Newsgroups: rec.org.sca
Subject: Drachenwald Kingdom ideas (long)
Date: Thu, 31 Dec 1992 16:06:20

 Good milord William, I find merit with most of your commentary. 
 (yeah, I knoooow, big deal, huh? ;>)  I did have a couple of minor 
 quibbles, which I'll get to in a minute.  I did note that some of 
 your ideas would be overly restrictive if all were used.  For instance, 
 if you could/did go to the once-every-3-years crown tourney, *and* you 
 used the limited-list idea (this one for knights, this one for...), 
 then somebody who hit the cycle wrong would have to wait 9 years before 
 they could enter a Crown list.  (Hmmmm, that might not be so bad, at 
 least you'd know they knew what your SCA was all about ;^> ) 
 "E>    that it becomes a real "ennoblement". Put it on the same level as
 "E>    today's kingdom "orders of high merit". Make AoA required for the
 "E>    display (not the registration) of arms. Fill out the holes (left by
 In this, you've recreated a stratification that the SCA has specificly 
 avoided.  When I joined, I was told that all SCA folks are assumed to be  noble.  All nobles may have and display armoury.  As a herald, I'd 
 rather see a restriction that only registered armory be displayed.  
 Perhaps a person allergic to waiting could start displaying arms once 
 it passed the Kingdom level, although I personally am too lazy to waste 
 my efforts in the decorative arts on any but the sure thing.
...
 "E>    c. Tag down on the extreme elitism of EK peerage.
 You can pretty well drop this one out as soon as you get a few "local" 
 peers.  Each kingdom has their own peerage flavorings.....
...
 "E>    We could e.g. hold Crown tournament once every 
 "E> three years... or let
 I know I should wait for Tibor before I open my mouth, but I was 95% 
 certain that Corpora specifies 2 reigns per year.
....
 "E> Given my experience with American SCAdians, I think that one thing is
 "E> certain: they will only have that chance in an autonomous SCA branch
 "E> administered by Europeans. We will see what we can do if Nordmark does
 "E> become a Principality.

 "E> William de Corbie
 Quite true -- a large percentage of us got our ideas about the Middle 
 Ages from bad movies and what we've learned in the SCA.  It can take 
 quite a few years in before personal research starts occuring, and even 
 then the group has to be moderately supportive of the idea.  I started 
 in the SCA in a group where cabaret belly-dancers and potato casseroles 
 were the norm.  (and the local library stank so far as the middle ages 
 were concerned)  Once I moved to a bigger city, with adults in the SCA 
 and a better library to start from, I got encouraged to really do some 
 research. 
      In rereading your missive for the quoter, I came up with a question  that might help define some of this.  Why do you want to be in the SCA? 
 Seriously, I'm interested in your answer.  So far as I can see, you 
 want to toss virtually the entire structure.  What is the benefit to you  of conducting your medieval re-creations under the auspices of the SCA? 
     Fascinatedly,
       Gwenllian Cwmystwyth ferch Morfudd
       Steppes, Ansteorra

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