote><font size="2" face="sans-serif, arial, verdana">Well, I've never been to one. And I try to do my thinking further up. http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/icons/icon10.gif
<font size="2" face="sans-serif, arial, verdana">That could be that group.

[ May 21, 2004, 05:08: Message edited by: narf poit chez BOOM ]

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SCA eh? Sounds like my kind of fun.

<font size="2" face="sans-serif, arial, verdana">Hmmm... where have I heard that before? Ah, yes, fighter!

*dogscoff hands Narf a particularly sharp pair of sword-chucks and then stands well back.
"There ya go, have fun..."

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I was asked to come to one meeting. Im all for tabletop DnD and rather against playing it live so I was rather biased.

They had me try a sword fight (cane swords) and I had a strange style that rather kicked tail. That got them all excited talking about how I could rise in ranks and even become "king" of the US or something like that. Anyway, I never went back.