# I'm going to war - wish me luck! **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [July 28, 2003, 7:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-going-to-war-wish-me-luck/191501 "2003-07-28T19:28:16Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 13\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Esprix](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/esprix/32/7899_2.png) [@Esprix](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Esprix)\ **Post date:** [July 29, 2003, 5:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-going-to-war-wish-me-luck/191501/21 "2003-07-29T17:42:03Z")
Never heard of the SCA? Must be a… MUNDANE! :eek: (Seriously, click on the link, or go to the [SCA’s homepage](http://www.sca.org). Esprix ---
**Author:** ![Baldwin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/baldwin/32/7264_2.png) [@Baldwin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baldwin)\ **Post date:** [July 29, 2003, 6:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-going-to-war-wish-me-luck/191501/22 "2003-07-29T18:36:51Z")
Esprix, I had no idea you were in the SCA. Well, have fun, use sunblock, and wear your purple feather. (My apologies if I didn’t get that right.) I wish I could make it to Pennsic this year, but being unemployed the last seven months has put a damper on a lot of plans. You’re from San Diego, right? Is that Caid, or Kingdom of the West? I’m in Meridies. ---
**Author:** ![Esprix](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/esprix/32/7899_2.png) [@Esprix](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Esprix)\ **Post date:** [July 29, 2003, 7:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-going-to-war-wish-me-luck/191501/23 "2003-07-29T19:07:55Z")
Um, that would be _blue_ feather, dear, but thank you. 🙂 (I am, after all, one of the movers and shakers of the Clan, both running the encampment and running/hosting the Ball at Pennsic.) And San Diego is considered part of Caid, the Barony of Calafia. Esprix ---
**Author:** ![Homebrew](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/c89c15/32.png) [@Homebrew](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Homebrew)\ **Post date:** [July 29, 2003, 8:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-going-to-war-wish-me-luck/191501/24 "2003-07-29T20:45:21Z")
Send **Q** to Texarkana and I’ll look after him while you’re gone. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Esprix](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/esprix/32/7899_2.png) [@Esprix](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Esprix)\ **Post date:** [July 29, 2003, 9:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-going-to-war-wish-me-luck/191501/25 "2003-07-29T21:06:51Z")
Hands off, rice queen! _{meow! Ffft! Fffft!}_ 😉 Esprix ---
**Author:** ![Ethilrist](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ethilrist/32/4604_2.png) [@Ethilrist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ethilrist)\ **Post date:** [August 3, 2003, 4:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-going-to-war-wish-me-luck/191501/26 "2003-08-03T16:10:52Z")
Blue _feather?_ All this time I thought it was blue _leather…_ I’m leaving on the 9th, and should be there all war week. Your SCA name is Joshua, correct? ---
**Author:** ![FisherQueen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/58f4c7/32.png) [@FisherQueen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FisherQueen)\ **Post date:** [August 3, 2003, 10:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-going-to-war-wish-me-luck/191501/27 "2003-08-03T22:06:27Z")
Jealous, bitter, and not going, though I will be within a few miles at a cousin’s wedding, only to return home Pennsicless to start a new job. Next year. Definitely next year, unless something bad happens. ---
**Author:** ![modro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/6de8d8/32.png) [@modro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/modro)\ **Post date:** [August 3, 2003, 11:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-going-to-war-wish-me-luck/191501/28 "2003-08-03T23:31:25Z")
So can people actually just go up and see what is going on up there? I live within an hour of Slippery Rock, and while I had heard of Pennsic before, I never paid any attention to what it actually was, or ever made plans to go. I wouldn’t mind checking it out though. ---
**Author:** ![FisherQueen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/58f4c7/32.png) [@FisherQueen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FisherQueen)\ **Post date:** [August 4, 2003, 1:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-going-to-war-wish-me-luck/191501/29 "2003-08-04T01:40:55Z")
No, they don’t let you in unless you pay to be there, and they check IDs at the gates. It’s probably possible to sneak in, but I wouldn’t want to try to tell you how, and you’d be really conspicuous in modern clothes. Better just join the SCA, or just pay up and come for the week. Bring a tent, one tunic, and enormous sums of money, and you can get everything else you need once you get there. ---
**Author:** ![MrDibble](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mrdibble/32/114_2.png) [@MrDibble](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MrDibble)\ **Post date:** [August 19, 2003, 7:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-going-to-war-wish-me-luck/191501/30 "2003-08-19T07:43:00Z")
Sorry, only just caught this thread - wow, esprix also mover and shaker in Clan Blue Feather, whoda thunkit. 😉 So, it should all be over by now, how was it all? Were the balls great? Howsabout the fighting? Who won? Did Drachenwald put in a good showing? _Sigh_ the only way I’d ever make Pennsic is with a lottery win, damnit. Thomas Tanner of Ely Adamastorshire Drachenwald, the Afrique Colonies ---
**Author:** ![Already\_in\_Use](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/a9adbd/32.png) [@Already\_in\_Use](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Already_in_Use)\ **Post date:** [August 19, 2003, 7:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-going-to-war-wish-me-luck/191501/31 "2003-08-19T07:55:00Z")
Why should I vote for you for Vice President if you’re just going to go and start wars? ---
**Author:** ![Skerri](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/f04885/32.png) [@Skerri](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skerri)\ **Post date:** [August 19, 2003, 9:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-going-to-war-wish-me-luck/191501/32 "2003-08-19T09:49:44Z")
Wow, **Esprix.** I missed this thread before, but my roomie and his ex-girlfriend were at Pennsic. From what I understand, their camp was right next door to the nude swimming hole. (That’s where my roomie spent 90% of his time, being cheered on by women already there.) The first night he was there, he was dubbed the “Phantom Kisser”, because he got crazy-drunk and smooched everyone in his camp. I hope you had as much fun as he had! 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Esprix](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/esprix/32/7899_2.png) [@Esprix](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Esprix)\ **Post date:** [August 19, 2003, 4:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-going-to-war-wish-me-luck/191501/33 "2003-08-19T16:14:38Z")
I started [a new thread](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?s=&threadid=205435) to announce my return. Details will be posted there. Sorry I missed those who attended! Esprix, known as Joshua the Imperfekt [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-going-to-war-wish-me-luck/191501.md?page=1)