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Re: Fwd: Re: SW geek/nerd/freak scale




Poster: "Susan  and Frank Downs" <sfdowns@pinn.net>

Keilyn may have overstated her case a bit, but having been loudly hailed
across Virginia Tech's campus as "Lord Naro," (this was a while back) I will
attest that it is embarassing.  I'm sure Keilyn has far more, and far more
extreme, occasions under her belt.

Mirthfully,

Takenoshita Naro

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>From: "David Ritterskamp" <jonnyb70@hotmail.com>
>To: atlantia@atlantia.sca.org
>Subject: Fwd: Re: SW geek/nerd/freak scale
>Date: Wed, May 19, 1999, 4:57 PM
>

>
>Poster: "David Ritterskamp" <jonnyb70@hotmail.com>
>
>
>Keilyn:  I disagree with part of your implied statement.  While I'm sure 
>there are SCAdians that wander through RL as though it were an event, I 
>don't think that your *average* SCAdian does so.  That would imply that 
>there are a LOT of them wandering about RL...
>
>We'll probably end up defining your average SCAdian by what he/she DOESN'T 
>do rather than what they DO.
>
>LOL,
>
>JB
>>From: Beth Morris <bmorris@iamdigex.net>
>>Reply-To: Beth Morris <bmorris@iamdigex.net>
>>To: atlantia@atlantia.sca.org
>>Subject: Re: SW geek/nerd/freak scale
>>Date: Wed, 19 May 1999 16:40:15 -0400
>>
>>
>>Poster: Beth Morris <bmorris@iamdigex.net>
>>
>>Julien de Montfort wrote:
>>
>> > Actually (and we're drifting far from the original topic here), I would
>> > argue against that comparison.  IMHO, I would say that your average
>> > SCAdian is more comparable to a convention-going fan, as opposed to the
>> > more rabid fan who would stand in line at a public theatre in a Star
>> > Wars (or Star trek, or whatever) costume.  The distinction, I think, is
>> > that your average SCAdian limits the outward tangible presentation of
>> > their hobby to venues specifically set up to cater to that hobby.
>>
>>One wishes this were the case.  It is a constant embarrassment when SCA
>>folk wander about the real world as though it were an event.  <sigh>
>>
>>Keilyn
>>Stuffy Purist and 'Above-Average SW Enthusiast'
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