From:	Kama <kama@*******.NET>
Subject:	Re: How do I get off the list?
Date:	Wed, 7 Oct 1998 15:44:06 -0400

On Tue, 6 Oct 1998, David Reis wrote:

> >
> How do these people get on the list in the first place? If they're not
> interested in the list, why do they join?
>

Let me take a stab at that one. People join this list because they enjoy
the SRTCG. They look forward to discussing card combinations with people,
maybe finding someone else in their area that plays, nitpicking the
rules, discussing deck concepts and generally having a good, friendly,
productive discussion.

They assume that this list will provide these things, in part, because of
how well SRCARD's sister list does these things.

They decide to leave because that is not what the majority of the
messages they recieve from this list contain.

The two people we just lost were (apparently) frustrated about having an
inbox full of messages about how the game was going down the tubes because
of FASA's internal politics. These messages were particularly frustrating
because of the fact that few of them contianed any concrete or
new information and most seemed to be limited to personal rants about how
badly we were being treated by FASA.

From my own perspective. I have also been frustrated: not only by the
recent thread that flamed FASA but by threads from the recent past which
have attacked my profession, gender, etc.

Lately, when I go home and discuss with my spouse what was posted on the
lists today (I have more time during the fall to read all of the messages)
I have pointed out numerous messages from ShadowRN that are "must reads".
However, the only messages I have mentioned from SRCard are those that
have personally insulted and angered me, EVEN THOUGH I AM NOT A REGULAR
POSTER.

My spouse keeps asking me why I am still subscribed to this list when (it
seems) the majority of posts are flames.

So far I have not come up with an answer, other than the vague hope that
things will change for the better.

- Kama