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