> ... or why the neo-Traveller designers at GDW should be smeared with
> bacon drippings and thrown in a weasel pen.
>
Mark makes a very correct (if somewhat heated) treatise of why a "computer
virus" never could achieve the aims of GDW. This article reminds me of nothing
else than a physicist fuming about how a fusion gun (as in Trav/MT) could never
work, or how FTL violates relativity! Just as a conveniently disregards their
opinions, I would disregard Mark's.
As a computer scientist, I would be very careful about saying what could and
what could not be done at the TL 15-16-17 region. Going even higher in the TLs,
I just defines this as 'magic', and who knows, maybe the perpetrator (the
Emperor?) has access to some fancy artifacts? Of cause, with 'magic' anything
is possible.
About Neo-Traveller in general:
Actually, I'm thrilled about the revision. I never liked MegaTraveller, and
have never bought a single MegaTraveller product (except Challenge). Frankly,
I hated the box art, and could never get in the mood for the very chaotic
Shattered Imperium. When the errata appeared on TML, I resolved to stay with
my classic set.
But from what I have read here on TML (forwarded from Genie), I think that
GDW is serious this time. But they DO need to do something about their proof-
reading department.
Yngve
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