This, my friends, is my family, adoration, time-passer, and life. If I were to summarize the SCA, I would have to say.... just one homogenous family. :-) CALONTIR!!!!!! THREE RIVERS!!!!!!! :-)
SCA is such a special group of people most of my favorite memories involve the times i spent at tourneys, feasts, wars, battlecamps my husband hated every moment of it... mundanes...! my persona is still alive.. she is who i have been since 1300 AD :) :) :) i really enjoyed your post... thanks so much !!
if you've ever tried to get a household name registered, they make it extremely difficult and youhave to use word combinations that would be used in a specific place and period. the reason i dont like the sca so much is the majority of people ARE cat nerd types or princess bride obsessed nerds which damper the authenticity for me. also theres lots of red and black heraldic devices and tons of purple. id say a good 20 percent of people are concerned with authenticity. but in reality, its just a fantasy larp group that has no relevance to the medieval period.
@@caligulalonghbottom2629 you begin by complaining how difficult it is to register a household name because it has to be appropriate and researched, then you go on and say almost everyone is just playing games. Good for them! The SCA is about fun and fellowship and learning too. The A in SCA doesn't stand for authenticity. I'd say if 20% are actively persuing authentic garb etc that's a very good percentage. The key to success in the SCA is this. It's a volunteer organization, if you see something you think you could improve or make a difference - volunteer. Baroness Brianna, OL In the SCA since AS 8
I became aware of this in the '70s in the States. I've been living in France for 20 years now and don't participate but I support these people. And they are very welcome here. xo
Huzzah! A coherent, well done presentation of "The Dream" for those who do and do not play! 30 years overdue. Thanks! (We give grace for the nakedness of the presenter)
actually, castles do come from England "The castle as we know it today was introduced into England in 1066 during the Norman invasion led by William the Conqueror. After their victory at the Battle of Hastings, the Normans settled in England." even tho France's "castle" was made in 1519 and if you want to get really technical the oldest and largest castle in the world is the Citadel of Aleppo located in the very old city of Aleppo, Syria, built around 3000 BC. but they're really not a lot of records of it
The indiegogo link is broken. Here is the page I found after searching. Looks like it failed, which sucks. I want to see this documentary made! www.indiegogo.com/projects/this-is-no-fantasy--6#/story
Like any organization, the members of your local group will determine it's attitude and overall health. I encourage you to give it a try for a year and decide then if you want to continue based on how well you are welcomed and how much you enjoy your new relationships. Just remember it is an alternative sub-culture and operates in different social norms that you may be familiar with. I am a former 10 year member of the SCA.
There are plenty of precautions that the SCA takes to make sure that child abusers don't get access to children. On the short of it, there are more child abusers in the catholic church, then there are in the SCA.
Many people in SCA have a military/martial arts background. You don't just wander onto the battlefield; you must be certified. I dove into that thirty years ago; and didn't regret a MOMENT! Now retiring; I'm heading BACK!
We are doing a demo for the SCA soon and I'm looking for video clips to use for our demo table. Do you mind if I use portions of this video in our display?
I happened to be in the SCA mostly do archery their my parents who happen to be falconers do bring the birds with them mostly been going to Lilies War every year.
Actually there are tons of smaller wars such as the Clinton War in An Tir, north of Lion's Gate ( north of Vancouver BC) and the aptly named 'friendly little war' among a plethora of others.
It would be great to have a well filmed insider account documentary of the SCA, it might help people find it if you put SCA in the title. I certainly would have clicked on it earlier if I had known in was an SCA documentary project. Let me know when you are fundraising again. Cheers!
If this film were to have a snowball's chance in Hell of getting made, you'd have to become a full-blooded SCAdian, because it would be Society members funding it. The film-maker has a decidedly outsider's perspective. For example, people fight because they love to fight, not because five years down the road they might get some recognition. I get it and I'm not a fighter. This film-maker doesn't seem to get it. BTW, at least one full-length SCA film has been made (I'd have to search for the link), not that it couldn't or shouldn't be done again, I'm just not sure this is the guy to do it.
Watch George Romero's "Knightriders"; he attended an SCA event in Philadelphia, fell in love with the idea of the SCA, and decided to make a movie. He had to throw in motorcycles in order to sell it, though
Nerds or not, we are living the Dream, and are having one hell of a time !!! (I don't think a lot of people can actually say that they have a passion they follow outside of work and regular mundane standards.)
