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Message no. 1
From: chaos@*****.com (Steven Ratkovich)
Subject: Personal Lives and In between the sidebars...:)
Date: Wed, 9 Oct 1996 01:04:16 -0500 (EST)
>>It's funny, my players have been tossing around a small idea amongst
>themselves about starting a small business regarding security and
>private investigation. I've been encouraging it (subtly) as it would
>allow me a certain amount of freedom to expand on the game, rather than
>using the standard "invade corp - get paydirt" type of run, having said
>that, I don't think the players have ever *actually* had this kind of a
>run, :) thay all seem to get a tad wierd. :)
>
We;ve gotten ourselves into quite a bit of unusual drek in this game. Heck,
we get paid for less than half our adventures and runs... But it's still a
blast. We've been to Hell and Back (almost literally) for sevral of our NPC
pals... Currently, Bull's gotten such a huge collection of guns and
weaponry (afyter all, there's a Panther in every room of his house!) That
he's setting up a weapons shop and talismonger shop, with Johnny's
Enchantress Wife...:)

>That has been the view of the players in my game, they are much happier
>when they can interact with the universe they exist in rather than just
>react to it. Except, one, he dreads it when "mother" comes to visit. :)
>
I agree with ya here... (as usual:)). We tend to roleplay those evryday
events, and sometimes, an adventure or run pops out... And Bull just dreads
getting the Phone Call during the middle of the run from his wife. I usually
goes something like:

Marie: Do you know what your son just did?
Bull: <as he fires his warhawk at the flesh form bugs> Can't this wait
honey... i'm sort of busy right now...

Well, you get the point... the latest bit of silliness was when Billy (my
Otaku son) managed to fix the lightsaber we found on <run info deleted.
Deemed Top Secret by GM>. Well, don't ask... It's strange... Anyways, i
found this fragging lightsaber, but it was damaged, so one of my projects
for in between times has been to rebuild it... During the middle of our
last run, Marie calls me up to say that Billy fixed it, but now he can't
shut it off... and it burned a hole through three floors of a friends
house... <sigh>

Ok, I'll shut up now...:)

>
>Pete




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-Bull, aka Chaos, aka Rak, aka Steven Ratkovich
chaos@*****.com
Order is Illusion! Chaos is Bliss! Got any fours?
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Message no. 2
From: 3011_3@***.EDU
Subject: Re: Personal Lives and In between the sidebars...:)
Date: Wed, 09 Oct 1996 12:36:04 -0700 (PDT)
On Wed, 9 Oct 1996, Steven Ratkovich wrote:

> >>It's funny, my players have been tossing around a small idea amongst
> >themselves about starting a small business regarding security and
> >private investigation.

> He's setting up a weapons shop and talismonger shop, with Johnny's
> Enchantress Wife...:)

One thing that I love doing in a RP game, is doing something that'll have
a lasting effect on the game world. One of my chars I used to play was a
ex- Ares KE security specialist, turned 'runner. Weeell, after 8 years
of 'running (2050-2057), he 'retired', and got married... and started up
his own Security business, much like KE, but on a more temporary,
quick-and-dirty-if-you-need-it-now basis... but the point is, doing
something that'll have a lasting impact on the game world is a
helluvalotta fun. Not to mention (in AD&D for me) playing children... of
children... of children...

> Marie: Do you know what your son just did?
> Bull: <as he fires his warhawk at the flesh form bugs> Can't this wait
> honey... i'm sort of busy right now...
>
> Well, you get the point...

And there is nothing wrong with silliness...


---The Almighty Demon of Caffeine---
---Tom---
Message no. 3
From: Pete Sims <petesims@********.demon.co.uk>
Subject: Re: Personal Lives and In between the sidebars...:)
Date: Thu, 10 Oct 1996 02:56:29 +0100
In article <199610090604.BAA00570@***.ncweb.com>, Steven Ratkovich
<chaos@*****.com> writes
>>>It's funny, my players have been tossing around a small idea amongst
>>themselves about starting a small business regarding security and
>>private investigation. I've been encouraging it (subtly) as it would
[snip]
>We;ve gotten ourselves into quite a bit of unusual drek in this game. Heck,
>we get paid for less than half our adventures and runs... But it's still a
>blast. We've been to Hell and Back (almost literally) for sevral of our NPC

Funny that's been a complaint from my players. Can't understand it.
One has a fragging great suit of immobile armour, another has his own
deep water yacht, one more has controlling shares in a boat racing
business on Lake Washington. And the fourth has - well I can't go into
that right now. As for the two occassional visitors, they've done
pretty well too. I suppose that's because they keep spending the money,
that they think they haven't got any. It's not as though I *force* them
to spend any. :)

>pals... Currently, Bull's gotten such a huge collection of guns and
>weaponry (afyter all, there's a Panther in every room of his house!) That
>he's setting up a weapons shop and talismonger shop, with Johnny's
>Enchantress Wife...:)

Setting up with someone else's wife huh??? Does Johnny know ??? Would
he like to know, I'm sure someone could tell him, with a little
embellishment of course, but for a *small* financial reward, the subject
could be ignored. :) :) :)

>
>>That has been the view of the players in my game, they are much happier
>>when they can interact with the universe they exist in rather than just
>>react to it. Except, one, he dreads it when "mother" comes to visit. :)
>>
>I agree with ya here... (as usual:)). We tend to roleplay those evryday

I'm beginning to worry about this, you do keep agreeing with me. There
*can't* be someone else in this world who thinks like me, I'm UNIQUE I
tell you!. :) :)

>events, and sometimes, an adventure or run pops out... And Bull just dreads
>getting the Phone Call during the middle of the run from his wife. I usually
>goes something like:

The players have had quite a few runs develop from the relationship of
one of the characters, but then if he *will* date an investigative
reporter :)

>
>Marie: Do you know what your son just did?
>Bull: <as he fires his warhawk at the flesh form bugs> Can't this wait
>honey... i'm sort of busy right now...

LOL! :-)

>
>Well, you get the point... the latest bit of silliness was when Billy (my
>Otaku son) managed to fix the lightsaber we found on <run info deleted.

Damn, now my player knows what it is *he* found :-(

>Deemed Top Secret by GM>. Well, don't ask... It's strange... Anyways, i
>found this fragging lightsaber, but it was damaged, so one of my projects
>for in between times has been to rebuild it... During the middle of our
>last run, Marie calls me up to say that Billy fixed it, but now he can't
>shut it off... and it burned a hole through three floors of a friends
>house... <sigh>

hehehe, had a similar view myself, but then seeing as he lives on a
boat, on Puget Sound :) !!!
>
>Ok, I'll shut up now...:)

Awww, and I was just beginning to enjoy it too. :)


Pete
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Pete Sims
Heroes or Fools? That's a determination others will make in hindsight. But by
being here now, we make that determination for ourselves, and it's neither.
Lt.Col.T.C.McQueen

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