SCA Parlor Game

[jducoeur]

[Okay, this one falls into the category of "entertainingly informative memes", so let's do it before I forget]

From bunches of people (I got it from cellio, and it's clearly been via baron_steffan):
1. Post this list to your LJ.
2. Add three SCA-related things to the bottom that you've done.
3. Bold everything in the list that you've done.
4. Tag people, if you're so inclined [I'm not], and watch the list grow.

Taught a class at Pennsic  [Many of them]
Ran a court  [Two Royal Courts and a whole bunch of Baronial ones -- I'm developing a sideline as "drop-dead Court Herald"]
Fought or fenced at an event while drunk
Worked the "Puking Duke" shift at Chirurgeons Point at Pennsic
Been an Event Steward/Autocrat  [A few times]
Been an officer (Local, Regional, Kingdom, Society)  [Most of them have been quasi-official positions -- I don't deal well with the chain of command -- but a few realish ones at various levels]
Had a name and/or device accepted by the SCA College of Arms  [The device was designed by my senior-herald apprentices, so it flew on through, and the Brigantia at the time (Arval) went to bat for my name]
Had a name and/or device rejected by the SCA College of Arms  [My *original* device was rather different, but someone registered one almost identical to it a month before mine got to Laurel]
Worked in at least three different volunteer departments at Pennsic  [If you stretch the point a little: my volunteer time has tended to be arts-focused rather than service-focused]
Written a scroll text  [A bunch by now -- tpau seems to have taken me as her default writer.  I actually started at the top, writing Christian's Laurel scroll]
Ran a bardic circle  [Not unless you count post-revels]
Attend a foreign war [cellio said, "I'm going to count TFYC as functionally equivalent", and I'll go along with that]
Traveled more than 10 hours each way for a one-day event  [EKU in Ar-n'eilian-ne -- almost eight hours just in the airplane]
Had the privilege of begging a boon for a Peerage  [Begging the boon doesn't seem to happen that much any more]
Been involved on some level with a "gotcha" moment  [Certainly I've gotcha'ed a few awards, both giving and receiving]
Spent the night in a hotel room with more people than the bed space holds  [Don't know if this counts: I *have*, but probably only for cons, not events]
Slept in more than 1 tent at a camping event
Fought/fought for in a Crown/Coronet Tourney
Been to an SCA event/function in every Kingdom except Drachenwald and Lochac  [I've probably hit six or seven, but I'm nowhere near complete]
Lived in three Kingdoms  [Been in Carolingia my whole SCA life]
Been in the SCA more than half my life 
Won a tournament in five different kingdoms
Been authorized in a fighting style not legal in your home kingdom at the time
Met your future spouse at an SCA event  [It was a demo, but I count it as close enough]
Taught at a Collegium  [Many -- one of my more favorite things to do]
Ever had a Marshallate Complaint as a Heavy Weapons fighter or fencer
Perform at least one "stupid peer trick"  [Technically, anyway -- it's silly, but got assigned to me]
Ever have anyone request permission to conflict with your authorized device
Have at least one story that involves a camping event, alcohol, and a porta privy
Ever had both a suzerain and vassal at the same time  [I took my original two apprentices some time before getting my Laurel]
Ever been present at the formation of a Principality
Worked in at least three different volunteer departments at Great Western War
Ever been to an SCA event which was being covered by the press  [Indeed, have made very brief appearances on both local and national TV]
Ever been quoted by the press regarding the SCA  [Probably, but I'm not placing a specific instance]
Remember the Rattan shortages of a couple of decades ago
Ever participated in an experimental weapon program  [More or less -- I was doing rapier work with the Accademia della Scherma well before it became fashionable]
Attended An Tir / West War
Attended Lillies
Attended Gulf Wars
Provided garb to a television crew covering a big event  [No, although I have helped them find Gold Key]
Had a "Your Majesty, this is madness!" conversation with your Crown  [Several times with various Royalty, at various volumes and degrees of privacy.  Sometimes not quite so politely as that.]
Lent kitchen equipment to Duke Cariadoc
Re-written a portion of Corpora  [No, but have kibitzed heavily over the years]
"Zenned" an award scroll...in Welsh  [Not in Welsh, no]
Changed my persona  [Kinda-sorta, anyway.  More accurate to say that I changed my name once, and went from a generic to specific persona some ten years later.]
Been an ambassador to another Kingdom  [?? I seem to recall that I've done this, but honestly can't say for certain.]
Visited a Kingdom that's actually a mundane foreign country  [Since Canada counts, yes, several times.]
Written a (complimentary) song about royalty  [Not really -- none of my filks have really been about royalty]
Been responsible for someone else's Magic Medieval Moment(tm)  [I'd like to hope so, but not that I'm specifically aware of]
Juggled eggs in the rain at an event
Missed most of an event because I was holed up in the local university library
Entered every major category at an A&S pentathlon
Cooked a feast from a single time and place  [Our second Islamic event: *really* fun to cook for]
Been in a position to reduce the burdens of law/policy on others, and done so  [More or less, anyway -- I've mostly been in an advisory position rather than being the rule-maker itself, but I think I've made a difference several times]
Founded a guild or guild-like entity  [The Accademia della Danza and Low Company]
Been cited in someone's Ph.D thesis for SCA research  [Seven-sided backgammon gets several pages in Golladay's translation of the Alfonso MS]
Recruited someone who became an active participant into the SCA (for extra points, someone who went on to become a Peer)  [I suspect I've been at least a first point of contact for several hundred members by now, but I think one is good enough for the point]

Comments

[serakit.livejournal.com]

Someone should make a less that's less directed at the peers...

[jducoeur]

That's mainly a matter of picking it up at an earlier stage. It's gotten rather heavy because a succession of peers picked it up from each other, each adding three more things. But you could lop it off higher (at any multiple of three) and simply claim that it's an earlier form of the same meme, and add from there.

Personally, I think most of the fun of this one is seeing what three things each person chooses to add on to the end. It's a curious personal statement...

[gyzki.livejournal.com]

I'm developing a sideline as "drop-dead Court Herald"

Considering how many of us have been doing that as time goes by, there must be an awful lot of dead heralds lying around by now.