Valhalla tags

[Morrigan]

Ok, so for the previous 3 years I've been one of the Queen's Men Players - the group of 4 that was responsible for portraying and supporting the theme of the weekend.    And for the last 2 years, on Pirate weekend we've been tagging and tracking the annual Sparrow migration, using numbered "tags" (clothespins marked with "QMP" and a number).

This year, I'm the Mistress of the Revels, and yesterday (Sunday, 2nd weekend) I was "tagged"!   The tag said "Valhalla '08".

That is just full of awesome!   Who did it, and good job!

[Lady Mousie]

Weird, I'm a Valhalla camper and we weren't out in full force this weekend. I never heard anything about Valhalla '08 tags...

[Morrigan]

It's just awesome to get pwned like that.

[LadyElizabeth]

I've not heard anything about this tagging game by Valhalla, but I have heard lots about the rubber duckie game being played by participants.... what's the deal with that?  I've never gotten the full story...

[Tudor-Diva]

Oooh, they were nice tags too.  Clothes pins with mosaic tiles and beads on them. 

[Brother Presidio]

Funny, almost as owned as the, "Yea hath been Arnulfed." magnets. 

[CahirDochartaigh]

Funny, almost as owned as the, "Yea hath been Arnulfed." magnets. 

genius!

[Tudor-Diva]

Funny, almost as owned as the, "Yea hath been Arnulfed." magnets. 

Awww!  That's from last year.  That Conquistador is Botch, who is now Christopher Columbus this year.

[brigaqueen1]

There's some of us (It started at chain maille) that have little rubber duckies. From what I gathered with the "rules"

You must wear your duckie where people can see it on your costume (and you can be creative).

If someone successfully takes your duckie and you wish it back, you have to perform a task that they ask for (e.g. buy them a beer) to get your duckie back.

Once that happens and you get your duck back, they are immune from you stealing their ducks (I think that's how they put it)

At camp, your tent is considered "Sanctuary". No one can go into your tent and steal your duckie.

Whoever has the most duckies at the end of the season gets a prize. One of the chain maille girls (I call her Blue since she wears that color the most) won't say what the prize is.

So far I've kept my duck....we'll see.

[THELADYKAT]

Hey duckie

[LadyElizabeth]

So I also got tagged on Saturday afternoon playing QE1, right up on my huge whisk behind my head.  I had no idea it was happening, but a friend of mine standing near me said she saw it happen and then didn't even let me know it was there for an hour.  When I tried to put it elsewhere, she insisted I leave it there since that was part of the game...  So if you saw me Sat, I had a laundry pin with jewels on it clipped to my neck wisk!  Very cute indeed.

[Taarna]

Could someone please explain the full rules of the "tagging" game?

[Morrigan]

Rules?    I wouldn't think there are really any rules, unless of course you were the one doing the tagging and you had specific rules for yourself about how it was done...

I think from a "taggee" standpoint, the "rules" are simple.   You either refuse the game and remove the tag, or you choose to honor it and leave the tag on.   

Personally, I left it on because I got tagged fair and square.   And it would hardly be good form to refuse someone else's tagging game when I had been a tagger myself, would it?

[Taarna]

So it's more or less a favor? Not you got tagged so now you must tag? or tagged by a specific group so you are accepted as part of that group? Ok, seems simple enough.

[Morrigan]

Yeah, that's it exactly.   It's kind of a stealth favor.

Not being a Valhalla tagger, I can't speak specifically to their intents, but I have to assume it's pretty much the same deal as our Sparrow Migration tagging.    The point is to attach the favor to the recipient's clothing without their being aware that it is happening, in theory for them to find it later and have a moment of confusion and hopefully amusement wondering where it came from.

A little harmless messing with people's heads.    I consider it a bit of a compliment, really.