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From: Mark McLaughlin <mmclaugh@*******.EENG.DCU.IE>
Subject: Re: New SR E-mag
Date: Mon, 2 Dec 1996 11:20:20 -0800
Richard Jury wrote:
>
> Ok..after some posting problems, then my POP server going down for 3 days,
> then my login being invalid, I don't think anything else could go wrong!
> So, here this is, about two weeks after I intended to start.
>
> After thinking about it for awhile, I've decided to go ahead and try to
> produce an E-mag dedicated to Shadowrun. I'm fairly certain that with the
> amount of ideas that this list and other people online come up with, that a
> fairly decent sized magazine each month or every other month can be filled.
> Before I go ahead and officially announce it and such, I'm doing a little
> test run on the list. Basically just a few questions and some space for
> you to bat around ideas for it.
>
> 1. What would you like to see in the mag? (spells, short stories, gear, etc)

Short stories.

> 2. Could you be a regular contributer to the mag?

I could indeed...

> 3. What format do you want it in? From the people I've already talked to,
> Rich Text format and plain ascii text are preferred.

ascii is probably the handiest.
> 4. Would you like a smaller issue every month or a slightly larger issue
> every 2 months?

every month

> 5. And the final question...What should we name it? I've kind of discarded
> suggestions that included Shadow or Shadowrun in the name. The only one I
> really have considered so far is 'The Immortal Elf'.

"Black Seed" [hey it sounded good at the time!]

>
> General replies and such should go to the list, anything long or complex
> should go straight to me, fro@***.ab.ca
>
> Thanks!
> Fro

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