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- From: dburgdor@cwis.unomaha.edu (Darryl Burgdorf)
- Subject: Re: Re-joining the SCA as a Bandit
- Message-ID: <1992Dec21.144850.9963@news.unomaha.edu>
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- Organization: University of Nebraska at Omaha
- Date: Mon, 21 Dec 1992 14:48:50 GMT
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- Greetings, good gentles!
-
- The Barony of the Lonely Tower has had a bit of a bad reputation for a while.
- However, especially in the past year, things have changed dramatically. There
- have been changes made, and there are more changes being made, which have
- allowed the Barony to once again become an active and vital part of Calontir,
- and which have allowed its citizens to again devote themselves less to internal
- politics and more to "playing the game" of the SCA.
-
- It bothered me when I heard this "Axel Rose" deriding the Barony, stating that
- we were the reason he had not been active in the SCA of late, and that he would
- rather play "as a bandit" than be part of the Barony. I was particularly
- upset that he would make such statements when it was evident from his posts
- that he had not been active in some while, and was probably unaware of the many
- local changes for the better.
-
- I decided to try to find out who he was, with the intention of contacting him
- and trying to get him to give us "another chance". I found through the UNO
- system that his real name is John Sheibeler. And, with the help of an old
- baronial phone list, I found out just who John Sheibeler is in the SCA.
-
- He goes by the name "Andre du Giant". He has never been more than peripherally
- active in the Society. I have only met him on two or three occasions myself,
- but the impression he gave me of himself has been supported by everything I
- have heard of him from any other source.
-
- I have no wish to "air our dirty laundry" here. Suffice it to say that his
- problems with the Barony have not all been the Barony's fault. In fact, the
- members of the Barony several years ago, when he first made his presence
- known, took great pains to "bring him into the fold"; however, it was to no
- avail, as his desire was clearly to play his own game, with little concern for
- what the Society at large or the Barony expected.
-
- I am sorry to bring this information to a public forum such as the Rialto, but
- felt that it was important that those reading his statements about the Barony
- be aware that there is another side to the story.
-
-
- In service to the Barony of the Lonely Tower and to the Kingdom of Calontir,
- I am,
-
- Ld Elwyn of Thornbury
-
-
- (Darryl Burgdorf; dburgdor@cwis.unomaha.edu)
-