For starters, territory. It seemed to me that nobody was quite sure where the southern border should be. Secondly, grudges. It always seemed that the whole discussion came out of a few people being angry about getting overlooked by people at the other end of the kingdom, and not about it being a common identity (lack of common identity is another factor).
I just think that the whole discussion in Atlantia is a bit premature. For example, in the Mid, you have defined regions, with their own identity. You have a northern end of Atlantia, but it’s not a defined region. Well, maybe it is on the administrative side, like for regional deputies, but it’s not glaringly apparent to the average player.
As a side note, while I’m a peer, I’m way less involved than the average player at the moment. I’ve been largely an e-SCAdian for the past year, focusing instead on family, our house, and our living history commitments. Some of these things that *I* think are missing might very well be in existence. I just am not there to see them.
But I think it’d be more apparent, in areas other than just administration. Another example, in the East you have things like the EK-South mailing list, specific “Southern Region” events, and the like. I rarely hear any talk in Atlantia of a Northern-region event, a Northern-region list, etc. I just don’t think that we have the culture and identity of our own.
I think that if people are really serious about getting together a northern principality here, they should first get serious about establishing some regional institutions.
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I just think that the whole discussion in Atlantia is a bit premature. For example, in the Mid, you have defined regions, with their own identity. You have a northern end of Atlantia, but it’s not a defined region. Well, maybe it is on the administrative side, like for regional deputies, but it’s not glaringly apparent to the average player.
As a side note, while I’m a peer, I’m way less involved than the average player at the moment. I’ve been largely an e-SCAdian for the past year, focusing instead on family, our house, and our living history commitments. Some of these things that *I* think are missing might very well be in existence. I just am not there to see them.
But I think it’d be more apparent, in areas other than just administration. Another example, in the East you have things like the EK-South mailing list, specific “Southern Region” events, and the like. I rarely hear any talk in Atlantia of a Northern-region event, a Northern-region list, etc. I just don’t think that we have the culture and identity of our own.
I think that if people are really serious about getting together a northern principality here, they should first get serious about establishing some regional institutions.