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Topic: Re-enactment Traditions!
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Alan F
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posted 10-13-2005 09:21 PM
    
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Originally posted by Hugo:
Back on topic: Tha adventuring group. Consists of 5 or 6 15-year-olds, dressed in character, and being in-game from the moment they set foot in the park. They talk to each other in that wierd "play language" (you know what I mean...), and offer their help to rid the world of evil...
A friend of mine had the guy turn up who claimed he had great magical powers at an event they were doing. So he got the shield wall to form up and advance on this guy. He then told him to use his magical powers to stop them - he buggered off instead and hasn't been seen since!
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Martin
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posted 10-14-2005 04:42 PM
Hi Hugo,
no I am not being mean, this should be possible here too! Just takes time and effort and yes I am willing to pitch in and do my part to help reach a goal like that photo!  mean would be bragging of events like this! :-)
 Have a nice and dry event at Mont Ste Anne!
Wish I could be there! Martin -------------------- Verpa es, qui istuc leges. Non es fidenter scripto!
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Ulfgar
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posted 10-18-2005 07:21 PM
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The adventuring group. Consists of 5 or 6 15-year-olds, dressed in character, and being in-game from the moment they set foot in the park. They talk to each other in that wierd "play language" (you know what I mean...), and offer their help to rid the world of evil...
We had a "LARP" group turn up to an event one year to "show us how it was done"... One elf in a bikini, a dwarf about six foot high and a dragon. He was dressed in the full kit with wings and had a rather exciting codpiece. (Lets just say that it only held one of the three required items inside). They could not understand why no one wanted anything to do with them.-------------------- Yes, these are bruises from fighting.That's right, I'm enlightened!
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Lloyd
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posted 12-07-2005 01:57 PM
"The Clothes Horse
Buys at least two new outfits per season. Is possibly the finest dressed thing you've seen this side of a Breughel painting. Should they ever leave re-enactment, several traders will go bankrupt."I am completely convinced that this is the REAL reason Jeff started Historic Enterprises....  -------------------- Break a Lance, Lloyd Clark
IJA Level 4 Jousting Instructor
Schola St. George Equestrian Combat Instructor
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Alan F
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posted 12-09-2005 04:07 AM
Some new ones....The Lost Legion This is the group that promised to turn up with at least 100 members. At the actual event however, there are only 6 of them and out of that whole group, only one has weapons. The Non-Stop The bloke in your group who knows a lot about history. Unfortunately, he doesn't know when to shut up. This results in any attempts to get a quick clarification on something turning into a 15 minute lecture on 12th century Hungarian bootstraps. The Unfriendly Society They have what looks like a warm welcoming campfire. Until you get close to it and they become monosyllabic and proceed to ignore you. Are only there because the organisers were desperate for numbers. The Know-All Newbie has never been to an event before but this doesn't stop him from telling everyone how all he needs "Is his sword" and that he will defeat anyone on the field. Is usually the last corpse to be revived. The Other Idiot Parent Is wont to wander around the LH camp encouraging his children to pick up the weapons and fight with them. He can't understand why he shouldn't do this as his kids are "Not doing any harm" [ 12-09-2005: Message edited by: Alan F ]
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Alan F
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posted 12-09-2005 04:20 AM
The Not My Period MOPDespite the fact that you are at a 15th century event, this is the MOP who turns up because he wants to talk about Bonnie Prince Charlie. Whilst your are explaining about fighting with a bill to the other MOPs, he will interrupt to ask why the Jacobites lost to "They bloody English" The Unamused Girlfriend Came along to see what all this re-enactment is about. It is now saturday night, she has streaming hayfever and wants to go home and wash her hair. The Food Thief Sometimes plural. MOP who sees the food laid out in the LH camp and decides that it is for his own consumption, despite being told not to, as he thinks that this makes it all the more fun. Still, it's good to see the reaction on their faces when Security/Castle Wardens turn up....
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David Teague
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posted 12-10-2005 09:40 PM
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Originally posted by Alan F:
The Idiot Member of the PublicAt least once a day someone will ask "Is that fire real?"
Baby, fire, food, swords, bows, shields, muskets, pistols, armour, kilt and the person sleeping on rope bed...  quote:
Originally posted by Alan F:
Just In Case KitDespite it being a 15th century event, you have packed four Norman kite shields, a 19th century sabre and Roman Armour. Why? "Just in case".
And the problem with this is?  quote:
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The We Wanna Join TeaseA couple, usually a mother and her weird-looking son will approach and ask if they can join. After taking their details, this will be the last you ever see of them again.
Every freakin event my group goes to... once it was a mother and her teenage girl... they did get involved for a short while until the girl found out that she wasn't going to get to wear a hand and a half with her kertle...
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The Clan GroupA group that has watched Braveheart more often than is healthy. No matter what the period, they will turn out dressed in tartan car blankets. The larger the group gets, the amount of Scottish history that they actually know diminishes.
Try being in a group who does do both Highland and lowland Scottish living history at the major Highland Games in Alaska... I'm not sure where these people come from, but they always find us... and they always wear those freakin 1960 hippie mocs... 
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Originally posted by Alan F:
The Lost MemberYou were all told to be here for formup at 1pm precisely. He was here a minute ago, but has now vanished.
Been there, have had people miss their demos, this last summer the whole group missed the opening of the Games as we were tying to find the missing new member to get him dressed as a pikeman... he was over in the crowd watching the opening...  I could go on and on... Cheers, David Teague [ 12-10-2005: Message edited by: David Teague ] -------------------- Co-founder The Highland Recrudescence Guild
http://www.alaskascottish.org/hrgfound.html A wise man once said "No man on their death bed wished they'd
spent more time at the office."
