From:	Lady Jestyr <jestyr@*******.DIALIX.COM.AU>
Subject:	Re: Do you all jump to conclusions, or is it just for me? (long)
Date:	Tue, 12 May 1998 08:15:35 +1000

> Hmmm...When I sent this I was agrivated (and get more so the more I read)
> and couldn't think of the correct wording ... By valid I mean 1) in
> keeping with the spirit of SR and 2) at all feasable. Perhaps it would
> have been better if I worded this differently ... perhaps an inapropriate
> post? sound better?

I think I`ll leap in here... I think the problem quite a lot of people
have with the Chunk-Launcher is that it seems a trifle... well, *silly*
for an SR game. Somehow it seems more appropriate to Paranoia. And I
think that`s colouring the attitudes of some responses.

That said, I think your Chunk-Launcher will definitely work... it will,
indeed, rip lumps of flesh off your body and hurl them in a
predetermined direction.

It just probably won`t do any damage to astral presences within the line
of fire, that`s all.

> uncharactistically munchkinous with ... anyway, Roleplaying is an
> integral part of the definition of a munchkin therefore a shapeshifter is
> not inherently munchkinous ... players who roleplay Shapers poorly can

Whoa - hold on here. `Munchkin` means a lot of different stuff to a lot
of different people. To some it refers to the hack-and-slash combat god
who has no interest in (or ability to) RP, to others it refers to the
`my character can do everything better/faster/stronger than you, *and* I
did it with less build points` mentality. I tend to subscribe to the
latter point of view of munchkins myself, but that`s irrelevant. Just
remember - one man`s munchkin is another group`s dream character...

As an example, *I personally* think Barbie`s character was a trifle
munchkinish (though I hear she`s... changed... a bit lately ;) - but
then, my fave rigger/sorceror adept character has been called munchy too
(merely because she did more than one thing, IRRC...) and it didn`t kill
me.

Remember, other people`s attitudes to your game are just that - other
people`s attitudes. If it bothers you, don`t listen to `em.

Lady Jestyr

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