[MR] Free Publicity from a Surprising Source

[JBRMM266 at aol.com]

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