I am making a documentary about the Society for Creative Anachronism for one of my classes. I need a title. It would be boring to just call it "The Society for Creative Anachronism." I need something catchy, clever, or more descriptive. Something about medieval living, or the SCA in general. Any thoughts?
Posted by KarlEd (Member # 571) on :
How about:
"Living the Past"
or
"Playing Yesterday Today"
Posted by KarlEd (Member # 571) on :
or just "Playing Yesterday".
Posted by Dan_raven (Member # 3383) on :
Playing with your yesterday.
Playing in never-was.
Living in Never-Was.
The Kingdom of Sheboygan (or wherever your report takes place).
Posted by Ralphie (Member # 1565) on :
History, Roleplaying and Puffy Shirts: A Complete Look at Geeks with the Time, Money and Ambition to Contrive at Least One Solid Social Event a Year.
-With a forward by Chair Director Cathal Mac Edan na faeled (James Pratt)
Posted by HesterGray (Member # 7384) on :
Those are good suggestions. Thanks!
Ralphie, that one is descriptive, but it might be too long.
Posted by Ralphie (Member # 1565) on :
Hester - set phasers to sarcasm. Posted by TMedina (Member # 6649) on :
Society for Colorful Armor Football is for underachievers! Forged in the fires of Home Depot! Seriously Creative Accidents Armor, Amore Long Live Frodo!
-Trevor
Posted by Papa Moose (Member # 1992) on :
Demented and Sad, but Social.
Posted by Noemon (Member # 1115) on :
Ralphie
Posted by TMedina (Member # 6649) on :
"We beat each other with sticks! Aye, really big sticks!"
-Trevor
Posted by HesterGray (Member # 7384) on :
Yes, Trevor, Home Depot or dumpsters.
Or maybe just "Frodo Lives!"
Thank you, Karl and Dan, for being helpful. And thank you, others, for providing me with entertainment.
If I had to make a decision right now, I think I would go with, "Don't dare mess with us, or we'll get medieval on your butts!" It's a work in progress.
Posted by TMedina (Member # 6649) on :
"Chainmail - it's the old khaki"
-Trevor
Posted by Dan_raven (Member # 3383) on :
(rats. I wanted to be the entertainment.)
"My foam covered imitation sword is bigger than your foam covered imitation sword"
Posted by Chris Bridges (Member # 1138) on :
"Hot dogs. Armored hot dogs."
"Live in the past, the rent is cheaper"
"For King and country, and miserable little cabins"
"In Days of Old When Knights Were Bold and Duct Tape Was Invented..."
Posted by Stray (Member # 4056) on :
quote: We're just harmless, historical nuts Who wear boiler plate on our butts Who dress up clothes from the 12th century And bash on each other with sticks and debris And make up the world's largest private army... Harmless historical nuts." - Leslie Fish
Posted by CaySedai (Member # 6459) on :
do they use plastic swords? I know a re-enactor who is less than enthusiastic about that. She hangs with people who use real hardware. Posted by HesterGray (Member # 7384) on :
SCAdian fighters use weapons made out of rattan. It's kind of like bamboo. And covered in colorful duct tape, to distinguish the theoretical blade edges from the rest of the sword. They can still hit each other with it, but it won't kill anyone. And I've seen lots of people carry actual metal weapons around, but they're not allowed to fight with them.
But no, we do not use plastic weapons.
Posted by Ryuko (Member # 5125) on :
Oooo... Rattan. That could probably hurt.
Posted by King of Men (Member # 6684) on :
Once and Future Knights Ghost of Battles Past Old, Unhappy, Far-off Things The Glory that was Camelot
Posted by Book (Member # 5500) on :
Actually, I might be including the SCA in my thesis. It's on William Morris, the medievalism of the Victorians and Raphaelites, and how the people of today still need to find meaning in the world of the medieval through role playing (I'm going have a ball working on Dark Age of Camelot). My professor mentioned the SCA to me in one of our meetings. He gave me several tips on what I should do to talk to them, starting with "Well, first you're going to have to wipe that shit-eating grin off your face."
Sorry for the launguage, but that was so funny, unexpected, and somberly delivered that I laughed for about a minute.
[ March 10, 2005, 08:17 PM: Message edited by: Book ]
Posted by ReikoDemosthenes (Member # 6218) on :
quote: And I've seen lots of people carry actual metal weapons around, but they're not allowed to fight with them.
I know that most the carded fighters that are here use steel swords, at least at practice and small tournaments, for sure.
Posted by Beren One Hand (Member # 3403) on :
--Time Travel Incorporated--
Posted by Storm Saxon (Member # 3101) on :
The Peasants Are Revolting!
Posted by Storm Saxon (Member # 3101) on :
Just to set the record straight, the SCA is about all aspects of medieval society. Fighting, though the most visible, is really a small part of it. Getting drunke in thee olde fashon'd way wyth thee royal mead is also a time honored SCA activity.
Posted by mothertree (Member # 4999) on :
"Does this wimpel make me look fat?"
Posted by Jonathan Howard (Member # 6934) on :
quote: The Peasants Are Revolting!
Someone's been reading too much of "The Wizard of Id".
Posted by Storm Saxon (Member # 3101) on :
That joke is so old, the whiskers are down to its knees--at least. As it so happens, I first heard it in the Mel Brooks comedy History of the World--Part I.
Posted by Jonathan Howard (Member # 6934) on :
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