[MR] Maxim Magazine

[Gina Shelley]

And this is exactly why I don't like media, don't trust media, and if I see them at an event, AVOID AVOID AVOID media. The only reasons I consented to play music for that Hidden Columbia piece:

1. It was explained to me by someone I trusted that the guy was being respectful, was garbed up, and was in the business of showing the fun side of "human interest" stories. 

2. I would have had to tell a whole lot of people I love and respect, including my fellow musicians in Awake At The Wheel "no" and I really didn't' want to be that person. 

So I ate it and just did it despite my misgivings. 

Fortunately, my faith was not misplaced and the guy did a respectful job of it. I was pleasantly surprised. I've been playing this game for about three decades. He's in the minority. 

Don't trust media, folks. The vast majority of them don't care about our game. They want to point the finger and snicker. "Get a load of these freaks." They're not all like this, but enough are that we need to be extremely wary of them. 

Dulcy, 
who would be repeatedly dead if being panned in an SCA piece on TV was fatal. 

> From: ggg9y at virginia.edu
> To: Atlantia at atlantia.sca.org
> Date: Tue, 30 Apr 2013 15:00:24 +0000
> Subject: Re: [MR] Maxim Magazine
> 
> M'Lady Lorelei and Friends,
> 
> It sounds like we were slammed. News outlets love stories about the unusual, and are always going to focus on what is odd and freaky. It is certainly disrespectful to the subjects, and is journalistic bullying. Sadly, there is no way you can undo the damage, except to rely on people forgetting over a long time. For the SCA it is embarrassing, but nothing compared to the hatchet job I was subjected to by a radio commentator in Los Angeles when I did media relations for the Coast Guard (I told her to stop the tape read her the riot act, and I don't care if she let the tape run while I dressed her down, though I doubt she would have wanted to broadcast me . . . uh . . . questioning her journalistic professionalism; it was a satisfying moment!).
> 
> In Isenfir we've talked about this sort of thing concerning our local media, and I was told not to try and contact TV and print sources regarding public demonstrations because bad stuff like this happened in the past. The conclusion of the more senior members was that we are better off avoiding the media, and I now agree. The only way I would bring in the media (with appropriate approval) is if I was already friends with a reporter, and he/she had been introduced to the SCA way in advance.
> 
> Yours Aye,
> 
> Lord Mungo Napier, The Archer of Mallard Lodge
> Read "The Tale of Mungo Napier": 
> http://people.virginia.edu/~ggg9y/napier1.html
> 
> 
>  
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: atlantia-bounces at seahorse.atlantia.sca.org [mailto:atlantia-bounces at seahorse.atlantia.sca.org] On Behalf Of Lorelei Elkins
> Sent: Tuesday, April 30, 2013 10:23 AM
> To: Siegfried
> Cc: Merry Rose
> Subject: Re: [MR] Maxim Magazine
> 
> One does not really expect "good reporting" from Maxim Magazine.
> 
> L
> 
> 
> On Mon, Apr 29, 2013 at 5:43 PM, Siegfried <siegfried at crossbows.biz> wrote:
> 
> > So it appears that the SCA got a full feature length writeup in Maxim 
> > Magazine, with big photographs/etc.
> >
> > It's not in a good light.
> >
> > The title of the article is "Game of ... Dorks".
> >
> > And they lambast the fact that we are sitting around drinking Monster
> > Energy drinks, and have Cobra Commander stickers on our helms.   (I'll
> > note that it wasn't an Atlantian Event, with our appearance laws.
> > Therefore, the pictures show a lot of people in rather modern looking 
> > equipment on the field)
> >
> > Just thought folks might want to know, since I hadn't heard it 
> > mentioned here yet.
> >
> > Siegfried
> >
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