From: | Mercenary X <kdye@*****.STANFORD.EDU> |
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Subject: | Re: Some thoughts |
Date: | Thu, 7 Jul 1994 16:59:14 -0700 |
> Alright....
>
> Based on the fact that this list has been dead for the last four months
> except for the automated postings and my askings 'is this list dead', I
> think it's time to re-evaluate what's happening.
>
> 1st: NERPS Foundations
> It should be out by the end of the month. I have it all on the
> mac and ran it though the spell checker (missed most of the stuff, but
> caught many). The only thing left for me to do is to set up the
> multi-font stuff, sort the entries, add archetype identifiers to the
> characters that don't have them, and write up the TOC, Title, copyright,
> and other informational sections. I anticipate a length of about 95
> pages. It will be distributed in postscript and RTF format on cerebus and
> vorlon.
>
> 2. The atlas and power players things are dead. It's been almost six
> months and only seven people have signed up to do anything, and nothing
> has been seen (and I'm no angel here, either).
>
> 3. The bulk of the people are interested in another Shadowlore-type book,
> where there are many smaller submissions instead of a handful of large
> ones. At least that is the impression I get based on the fact that there
> are some 65+ people on this list and only seven that are submitting.
>
> 4. Someone (I forget who, sorry) proposed making a book specifically
> talking about character creation alternatives and he/she stated that they
> had quite a bit of material already. I don't know if there is enough for
> a seperate publication or if it needs to be part of another book.
> Remember that on Shadowlore I, 500k of material turned into only about
> eighty pages.
>
> -------------------------
>
> Here's my thought:
>
> Cancel NERPS Atlas and NERPS Power Players. If people still want those
> things to be written, they can be included in other publications.
>
> Start NERPS ShadowLore II. Submissions will last until perhaps December
> to give those away for the summer the chance to be part of this.
>
> If there are enough materials for a character creation book (NERPS
> Genesis?), we can run that concurrently, otherwise make it part of
> ShadowLore II.
>
> The mailing list WILL be reset. (ie, everyone is deleted)
> The author-IDs will be reset (ie, you need to get a new one)
> You won't get an ID without promissing something to submit.
>
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>
> What do you think?
>
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Sounds good. You should include the PPlayers and atlas submissions in
lore II. As for CERPS, I have about 75-100k of stuffand currently
working on a few ideas. Id love to see more from you guys,