That SCA meme going around

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1. What is your full SCA name? Malcolm Bowman
2. Is it registered? Yes
3. What SCA group do you live in? Physically - Rusted Woodlands.  Technically - Settmour Swamp.  If you want details, ask.
4. What kingdom? East
5. When did you first join? 1991
6. How did you find out about the SCA? Blame weezeld!
7. Are you in a guild or household? Yes, multiple.  Ragnesfolke, Sharc Pit, and TOAD
8. How did you join that guild or household? Ragnesfolke - camped with 'em for 6 Pennsic Wars.  Sharc Pit - through my former Don and Dona.  TOAD - I kinda help found TOAD.
9. What do you DO in the SCA? Fencer, voice herald, occasional archer, dancer, service junkie.
10. have you ever held an office? Yes
11. What office did you hold and for how long? Shire Rapier Marshal of Rusted Woodlands for 7 years, Rusted Woodlands Captain of Archers and Chatelain for 2 years, Royal Herald to Konrad and Brenwen for 6 months, currently Target Herald for the last year-and-a-half or so.
12. What is your persona? Late 16th Century English/Scottish
13. Have you brought anyone into the SCA? Yes
14. Did they stay in the SCA? Yes
15. What keeps you in the SCA? The people and the activities
16. Ever been to Pennsic? Only the last 14 in a row.
17. Ever been to another Known World event other than Pennsic? Yes - multiple KWARs and several Estrella Wars and Kingdom Crusades
18. Ever travelled outside your country for an SCA event? Yes (lumineaux  pointed out I erred on this one).
19. Do you have any awards? Yes.  GoA, OGR, CSC, AoA, QoC, 3 Qhd's, Queen's Cypher, and a Bronze and Iron Tower from Barony Settmour Swamp and a Chime from Barony Carillion.
20. What do you think of the award structure in your kingdom? Its a pity we have no GoA level awards - but the EK is so ludicrously huge that this would make courts even longer!
21. Do you have a persona? Yes.  Malcolm is a former merchant of the Staple, owning lands and flocks in Salisbury.  Currently, though, Malcolm has been serving as navigator on a ship - and contemplating getting his own Galleon and becoming a Captain.
22. Do you try and stay in persona at events? More or less.
23. Are your friends in the SCA also friends outside the SCA? Yes
24. Do you know their REAL NAMES? Yes.
25. If you could change one thing about the SCA, what would it be? More people remember this is a GAME and as such should be FUN!

Comments

[lumineaux.livejournal.com]

Re: #18 - weren't you at the freezing K&Q in Canada? When Pascual won and Alexandre got his Pelican.

[fencerm2.livejournal.com]

Good point, good point. How pathetic is it I don't count Canada as outside the USA?

[lumineaux.livejournal.com]

I did the same thing, you know.

[owynn.livejournal.com]

outside the country, not outside the kingdom!

[math5.livejournal.com]

Outside _your_ country.
So I guess I can answer yes for all SCA events I've attended :)

[lumineaux.livejournal.com]

LoL