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From: lomion lomion@*********.escnd1.sdca.home.com
Subject: List Discussion (was Re: Realism)
Date: Tue, 28 Sep 1999 13:16:45 -0700
At 04:18 PM 9/28/99 -0400, you wrote:
>Wildfire wrote:
>
> > Dave Mowbray wrote:
> > <snip incedianary device>
> >
> > Yes, it's been hashed over serveral times which degraded into screaming
> matches
> > and GridSecs having to step in. There's a whole lot about the subject
> on the
> > Archives at www.jackpoint.com, IIRC.
> >
> > Wildfire
>
> However, if everyone who involves themselves keeps their tempers
> under control,
>I believe that this has the possibility to be a discussion relevant to the way
>Shadowrun is played. As a member of Dave Mowbray's group (and one of those who
>sometimes scream, but by no means the worst), I think that this is one of
>the areas
>where the group determines the style of play. In our group, some want the
>games to
>be action movies, with themselves in the roles of the stars (and try to
>drag the GM
>and others towards that goal), while others want the game to be more
>cerebral, and
>still others have their own style which no one on earth can determine.

I agree here, it depends on the group. I've been in both types of
campaigns and each has there merits, i admit i prefer more cinematic stuff
since it has that certain flair.


>How much wood could a woodchuck chuck if a woodchuck could chuck wood?

4.7869 lbs per hours, if daylight savings is in effect.

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