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From: James Paulsen <lowfyr@***********.COM>
Subject: Re: Runner's Attitudes
Date: Fri, 4 Jul 1997 12:17:04 -0500
TopCat wrote:
>
> At 03:25 PM 7/2/97 -0005, you wrote:
> >On 1 Jul 97 at 20:50, TopCat wrote:
>
> >You've criticized everything Paul had to say from the
> >start, and been none to polite in how you went about it.
>
> I may've not been polite, but I've been correct and quite clear. Paul and yourself
have been none of the three.
>

At the beginning I thought this thread was very cool. It included valid
and well thought out arguments from both sides and got me thinking about
how I might handle this in my game. To me this is the ideal I look for
in a mailing list, especially this one.

But now it has turned into a mean-spirited, arrogance-filled, wanker
waving, pissing contest that has virtually nothing to do with the
subject heading. How can one argue about a FICTIONAL future where
megacorporations rule a world filled with magic, orks, trolls, dragons
etc?

My long-winded point is that everybody has a style of GMing and if that
style includes hunting down the team and killing them after a run on a
megacorp, (not my cup of tea)cool. If not, just as cool. But remember
it's YOUR game. I get a little insensed when people try to tell me
"that's the way it is." It's my world I'll do exactly what I want with
it, end of story (though the players may not like it :)

Pretty-please take the flames to private mail.

Now ring the bell and get back to your corners before someone loses an
ear ;)

The Formerly Silent Jim (who-can't-believe-he-posted-this)

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