From:	Ryan W. Bolduan emeottrw@***.umn.edu
Subject:	T-shirt time! - Lets get to Voting!
Date:	Mon, 22 Mar 1999 12:46:55 -0600 (CST)

> > My question is the BABY# negotiable? I am interested in the shirt, but
> > never had the chance to get a copy (no GenCon for me, and I didn't get
> > online the morning they were sold out). As a result, I doubt I will ever
> > have a copy, and thus no number to put by the name. I don't know if any
> > other list members are in this boat, but I know I am.
> >
> I'm sure that you're not alone in missing out on getting a BABY, but
> for those that have one, it's a mark of pride - a testimony to
> (warning of) to our devotion to (obsession with) the genius that is
> Shadowrun (a game)!
>
> In short, I'm proud that I spent a couple of hours on FASA's web site;
> having the server crash every few minutes, hacking the URL so I could
> fill out the form early so I wouldn't have to worry about typing so
> quickly that I'd screw up my mailing address or CC#... *sigh*
>

You may be proud of your achievement, but it doesn't make me any less
devoted to Shadowrun. I try (albeit not very well) to maintain a web
page, I buy every product put out (and try to get those that are no longer
out), and I run a very serious campaign. Heck, I even try to actually
read all the posts to Shadowrn (and sometimes don't get my work done
because of it).

As you can see just because I don't have a BABY doesn't mean I am any less
devoted. I couldn't get to GenCon (no vacation at the time), and I
couldn't get online to get a copy (because of the connection at work, and
no home computer). I wish I had been able to, and I too would be rather
happy, but it just wasn't a possibility.

I guess what I'm trying to say is that you may be very proud of your BABY,
but that still doesn't mean that there are others out there in the same
boat I'm in that weren't able to get online, and are just as dedicated.
The names is a great idea and I would be happy to have it on the shirt,
but I just don't see why putting your BABY# is needed (especially since it
will alienate some list members that couldn't get a copy).

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Ryan Bolduan emeottrw@***.mrs.umn.edu
http://cda.mrs.umn.edu/~emeottrw

A person concerned with such important matters as I, need not, and should
not, attend to spelling.
--Napolean
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