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Unofficial Court Report: Pennsic – (The Condensed Version)

18 Friday Aug 2017

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– Rowen Cloteworthy reporting

Pennsic XLVI – August, 2017

__Friday, August 4, 2017__

Elias Gedney – Pelican – C&I: Eloise of Coulter

__Saturday, August 5, 2017__

Magdalena Lantfarerin – Silver Brooch – C&I: Kay Leigh Mac Whyte

Godric of Hamtun – Presentation of archery equipment to Her Majesty

Samuel Peter Bump – Vigil for Pelican

__Sunday, August 6, 2017__

Quintus Lucius Fortunatus – Silver Tyger – C&I: Elisabeth Greenleaf – W & Latin: Steffan ap Kennyd

Ulfr HofHorr – Tygers Combatant – C&I: Cassius Pontus

Ryoukojin of the Iron Skies – Vigil for Chivalry

Baptiste O’Brien – Vigil for Chivalry

Cassius of La Familia – Chivalry – W, C&I: Eleanor Catlyn – Latin: Eric and Christopher Michaelson – Greek: Michael James

Zohane Faber – Silver Rapier – C&I: Magdalena von Kirschberg – W: Remy Delamontagne de Gascogne

Brendan Firebow – Golden Rapier – C&I: Orlando Sforza – W: Lorenzo Gorla

Thomas del Broc – Vigil for Defense

__Monday, August 7, 2017__

Baptiste O’Brien – Chivalry – C&I: Jan Janowicz Bogdanski – Arabic: Tara al-Zahra

__Tuesday, August 8, 2017__

Thomas del Broc – Defense – C&I: Nataliia Anastasiia Evgenova – W: Alys  Mackyntoich

Maria Charriez – Court Barony with Grant of Arms – C&I: Nataliia Anastasiia Evgenova

__Wednesday, August 9, 2017__

House Bloodguard – Fealty

Donnan Fitzgerald – Vigil for Chivalry

Wilham de Broc – Court Barony – C&I: Chrestienne la pescheresse

Children of the East – Gifts from the Crown

Kythe Szubielka – Brewer to the Crown

Aleyd Czypsser – Seamstress to the Crown

Elgiva Wilhelm – Seamstress to the Crown

Winners of the Heroic Champions – Presentation of Arm Bands from Her Majesty

Reuben the Curious – Award of Arms – Backlog – C&I: Katherine Stanhope – Backlogged to First Court, Apr 1, 2017

Donovan Shinnock – Valor of the East

Southern Rapier Army – Blue Tyger Legion

Joseph of the Red Griffin – Golden Mantle – C&I: Tola knitýr – W: Eloise of Coulter

Helena Lundonie – Silver Crescent – C&I: Sarra Graeham of Birnham

Alys Mackyntoich – Defense – C&I: Fiona O’Maille ó Chuan Coille – W: Anastasia Gutane

Samuel Peter Bump – Pelican – C&I: Christiana Crane – W: Nicol mac Donnachaidh

Gaius Claudius Valerianus – Metalsmith to the Crown

Katerina Falconer de Lanark – Award of Arms – C&I: Myrun Leifsdottir – W: Remy Delamontagne de Gascogne

William Spicer – Silver Brooch – C&I: Marieta Charay – W: Serafina Medvednikova

John of Yseaux – Maunche – C&I: Christiana Crane – W: Nicol mac Donnachaidh

Aleyd Czypsser – Queen’s Order of Courtesy – C&I: Catarina Giaocchini

Zhigmun Czypsser – Augmentation of Arms – C&I: Elisabeth Greenleaf

Ryoukojin of the Iron Skies n- Chivalry – C&I: Lada Monguligin – W: Mariette de Bretagne

__Friday, August 11, 2017__

Shimazu Yasukaze – Award of Arms – C&I: Helena Osterholm

Donnan Fitzgerald – Chivalry – C&I: Nest verch Tangwistel

SCA Inc seeks candidates for Society Minister of Arts and Sciences

18 Friday Aug 2017

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SCA shield logoThe Society for Creative Anachronism is seeking candidates for the position of Society Minister of Arts and Sciences (MOAS), which is a warranted 3-year term of service.
The Minister of Arts and Sciences is the officer responsible for reporting on the artistic programs of the SCA, fostering the study of medieval culture and technology, and for promoting methods for producing historically inspired artifacts and performances.

Duties and responsibilities include:
•       coordinating the efforts of kingdom officers in the field;
•       promoting the dissemination of accurate information;
•       responding to inquiries from the membership and artisans in a courteous and timely manner;
•       constructive problem solving;
•       ensuring accurate and consistent reporting from A&S officers to meet the SCA’s audited charitable reporting requirements;
•       reporting quarterly on the artistic programs of the SCA.
•       performing other duties assigned by the Board.

This is an unpaid position. Applicants should be paid members of the Society and able to travel to other kingdoms as approved by the board, and have easy access to phone, computer, mail and e-mail. Experience in both the practice and coordination of the Arts and Sciences as practiced in the SCA is strongly preferred.

