| From: | "Robert A. Hayden" <hayden@*******.MANKATO.MSUS.EDU> |
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| Subject: | [FAQ] NERPS: Net Enhancements for Role-Playing Shadowrun (part |
| Date: | Mon, 2 May 1994 00:22:20 -0500 |
Part II
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2. THE CURRENT NERPS PROJECT(s)
A. NERPS: Atlas
B. NERPS: Power Players
C. Deadlines
3. HOW TO SUBMIT MATERIALS TO NERPS
A. Registering a Submission and receiving an Author-ID#
B. Formatting Guidelines
C. Submission Guidelines
D. Issuing a Revokation
E. Revoking Someone Else's Submission
4. HOW TO GET PAST LOGS
A. Using the LISTSERV 'GET' command
B. Getting past logs via FTP
5. What NERPS Publications Have Been Completed
A. NERPS ShadowLore
B. NERPS Who? What? Where?
6. HOW TO GET COMPLETED NERPS PUBLICATIONS
A. Via FTP
B. 'Official' copies (via snail-mail)
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2. THE CURRENT NERPS PROJECT(s)
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NERPS projects are ever-changing and seldom last for more than a few
months before being completed. A full discription of the current
project(s) is included below. Only submissions for the following projects
will be accepted. (Don't forget to read Part 3 for full details on how to
submit materials.)
NOTE: These titles are only working titles and will in all probability be
changed for final production.
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A) NERPS: Atlas
A collection of different cities from around the world. Writeups should
probably be on par with the Pueblo article from NAGEE:4 or Las Vegas from
NAGEE:5. See also the Neo-Anarchists Guide to North America for offical
FASA examples.
Writeups should include descriptions of the various suburbs, major
industries, gangs (and where they can be found), colleges, major corporate
holdings, etc. The more detail the better.
NOTE: The public phone book of your respective cities (at least in the
US) contains a wealth of information about population, industries,
economies and the like. You will have to extrapolate a little for
2055 and the ShadowRun universe, but it is a great jumping-off
point.
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B. NERPS: Power Players
This project will be to write up various powerful oganizations in the
world. This includes not only corporations, but religious organizations
(catholic political structure, jewish political structure), terrorist
organizations (IRA, PLO, BATF^H^H^H^H), political groups (Greenpeace,
NAACP, NGLTF) and other groups. Basically, any group or organization what
can get people to think, and has something to say.
NOTE: These organizations and corporations SHOULD NOT have appeared in
any detail in any FASA publication. Now writeups on Renraku, for
example.
For organizations, they should be things that aren't the established
government and should be a group that gets its name in the paper fairly
regularily. The above were just 1994 examples. 2055 will have new groups
and causes.
For an example, it is recommended that you read FASA's _Corporate
ShadowFiles_, which has writeups and ideas on different corporations. The
format for quantifying power is very useful and it is recommended that you
use something similiar.
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C. Deadlines
Officially, the final deadline for registering your submissions
will be July 1, 1994. The final date that submissions will be
accepted is July 15th, 1994
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3. HOW TO SUBMIT MATERIALS TO NERPS
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There are specific submission and formatting guidelines for all materials
that MUST be adhered to or you risk the chance of your creation being
rejected. While putting up with these guidelines may seem like a
hinderance and a genuine pain in the ass, there are reasons for this. In
other words, READ WHAT FOLLOWS AND USE IT! :-)
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A. Registering a Submission and receiving an Author-ID#
Every person that submits materials must be issued an Author-ID
number. The purpose of this number is to make sorting and
cross-referencing easier, as well and providing a easy Index
reference for the final product.
To get an Author-ID#, you are required to register at least one
submission. This registration is simply letting the list know
what it is you are planning to submit later on. It also serves as
a sort of promise of what it is you are going to do. NO IDs WILL
BE ISSUED WITHOUT THE PROMISE OF A SUBMISSION.
To register your future submission, you need to send an email
message to Robert Hayden <hayden@*******.mankato.msus.edu> with
the following format:
REGISTRATION
Project Name [Atlas or Power Players]
Title of Submission
Your Real Name
Your eMail address (you may also substitute your ID# if it has been issued)
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Up to six lines describing what it is you will be submitting
At this point, you will be issued an ID# (if you do not yet have
one). Your registration will periodically be posted to the list
as a reminder and you are expected to submit that material prior
to the closing deadline.
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B. Formatting Guidelines
As might be expected, there are formatting requirements that must
be met prior to submission. This is to save later re-editing when
the document is assembled. Failure to use the required
formatting can result in the summary rejection of your submission.
Each submission will begin with the type of submission it is
alone on a line. Only two words are acceptable here: ATLAS,
or POWER. ie, if you are submitting a corp writeup writeup, your
first line should read POWER.
The second line is the title of your submission. For an ATLAS,
this could be the name of the town or city, for a POWER, this will
be the name of the organization or corporation.
The third line will contain your three-digit Author-ID#.
NOTE: For postings with more than one author, each listing of
the ID# should go on its own line.
Finally, the fourth line will contain eight (8) dashes.
Everything after the line containing the eight dashes will be
considered the submission (although .signature files and
irrelevant material will be removed). The only exception to this
is a revokation certificate.
