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Message no. 1
From: Stuart Marsh <sam10@***.AC.UK>
Subject: The future
Date: Wed, 8 Feb 1995 11:41:30 +0000
The idea that in the future shadowrun genre will no longer exist isn't exactly
true. A setting such a babylon 5 for shadowrun or any other future would be
interesting, and coperations will definatley till exist.
A game univers like that found in alien, aliens and alien 3 would be an ideal
setting for 23rd century shadowrunners.

Stuart
aka Cinder
Message no. 2
From: robert frazine <shade@*****.EDU>
Subject: Re: The future
Date: Wed, 8 Feb 1995 09:13:32 -0500
On Wed, 8 Feb 1995, Stuart Marsh wrote:

> The idea that in the future shadowrun genre will no longer exist isn't exactly
> true. A setting such a babylon 5 for shadowrun or any other future would be
> interesting, and coperations will definatley till exist.
> A game univers like that found in alien, aliens and alien 3 would be an ideal
> setting for 23rd century shadowrunners.
>
> Reply from Mr. Mirage:
The illustrious Marc A. Renouf has already done that....we've been
playing for about four years...no orks, dwarves, elves, or trolls. Just
humans and the other aliens....a very cool campaign.


>
Message no. 3
From: Gurth <gurth@******.NL>
Subject: Re: The future
Date: Tue, 1 Jul 1997 11:45:04 +0100
Spike said on 18:00/30 Jun 97...

> As far as I'm concerned, every possible world that could have existed, does.
> It'd be impossible to target one particular world, because there's an
> infinite number, but......

Not that I'm trying to shoot down this idea (time/dimension travel has
always been one of the things I'd like to do if it were possible :) but
that would mean that 99 out of a 100 times you'd end up in a world
that is _exactly_ like the one you left, except for one small matter that
doesn't affect the world. Like whether someone decided to watch TV show A
instead of TV show B one night, or whether he should drink coffee or tea
with his lunch...

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Message no. 4
From: Caric <caric@********.COM>
Subject: Re: The future
Date: Tue, 1 Jul 1997 09:13:05 -0700
| Not that I'm trying to shoot down this idea (time/dimension travel has
| always been one of the things I'd like to do if it were possible :) but
| that would mean that 99 out of a 100 times you'd end up in a world
| that is _exactly_ like the one you left, except for one small matter that
| doesn't affect the world. Like whether someone decided to watch TV show A
| instead of TV show B one night, or whether he should drink coffee or tea
| with his lunch...


Hey now Gurth...if the choice of shows was between Babylon 5 and Blossom
then it COULD be an earth shattering decision. =)


-Caric

"These pretzels are MAKING ME THIRSTY!!!!!"
Message no. 5
From: Spike <u5a77@*****.CS.KEELE.AC.UK>
Subject: Re: The future
Date: Tue, 1 Jul 1997 18:10:48 +0100
|Not that I'm trying to shoot down this idea (time/dimension travel has
|always been one of the things I'd like to do if it were possible :) but
|that would mean that 99 out of a 100 times you'd end up in a world
|that is _exactly_ like the one you left, except for one small matter that
|doesn't affect the world. Like whether someone decided to watch TV show A
|instead of TV show B one night, or whether he should drink coffee or tea
|with his lunch...

Ahhhh, but this is only one possibility. A LOT of worlds will reflect this
one, very closely, but if you think about it, the VAST majority will be
significantly different.

Remember, the further back in time you go, the more significant small
changes might become, and the more changes occur.

(If you think of it from a geological standpoint, an almost infinite number
of alternate earths will have no life, because the chances of that little
chemical reaction of occurring was so infinitesimally small. All the rest
would have life in some form. Some might have had life, but it died off
again.....)

I like to think of it as a tree. All the closer branches are almost
identical to this earth, but the further back in time the branch occurred,
the further away it is from our timeline, and the bigger the differences
will be. Next door, a leaf might have fallen in a different place, while on
the other side of the tree the earth didn't even form.... Or even the sun
for that matter....)