Hard copies of résumés (both professional and SCA related, including offices held and honors) must be sent to the attention of ‘The Board of Directors’, SCA, Inc., P.O. Box 360789, Milpitas, CA 95036-0789. Electronic courtesy copies should also be sent to resumes at sca.org by October 1, 2017.

Comments are strongly encouraged and can be sent to:
SCA Inc.
Box 360789
Milpitas,  CA 95036

You may also email comments@lists.sca.org.

This announcement is an official informational release by the Society for Creative Anachronism , Inc.  Permission is granted to reproduce this announcement in its entirety in newsletters, websites and electronic mailing lists.

Information About Phishing from the Webminister

17 Thursday Aug 2017

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Greetings from Mael Eoin mac Echuid,  Interim EK ​Webminister
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The webministry has had a report of a phishing attempt on a Kingdom officer this week, and figured it’d be a good time to remind all those who have an East Kingdom email address of the following:

No one in the East Kingdom Webministry will ever ask you for your password or *especially* not for other non-SCA personal information via email.  We never need your password from you; we can reset it for you if you need it, but we don’t ever need to _know_ your password for anything.  Anyone who asks for it is not representing the Kingdom or this office.

Here’s is an example email, broken down into pieces, with some hints and comments:

Subject: Scheduled Maintenance & Upgrade
Date: 2017-08-14 14:28
From: Help Desk <jsmith@royalfair.org>
To: <signet@eastkingdom.org>
Reply-To: help.desk.team.center@tech-center.com
First off, notice the “From” line.  jsmith@royalfair.org isn’t official, and nothing official would be coming from a personal email address.
All official correspondence – not just from our office, but all official emails – come from @eastkingdom.org addresses.  So if you don’t see @eastkingdom.org, don’t trust the email.

Your account is in the process of being upgraded to the newest Windows-based servers and an enhanced online email interface inline with internet infrastructure Maintenance. The new servers will provide better anti-spam and anti-virus functions, along with IMAP Support for mobile devices to enhance your usage.
They throw jargon around here.  Some of it even makes sense, but the long and short of it is that if this were the Webministry, we would use more user-friendly language to explain what was going on.
To ensure that your account is not disrupted but active during and after this upgrade, you are required to kindly confirm your account by stating the details below:
* Domain\user name:
* Password:
No. Never.

We know your username and we don’t ever need your password.

Sincerely,
Customer Care Team
This is also a red flag. Whoever is sending the email will sign it with their SCA name and title/role in the Webministry.  You can look us up on the EK wiki, reach out to us on Facebook or via email, but you will _always_ have a name to associate with any email we send out.
If you aren’t sure, forward the email to us with a note.  Don’t reply to the email, it’ll signal that they successfully reached a live account and they might keep trying.​


To sum it up:
    • ​ Phishing emails are passive attempts to  
      ​get access to your account for malicious purposes (hacking, spamming, etc.).
  • Sometimes they’re terribly obvious, sometimes they’re devious and seemingly on​-point.
  • Everyone gets these and everyone’s susceptible to believing them, sooner or later. Even experienced technical folks 🙂
  • When in doubt, send it to us.
​Hope this helps, and if there’s ever anything we can do, or questions we can answer, please reach out​ via http://helpdesk.eastkingdom.org or webminister.eastkingdom,org
​In Service,
Maistir Mael Eoin mac Echuid
Interim EK ​Webminister

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Pennsic Populace Archery Shoot War Points

11 Friday Aug 2017

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The Gazette thanks Mistress Ygraine of Kellswood for the following report.

The Midrealm-East-Ealdormere side has taken all 3 populace war points in Archery! Each of the three traditional shoots — presented with a Norse theme this year — was worth one war point. Archers could shoot each one up to five times during the War.

The Castle Window was a 30 second timed shoot at a distance of about 30 yards. Archers launched as many arrows or bolts as they were able in that time at a target representing a castle window slot. Hits in the slot were worth 1 point each; hits on the small white Thor’s hammer inside the slot were worth 2 points each. The AEthelmearc-Atlantia-Allies team scored a total of 1446 points; team Midrealm-East-Ealdormere scored 1836.

The “Soldiers” this year were pairs of Frost Giants at 15 yards, 35 yards, 45 yards and 55 yards. Archers could launch 6 arrows at the targets of their choice, worth 1, 2, 3 or 4 points respectively (for a maximum of 24 points per end). The AEthelmearc-Atlantia-Allies side scored 5189 total points; the Midrealm-East-Ealdormere side scored 7696.

The Clout consisted of a Giant at 100 yards inside a castle turret. On the way to that target was a serpent in a moat at approximately 50 yards. Hits landing in the moat were worth 1 point; hits on the serpent were 2 points; shots landing inside the castle were worth 3 points; and hits on the Giant earned 4 points. Archers could launch 6 arrows at the targets of their choice (for a maximum, again, of 24 points per end). The A-A-A archers totaled 4176 points; the M-E-E archers scored 6423.

Thanks to all the archers who shot and to all the marshals who worked so hard to make everything run smoothly and safely!

