From:	Schizi@***.com Schizi@***.com
Subject:	What next? (Was Re: SR Narrowing of focus)
Date:	Mon, 16 Aug 1999 20:31:13 EDT

In a message dated 8/16/99 4:44:13 AM Eastern Daylight Time, bull@*******.net
writes:

> Now, this kind of touches on something Twist griped about during one of the
> several threads covering this subject at the moment, and that is "The GM
> needs Atmopsphere Books to be able to run the game". Pardon my french, and
> no pun intended here, but BULLSHIT. That's an inability on someone's part
> to adapt and be creative, someone who wants the work done for them.

As I have said before; most GMs will through their own touchs in (hopefully)
but a lot of GMs do not have the <time/inclination/imagination> to come up
with their own adventures. In many ways, we pay FASA to do that work for us.
For Instance; many people use SR1 or 2 or a smattering of whatever they
want, others just keep going with teh storyline, adding touches in varying
amounts. If FASA does not provide the material and the GMs make everything up
themselves, then they don't sell much.
So, the atmosphere books ("lifestyle") are useful to a wide variety of
people. :-)