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Message no. 1
From: "Robert A. Hayden" <hayden@*******.MANKATO.MSUS.EDU>
Subject: ADMIN: more thoughts on the the next project(s)
Date: Tue, 22 Mar 1994 14:24:52 -0600
Alright, after reading over everyone's inputs on the next project, how
does this sound:

NERPS: Atlas
A collection of different cities from around the world.
Writeups would probably be on par with the Pueblo
article from NAGEE:4. To do this, people would register
saying that they are going to do a certain town, and
will then be expected to do that.

Writeups should include descriptions of the various
suburbs, major industries, gangs (and where they can be
found), colleges, major corporate holdings, etc.

NOTE: The colleges will be folded into this and any town
with a major university (or more than one) shoudl have
them listed as well as some details of the college.


NERPS: Power Players
This replaces the corp idea. Instead, this will include
not only corporations, but also other powerful groups.
Including, but not limited to, religious organizations
(catholic political structure, jewish political structure),
terrorist organizations (IRC, PLO, BATF^H^H^H^H), political
groups (Greenpeace, NAACP, NGLTF)

The above are current day examples, obviously, but give
you an idea what I mean.

For corps, they MUST be non-FASA. I'll write up
something on Yoshida Tech and maybe Dragon's Den (both from
ShadowTalk).

For organizations, they should be things that aren't the
established government and should be a group that gets its
name in the paper regularily. The above, as I said, were
just 1994 examples. 2055 will have new groups and causes.


Is this dandy with everyone?

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Message no. 2
From: "Robert A. Hayden" <hayden@*******.MANKATO.MSUS.EDU>
Subject: Re: ADMIN: more thoughts on the the next project(s) (fwd)
Date: Thu, 24 Mar 1994 10:02:37 -0600
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Date: Wed, 23 Mar 94 12:28 GMT
From: What ? <MCM@***.BRIGHTON.AC.UK>
To: HAYDEN <HAYDEN@*******.MANKATO.MSUS.EDU>
Subject: RE: ADMIN: more thoughts on the the next project(s)




Just as a thought, I usually type up my Shadowrun adventures (people at work
get a bit suspious if I start scribbbling on bits of paper). I know a
couple of others do that sort of thing too. How about when the next Nerps
project is under way having an adventure directory ? I know this idea has been
buzzed about before, but if the adventures where sent to Rob ( or his lovely
assistant Doom ;-))rather than the list, wouldn't that cause less problems ?
Back to typing in Thursday's Shadow-distaster :-)

-WHAT
Message no. 3
From: Quid Non <jdfalk@****.COM>
Subject: Re: ADMIN: more thoughts on the the next project(s) (fwd)
Date: Thu, 24 Mar 1994 14:45:52 -0500
On Wed, 23 Mar 1994, What ? wrote:

> Just as a thought, I usually type up my Shadowrun adventures (people at work
> get a bit suspious if I start scribbbling on bits of paper). I know a
> couple of others do that sort of thing too. How about when the next Nerps
> project is under way having an adventure directory ? I know this idea has been
> buzzed about before, but if the adventures where sent to Rob ( or his lovely
> assistant Doom ;-))rather than the list, wouldn't that cause less problems ?

Not a bad idea, though it could end up being gigantic and cause
many arguments over style and content.
If anybody writes up a module-quality adventure, I'd love to see
it on Teetot and other sites, or perhaps as a special NERPS supplement.
But, I can't see there being enough people with enough good ideas to make
it a complete NERPS category.
Message no. 4
From: Quid Non <jdfalk@****.COM>
Subject: Re: ADMIN: more thoughts on the the next project(s)
Date: Thu, 24 Mar 1994 14:58:18 -0500
This all sounds great to me, just a few comments, nothing
seriously damaging to your current plan...

On Tue, 22 Mar 1994, Robert A. Hayden wrote:

> NERPS: Atlas
> . . . To do this, people would register
> saying that they are going to do a certain town, and
> will then be expected to do that.
How will you deal with people both wanting to do the same town,
but (and I hope this won't happen) not wanting to work together?

> NERPS: Power Players
> This replaces the corp idea. Instead, this will include
> not only corporations, but also other powerful groups.
Sounds good, though IMHO we need a different name. Unfortunately,
I can't think of one right now. *sheepish grin*

> Is this dandy with everyone?
Yes, quite.

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Message no. 5
From: "Robert A. Hayden" <hayden@*******.MANKATO.MSUS.EDU>
Subject: Re: ADMIN: more thoughts on the the next project(s) (fwd)
Date: Sat, 26 Mar 1994 00:31:24 -0600
On Thu, 24 Mar 1994, Quid Non wrote:

> Not a bad idea, though it could end up being gigantic and cause
> many arguments over style and content.
> If anybody writes up a module-quality adventure, I'd love to see
> it on Teetot and other sites, or perhaps as a special NERPS supplement.
> But, I can't see there being enough people with enough good ideas to make
> it a complete NERPS category.

