CELLIO%CMU-CS-C@sri-unix.UUCP (06/14/83)
From: Dragon <CELLIO@CMU-CS-C> I've never been out of the East Kingdom, so I can't compare it to others, but I would say that it is also fairly laid back about developing your persona. There's not much pressure to do it, and people can pick a name and a century or develop a complete persona. Besides, it's the national office that approves names and devices, not a regional office. Let me add to the collection of plugs for SCA: it's lots of fun, and something that I think would be of interest to many people on this list. There's dancing, music, feasting, heraldry, arts, and of course fighting (for which there are strict armor standards and such to make sure no one gets hurt). Adela of Tintagel College of Cawdor Barony Marche of the Debatable Lands East Kingdom -------
CMP.DOUG@UTEXAS-20.ARPA@sri-unix.UUCP (07/30/83)
From: Douglas Good <CMP.DOUG@UTEXAS-20.ARPA> Does anyone know what sort of roles people of the age of say 12 or 13 get in the society? -------
cjh@CCA-UNIX@sri-unix.UUCP (08/02/83)
From: cjh@CCA-UNIX (Chip Hitchcock) There's been quite a bit of nonsense about the SCA in this digest. Since I am in no way an official speaker for any part of the SCA and since this is getting rather far off the topic of the digest, I'll put in a very short summary: 1. The SCA is generally considered to cover over a millennium temporally; common dates are ~500 (fall of Rome) to 1600. 2. The original orientation of the SCA may have been Western European in some peoples' minds, but this limitation has basically been erased. There are in fact ronin* of various periods seen as well as everything geographically between there and Ireland; the Fan Guest of Honor at the 1984 Worldcon is known in the SCA as Mandarin Vuong Manh. The tendency is toward peoples with established cities anywhere in that period (but I haven't seen any African personas, which is a big hole, and there have been woad-wearing Britons). A recent issue of the SCA quarterly, TOURNAMENTS ILLUMINATED, was devoted entirely to period Japanese subjects 3. Jim Washburn's rodomontade may be answered (although not to his satisfaction) since there will be some very capable ronin at this year's war. CHip (Chip Hitchcock (CJH@CCA-UNIX (...cca!csin!cjh))) * Japanese warrior (usually means unattached, since "samurai" means "servant")