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Message no. 1
From: Hobbes Patrol Headquarters <TYGER@****.WINONA.MSUS.EDU>
Subject: Blah.
Date: Wed, 14 Jul 1993 21:05:09 -0500
On Wed, 14 Jul 1993, The Deb Decker wrote:

> Gee, I've always been quite happy playing humans. I think that there's
> enough role-playing potential in everyday situations, let alone a world
> as fantastical as Shadowrun.

Robert Hayden replys:

]I didn't mean to say that there wasn't role-playing potential, just that
]sometimes you need an infusion of something new, fresh and different.
]That's all this is, something new, fresh, and different :)

It's also something that FASA hasn't done yet. So, why not?
(This coming from the fuzzball. Feh.)

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]"If we die, we want people to accept it. We're in a risky business...
] The conquest of space is worth the risk of life."
]-- Gus Grissom
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Ironic quote. Intresting that he died on the pad for Apollo 1. (Wasn't
even a real launch either. A spark ignited the oxygen rich environment.
Boom.) Almost as much fun as Apollo 13, "Houston, we have a problem."

-Tyger

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Queensryche
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Message no. 2
From: "Robert A. Hayden" <hayden@*******.MANKATO.MSUS.EDU>
Subject: Re: Blah.
Date: Wed, 14 Jul 1993 21:14:16 -0500
On Wed, 14 Jul 1993, Hobbes Patrol Headquarters wrote:

> It's also something that FASA hasn't done yet. So, why not?

Maybe they're too busy fixing the mistakes in all of the stuff that is
already out? :-)

I really don't know. I love this game. And more than playing it, I love
just designing for it. Whether it is Shadowtalk to making up character or
spells or races or wahtever. Whether it is discussing new ideas in
decking or whether or not replicants could be produced. THAT'S what I
love aboout this game. It gives me a world in whcih I can allow my mind
to go free and just imagine a future of 'what if...' Given a choice
between designing and playing, I'll take designing any day, because only
there can I actually feel complete.

(whoa, that was deep)

{[> Robert A. Hayden ____ hayden@*******.mankato.msus.edu <]}
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Random Thought:

"Maybe life is a grindstone; whether it polishes you or wears you down
depends on what you're made of."
-- Kay Fletcher
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Message no. 3
From: steven mancini <mancinis@******.CC.PURDUE.EDU>
Subject: Re: Blah.
Date: Fri, 16 Jul 1993 01:12:00 EST
To quote Robert A. Hayden:
]
] Given a choice between designing and playing, I'll take designing
] any day, because only there can I actually feel complete.
]

Does this sound like someone who should be writing code for
a M** or what ? :)

Da Minotaur
Message no. 4
From: "Robert A. Hayden" <hayden@*******.MANKATO.MSUS.EDU>
Subject: Re: Blah.
Date: Fri, 16 Jul 1993 01:56:57 -0500
On Fri, 16 Jul 1993, steven mancini wrote:

> To quote Robert A. Hayden:
> ]
> ] Given a choice between designing and playing, I'll take designing
> ] any day, because only there can I actually feel complete.
> ]
>
> Does this sound like someone who should be writing code for
> a M** or what ? :)

Did it. Got tired of it. My mud died (HERO, about 2 or 3 years ago).
Dealing with whiney players and demanding buttheads gets real old real fast.


{[> Robert A. Hayden ____ hayden@*******.mankato.msus.edu <]}
{[> \ /__ hayden@****.cs.mankato.msus.edu <]}
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{[> #include <std_disclaimer.h> \/ <]}
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Random Thought:

"...an animal loses not only its life but also its third dimension."
-- Roger M. Knutson, in _Flattened Fauna: A Field Guide to Common Animals of
Roads, Streets,and Highways_
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Message no. 5
From: "Dark Thought Publications." <JEK5313@*****.TAMU.EDU>
Subject: Re: Blah.
Date: Fri, 16 Jul 1993 11:53:58 -0500
]To quote Robert A. Hayden:
]]
]] Given a choice between designing and playing, I'll take designing
]] any day, because only there can I actually feel complete.
]]
]
] Does this sound like someone who should be writing code for
] a M** or what ? :)
] Da Minotaur


Why not? I do it.

-Flare

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