[MR] Maxim Magazine

[Kelly Keck]

Absolutely. Unbiased and informative is not what gets attention. And,
seriously, this is a pretty geeky hobby we have---it's not surprising that
people who like to think of themselves as "the cool kids" would think it
was absolutely hilarious to make fun of. And if we were all awesomely
authentic, then instead of making fun of the Cobra stickers and soda cans,
they'd be making fun of the people debating whether a given shade of blue
could actually be achieved with the natural dyes available in 14th century
France.

If there's a lesson to take from this, it's that if we do invite the media
to an event, we should be really judicious about who we ask and look at the
tone of the publication they represent and the work they've done in the
past. And if we get the impression that we're going to be the butt of
someone's sophomoric humor, we may want to politely decline (unless it's
the Onion, because if they make fun of us, it will actually be funny). But
I see no need to reevaluate everything we do because somebody called us
dorks.

Lady Adriana Michaels
On Wed, May 1, 2013 at 8:18 AM, Alicia Carr Mitsch <a1979carr at yahoo.com>wrote:

> It was an EK event, and my understanding is that the reporter did not take
> it seriously. He was out for his own amusement and not interested in
> writing an informational piece so much as making a mockery of someone
> else's hobby. Let's stop pointing fingers at just ourselves and recognize
> that not every reporter is interested in writing an unbiased piece on what
> we do.
>
> Lady Sldyth the Gentle
>
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