[MR] Re: Use of the word 'Troll'

[Ceara ni Neill]

Maybe if the billy goats weren't so gruff the troll would have been nicer.
The troll couldn't help that he was physically repulsive to the goats,
though if I were a 4-legged animal then a 2-legged animal would probably
be repulsive to me too. Why does the word 'troll' have to have negative
connotations? Why does everyone always stick up for the goats? Poor guy
was just trying to make a living & live a peaceful quiet life, and those
unruly, inconsiderate goats came trampling over his bridge making all that
racket...

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===Ceara ni Neill
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> To say that we have always done it that way, ergo, it must be right is
> the most ridiculous argument an otherwise intelligent person can
> possible make. Yeah, for a long time we have used the term "Troll" to
> designate the person you pay to get in to an event, but it is a
> ridiculous term. A troll is some fantastic, broken-down, twisted,
> flesh-eating monster that jumps out from under a bridge to torment the
> three billy goats Gruff. I would rather call that person who assists me
> with paying my fees, getting my bearings at a strange new venue, and
> providing accurate and clear answers to my every (stupid) question
> anything but a troll. They work too hard for us to have a good first
> experience at an event to not honor them with a more fitting title.
>
> Personally, I like the term "Gatekeeper." It is appropriately
> descriptive, historically documentable and does not sound to new people
> or non-SCAdians like we are a bunch of weirdoes. Heaven knows we don't
> need that.
>
> Lastly, why is there such resistance to a simple change in verbiage that
> makes us more period, more descriptive and more non-SCAdian friendly? I
> don't know. But I do have a warning to offer. When an institution is so
> myopically embedded in its own traditions as to prevent fresh air from
> blowing through it and cleaning out the cobwebs or stagnation, it is
> dying.
>
> Relax, people and lighten up. It IS a game, but the rules of the game
> are that we try to make our best effort to BE period in the game to the
> extent that we can. No Period Zealots or Authenticity Nazis needed. But
> there IS an aspect of historicity that is required to play. Do you
> REALLY want to settle for wearing Poly-Cotton T-tunics for the rest of
> your time in the game?
>
> Just because you are wet, does not mean you are swimming.
>
> Wm of Glencoe
> Barony of Black Diamond
>
>
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