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Message no. 1
From: Adam J <fro@***.AB.CA>
Subject: [Admin] Re: Long Range Game Design
Date: Fri, 18 Jul 1997 11:34:42 -0600
At 12:29 7/18/97 -0500, you wrote:
>
>I don't prosecute powergamers or obliterate PCs... you sure you're thinking
>about me or is this some deep part of your psyche venting itself? Were you
>beaten as a kid? Did whoever did it make you call him TopCat? There's got
>to be *some* reason...

This is absolutely inappropriate Bob, both in its context and its
execution. In the future, can you please keep away from pot shots like that?

-Adam
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Message no. 2
From: David Buehrer <dbuehrer@****.ORG>
Subject: Re: [Admin] Re: Long Range Game Design
Date: Fri, 18 Jul 1997 12:18:35 -0600
Adam J wrote:
|
| At 12:29 7/18/97 -0500, you wrote:
| >
| >I don't prosecute powergamers or obliterate PCs... you sure you're thinking
| >about me or is this some deep part of your psyche venting itself? Were you
| >beaten as a kid? Did whoever did it make you call him TopCat? There's got
| >to be *some* reason...
|
| This is absolutely inappropriate Bob, both in its context and its
| execution. In the future, can you please keep away from pot shots like that?

Aw geez, I can't believe I'm going to do this.

Fro, I think an Admin posting is required, but not because Bob got a
little dramatic. If a member partially flames another member, IMO
it's not the Admin's responsibility to step in and send one or the
other to their corner. Only if it's an outright Flame is it the
responsibility of the Admin to dowse the fire. If Bob had refered to
Victor with name calling or direct insults then he would have Flamed
him, in which case you would be well within your rights to unsub him
and give him a firm warning. IMHO, Bob's post was not a flame. You
and I don't know what kind of emotion Bob put into his post, whether
he was sneering with contempt, or talking in a casual tone of voice.

As to the reason that an Admin posting is needed, is because Bob and
Victor's discussion has gone *way* off topic.

-David
http://www.geocities.com/TimesSquare/1068/homepage.htm
--
"Creativity is allowing yourself to make mistakes. Art is knowing
which ones to keep."

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