I'm going, but why?

The more I flip through the entries about Twelfth Night on SCA West, the more I have to shake my head about this ridiculous game we play. 'Cause sitting in a hotel restaurant or lobby sucking on a Starbucks is so medieval. It's not going to change in this kingdom because too many people do like it, but I don't have to support it by buying a hotel room.

Then there's the person who is attending her first Twelfth Night. It's really easy to be welcoming and enthusiastic on an e-list, but the reality is that people go to events to socialize with people they already know and it is the nature of things that Twelfth Night is catch-up-with-friends-you-only-see-once-a-year time. Unless the newcomer is herself outgoing enough to walk up and introduce herself to strangers who are likely already embroiled in some event activity, she will be completely at sea and quite likely be overwhelmed. As for the people enthusing about court, have they ever had to sit through one in not knowing any of the players?  (I have, it's tedious.) Or played "translator" for a newcomer or out-kingdom visitor during the proceedings? (I have, it's tedious.)

On that note, I shall PM the lady and introduce myself. I should be easy enough to identify at a distance: Japanese personae are pretty thin on the ground around here.

EDIT: Twelfth Night Con now features a Friday night video screening of Dr. Horrible and "Repo: The Genetic Opera." I shit thee not, O Reader.

Bleh

I continue to feel like crap. Evidently so does the DVD player. I got a read error on a disk about a week ago, which, when slipped into the drive on my laptop worked just fine. I tried watching something else tonight and it did it again.