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Message no. 6
From: "Arno R. Lehmann" <arlehma@***.NET>
Subject: Re: The future
Date: Wed, 2 Jul 1997 01:50:15 +0200
On Tue, 1 Jul 1997 11:45:04 +0100, Gurth wrote:

>Spike said on 18:00/30 Jun 97...
>
>> As far as I'm concerned, every possible world that could have existed, does.
>> It'd be impossible to target one particular world, because there's an
>> infinite number, but......
>
>Not that I'm trying to shoot down this idea (time/dimension travel has

Of course you do. In a reality just around the corner :)

>always been one of the things I'd like to do if it were possible :) but
>that would mean that 99 out of a 100 times you'd end up in a world
>that is _exactly_ like the one you left, except for one small matter that
>doesn't affect the world. Like whether someone decided to watch TV show A
>instead of TV show B one night, or whether he should drink coffee or tea
>with his lunch...

...like Gurt did not write this mail ...

Sorry, I know this might start a really idiotic threat, but I just
couldn't resist ...

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Message no. 7
From: GRANITE <granite@**.NET>
Subject: Re: The future
Date: Tue, 1 Jul 1997 23:31:24 -0700
> Hey now Gurth...if the choice of shows was between Babylon 5 and Blossom
> then it COULD be an earth shattering decision. =)

Null contest..Ivanova here I come...
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The Courage To Change The Things I Can,
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Message no. 8
From: Caric <caric@********.COM>
Subject: Re: The future
Date: Wed, 2 Jul 1997 09:02:09 -0700
| > Hey now Gurth...if the choice of shows was between Babylon 5 and
Blossom
| > then it COULD be an earth shattering decision. =)
|
| Null contest..Ivanova here I come...

I would hope not...I don't think that even the actors that were in Blossom
watch it.

:)

-Caric

"These pretzels are MAKING ME THIRSTY!!!!!"
Message no. 9
From: Fade <runefo@***.UIO.NO>
Subject: Re: The future
Date: Thu, 3 Jul 1997 02:51:31 +0000
> | > Hey now Gurth...if the choice of shows was between Babylon 5 and
> Blossom
> | > then it COULD be an earth shattering decision. =)
> |
> | Null contest..Ivanova here I come...
>
> I would hope not...I don't think that even the actors that were in Blossom
> watch it.
>
> :)
BLAAAHHHH!

I'm suffering from withdrawal AND YOU'RE MAKING IT WORSE!!
I'll KILL YOU! AAAAaaahhhhh.....

I'm better now. *sniffle*

Last Sunday TV2 aired the last episode of Babylon 5 they intend to
send. They pulled the plug on it. It's gone. Kaput. Not buying more
epsiodes.

AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHhhhhhhhhhhhh! *gibber*

....



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Fade

"It's better to burn out, than to fade away!"
Message no. 10
From: Spike <u5a77@*****.CS.KEELE.AC.UK>
Subject: Re: The future
Date: Thu, 3 Jul 1997 17:57:34 +0100
|Last Sunday TV2 aired the last episode of Babylon 5 they intend to
|send. They pulled the plug on it. It's gone. Kaput. Not buying more
|epsiodes.
|
|AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHhhhhhhhhhhhh! *gibber*

What are they? MORONS?

Don't they see a big success when it bites them on the ankle?

Well.... Season 4 starts on channel 4 over here this month, so NO SPOILERS!

(And to make things even better, JMS has confirmed that season 5 WILL be
made..... And channel 4 has the option for that as well....)

:)

|Fade
|
|"It's better to burn out, than to fade away!"


<pedantic>

Actually, it's "Better to BURN OUT!, than fade away...."

</pedantic>
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Message no. 11
From: Drekhead <drekhead@***.NET>
Subject: Re: The future
Date: Thu, 3 Jul 1997 13:50:53 +0000
On 3 Jul 97 at 17:57, Spike wrote:

> What are they? MORONS?
>
> Don't they see a big success when it bites them on the ankle?
>
> Well.... Season 4 starts on channel 4 over here this month, so NO SPOILERS!
>
> (And to make things even better, JMS has confirmed that season 5 WILL be
> made..... And channel 4 has the option for that as well....)

I don't know about that, Spike. Babylon 5 was picked up by the TNT
network, one of Ted Turner's outfits. If he does release it to
syndication, he'll probably charge out the ass for it. Few channels
will be willing to his terms, IMHO.

I hate him almost as much as Bill Gates.
But at least I get to finally see Babylon 5 now... :)
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