Dukal interview - Albrecht von Rugen

[liadethornegge]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GNqnDNf-_Jk

Sir Rauokinn and Sir Kelwin interviews Duke Albrecht from Avacal. His journey, and he seems like a mellow, thoughtful kind of guy.
He was the third and eleventh Prince of Avacal, and then when they were made kingdom he won the first crown and got to start that lineage.

He talks about preparing for a crown list: mentally, emotionally and physically; does he have something tangible he can do to improve the Principality or Kingdom, is his consort interested and up for it, is the bank account up for it, is the body in order - those must be prepared beforehand in order for him to do well in a tournament. 

And the travelling from inland Canada to get to central An Tir events regularly 22 hours of driving both ways - that's some serious dedication.

Super groovy dude all in all.

Comments

[freewaydiva]

He is one of my favourite people. Super chill. Funny as hell.

[liadethornegge]

You know some cool people!

[freewaydiva]

I am hugely blessed in friends! There are some truly wonderful folks in An Tir and Avacal (I lived in Calgary for a few years, in addition to Seattle). I miss them, and I'm really glad this whole interview thing is introducing them to so many new people! :D

[liadethornegge]

I am enjoying it hugely :)

[freewaydiva]

I really feel like this whole "forced to be virtual" thing has done a lot of good for the SCA. I'm hoping it's a trend that continues, in some fashion, even after we're all allowed to hold events in person again. Especially in Drachenwald - I think it will make some things a lot easier to manage across borders. I'd love to see something like my former Barony's Athanaeum event, for example - what an excellent way for people who find it difficult to travel, or who have arts/crafts that are difficult to transport to still have an opportunity to get in front of people in a low-key way.

[liadethornegge]

It's done a lot of good, as well as cause some conflict I think.

I've meant to take a closer look at the Athanaeum, but haven't managed it yet: What's the format? Did you attend a Laurel Sponsored Display here at Raglan, Double Wars or Cudgel?

The plan was to have a virtual one for Virtual Raglan, but we could only get 1 hour slot, and that's not enough, but I think it's happening in September

[freewaydiva]

Well, yeah - not everyone or everything is suited to a transition to online, so there are bound to be difficulties. I think if most of the people are pleased, though, we're doing OK. :D

Athanaeum in person was basically an enormous display intended to stimulate conversation between the presenters and whomever stopped by. There were one or two Laurels "assigned" to each participant, both to ensure that someone stopped to talk to everyone, and also to give the Laurels something to talk about in Council - in a Kingdom as large as An Tir, it's easy for people to slip through the cracks, especially if they weren't interested in or couldn't attend the A&S Championship (the Big A&S-Focused Event - super intense, but served as a way to get one's art/craft in front of the Laurels and the Crown) for whatever reason.

The online version was fairly similar, I think. Registrants built a "display page" that showcased whatever they wanted to showcase, and a time slot was scheduled with the registrant and at least one or two Laurels, and I think anyone else who wanted to attend (I couldn't because of time zones, so I'm not entirely sure how the sessions played out). I also think they're having to do more than one "event day", due to volume restrictions on the technology. At any rate, anyone can cruise the display page and leave comments at any time before, during, and after the "official" day of the event. It requires, obviously, some back-end technical organisation to make it work - I can put you in touch with the people who ran it, if you like.

Here's the event website.

I've not been to any event where there has been a Laurel Sponsored Display, yet, and I'm super interested in an online format, so I'm looking forward to what happens as things progress, here!

[liadethornegge]

Athanaeum sounds exactly what the LSPD was designed to be. I've managed to make it to everyone who's displayed so far, but if it gets any bigger that's not feasible.