Rioko
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Knighthood and the IM - 2005/10/03 16:57
After some though and a couple of conversations... I have thought of a question that may be offensive or may be eye-opening like it was for me.
Do knights deserve the respect that they think they need for becoming part of the circle?
I know that it takes a lot to become a knight in this game; or, it could just take a little sucking up to the right people, but either way it goes knighthood should be earned.
There are only a handful of knights that I have met that I truly believe that they deserve all the respect that I can give. There are also, more than a handful of, those knights that deserve no title except for Scumbag.
Are all knightings just popularity contests? Or are they the real thing? For those of you who are knights, what do you feel that you are doing to maintain your title? Serpents, are you still creating and teaching? Sword knights, are you still kicking ass and helping new players reach your level of fighting?
I have heard good and bad about becoming a knight, and personally I have lost all initiative to reach for that level. All I want to do for this game is be here, help others, learn, and be part of the Amtgard family. I will say that the IM is a good group. I will also say that some parts of it can be corrupt at times, and in the wrong, but it is still my family.
I realize also, that the politics in this game are not the best. I know that politics in general are pretty aweful, but I think that most have forgotten that this is a game, not a popularity contest, and not the real world where power and controll mean everything.... it's a game. On some levels it is more than a game, but when lies, manipulation and power become a commanding part of the Amtgard world... the 'game' idea is shot to hell.
I see the bad, and the ugly, and the wrong. I see the good, the hope, and the right. I am losing sight of the family, the compramise and the just however, and that, above all, is what should be here.
One of the reasons I play is to escape from the real world; to go home to a chosen family and to a fair place where the people get along better and the general air is a happy one.
I want amtgard back! I don't want the knights and the office holders! I want the beating my family with sticks part and the nights around the campfire talking to a group of people and keeping the drunks out of the fire.... that's what I want.
~Rioko
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