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Rod Walker
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posted 12-11-2005 04:03 AM
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Originally posted by David Teague:
this last summer the whole group missed the opening of the Games as we were tying to find the missing new member to get him dressed as a pikeman... he was over in the crowd watching the opening... I could go on and on... Cheers, David Teague [ 12-10-2005: Message edited by: David Teague ]
Ok, now that one is pretty funny.  -------------------- Cheers Rod
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Alan F
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posted 12-12-2005 09:49 PM
The Friend Of The ArcherPossibly The Archer's only friend. Is usually a guy in his 50's, he will wear a complete fantasy outfit, usually a two inch wide belt, black sleeveless tunic that stops at waist level and black hose. Will claim to be putting knights kit together ad nauseam, although proof of this will never appear. Instead, he tries to take the field with two swords, a shield, two polearms and his longbow. Is usually the last to arrive at events and the first to leave. The Arrival of the Locals at the Beer Tent In the evening after the event, a group of local males aged around 20 will attempt to get into the beer tent. They stand out by being (a) clean and (b) staring around them in amazement. They usually leave after learning that getting between spearmen/billmen and their beer is possibly the most dangerous act on the planet. The Splitters The people from your group who left to start their own group. The problem is, they took all the whingey buggers from your group with them. Whilst your group doesn't miss them a bit, a season later they have split at least 4 times due to internal politics and can be seen at events sucking up to everyone in your group in a vain attempt to rejoin. The Lost SCAdian Has turned up not realising that there is a world of difference between re-enactment and the SCA. Will constantly talk about his "shire" and about his own convoluted life story (I was kidnapped by viking mongolian zulu samurai from Scotland whotaught me how to use the broadsword) until your group leader tells him to shut up.
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Donnachaidh
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posted 12-13-2005 03:18 AM
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Not The SargeThe person who thinks they are in charge, yet in reality no-one would leave them in charge of the Portaloos. Still, gives us all something to do during a circle of treachery....The Person Who Thinks Their Rank Is Real Also known as either The First Person To Get Killed At Each Event, or as is more likely, Billy No-Mates
It's Devlin isn't it - g'wan, I dare you to say different...!
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Charles I
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posted 12-13-2005 05:26 PM
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The Lost SCAdianHas turned up not realising that there is a world of difference between re-enactment and the SCA. Will constantly talk about his "shire" and about his own convoluted life story (I was kidnapped by viking mongolian zulu samurai from Scotland whotaught me how to use the broadsword) until your group leader tells him to shut up.
Yeah, we know him as the swashbuckling/viking ninja from the Clan MacYamaguchi wearing lycra hose and weilding a katana or rapier but his persona is viking.-------------------- In every life some rain must fall...
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Alan F
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posted 03-19-2006 02:03 AM
The latest ones.....The Once In Charge Practially every group has one of these. Sadly. Once upon a time, he was left in charge of the group for the entire weekend. This weekend is spoken of by group members with a far away, haunted look in their eyes. This will have something to do with the fact that he went on a massive ego-trip, after all no-one in their right mind is going to offer this imbecile the chance to so much as run a mile downhill. Oddly enough, he thinks that the weekend was a resounding success and that he is soon to start running the group, despite the fact that he can't understand why no-one in the group has spoken to him since that weekend. The Too Laid-Back Leader Comes up from time to time. This is the person who comes to power in the group and either it disintegrates or there is an internal coup at the end of the season. This comes from him failing to pass on any dates for shows, telling people two days before a show that there's one on that weekend and his habit of turning up to the form up for battle late. The Walk Offs The group members who no-one liked. They get their name for doing loud walk outs from group AGMs saying that they are finished with the group. They mistakenly think that the cheers they hear when they walk out are recriminations against the group leader. The Far Away One Day Event Up until a few years ago, I wasn't aware that 6 am on a sunday morning existed. I do now. Ouch. The Annoying Partner Someone's other half joins the group. They then try to reorganise it so that all their mates can have positions within the group. After the group has split, they disappear from re-enactment altogether. The Constant Break Down This person was once placed in charge of a musket/spear/archery unit. Up until then, they had seemed reasonably competent. What no-one realised is that there is a slight problem with this person: At the slightest bit of pressure, they break down in tears and storm off angrily. The problem is, their idea of 'unreasonable pressure' that leads to them breaking down is somebody asking them what time formup is..... The Takeover MOP Happens all too frequently: you are giving a display and there is a MOP who tries to take over the display by commenting on what you are doing and getting his facts completely wrong. Any attempts to correct them will be met with scepticism. The Surly Teenage MOP Grabs a sword and stands there either holding it or trying to plant it up to the hilt in the ground. When you remove the sword from them, they stand there glowering at you.
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Alan F
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posted 03-20-2006 02:11 AM
The Celt No. 1The bane of Roman re-enactors everywhere. At an event, this person will watch the Romans drill and fight and then approach the group and ask if they can join. Despite the fact that the group only does Legionnaires and Auxilia, this person (usually a Goth girl and her boyfriend) wants to be a 'Celt'. They also expect the group to provide them with kit. The Celt No. 2 The person who is want to turn up in truly awful kit at Scottish or Irish events. He will wear a Viking helm, carry a hand and a half, wearing lots of fur plus a Roman tunic and wearing breeches. He will also have a and a round shield. Doesn't understand that he doesn't actually belong to any particular period, because in his mind he's fighting the good fight for his Celtic ancestors. The MOP Who Asks Intelligent Well Thought-Out Questions. They exist. They really do. [ 03-20-2006: Message edited by: Alan F ] [ 03-20-2006: Message edited by: Alan F ]
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