Thank you for doing this!!! Yay!! - I beg you PLEASE include the belly dancing!!! PLEASE!!! Wonderful introduction. Great pace, and not to long for an into. You are seriously the best!!
Why blame the entire sca for things that happen, not everyone in the SCA is like that, in fact most of us are pretty darned honest and noble people. When I first joined I was treated like family right away. They fed me, clothed me for the events, and even let me settle in their camp for a couple of nights. If things like that really have happened you should keep blame off of the sca and arrest the indivdual who is responsible. The sca is not responsible for a single person's actions...
It's not that we attack the criticizer, it's the fact that 99% of the time people who suddenly pop up out of nowhere to call SCA members names and give it a bad name end up being people that got banned from the sport....like all those child molesters you mentioned. As for the lawsuit, you are correct. The SCA settled out of court because the lawyers said it would cost the same to win the case as it would to settle.
I've been in the SCA for years and have never seen a child being abused. If this happened it was probably what we call a Mundane someone who isn't a member and is only visiting an Event. We've had Mundanes bring Illegal drugs to our Events and have escorted them from the Event.
The "price to join"? Well... There is a membership you can get from the SCA, Inc (see sca (dot) org for details), but it isn't required to participate. Generally, the way you get involved is to find a group of the SCA local to you (and we have groups in every state of the US, most Canadian provinces, all over Australia and New Zealand, in many places in Europe, and in a variety of other locations around the globe), get in contact with them, and start attending local meetings, practices, or events. With in-person events almost entirely on hiatus due to pandemic, there's been a lot more going on virtually, which means it's easier to connect with people even if you're geographically not close to an SCA group. Try starting with sca (dot) org (slash) new-to-the-sca for both more information about the organization as well as a way to find groups close to you.
Benjamin-I am rebuilding our Baronial website focused on newcomers into the SCA, is there some way I could get a release to embed your documentary intro into the site? Officially-I am the Baroness of Wiesenfeuer, Oklahoma City. I hope the documentary is still a go. For those of you that have had bad experiences, I am sorry that had happened. I have been in since 1996 and it has had some downs, but mostly way ups. There are jerks in every community/activity-don't let them determine your life
HAVE to say one thing about your people saying that the knight is the goal of the middle ages martial arts. They forget about the MASTER of ARMS! I'm a squire in the service of a master. The biggest difference is the vow to the crown, A master makes his vow to the populace, In regalia, he wears the white baldric and no chain around his neck. The knight wears a white belt and wears a chain around his neck. Why don't they ever mention this!?
Hey, I'm a child in the SCA. Child abusa happens when kids get up in armor and fight each other. Its got child hard suits. Sometimes we don't play in armor, just for fun play.
For those who don't know "Ollaimh" is from Canada (supposedly) probably lied about that. Is there some way to keep him from posting on here so we don't have to put up with his harrassment.
I love people like you who come onto videos like this and talk a bunch of bull and then when you go to their RUclips Account to see who they are all they have is videos that they like. Nothing about themselves. Are you hiding something?
Tell you what "Little Boy" go find the person who did you wrong and leave the rest of us alone. And like some of the others have said here I "NEVER" saw or heard of anyone harming a child or sexually abusing them. So drop it!
If you were standing in front of me and called me an idiot or a liar I would have you arrested for lieing. How many times do people have to tell you to be quiet and go away. Why do we have to start name calling you with bad names. I won't because you are only here to cause trouble and why the person who downloaded this video doesn't delete all of your posts is beyond me. And it's a wonder someone has not sued you for liable
This is a horrible film i am 12 and a fighter , i will be fighting in Axemen in November, I am proud for what i do and how i do it it is horrible that people think of us as child abusers no we do this for fun !!!!! everyone say I if you agree!!!!
and perhaps most importasntly concerning the dark side is the lack of honesty. if you protest even a small amount to some policy or action long time scaers will start slander campaigns that are umnbelievable. the idea that there is honour in the sca is ridiculous. there are cliques even cults and lots of liars, but no honour. you can have fun if the abuse doesn't bother you
It's a shame this was never finished...
I've been in this crackpot group for nearly 35 years!! Would never do anything else!!
Yay, Marcus!
This, my friends, is my family, adoration, time-passer, and life. If I were to summarize the SCA, I would have to say.... just one homogenous family. :-) CALONTIR!!!!!! THREE RIVERS!!!!!!! :-)
SCA is such a special group of people
most of my favorite memories involve
the times i spent at tourneys, feasts, wars, battlecamps
my husband hated every moment of it... mundanes...!
my persona is still alive.. she is who i have been since 1300 AD :) :) :)
i really enjoyed your post... thanks so much !!
