From:	Geoffrey Gerrietts <phinar@**.CENCOM.NET>
Subject:	Re: Sneakthief and Butthead
Date:	Wed, 15 Mar 1995 02:34:10 -0600

>Ill stop now. Im being a butthead. Been fighting with my players for the
>last couple of weeks now to get them to roleplay rather than dealing with
>numbers. Have YOU ever seen a near diceless Shadowrun game? Im running one
>right now.

Impressive. I've been working toward that angle myself. Got any overtly
deadly NPC's you wouldn't mind loaning me? :)

And I have to say, your niceness level was fairly tolerable, for a crotchety
old lizard. But do try to remember -- not all of us are developing
prototypes for the TNO matrix, and very few of us are up to date on the
latest stirrings in Ulster.

OTOH, my first response (despite having a fondness for amay, the first man
to be kind to me here on Shadowtalk -- or even to respond to me) was to gout
huge quantities of hydrogen-gas belly-burped fire at him. My second response
was to discuss the relative toughness of the Nobilis Policlub. My third
response was to giggle at your post.

Copyright laws pretty much forbid a lot of the free reference we might
otherwise be allowed to pursue. Humanis doesn't stand much of a prayer of a
full-fledged chapter, even in Ulster, probably even fringe-agitators would
be used to mop up their own blood. These are the bitter realities of the
Tir. And yes, as Flute and Zactof happen to be in the neighborhood, they are
in TNO.

Thusly elucidated, let me conclude: the tempest is not worth the storm. The
whole issue should be deposited firmly into the annals of "fergetaboutit"
and left to rot. Let's all play nice, or at least agree that only open
violence is really cause for getting offended about.

And Ouroboros -- when your players figure out how to cause open violence
over the net... let me know. I'm sure I've got a gang that'll be interested.
<G>

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