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Angharad ver' Rhuawn (jtn@nutter.cs.vt.edu (Terry Nutter)) asketh:

 TN> It just occurred to me, that as often as we appeal to "atmosphere",
 TN> we rarely say where, for each of us, it comes from.  What makes
 TN> for the "flavor" and "atmosphere" of the SCA for the rest of you?
 TN> Inquiring minds want to know....

To me, 'tis mainly the behavior of the populace - the courteous (but not stuffy)
manner, the "forsooth" speech, the *honesty*.  Unfortunately, it can easily be
intruded on by other means, such as suffocation by cigarette smoke (which I
suppose would break the mood far less were it not so irritating by itself), and
overly modern dress/clothing/topics/objects/etc.

(Yes, I realize tobacco could be considered [late] period, but I do not believe
that *cigarettes* are period - let alone the chemicals that American
cigar/cigarette companies lace them with, which I believe may be the major
irritant, at least in my case, as pipes and foreign cigs don't bother me
anywhere NEAR as much.)