From:	Tom Pendergrast <pendergr@***.EDU>
Subject:	Re: gaming philosophies
Date:	Fri, 10 May 1996 14:26:48 -0700 (PDT)

> Sure,writing out a complete curriculum vitae is not strictly necessary for a
> player.I do insist however that a player tells me exactly what his character
> did up to the point where we begin gaming.There are players who will remember
> their character's background like their own.

((YEah yeah yEAh!! Me tOo!! I'll get to the pont with some of my char's
where I remember as much of their life as it seems I do mine... now
that's not as extreme as it sounds... and it makes for great gaming...

> I've even had one or two players
> who developed really colourful backgrounds so deeply involved with the SR
> game-world that they were a positive enhancement for my campaign.
> Types like that are rare however.

((yuP! wE bE fEw AnD fAr BeTwEen... heh heh heh..one of my old chars (my
really badass one) had a background that went, in detail, from high
school to the pont he started 'running... including his previous
employment ( Ares KE ), and the things that I had weren't just 'went to
high school', 'worked as a security guard' things, they were very
detailed like "Worked at Ares, eventually working for KE... began
designing SS in ... " etc...etc.. I could go on but there is more than I
could begin to type... the more detailed and 'into' the game world you
het (SRII or otherwise) the more of a feel for the game you get, and it
becomes much more fun...))


---Tom---