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Message no. 1
From: Ivy Ryan <ivyryan@***.ORG>
Subject: Renraku
Date: Thu, 9 Jun 1994 14:56:18 -0700
I just got a Thomas Brothers map of the King, Pierce, and Snohomish
counties a bit ago, and today I was looking it over. I'm updating my
Seattle maps for greater accuracy y'see.

Well, what I got on to mention is that nearly all of the present day
City, State, and Federal government buildings occupy the space that the
game designers used for the Renraku Arcology. I think it's rather funny,
myself.

A few years ago I asked the designers if any of them were native
to Seattle. It turned out that none of them had ever even been there.
It kinda shows, neh? Like, most of that land just plain can't be sold.
The "historic Downtown" is under Renraku too. That's the Ork
Underground. Renraku goes some 3 or 4 basements deep, and the
Underground is only one basement deep.

Oh, well, I should expect accuracy? It ain't Hard World, it ain't accurate.

Ivy
Message no. 2
From: Daniel Hauck <hauckd@****.CIRC.GWU.EDU>
Subject: Re: Renraku
Date: Fri, 10 Jun 1994 17:11:52 -0400
I find it very interesting, being from the Seattle area to look at the
maps and see all of the differences. The first time I played with my most
recent group, I found it hard not to totally go through and piont out all
of the mistakes that the group were taking to heart. But then again, this
is fiction, and when should we be so concerned with making fiction into
the truth?!?

Wenchly
Message no. 3
From: Tim Skirvin <tskirvin@********.UNI.UIUC.EDU>
Subject: Re: Renraku
Date: Fri, 10 Jun 1994 21:24:06 -0500
> Well, what I got on to mention is that nearly all of the present
> day City, State, and Federal government buildings occupy the space
> that the game designers used for the Renraku Arcology. I think
> it's rather funny, myself.

Actually, it's probably right.

The place was in chaos for a few years. Corps can do what they want...
why WOULDN't they buy up the old city buildings, in exchange for making new
ones somewhere else? It's make 'em into more like "kings" of Seattle...

Sounds like good planning to me.

-------------Tim Skirvin (tskirvin@********.uni.uiuc.edu-------------
"He's NOT a gibbering idiot - he's cured of gibbering, he's just an
idiot now." -- Jane, "Waiting for God"
Message no. 4
From: Ivy Ryan <ivyryan@***.ORG>
Subject: Re: Renraku
Date: Fri, 10 Jun 1994 21:31:56 -0700
On Fri, 10 Jun 1994, Tim Skirvin wrote:
> > Ivy Ryan wrote:
> > Well, what I got on to mention is that nearly all of the present
> > day City, State, and Federal government buildings occupy the space
> > that the game designers used for the Renraku Arcology. I think
> > it's rather funny, myself.
> Actually, it's probably right.
> The place was in chaos for a few years. Corps can do what they want...
> why WOULDN't they buy up the old city buildings, in exchange for making new
> ones somewhere else? It's make 'em into more like "kings" of Seattle...
> Sounds like good planning to me.
> -------------Tim Skirvin (tskirvin@********.uni.uiuc.edu-------------

Good point Tim, I didn't think of that. It does seem strange though.
Ivy

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