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Creating a society/order?
Sir Edward:
--- Quote from: Sir James on 2010-11-22, 21:25:25 ---And some good answers to my question as well!
I can certainly see an upside to having a decentralized group, especially for those in isolated areas, or unable to find a critical mass to start their own local group. Like I mentioned in my initial post, the whole thing is similar to what I've seen/heard about the Fiat Lux starting up. Feel free to pick my brain for any questions you guys have!
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I'd love to hear about the founding of the Fiat Lux as well. I've been curious about that actually. It's probably a little easier to find folks that are interested in swords, armor, and knights now that relatively inexpensive armor is readily available. The story was very different a decade ago, for example.
Sir William:
A decade ago...that seems so long ago when you read it like that...but I can remember it like it was yesterday...though, I couldn't tell you what I had for breakfast last Saturday. lol
Sir Patrick:
--- Quote ---In what may be a rather controvercial question (and if it rocks the boat too much, let me know!), what prevented you (as in any members!) from joining one of the existing chivalric organizations? I only ask out of curiosity - it's exciting to see a new group come up!
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Distance has been the biggest hurdle for me. Aside from the SCA, there just aren't many groups where I live. I have no beef with the SCA by any means, I'm just not cut out for creating a personna and all that. I've come across other orders online, but as there was really no way to get involved on a face-to-face basis, I figured why bother. While distance may still be an issue with our new order, being around at its conception has given me a much greater sense of belonging. Like Sir Gerard de Rhodes said earlier, this is a great forum and it seems like a natural next step to join its new order.
EDIT: Can you guys believe how far we have come in just 21 days?
SirNathanQ:
Matt, I like the COA.
and I'm going to echo many of the reasons given here for not joining an already existing group. Location, not wanting to get involved in group politics, and an order really based on chivalry and moral character, as they are supposed to be. Also, as I am the only armour guy in my town (but I'm doing my best to infect other locals ;D) this is probably the best way to connect IRL with people of the same interest. This is also the best for my schedule, as I am in high school and participate in various sports/clubs/whathaveyou my schedule is strange and exotic, and I feel that this would be a much more accepting and understanding group as far as thats concerned.
Sir Edward:
Since we brought up personas, I think it's worth asking another question about how we want to handle the membership roster. If you look at the Roll of Arms over on the Selohaar site, they use their full real names. I know some people are cautious about using their full names online, as a privacy or security issue. Of course, facebook has turned that on its head, since nearly everyone uses their real name there.
Anyway, how do people feel about their names on our roster or roll of arms? So far I just put "Sir <firstname>" on there for the time being for most folks, or used their forum identity instead. But this will quickly become confusing once we have multiple people with the same first name. Do people want to stick to their forum names or would they be OK with using their real names? Or use their real first name with a fictional but historical last name? Or something else entirely? I'm OK with it being different for each person based on what they prefer. I'd just like to hear thoughts on this.
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