The runes on the dress at 3:01 read "OTCATLA SAYS MEOW"
if you've ever tried to get a household name registered, they make it extremely difficult and youhave to use word combinations that would be used in a specific place and period. the reason i dont like the sca so much is the majority of people ARE cat nerd types or princess bride obsessed nerds which damper the authenticity for me. also theres lots of red and black heraldic devices and tons of purple. id say a good 20 percent of people are concerned with authenticity. but in reality, its just a fantasy larp group that has no relevance to the medieval period.
@@caligulalonghbottom2629 you begin by complaining how difficult it is to register a household name because it has to be appropriate and researched, then you go on and say almost everyone is just playing games. Good for them! The SCA is about fun and fellowship and learning too. The A in SCA doesn't stand for authenticity. I'd say if 20% are actively persuing authentic garb etc that's a very good percentage. The key to success in the SCA is this. It's a volunteer organization, if you see something you think you could improve or make a difference - volunteer.
Baroness Brianna, OL
In the SCA since AS 8
I became aware of this in the '70s in the States. I've been living in France for 20 years now and don't participate but I support these people. And they are very welcome here. xo
Pemsic is like a few hour drive from me. I love how close it is
Huzzah! A coherent, well done presentation of "The Dream" for those who do and do not play! 30 years overdue. Thanks! (We give grace for the nakedness of the presenter)
Dang! I missed that part! >-
"England, where castles come from" someone needs to learn their history
Yeah, France is where castles come from!
3500-4000 yrs ago, unless you count walled towns, then your talkin' ~5000 yrs.
actually, castles do come from England "The castle as we know it today was introduced into England in 1066 during the Norman invasion led by William the Conqueror. After their victory at the Battle of Hastings, the Normans settled in England." even tho France's "castle" was made in 1519 and if you want to get really technical the oldest and largest castle in the world is the Citadel of Aleppo located in the very old city of Aleppo, Syria, built around 3000 BC. but they're really not a lot of records of it
6:13 “[A] favor... could be a sleeve off your dress.” (Holds up a line of emblems of the Rebel Alliance Starbird from Star Wars.) 🤓
I've been doing this off and on for 32 years. I have a great time.
The indiegogo link is broken. Here is the page I found after searching. Looks like it failed, which sucks. I want to see this documentary made! www.indiegogo.com/projects/this-is-no-fantasy--6#/story
Did the documentary ever get made? Noticed this was 2011!!! if so PLEASE SHARE WITH ME!!!!
Like any organization, the members of your local group will determine it's attitude and overall health. I encourage you to give it a try for a year and decide then if you want to continue based on how well you are welcomed and how much you enjoy your new relationships. Just remember it is an alternative sub-culture and operates in different social norms that you may be familiar with. I am a former 10 year member of the SCA.
Has This Video Come Out Yet? If So Where Can I Get A Copy?
There are plenty of precautions that the SCA takes to make sure that child abusers don't get access to children. On the short of it, there are more child abusers in the catholic church, then there are in the SCA.
That's good to know . I have small children and I worried about this
Many people in SCA have a military/martial arts background. You don't just wander onto the battlefield; you must be certified. I dove into that thirty years ago; and didn't regret a MOMENT! Now retiring; I'm heading BACK!
I am involved with the Canadian SCA and I can't wait to see this documentary!!!!!! This short intro was great!!! Well done!
was the documentary every completed?
Too bad you didn't get the funding you needed this would have been a cool Documentary.
"This is no fantasy" With Leslie's picture for the video......
my reply...
Wanna bet?
Ah! The SCA. My home, my family....my everything. These guys have become the salvation that I need from the mundane world.
6:13 rebel symbol...love it
So whatever happened? Was this documentary ever made?
At 7:00 the guy says that rattan is a member if the bamboo family. It is not. It is a type of palm.
I only mention it because rattan is solid-core, whereas bamboo is hollow. If someone were to try to use bamboo, they could get very badly hurt.
Virgin.
Was the Documentary ever made? Being a member of the S.C.A., I would love to see it.
We are doing a demo for the SCA soon and I'm looking for video clips to use for our demo table. Do you mind if I use portions of this video in our display?
