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Message no. 1
From: The_Sarge@***.de (MatthÀus_Cebulla)
Subject: Nuts and Bolts FIRST (arrived at [OT])
Date: Wed, 20 Apr 2005 01:07:38 +0200
> What's a MMORPG?

Massivly Multiplayer Online RPG

. . .

You really haven't heard about Everquest, World of Warcraft,
Anarchy Online, Ultima Online, Meridian 59, Saga of Ryzom or
Any of the dozens others? *quit surprised*

> ED 'quest' sounds like it would use Chaosium's BRP, which,
> since I worked on it, is the natural and best way to do things!

Heh... Way to go and pimp some work of yours. ;)
But although it's a nice system, I really prefer steps. :-)
But I'm too old-skool for my age and my well being, friends
Always tend to say. *grins*

> --Anders

Matthäus
Message no. 2
From: anders@**********.com (Anders Swenson)
Subject: Nuts and Bolts FIRST (arrived at [OT])
Date: Tue, 19 Apr 2005 16:54:54 -0700
On Wed, 20 Apr 2005 01:07:38 +0200
Matthäus Cebulla <The_Sarge@***.de> wrote:
> > What's a MMORPG?
>
> Massivly Multiplayer Online RPG
>
> . . .
>
> You really haven't heard about Everquest, World of Warcraft,
> Anarchy Online, Ultima Online, Meridian 59, Saga of Ryzom or
> Any of the dozens others? *quit surprised*
>
> > ED 'quest' sounds like it would use Chaosium's BRP, which,
> > since I worked on it, is the natural and best way to do things!
>
> Heh... Way to go and pimp some work of yours. ;)
> But although it's a nice system, I really prefer steps. :-)
> But I'm too old-skool for my age and my well being, friends
> Always tend to say. *grins*
>
Well, it's so old it hardly matters, we did that game while everybody else
was playing first ed ADnD. As for the acronym-- I play the games, I just
didn't know the geek word for them! But, seriously, what's more basic and
useful than raw % skills?
--Anders
Message no. 3
From: jjvanp@*****.com (Jan Jaap van Poelgeest)
Subject: Nuts and Bolts FIRST (arrived at [OT])
Date: Tue, 19 Apr 2005 17:15:37 -0700 (PDT)
> Well, it's so old it hardly matters, we did that
> game while everybody else
> was playing first ed ADnD. As for the acronym-- I
> play the games, I just
> didn't know the geek word for them! But, seriously,
> what's more basic and
> useful than raw % skills?

Cooked % skills? :) I played a lot of the early
graphical MMORPGs in beta, but they ended up going
sour when entering the _massively_ multiplayer stage
(I did enjoy some free There and A Tale in the Desert
a while ago, though).

I have yet to hear a different term than MMORPG to
specifically describe such games, but I'm not always
as well-informed as I could be when making such
statements.

cheers,

Jan Jaap



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Message no. 4
From: l-hansen@*****.tele.dk (Lars Wagner Hansen)
Subject: Nuts and Bolts FIRST (arrived at [OT])
Date: Fri, 22 Apr 2005 12:10:20 +0200
From: "Anders Swenson" <anders@**********.com>
>
> Well, it's so old it hardly matters, we did that game while everybody else
> was playing first ed ADnD. As for the acronym-- I play the games, I just
> didn't know the geek word for them! But, seriously, what's more basic and
> useful than raw % skills?

Apart from SR I've always prefered BRP for anything else, be it Call of
Cthulhu, RuneQuest, Mutant, Drager og Dæmoner or any other RPG.

The good thing about BRP was that you could explain rules in less than 10
minutes (these are your stats, if you ever need to use them you rolle a d20,
if you roll under you succede. These are your skills, when you need to use
them your roll d100, if you roll under you succede. Hit Points, damage,
etc).

I've a player who had never player RPGs befor playing CoC and becoming
fanatical roleplayers. I've had player who had run screaming away from AD&D,
woving never to play RPGs again, becoming addicted to CoC. All because the
rules was secondary to the story.

Lars
Message no. 5
From: anders@**********.com (Anders Swenson)
Subject: Nuts and Bolts FIRST (arrived at [OT])
Date: Fri, 22 Apr 2005 09:02:57 -0700
----- Original Message -----
From: "Lars Wagner Hansen" <l-hansen@*****.tele.dk>
To: "Shadowrun Discussion" <shadowrn@*****.dumpshock.com>
Sent: Friday, April 22, 2005 3:10 AM
Subject: Re: Nuts and Bolts FIRST (arrived at [OT])


> From: "Anders Swenson" <anders@**********.com>
>>
>> Well, it's so old it hardly matters, we did that game while everybody
>> else
>> was playing first ed ADnD. As for the acronym-- I play the games, I just
>> didn't know the geek word for them! But, seriously, what's more basic and
>> useful than raw % skills?
>
[snip]

> I've a player who had never player RPGs befor playing CoC and becoming
> fanatical roleplayers. I've had player who had run screaming away from
> AD&D, woving never to play RPGs again, becoming addicted to CoC. All
> because the rules was secondary to the story.

Chaosiunm is working on a final more complex version of BRP
--Anders

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