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Message no. 1
From: Kristling Ravenwing <kristling@*******.CROSSWINDS.NET>
Subject: Am I TOO realistic? was Re: Dunkelzahn's Will (now drifting
Date: Sat, 21 Feb 1998 01:33:29 -0500
> From: Erik Jameson <erikj@****.COM>
> At 10:11 AM 2/20/98 +0100, you wrote:
>
> >The quote in NERPS: Underworld's Credits section is accurate...
> >
>
> Er...I can't remember, what did that say?
>
> >Spike, you know how you've been called list.member.grumpy at times? Erik
> >is the one to whom that title was first applied, and IIRC it was before my
> >time, even; I certainly remember the name from my early days on the list.
> >Erik's been on NERPS for a couple of years now, and apparently recently
> >re-joined ShadowRN.
> >
> >
>
> *gasp!*
>
> There's been another list.member.grumpy? </insert image of gaping mouthed
> expression of horror> As long as Spike didn't go and ruin it by being nice
> to someone...maybe I'll have to change mine to
> "original.list.member.grumpy" or something.
Sounds good to me. Hiya, Erik. You probably don't know me.... I've been on
and of the list since, oh, two months before you signed off. And I don't post
enough, I guess....
> And now, before I do become .grumpy, let's go ahead and drop this and try
> to return to our regularly scheduled shadowrun...
>
> Erik J.

Okay, in order to welcome Erik to the list, I'm going to risk starting a
contravircy (sp?).

How real should we be with our runs? Check out the "Local Terrorist" articles
on my website at www.crosswinds.net/toronto/~kristling/ (forewarned that the
index page is slow due to crosswinds having to wait a while to get another
T1, but their a damn bit mor reliable then Geocities). Am I being to
realistic?

I used these articles with MY group and none of them that I know of have gone
psycho. Is realism dependent on a groups maturity? Should I put a warning on
my site? How do we balance "the creative urge" with social responsablity?
Should we?
Till next we meet. I reamain as my sig states,
KRW
>>>>>["My science teacher's brother created a real cool comic called
'The
Silent Invasion" with a friend. It's collected in twelve volumes from NBM
press, check it out!" -me, today.
Reach me at kristling@*******.crosswinds.net
ICQ UIN: 6642462
www.crosswind.com/toronto/~kristling/ holds my weekly updated
webpage.]<<<<<
--Kristling (the Weird) Ravenwing, Aka Daniel Sauve (say "SO-
vey"!), Josha Dube, Ken masters, D, Samson Primal, Josha the Strange, Dexter,
Ricochet..... </>
Message no. 2
From: Ashlocke <woneal@*******.NET>
Subject: Re: Am I TOO realistic? was Re: Dunkelzahn's Will (now drifting
Date: Sat, 21 Feb 1998 05:44:02 -0005
On 21 Feb 98 at 1:33, Kristling Ravenwing wrote:

>
> How real should we be with our runs?

I love games dripping with detail. I also deman lots of internal
consistency. As long as the GM has a rational reason behind what happens
in a game, I can cope with almost any kind of misfortune as a player
(whether my character can cope is another story). I hate arbitrary
rulings, NPC only "character classes" or rules, and anything else in the
game done simply because the GM wanted to do something but couldn't come
up with a rational explanation for doing it.

>
> I used these articles with MY group and none of them that I know of have
> gone psycho. Is realism dependent on a groups maturity? Should I put a

Yup... a lot of things are dependant on the maturity of the players. And
by "maturity" I include experience. New roleplayers tend towards mindless
mayhem, it takes a bit of experience before they discover the other
aspects of the game. We also change with age. Older players tend to have
different interests than younger players... it's just they way people are.

> warning on my site? How do we balance "the creative urge" with social
> responsablity? Should we? Till next we meet. I reamain as my sig states,

Balance... you could write a book on that one word. Should you, games
should always be balanced. It's how you balance them that more often
comes into question.
--
@>->,-`---
Ashelock
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GM's Theme: "I am the eye in the sky, looking at you, I can see your lies.
I am the maker of rules, dealing in fools, I can cheat you blind."

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