From:	Peter Bailey <pbailey@*****.IPSWICHCITY.QLD.GOV.AU>
Subject:	Re: Oops! runs.
Date:	Mon, 11 Sep 1995 22:06:52 +0200

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Hi Charles,

> > player turns to GM and says "Ok, I'm looking around the room for a =
chip."
> > GM (amid gales of laughter); "You see hundreds of them lying round =
loose
> > inside the booths beyond the counter. All of them plain black."
> > Sammy player; "Oops."
>
> What about the labels? The people who are using the chips for someth=
ing
> tend to get real bothered when they have to slot and scan hundreds of
> chips for the one they need. Just because it's a good chance to scre=
w
> over the players for not totally overpreparing doesn't mean it's prac=
tical...
> or realistic.

They learned later (After interrogating a guy who was working back) tha=
t
the chips id themselves when waved at the monitor. The chip name comes =
up
on the screen. :-) I'm not a complete bastard. I did want to make them
sweat though. Besides, the chips in the booths were all programs that w=
ere
still in work. The finished product chips were stored in the production
manager's safe. That made their life much easier when they found that o=
ut.

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