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Message no. 1
From: Bryan Prince <WALAB@******.HH.VANDERBILT.EDU>
Subject: Deckers and Everyone else
Date: Fri, 29 Apr 1994 12:33:52 -0600
Can anyone explain how you run a decker with a PC group so that either
the decker or the group dosen't spend an hour or so twiddling their
thumbs?? I've read Virtual Realities and SRI & II and am still
confused.
Thanks :)
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Message no. 2
From: Gian-Paolo Musumeci <musumeci@***.LIS.UIUC.EDU>
Subject: Re: Deckers and Everyone else
Date: Fri, 29 Apr 1994 20:25:18 -0500
Do the decker stuff in a seperate session, or over email.
Message no. 3
From: Gurth <jweste%smtp@******.HZEELAND.NL>
Subject: Deckers and Everyone else - Reply
Date: Sat, 30 Apr 1994 10:29:55 +0200
>Can anyone explain how you run a decker with a PC group so that either
>the decker or the group dosen't spend an hour or so twiddling their
>thumbs?? I've read Virtual Realities and SRI & II and am still
>confused.

You can, in my opinion, do one or more of the following:
-let the other players be involved in something else in the adventure
while the decker makes his run, like breaking into a building or
something. This does mean you have to switch between the two _a_lot_
-send the others out to get something to eat/drink/smoke/etc., so
they're gone for a while
-let one or two of the other players (if you only have a few) roll the
dice for the Ice (hey, that rhymes!).

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