From:	Josh strago@***.com
Subject:	Getting Nasty to Your Players (WAS: Re: The Friggin'
Date:	Tue, 31 Aug 1999 21:24:42 -0400

IronRaven wrote:

> At 18.29 08-31-99 -0400, you wrote:
> >who he has kidnapped, I'm willing to bet 9 out of 10 sinless in shadowrun
> >(out of realism of course) will take that offer.
>
> <SNIP derogatory remarks by IronRaven towards shadowruners>

OK, I've sat here and read everything said by both sides, as well as the
attack on Lady Jestyr after she TRIED to solve the problem rationally. Now my
group is one in which we just "blow shit up" (to quote Lady Jestyr) so we don't
deal with role-playing issues. But that doesn't mean that we are immature just
because we choose to let our "fun" look like a John Woo action movie. It also
doesn't mean that those who choose to let their "fun" mean roleplaying are
stuffy old fogeys. Why do I bring up this comparison? Because those who
choose to 'expand their horizons' through roleplaying traumatic events (even
those which are morally despicable) are just trying to deepen the "fun" of
roleplaying. You might not like that. I wouldn't like that. But they are NOT
depraved because they are doing what they would like to do.
What is roleplaying? Taking on a role. It's all just degrees of how far one
would like to go.
To quote my favorite wrestler, "That's the bottom line 'cuz Stone Cold
said so!"


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