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Scotland Forever!

I flinch every time.

it's an honor system. If you get hit in the back of the head or a certain amount of blows in vital areas or you get knocked down you are obliged to walk back to the home flag and counted as dead. However, there are judges in the ranks who will tap you out if you are less than honorable. Lol

That was my first year...it's so much fun. I've yet to miss a year since then.

Only eighteen days away from opening day...I need this to hurry up and get here. Lol

Hahaha

You're going to have a blast. I'm counting the days/hours/minutes till opening day.

Is it Ansteorra that has chili night? Either way...I look forward to chili night all year long. Not very medieval of me...but the truth. Lol

@@123youknowme I honestly have no clue lmao. I've only been in the SCA for less than a year and I've never been to Gulf Wars

@@AbbyWhisperWitch I believe it is. It's really good chili. You should try to make it this coming March. You won't be disappointed.

@@123youknowme I'm gonna try lol. Some of us are planning to carpool

You are quite welcome. And yes..that is a great movie.

This isn't a video game

Black bears are extremely shy animals. It was in Jones County. I could tell you right where and you'd instantly know where it was. The owners there have pics of him and are the ones who tipped me off about him. State wildlife came in and caught him and put a tracking collar on him and released him in the Chickasawhay Wildlife Management area. I checked with them a few months later and they said he had traveled all the way down to Mobile, Alabama area and back up here in that time. They said that the southern Alabama area has a huge bear population and this one was most likely one of the young bears from that area and wandered up here because there was less competition from other bears that was older and more established with their territories.

123youknowme I wish we had more of them around here. I have lived here all my life been hunting and never seen not one bear

123youknowme and o have seen them all in Colorado or other states

bummer

Here's the dates for 2019: March 9, 2019 @ 8:00 am - March 16, 2019 @ 5:00 pm

Come over and check it out..It's in Lumbertson, Mississippi and held at King's Arrow Ranch. You won't regret the trip. I love that folks don't walk around all day in mundane (modern world) clothes with a cell phone stuck in their faces all week. Unless it's to take a quick pic. Lol

Lol...I like that idea!

They really are great family events to attend. Since recording this video, I've joined the SCA along with my son and my brother, and have been back for the past three years, building great memories together. I'm glad they bring back fond memories for you as well.

at least 10,000

Sean Kistler For Gulf Wars or Pennsic?

For gulf I guesstimate 10000 and for pensic about 30000

Sean Kistler Pennsic War 40 had 11,550. 45 had 10,368.

+Suzanne Cooke Interesting observation. Sad that you have left, since clearly the SCA would benefit from your knowledge. Nonetheless, one of the things I love about the SCA is exactly what you despise. . . the fact that it allows for all people of varying degrees of knowledge, wealth, experience, and ambition to participate in whatever degree of authenticity and rigor that they are comfortable with. I don't HAVE to be 100% historically accurate in order to participate and enjoy the ambiance. There are plenty of super accurate living history groups out there. They are incredible in their own right. But they end up seeming rather elitist and stodgy by comparison. I would much rather enjoy the kaleidoscope of history and creativity, immersed in the "flavor" of multiple time periods and cultures, without the hassle of having to be perfect in every detail. Remember, for most of us, this is not a passion, it is just a part time hobby. And having said all that, there is still a place for in the SCA for folks like yourself, who can help nudge folks like myself toward a more period expression of our creativity.

I've never objected to individuals participating at whatever their comfort level. Nor am I an advocate of 100% authenticity I DO object to the TEACHING of historical inaccuracy as fact by self styled mavens. The SCA has institutionalized promulgation of historical mythology at the expense of actual history.

Isn't misinformation one of the pillars of the SCA? Or was it Ignorance?

The SCA is for people who want to live in Tolkien's fairyland. How much they want to bring in actual history is up to them, but for most people, it's a casual affair.

nathan scarabin I went to this as simply a news story and was shooting what we call as B-roll or cutaway footage. I had never been to this event before and the audio is mostly nat sound (mic on camera). It wasn't intended for public viewing but after I got to the event, I became more intrigued by what I was filming. I was also being rushed along by a media event guide. I tried getting the best of what I shot which was about three hours of video and crunched it down to this. Since this video...I've been to Gulf Wars three times as a participant. It's my most anticipated event of the year...better than Christmas...Lol. But I do not take a camera. I just want to immerse and let my job as a reporter, fade away. Anyway, thanks for watching.