I think it's important to realise that Ren Faire people and SCA people are, for the most part, *very* different folks. Ren Faires are not terribly concerned with accuracy, preferring instead to cater to the public's popular idea of medieval and renaissance culture. If John and Jane Doe believe that Henry VIII belched and slopped ale over himself while munching a turkey leg (ever mind that turkey was a new world food and is still not terribly favoured in Europe), then that's what they will have presented to them.

SCA people are generally more concerned with getting things right, or as right as their talents and funds permit. There *are* those who join because they have heard it's easy to get laid and obtain free booze, or because they want to take advantage of the SCA's freewheeling acceptance of "alternate lifestyles" and be an elf, vampire, or satyr for a day or two.

While that is true, we must remember that these types are in the minority. And, ever since the royalty of the East and Mid made it crystal-clear at Pennsic that non-appropriate costumes and personas were *not* welcome, things have calmed down considerably. Since that year, I have not seen a single vampire or satyr, and only a few elves.

Please do not judge the SCA by visiting a Ren Faire. It is like comparing grapefruit to oranges-- both are of a similar genre, but there the comparison ends.