| From: | "Michael R. Goldberg" <mrgoldbe@**.NETCOM.COM> |
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| Subject: | Date/Times |
| Date: | Sun, 28 Jun 1998 00:13:27 -0500 |
plots up as well.
The advantages I see are that one, you don't have the "blank pages in
the middle of the book" syndrome. It will be difficult for several of
the on-going plots to be explained if the middle third (or the ending)
is missed.
Two, the whole list has lead time to actually prepare itself for what
FA$A has planned. Everything concerning the Chicago mess was handled
less than ideally on this list. Having lead time will allow everyone
to fit the stories nicely into what FA$A has planned.
The negatives, though.
1) The surprises aren't really surprises, and the writers have to make
their characters seemed surprised even though the players aren't at
all. (Actually, I might be because I haven't bought something for
Shadowrun in over two years. Blasphemy, I know, but still true.)
2) New people to the list might get confused as to what is going on as
far as where the list is versus where FA$A is in the timeline. This
will have to be handled in the FAQ, which means more work on everyone's
part to get it straight in the FAQ so it is clear.
Of course, working on the FAQ is part of what plot-d was created for,
so I don't really see the latter part of #2 as too much of a problem.
Still, the list was created to write creatively and interactively with
others in the world that FA$A has created. It is easier to do that
behind the times and keep the stories we create fresh and innovative
than to have the stories fastforwarded to wherever FA$A decides to leap
next.
Obviously, IMHO.
Later,
Mike