Report on War Point in Thrown Weapons

10 Thursday Aug 2017

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The Gazette thanks Serafina Della Torre for the following report on the Thrown Weapons War Point.

On the last Thursday of Pennsic War 46, throwers and royalty from around the Known World assembled to compete for the Pennsic Thrown Weapons Champions War Point in a tournament designed by Marshal in Charge, Altan of the Moritu. The tournament consisted of 12 champions representing kingdoms throughout the world. They competed in a challenging axe, knife, and spear tournament consisting of eight hard and soft targets. Participants were given specific challenges for scoring including cutting rope, hitting certain small areas of an imagine, and could have points deducted if the wrong areas were hit. Throwers were also challenged to use varying technique for throwing spear, being required to throw both under and over handed. If a weapon penetrated a target and fell out, no points are given, causing the notable quote from Tristan of Northshield: “Hurry up! Score me! Score me! There’s a breeze!”

The victor was determined by team total score. Aethelmearc and Allies had a resounding victory with 795 total points against the East, Middle, and Allies 434. The tournament had a possible 240 point perfect score for each thrower. Tristan was the highest single score with 95 points. Sir Cedric of Thanet was the highest East, Middle, and Allies team scorer with 75 points. Marshal Altan celebrated Catriona MacDhonnachaidh for throwing in full period garb. Several assembled marshals and audience members noted the courtesy, comportment, and collegiality shown by contestants of both teams toward one another.

Pennsic Thrown Weapons Champions War Point – Contestants

MIDDLE/EAST AND ALLIES:
Daniel of Whitby
Catriona MacDhonnachaidh
Duke Master Moonwolf
Safiya the Hot Tempered
Patrick the Red
Sir Cedric of Thanet
Alexander MacKeystie
Matteo Genovese
Colin MacKenzie
Mikael McCue
Ulf Jarnhauss

AETHELMEARC AND ALLIES:
Antonio de Luna
Juan Miguel Cezar
Deals Cohen
Trystan
Tigernach MacCathail
Keys Kostarev
Kuma
Breccan
Rosheen
Charles
Cecelia Medici
Akayama

 

Pennsic 46 War Points: Thursday, August 10

10 Thursday Aug 2017

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This year’s Pennsic War is a contest between the Kingdoms of the East, the Middle, and Ealdormere and their allies vs Æthelmearc and Northshield and their allies.

Yesterday’s Armored Woods Battle was a tie with two points going to each side.  The Combat Archery and Siege Battle that was also held yesterday was won by the East, Middle, Ealdormere and Allies and was worth one point.

Today’s Armored Allied Champions Battle was won by the East, Middle, Ealdormere and Allies for one point. The Thrown Weapons Champions Throw went to Æthelmearc, Northshield and their allies and was worth one point. The top Thrown Weapon’s scorer for the East was Sir Cedric of Thanet, the King’s Champion.

The following information on the Archery Champion Team Competition was reported by Mistress Ygraine of Kellswood.

The Middle-East-Ealdormere team won 1 of the available war points, and the AEthelmearc-Atlantia-Allies team won 2. Each point was based on total points scored in each of the three shoots.

Friend/Foe Shoot: A-A scored 167 points, Mid-East scored 153.
Long-distance Walkup Shoot: A-A scored 365 points, Mid-East scored 432.
10 Station Roving Range: A-A scored 2303 points, Mid-East scored 2123.

An article with photos of the A&S entries and its results will be posted at a later date.

 

Interim Kingdom Webminister Announced

08 Tuesday Aug 2017

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From Maistir Mael Eoin mac Echuid:

Greetings!

For the period of thirty days, starting yesterday, I will be the interim East Kingdom Webminister. After that period, an announcement will be made regarding the full Kingdom Webminister position.

Lord Lorenz and I will be at the East Kingdom Webminister meeting at War on Thursday (EK Royal, 3pm to 5pm). If there’s anything that I can help with in the role, I can be found there or otherwise at N11 Barony of Bhakail. Otherwise, email (mbroggy@gmail.com), Facebook or phone (484-442-0278) will continue to work, and we’ll be switching the kingdom email address over soon.

In Service,
Maistir Mael Eoin mac Echuid
Interim East Kingdom Webminister

Pennsic 46 War Points: Monday, August 7th

07 Monday Aug 2017

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This year’s Pennsic War is a contest between the Kingdoms of the East, the Middle, and Ealdormere and their allies vs Aethelmearc and Northshield and their allies.

Today seven of the 41 war points were decided:

Field Battle – The Grand Pageant – 4 War Points, each Field Battle is worth 1 War Point for a total of 4 War Points: Aethelmarc/Atlantia took the Field battles 3 out of 4

The Aethelmearc/Northshield alliance won three points.  
The East/Middle/Ealdormere alliance won one point.

Bridge Battle – 3 War Points; each Bridge Battle is worth 1 War Point for a total of 3 War Points:  East/Mid took the Bridge battles, 2 out of 3.

The East/Middle/Ealdormere alliance won two points.
The Aethelmearc/Northshield alliance won one point.