----- >BEGIN EXAMPLE<
ATLAS
Chicago, IL
H-01
X-##
X-##
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...etc....
...etc....
...etc....
----- >END EXAMPLE<
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C. Submission Guidelines
Assuming you have the formatting correct, you then need to submit
your item. To do this, you need to post it to the discussion list
for everyone to look at (see Part I:1:C). Once posted, your
submission will enter a phase where everyone can comment on it.
If you wish to make changes, you can repost an updated version to
the discussion list.
NOTE: If you have written up your submission on MS Word for
mac, or some other word processor capable of exporting
Rich-Text formats, you can send Robert Hayden
<hayden@*******.mankato.msus.edu> that version
(uuencoded). It will save him editing time at the end.
Please be sure, though, that you send a text to the list
for others to see.
Unless the submission is revoked (see part D and E of this section),
the MOST RECENT incarnation of that submission will be ultimately
entered into the final document.
Only items posted to the discussion list will be valid for entry
into the final project.
IMPORTANT NOTE::
Each submission must be sent in by itself or the software
that handles categorizing will not be able to handle it.
This means if you have three things to send in, you must make
three seperate mailings.
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D. Issuing a Revokation
If, during the discussion period, a particular entry is
determined to be, for some reason or other, not proper for final
inclusion, the original author can issue a revokation.
To issue a revokation, submit an entry TO THE LIST with the same
formatting as if you were submitting an item (type, title, and
author-ID#), but where the text would normally appear (after the
eight dashes line), replace that with the word REVOKE. At that
point, the item will no longer appear in the final document.
----- >BEGIN EXAMPLE:
ATLAS
Chicago, IL
H-01
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REVOKE
------ >END EXAMPLE:
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E. Revoking Someone Else's Submission
It is possible to revoke another author's submission. This is no
simple task, though, and should be reserved only for submissions
that are truly bad or munchkinous.
To revoke another's submission, you must get no less that five
(5) others to support your revokation (making the total at least
six). To issue a revokation in this style, use the following
example:
----- >BEGIN EXAMPLE<
ATLAS
Chicago, IL
H-01 <--- This is the Author-ID# of the original author
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REVOKE
name1 email1
name2 email2
name3 email3
name4 email4
name5 email5
name6 email6
----- >END EXAMPLE<
Name# and Email# are the names and addresses of the MINIMUM six
people who support that revokation. More than six people can,
of course, support it.
NOTE: The individuals listed in this revokation certificate may
be verified with, so beware of fradulent revokations.
Once the six persons have been verified as supporting that
revokation, the item will be removed. Also note that the
revokation MUST be posted to the list to be considered valid
(everything is part of the public record here).
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4. HOW TO GET PAST LOGS
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A. Using the LISTSERV 'GET' command.
Logs of activity on NERPS will be kept online and be available via
the listserv at HEARN. In order to get a directory listing of the
NERPS related files, send the command INDEX NERPS to
LISTSERV@*****.BITNET. You should get a response in a little while
that lists all of the files available.
The log files will be named 'NERPS LOGyymm{A-E}', where 'yy' is the
year of the file, 'mm' is the month and the final letter indicates the
week, with the first week being 'A', and the start of the 5th week
being 'E'.
To get one of them, send the command GET filename, where filename is
the name of the file you wish to receive (example: GET NERPS
LOG9303D). After a bit, you should receive that file in the mail.
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B. Getting past logs via FTP.
NERPS logs are also available via FTP at:
site: hearn.nic.surfnet.nl
directory: /archive
The archives for the NERPS list are named 'NERPS.LOGyymm{A-E}'
using the same naming format used when ordering the files via mail
as desribed in part A.
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5. What NERPS Publications Have Been Completed
A. NERPS ShadowLore
This first publication contains eighty-six pages of new races,
magic, cyberware, bioware, gadgets, contacts and rules designed to
spice up any ShadowRun game.
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6. HOW TO GET COMPLETED NERPS PUBLICATIONS
A. Via FTP
NERPS publications can be found at:
teetot.ascud.edu: /pub/Beelzebub/Role-Playing/Shadowrun/NERPS
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B. 'Official' copies (via snail-mail)
For those that wish to get an "official" copy, a bound, signed copy is
available. This version will be printed double-sided (duplex) and will be
bound with a cardstock cover and plastic protector.
If you wish to purchase an official copy, simply print out this
announcement, fill in the below information, and include your check or
money order in the amount indicated.
The printed version is being offered at cost for those people that are
unable to to utilize PostScript formats, or lack the printing facilities
to make high-quality output.
NOTE: The bound version is not available outside of the United States due
to dramatically increased shipping costs. If you want one really
bad and live outside the US, please contact me and we'll see if we
can make arrangements.
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Please send me the indicated NERPS publications. I have enclosed a check
or money order for the amounts indicated.
# of Copies Name of Publication Cost
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_____ NERPS ShadowLore $10.00
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Please address my shipment to:
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(your name)
________________________________________________
(address)
________________________________________________
(city) (state) (zip)
________________________________________________
(daytime telephone number)
Send your order form and payment to:
Robert A. Hayden
P.O. Box 4041
Mankato, MN 56002-4041
Please allow up to four weeks for delivery.
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