Module sized adventures should be produced individually off of this list
for one reason. To try to organize something THAT big in a committee
atmostphere will never work. Witness kage-car.

NERPS, the list, works because while there is a central "committee",
artistic freedom is still held by each contributor and all the
contributions flow together into one larger work.

Thus, I guess, I'd recommend that if you have a large adventure, you work
on it seperate from NERPS (you also might want to talk with FASA about
contracting it, I'm sure they need modules).

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Message no. 6
From: "Robert A. Hayden" <hayden@*******.MANKATO.MSUS.EDU>
Subject: Re: ADMIN: more thoughts on the the next project(s)
Date: Sat, 26 Mar 1994 00:32:48 -0600
On Thu, 24 Mar 1994, Quid Non wrote:

> > NERPS: Atlas
> > . . . To do this, people would register
> > saying that they are going to do a certain town, and
> > will then be expected to do that.
> How will you deal with people both wanting to do the same town,
> but (and I hope this won't happen) not wanting to work together?

Well, if two people want to do the same town, I'd recommend that they
deal with it. Either they work together or flip a coin or whathaveyou.

> > NERPS: Power Players
> > This replaces the corp idea. Instead, this will include
> > not only corporations, but also other powerful groups.
> Sounds good, though IMHO we need a different name. Unfortunately,
> I can't think of one right now. *sheepish grin*

Me neither. Anyone? Beuller? Beuller?

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Message no. 7
From: "Bryan D. Jones" <bdj@****.UARK.EDU>
Subject: Re: ADMIN: more thoughts on the the next project(s)
Date: Sat, 26 Mar 1994 01:02:06 -0600
>> > NERPS: Power Players
>> > This replaces the corp idea. Instead, this will include
>> > not only corporations, but also other powerful groups.
>> Sounds good, though IMHO we need a different name. Unfortunately,
>> I can't think of one right now. *sheepish grin*

>Me neither. Anyone? Beuller? Beuller?

Die Uebermenschen?

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Message no. 8
From: "Robert A. Hayden" <hayden@*******.MANKATO.MSUS.EDU>
Subject: Re: ADMIN: more thoughts on the the next project(s)
Date: Sat, 26 Mar 1994 01:09:30 -0600
On Sat, 26 Mar 1994, Bryan D. Jones wrote:

> Die Uebermenschen?

who is Uebermenschen and why shoudl he die?

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Message no. 9
From: "Bryan D. Jones" <bdj@****.UARK.EDU>
Subject: Re: ADMIN: more thoughts on the the next project(s)
Date: Sat, 26 Mar 1994 01:12:50 -0600
"In an earlier message Robert A. Hayden quoted to Bryan..."

>On Sat, 26 Mar 1994, Bryan D. Jones wrote:

>> Die Uebermenschen?

>who is Uebermenschen and why shoudl he die?

Read any Nietzsche recently?
The Ue is actually a U with an umlaut (two dots over the letter).

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Message no. 10
From: Jai Tao <jdfalk@****.COM>
Subject: Re: ADMIN: more thoughts on the the next project(s)
Date: Sat, 26 Mar 1994 02:14:16 -0500
On Sat, 26 Mar 1994, Robert A. Hayden wrote:

> On Sat, 26 Mar 1994, Bryan D. Jones wrote:
>
> > Die Uebermenschen?
>
> who is Uebermenschen and why shoudl he die?
>
LONG LIVE UEBERMENSCHEN!

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Message no. 11
From: Jai Tao <jdfalk@****.COM>
Subject: Re: ADMIN: more thoughts on the the next project(s)
Date: Sat, 26 Mar 1994 02:26:50 -0500
On Sat, 26 Mar 1994, Bryan D. Jones wrote:

> Read any Nietzsche recently?

"God is dead." -Nietzsche
"Nietzsche is dead." -God

(Right there you have the sum total of my knowledge of Neitzsche,
though I assume he's a German philosopher.)
Message no. 12
From: "Robert A. Hayden" <hayden@*******.MANKATO.MSUS.EDU>
Subject: Re: ADMIN: more thoughts on the the next project(s)
Date: Sat, 26 Mar 1994 01:39:59 -0600
I had some Nietzsche once, but the doctor gave me a shot of pennicillian
and it cleared right up.

In any case, I THINK we can come with something both a little more
original AND understandable.

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Message no. 13
From: Dave Sherohman <esper@*****.IMA.UMN.EDU>
Subject: Re: ADMIN: more thoughts on the the next project(s)
Date: Sat, 26 Mar 1994 12:04:12 CST
From: Jai Tao <jdfalk%CAIS.COM@***.spcs.umn.edu>
>On Sat, 26 Mar 1994, Bryan D. Jones wrote:

>> Read any Nietzsche recently?
> "God is dead." -Nietzsche
> "Nietzsche is dead." -God

"Nietzsche is God." - Dead

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