Sure! I'd be happy for you guys to use parts of it. Eventually there will be a longer version of this, but for now feel free to use the current video.
Benjamin Hedrick Thanks so much.
Benjamin Hedrick did you think about setting ups kickstarted and going through with this project?
***** That is a terrific idea! If each member (or regular non-member) could kick in, maybe $5-10 dollars it could happen!
I happened to be in the SCA mostly do archery their my parents who happen to be falconers do bring the birds with them mostly been going to Lilies War every year.
Adam, I am from Northshield. My husband and I attended Lilies, last year. It was Hell hot, there. But, we had an awesome time!
Actually there are tons of smaller wars such as the Clinton War in An Tir, north of Lion's Gate ( north of Vancouver BC) and the aptly named 'friendly little war' among a plethora of others.
Lukiel666 War of the Wings is in Atlantia.
where are the rest of the vids,, or am i missing something on his page?
It would be great to have a well filmed insider account documentary of the SCA, it might help people find it if you put SCA in the title. I certainly would have clicked on it earlier if I had known in was an SCA documentary project. Let me know when you are fundraising again.
Cheers!
Absolutely love this idea. I'm sharing this to everyone so I don't have to explain it anymore. haha Well done, I'm looking forward to it.
when dose the first full part come out?
If this film were to have a snowball's chance in Hell of getting made, you'd have to become a full-blooded SCAdian, because it would be Society members funding it. The film-maker has a decidedly outsider's perspective. For example, people fight because they love to fight, not because five years down the road they might get some recognition. I get it and I'm not a fighter. This film-maker doesn't seem to get it. BTW, at least one full-length SCA film has been made (I'd have to search for the link), not that it couldn't or shouldn't be done again, I'm just not sure this is the guy to do it.
Watch George Romero's "Knightriders"; he attended an SCA event in Philadelphia, fell in love with the idea of the SCA, and decided to make a movie. He had to throw in motorcycles
in order to sell it, though
Omg the thumbnail is someone I know!!!! :-D how cool is that?!??
How did you get on with your documentary?
Nerds or not, we are living the Dream, and are having one hell of a time !!! (I don't think a lot of people can actually say that they have a passion they follow outside of work and regular mundane standards.)
How have I missed this over the years? When did James Franco start doing documentaries on the SCA? Great video as an intro.
were can i get the whole documentary? deff would luv to own or watch it.
Thank you for doing this!!! Yay!! - I beg you PLEASE include the belly dancing!!! PLEASE!!! Wonderful introduction. Great pace, and not to long for an into. You are seriously the best!!
Who is the beautiful red-haired goddess?!!
We like Bodices and Corsets.
Can you update us on this project?
Please can we get an update of this documentary :) I cannot wait to see it
im a mounted combatant and archer in the SCA...did this documentary ever get made?
Why blame the entire sca for things that happen, not everyone in the SCA is like that, in fact most of us are pretty darned honest and noble people. When I first joined I was treated like family right away. They fed me, clothed me for the events, and even let me settle in their camp for a couple of nights. If things like that really have happened you should keep blame off of the sca and arrest the indivdual who is responsible. The sca is not responsible for a single person's actions...
Probably not something to bring up to the newcomers. Everyone's in it for their own reasons, not just for the cookies.
Amen! I belong to the SCA and just like you I was welcomed with open arms.
It's not that we attack the criticizer, it's the fact that 99% of the time people who suddenly pop up out of nowhere to call SCA members names and give it a bad name end up being people that got banned from the sport....like all those child molesters you mentioned. As for the lawsuit, you are correct. The SCA settled out of court because the lawyers said it would cost the same to win the case as it would to settle.
The Society for Curating Arachnids
Did this ever get finished?
At 6:10 am I seeing what I think I'm seeing. Rebel alliance insignia?
That's exactly what you saw, lol, I saw it too 😁
YES!!!!!! THANK YOU!!!!!!!!
You are part of the rebel alliance and a traitor!
" It is a isolationist sub-culture" That is true. Based on competition and rank? For some no doubt but for most its based on just having fun.
I've been in the SCA for years and have never seen a child being abused. If this happened it was probably what we call a Mundane someone who isn't a member and is only visiting an Event. We've had Mundanes bring Illegal drugs to our Events and have escorted them from the Event.
A knight, or a Master of Defense for fighting! Haha!
this is great but I do wish they would list the price to join somewhere. sigh...
