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Message no. 1
From: MATUSKEY@***.EDU
Subject: Don't give up!
Date: Sat, 13 Feb 93 22:30:55 CET
>>>>[DOA, I saw your message to Raven: don't despair, don't give up. And
definitely don't let some screwy mage-sight make you doubt yourself. I
don't know a whole lot about magic, so I just accept what I can see. Frag,
I'm starting to ramble...Look, lassie, I want to help you. You came to me
wanting to meet, so let's meet. Tonight, at {encrypted} (let's hope this
works better than the last one, eh? :>). I won't treat you like a specimen,
I'll treat you like a person. We have a lot in common, it sounds like: we've
both got something in our heads that people really want. Let me help.]<<<<
-Highlander (13:27:40/2-13-54)
Message no. 2
From: Dennis Watson <watson@*******.SCRI.FSU.EDU>
Subject: Re: Don't Give Up!
Date: Fri, 23 Jul 1993 16:31:53 EDT
Hey, don't get all upset because someone didn't like your spell!
Every game is different. A spell that seems downright munchkin to some
people sounds like a good idea to others. The spell you wrote sounded great,
and my PC's will be facing opposition who use something similar.
> No. I won't comment. No, I won't fight. No, I won't defend.
NONONONONONONO!!!! Don't fight, don't defend, don't comment, IGNORE. The
idea you posted is just that, an Idea. I'm going to use it, though I must
admit I'll be reworking the spell for my game, probably as a manipulation.
Remember that everyone has different standards, and don't lose heart.
> I was trying to show a spark of originality and it was smitten. Just like
> every other f'n idea I've posted. Fine. You win. No more from me.
Keep posting ideas. I enjoy the debates over them, and I always welcome new
ideas, even if I don't like them, or if they won't fit in my campaign.
>
> "Don't listen to those who say, 'It's not done that way.' Don't listen to
> those who say, 'You're taking too big a chance.' Michaelangelo would have
> painted the Sistine floor, and it would surely be rubbed out by today."
> -Neil Simon
Exactly.

--
"..but experience tempers love and puts a new edge on hate."-Frank Herbert,Dune
Message no. 3
From: Hobbes Patrol Headquarters <TYGER@****.WINONA.MSUS.EDU>
Subject: Re: Don't Give Up!
Date: Fri, 23 Jul 1993 15:51:56 -0500
>Hey, don't get all upset because someone didn't like your spell!
> Every game is different. A spell that seems downright munchkin to some
>people sounds like a good idea to others. The spell you wrote sounded great,
>and my PC's will be facing opposition who use something similar.

I've tried to explain, I'm through. No more. Some people aren't willing
to understand that, yes, we live in a big mucking world! The Shadowrun
game you enjoy and love WILL BE DIFFRENT than the Shadowrun I enjoy and
love.

I've been debating if I even 'love' it anymore. I'm always being abused as
a GM (I have to stay one step ahead of the munchkins), I get abused from
the paper I write for, there's the abuse I get from the school, the stuff I
get from the lab here, the loads I recieve from the homefront, and I get
abused from here. It's not fun anymore. As a punching bag, I'm no good!

>Remember that everyone has different standards, and don't lose heart.

Tell these people.

>> "Don't listen to those who say, 'It's not done that way.' Don't listen to
>> those who say, 'You're taking too big a chance.' Michaelangelo would have
>> painted the Sistine floor, and it would surely be rubbed out by today."
>> -Neil Simon
>Exactly.

>"..but experience tempers love and puts a new edge on hate."-Frank
Herbert,Dune

"...and the meek shall inherit the earth."

There's a line in WoSaT, about writing things that may never be read and
making movies that may never be seen. Sometimes, I think it's better that
way. Nobody to tell you that your stupid, or wrong, or that you shouldn't
dabble where you don't belong.

-T

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