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From: Aewyn labsyn@*********.com
Subject: Power Gaming and Benchmarking (Long)
Date: Sun, 25 Jun 2000 10:19:00 -0500
At 05:45 -0500 25/06/2000, Phil Smith enlightened us on the topic of Re:
Power Gaming and Benchmarking (Long):

>I was discussing this with my group yesterday and we recon that people tend
>to play characters who do a lot of what they like; for example, folks who
>play deckers go on computers a lot, I play a writer in one campaign - which
>is what I want to do when I leave school. If someone is a loner in real
>life they will play one, and so on. Just think about the people in your
>group and you will find it bizarrely true.

I,ve noticed that, too. One of my player *always* play magic users, no
matter which game we're playing. The guy dabbled a bit with wicca and
shamanism...
The campaign's decker is also played by a omputer freak.
Can't say anything aobut the sammy and the adept, however...

Farewell,
Aewyn

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