| From: | Can I play with madness <MKNABUSCH@******.BITNET> |
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| Subject: | Revenge etc |
| Date: | Fri, 14 Jan 1994 11:54:57 -0500 |
is something that used to happen on a fairly regular
basis in our group. Surprise, surprise, I was the
decker. Well, Harlequin (thats me) decided there
were easier ways of making life miserable for the players.
Example 1. Sly, our teams combat mage, has an ego of 10.
Not only that, he's racist almost, and firmly believes that
magic can solve anything tech does, but better. Harlie was
just an elf trying to make a living after he escaped 'Raku.
Numerous times he was ridiculed for lack of skill and being
a weed eater. (The CM was played for a year before I joined
the group). Needless to say it escalated. Finally, Harlie
decided to take Sly down a notch. Sly come come to his house
blinking, buzzing, and whirring every five seconds. Harlie hacked
the house computer and activated and deactivated every thing
attached to it every five seconds. Sly offered to plug him into
a power outlet, but stopped...for a while. Next came the cool
down. Harlie hacked his environ control system. Every other
room in the house was either freezing or desert hot. Again there
was a respite. Finally he got his just desserts. Death by junk mail.
Harlie attached Sly's name and home address to every node that sent
out free information booklets in the Seattle area. Sly didn't come
home for two days. Upon opening his door, he was awash in mail that
flooded outward. We still aren't on speaking terms. In fact, neither
runns with the other for fear they will find a bullet/spell in their
back. Heh heh heh. It was fun. As the decker got better, Sly had
less to complain about, yet it just was his personality. Clashes like
those make for fun role playing and politicing. Now, Sly is retired
and Harlie is working on it.
Michael Knabusch