The "price to join"? Well... There is a membership you can get from the SCA, Inc (see sca (dot) org for details), but it isn't required to participate. Generally, the way you get involved is to find a group of the SCA local to you (and we have groups in every state of the US, most Canadian provinces, all over Australia and New Zealand, in many places in Europe, and in a variety of other locations around the globe), get in contact with them, and start attending local meetings, practices, or events.
With in-person events almost entirely on hiatus due to pandemic, there's been a lot more going on virtually, which means it's easier to connect with people even if you're geographically not close to an SCA group.
Try starting with sca (dot) org (slash) new-to-the-sca for both more information about the organization as well as a way to find groups close to you.
"England, where castles come from" ok I'm done bye.
Ya it’s a fantasy. A giant renaissance fair.
star wars how ironic a favor
6:15
Benjamin-I am rebuilding our Baronial website focused on newcomers into the SCA, is there some way I could get a release to embed your documentary intro into the site? Officially-I am the Baroness of Wiesenfeuer, Oklahoma City. I hope the documentary is still a go. For those of you that have had bad experiences, I am sorry that had happened. I have been in since 1996 and it has had some downs, but mostly way ups. There are jerks in every community/activity-don't let them determine your life
HAVE to say one thing about your people saying that the knight is the goal of the middle ages martial arts. They forget about the MASTER of ARMS! I'm a squire in the service of a master. The biggest difference is the vow to the crown, A master makes his vow to the populace, In regalia, he wears the white baldric and no chain around his neck. The knight wears a white belt and wears a chain around his neck. Why don't they ever mention this!?
So did you ever make it
Hey, I'm a child in the SCA. Child abusa happens when kids get up in armor and fight each other. Its got child hard suits. Sometimes we don't play in armor, just for fun play.
this is nice
Damn, sorry your project didn't get it's funding in time, looked like it would have been very interesting.
i miss Pennsic so much
nerds who can kick some ass bud lots of use are military or previous and ill tell ya it take s a big pair of ballards to get out here and do this
Oh I'm sorry did you try to play Star Trek at an SCA Event?
the gang from role models looked like they were having fun. I wouldnt mind if that was how it was, no need to label them bitter nerds.
For those who don't know "Ollaimh" is from Canada (supposedly) probably lied about that. Is there some way to keep him from posting on here so we don't have to put up with his harrassment.
Report his/her ass
I love people like you who come onto videos like this and talk a bunch of bull and then when you go to their RUclips Account to see who they are all they have is videos that they like. Nothing about themselves. Are you hiding something?
Hails brothers and sisters
Tell you what "Little Boy" go find the person who did you wrong and leave the rest of us alone. And like some of the others have said here I "NEVER" saw or heard of anyone harming a child or sexually abusing them. So drop it!
Take it from someone who knows the guys aren't dorks.
You say you tell the truth, then show up at an SCA Event and prove it.
So... What happened
Sounds like very hard work... Why not ask others in the different kingdoms to film for you?
Lol, humongous. Oh autocorrect, why?
Just go train kendo x)
You're just here to cause trouble. Why don't you walk away "Little BOY" and go bother someone else.
Bob, as to the first part of your post, Thats a buncha bat shat. This I know for a fact. The 2nd part, I couldnt say
are rare.
Yes.. there are lots of hot chicks in the SCA :)
The chicks are pretty much hot. The guys are pretty much dorks.
mike54101527 that's not true. Go to and eventually. Suit up and fight. Then see that fork Rip you a new one. Chump.
If you were standing in front of me and called me an idiot or a liar I would have you arrested for lieing. How many times do people have to tell you to be quiet and go away. Why do we have to start name calling you with bad names. I won't because you are only here to cause trouble and why the person who downloaded this video doesn't delete all of your posts is beyond me. And it's a wonder someone has not sued you for liable
Put down the drugs and walk away ollaimh or you are intirely insane.
I still think it would be a better TV Series... Heck look at some of the trash Reality Shows that have been around for years.
This is a horrible film i am 12 and a fighter , i will be fighting in Axemen in November,
I am proud for what i do and how i do it it is horrible that people think of us as child abusers no we do this for fun !!!!! everyone say I if you agree!!!!
and perhaps most importasntly concerning the dark side is the lack of honesty. if you protest even a small amount to some policy or action long time scaers will start slander campaigns that are umnbelievable. the idea that there is honour in the sca is ridiculous. there are cliques even cults and lots of liars, but no honour.
you can have fun if the abuse doesn't bother you