Playtron or Rennie

[Blue66669]

These guilds you speak of..... interesting.

[Anna Iram]

They call me Davyes or The Poet or that Poet fellow or That Damn Poet

I've even been call sick-monkey... (but in all fairness I had just read the person my sonnet based on Brad Paisley's "Ticks"

LOL...okay...this just registered on my twisted little brain. Might we have a recitation Mr. Davyes? (assuming it's rated for general audiences!  )

[Baron Dacre]

They call me Davyes or The Poet or that Poet fellow or That Damn Poet

I've even been call sick-monkey... (but in all fairness I had just read the person my sonnet based on Brad Paisley's "Ticks"

LOL...okay...this just registered on my twisted little brain. Might we have a recitation Mr. Davyes? (assuming it's rated for general audiences!  )

k.... just remember *YOU* asked... (This is the "sonnet" that had the Queen telling me to leave presence and not come back until I learned manners)

Down a perfect path our time to spend
Where run both hart and hind
Your very life I shall defend
And your perfect form in kind
We shall not waste this fleeting year
I shall keep you from all harm
When cold December's bareness sits everywhere
Let it be me that keeps you warm

Beneath a pale moon we shall go
Where none have ever ventured
Where fields of flowers wild grow
And love was never censured
Come live with me and beside me sit
For I only wish to check you for ticks.


(I don't have my book with me, all by memory!)
Davyes....

[Anna Iram]

 

Can't *imagine*  why you've been banished from your Queens side! LOL!

[cowgrrl]

I'm not that fond of "danes" either.  It might be descriptive, but it adds to the us vs them mind set.

I normally use the word 'danes' to refer to my clothing.  As in 'Because of the long drive back I'm going to wear danes tomorrow instead of garb'.  I rarely use danes to merely refer to people who don't dress up.  If I refer to someone as a 'dane' they've probably done something monumentally stupid a/o clueless to bring themselves to my attention.

I tend to think of myself as a semi-playtron.  I garb up but I'll be the first to tell you that I'm not historically accurate.  I will also go in danes if we're traveling or the weather is too hot or nasty. 

[Dayna]

In the words of EloquentXI

Jokingly, I have friends that will say, "Such a friggin Rennie" when I explain my detailed and hopeful schedule of faires I plan to make for 2010. They call me a "Rennie" in casual because they affectionately want to tease me, especially when they don't understand why I go back, weekend after weekend, spending my money, not being cast, performer, or vendor.

I just smile because they don't understand. 

Whether you go in normal weekday "civilian" clothes, or you go in part "civilian" with accessories such as boots and pouch, or you wear some sort of costume, or you spend months creating as close to historically accurate as you can;

whether you speak in your normal manner or attempt a bad faire accent or spend months perfecting your dialect;

whether you work there or visit frequently one or more faires/festivals;

it all boils down to this:

Do you understand "why I go back, weekend after weekend, spending my money, not being cast, performer, or vendor"?  Does your heart thrill when your feet hit the ground inside the gates?  Would you rather be tromping around in the hot dusty outside than home in the AC with the TV?  Do you count the days/weeks/months until you can get to faire again?

Than you're a rennie :-)

[escherblacksmith]

Interesting discussion . . .

From my own experience, humans tend to try to group things, people, etc.  So, this discussion is not unwarrented.  Unfortunately, there really isn't a governing group that has defined it.  And everyone in every show has a slightly different take.

Largely I think people like to know if someone else is part of the show or not.  In the case of Playtrons, for instance, the really detailed ones become part of the show, but they still can't hang out on the grounds or go in and out of the forbidden gates for non-participants (your show may vary).  There are conversations I'll have out of character and some in character (for as little character I do these days), this will be different depending on whom I am dealing with.

I have found it interesting that those who are on the outside and want to be part of the show, to see backstage, to pull back the veil, as it were, often have a much more romantic view of what goes on then really does.  I knew a guy who wanted to be part of the court (lesser duke or cousin or whatever), then he found out what it took and how long you were 'ON' and so forth.  Lots of work, not nearly the fun-time club he thought it'd be.

I think I have digressed.  If you wish to know what you are, look in the mirror.  If you wish to know what others define you as, then ask.  But, odds are, it will be a different answer every time it is asked.

this from someone who has been . . . Boothie, CKC hawker, Playtron, Mundane . . . but, above all, GPITA.





     

[dfloyd888]

I heard one sort of funny explanation of the different types of performers and people from someone that played a tad too much World of Warcraft:

Patron:  PC
Playtron:  Roleplaying PC

Cast in lanes:  Wandering NPCs with random pathing.  Some might have yellow "!" icons above their heads and offer quests.
Cast on stages:  Stationary NPCs.

[Dinobabe]

I heard one sort of funny explanation of the different types of performers and people from someone that played a tad too much World of Warcraft:

Patron:  PC
Playtron:  Roleplaying PC

Cast in lanes:  Wandering NPCs with random pathing.  Some might have yellow "!" icons above their heads and offer quests.
Cast on stages:  Stationary NPCs.

(snort)

[Nicolas-Antoine]

One of the best guides on the topic...

The Player's Handbook of Basics for the Serious Renaissance Faire Playtron
http://www.renaissancefestival.com/forums/index.php?topic=9044.0

[Arianwyn]

I know I am replying to this thread long past its 'run' here....but wanted to comment.

For me, it depends who I am talking to.  When I am speaking with the people I work with, friends, family.....I will say Rennie, because it identifies me with the Ren World.  When I speak with someone more familiar with this I will say Playtron.....BUT....as I type, I realize that I recently have made a few huge posts on Single and Searching, and I called someone here a fellow Rennie, so what do I know? I can't even keep my own guidelines straight LOL!!!!

Call me Arianwyn, Nancy, Pandora ...... or Faire-loving Woman!!! It's all good!

[Merlin the Elder]

Thanks, Arianwyn, for posting and bringing this thread to my attention. I had no idea that anyone was so proprietary with the labeling.

We have only the past 7 or 8 years that we've been garbing up and heading to faire every year. It's a 5-6 hour drive each way to Scarby, depending on traffic. Until the last couple of years, we were all about just one trip a year, because we couldn't afford more.

But describing ourselves to mundanes, it seems more descriptive and appropriate to use the term rennies. Regardless, nobody should be getting their knickers in a twist because I do use the term. Rennies, playtron, patrons, whatever... without those of us who pay to get in, there would be no need for those of you who work inside.  It's because of you that we come. We have symbiotic relationship.