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Message no. 1
From: Scott W see_scott_run@*****.com
Subject: Help wanted (info)
Date: Tue, 19 Sep 2000 21:55:44 -0700 (PDT)
I'm just a posting MACHINE today. Yippee!

Just wanted to let y'all know, Corrina's offer is sort of a plot
device, I've got no intention of letting her team kill off Bottle
Boy. So if you've got some characters who need killing (not likely)
or you want to make up some names to get offed, go ahead and post
'em. Otherwise, I'll just make some more guys up myself (but I
thought I'd extend the offer).

BTW, this list is great fun :)

====-Boondocker

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Message no. 2
From: Mach mach@****.caltech.edu
Subject: Help wanted (info)
Date: Wed, 20 Sep 2000 21:20:14 -0700 (PDT)
On Tue, 19 Sep 2000, Scott W wrote:

> Just wanted to let y'all know, Corrina's offer is sort of a plot
> device, I've got no intention of letting her team kill off Bottle
> Boy. So if you've got some characters who need killing (not likely)
> or you want to make up some names to get offed, go ahead and post
> 'em. Otherwise, I'll just make some more guys up myself (but I
> thought I'd extend the offer).

<<Donning musty old robes of sage advice>>

Beware straw men, for they make the audience yawn.

The average margin of day to day survival of a 'Runner is the skin of
his or her teeth. That's what makes reading their exploits exciting.
In other words, while you may have "got no intention of letting her team
kill off Bottle Boy" one hopes that you won't make that obvious in the
post.

If you think about it, it is very difficult to avoid becoming dead if
someone makes it a point to separate you from the land of the living.
If they fail, it is due to their being insufficiently prepared or
insufficiently dedicated to the task. That may be the case with
Corrina, or whomever she hires (especially if she is short on funds),
but if BBoy waltzes all over their corpses, you may be surpised to find
the reaction from the list will be underwelming.

<<Tosses the robes back in their trunk and tosses on a few mothballs for
good measure>>

--My two yen

Jeff
Message no. 3
From: Mark Imbriaco mark.imbriaco@*****.com
Subject: Help wanted (info)
Date: Thu, 21 Sep 2000 00:27:20 -0400 (EDT)
On Wed, 20 Sep 2000, Mach wrote:

> The average margin of day to day survival of a 'Runner is the skin of
> his or her teeth. That's what makes reading their exploits exciting.
> In other words, while you may have "got no intention of letting her team
> kill off Bottle Boy" one hopes that you won't make that obvious in the
> post.

Actually, the sense I got from it was that he was just warning people
before the had a chance to respond to the job offer that his plot involved
BBoy winning the particular encounter. Well done, IMO. It saves time
from getting responses from people who don't want to have their characters
fail and/or die trying.

> If you think about it, it is very difficult to avoid becoming dead if
> someone makes it a point to separate you from the land of the living.
> If they fail, it is due to their being insufficiently prepared or
> insufficiently dedicated to the task. That may be the case with
> Corrina, or whomever she hires (especially if she is short on funds),
> but if BBoy waltzes all over their corpses, you may be surpised to find
> the reaction from the list will be underwelming.

That depends, but for the most part I agree. A good fight where the
opponents are woefully mismatched is sometimes good for a few laughs if
nothing else. You make some good points, but I think you may be getting
worried too soon .. let's wait until after he screws up so we can jump
him. :-)

-Mark
Message no. 4
From: Rand Ratinac docwagon101@*****.com
Subject: Help wanted (info)
Date: Wed, 20 Sep 2000 23:59:40 -0700 (PDT)
> That depends, but for the most part I agree. A good
fight where the opponents are woefully mismatched is
sometimes good for a few laughs if nothing else. You
make some good points, but I think you may be getting
worried too soon .. let's wait until after he screws
up so we can jump him. :-)
> -Mark

*Doc' snorts...*

Let me assure you guys...if anyone on this list is
going to screw up a story, it's not going to be
Scottie-boy. If there's one thing he knows how to do,
it's tell a good story.

Formatting, on the other hand...

;)

====Doc'
(aka Mr. Freaky Big, Super-Dynamic Troll of Tomorrow, aka Doc'booner, aka Doc' Vader)

.sig Sauer

Can you SMELL what THE DOC' is COOKIN'!!!

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Message no. 5
From: Scott W see_scott_run@*****.com
Subject: Help wanted (info)
Date: Thu, 21 Sep 2000 04:26:53 -0700 (PDT)
>> The average margin of day to day survival of a 'Runner is the skin
of his or her teeth. That's what makes reading their exploits
exciting. In other words, while you may have "got no intention of
letting her team kill off Bottle Boy" one hopes that you won't make
that obvious in the post.

> Actually, the sense I got from it was that he was just warning
people before the had a chance to respond to the job offer that his
plot involved BBoy winning the particular encounter. Well done, IMO.
It saves time from getting responses from people who don't want to
have their characters fail and/or die trying.


Good eye, Mark. I think I would have gotten some angry letters if
everyone signed up their deadliest assassins and were told, "well
guys, they have to fail. Sorry." (Also wanted to open the door a
bit there, see if anyone else wanted to play in my yard.)

At the same time Mach, your input is certainly appreciated. I am
new at this medium, and am bound to bugger it up at some point. I've
got no problems with constructive criticism.

And frankly, I'm just glad people are paying attention :)

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