[MR] Free Publicity from a Surprising Source

[Betty Eyer]

This is pretty cool.  But I have to say that given the
recent rash of posts to the Merry Rose, maybe we do
wade in excrement from time to time.

Sorry.  I tried to resist, but couldnt resist hitting
the send button.


--- JBRMM266 at aol.com wrote:
> In a message dated Mon, 4 Feb 2002  5:08:20 PM
> Eastern Standard Time, "greg fabic"
> <gfabic at prodigy.net> writes:
> 
> > Free publicity is always a good recruitment tool!!
> > Livia
> > 
> 
> And that publicity can come from some unexpected
> quarters.
> 
> In the February 2002 edition (Vol. 2, Issue 4) of
> GAMENOW magazine, a how-to magazine for electronic
> and online games, there is a little sidebar on page
> 93, and I quote:
> 
> "GUILT BY ASSOCIATION
> Society for Creative Anachronism
> 
> Surely you've heard the urban legend about the kid
> that was so obsessed with his role playing games
> that he went insane and disappeared to the local
> sewers looking for real-time adventure?  Well,
> instead of wading through rivers of human excrement
> to get his medieval freak on, he could have joined
> the Society for Creative Anachronism (SCA).  The SCA
> is an international organization dedicated to
> researching and re-creating pre-17th-century
> European history.  Its members delight in dressing
> up in homemade tunics and chain mail as thy whup up
> on each other old-school, with rapiers, broadswords,
> and long bows.  They're also known to hold court,
> feast and say m'lord and m'ady an awful lot.  If you
> want to take your love of RPGs to the next level,
> check out the society's web site at www.sca.org. 
> There's sure to be an SCA "kingdom" in your area."
> 
> End quote.
> 
> Alongside the article is the "Forward into the Past"
> logo, with the images of a lady and a knight looking
> like a tomb effigy.
> 
> The lead-in is of questionable quality, and they get
> some of the details wrong as usual, but remember,
> this is a magazine for online gamers.
> 
> All in all, if anyone reads the whole thing, it
> might prove to be worthwhile publicity.
> 
> Your servant
> Donal
>
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