Matt "Seems to be Defending TNE alot" Goodman says:
>I don't see the large amount of background info going away: it just
>has evolved.
and
>I think the Virus is pretty original. I also fail to see how a major
>evolution in the setting as lack of originality.
Matt, If it seems your defending TNE a lot, you are. THIS IS NOT BAD! Indeed,
the universe of Traveller can support many flavors of gaming, and TNE joins the
ranks as one of them. However, the flavor of TNE is not one that I
particularly like. Criticisims are not necessarilly attacks, and I hope we on
the TML are advanced enough to realize the difference. Your defense is the
other side of the discussion, which I thank you for. Its just that TNE gives
me the willies! It just feels more like T:2000 and Warhammer40K than Traveller.
Dont get me wrong, I hope TNE sells like Milk-Bones on Lair, if, perhaps, only
to keep GDW alive. GDW ranks as one of the five great gaming companies ever.
I also hope that TNE brings in more new Traveller players who might end up
exploring the different universes of Traveller (Classic and Mega) that we know
and love, universes that are more representative of the 'soul' of Traveller.
I do feel that the planetary societies in TNE couldnt have evolved in the
70-some years after the Zap. Two, three centuries, yes, but not this quick.
This major evolution in the setting consists of destroying all that has been
built before. You dont have to be original to be destructive.
>I still don't get what you guys are all upset about: if you want to
>do Classic Traveller, set it in Deneb or the Hive Federation. The
>setting hasn't been trashed, it's evolved.
The Traveller universe didnt have a chance to evolve. The Virus killed it.
I for one, will not be happy contained in a 'preserve'.
Its evolved into a lifeless parody of what it was. If I want to do Classic
Traveller, I'll do Clasic Traveller and use my TNE book as a doorstop (which is
about what its doing now). The TNE Domain is not the Domain we grew up in.
Unlike real life, I CAN go home again in Traveller. TNE is too depressing to
ever WANT to go home. In response, I'll say:"if you want to do TNE, set it in
some gorforsaken unchartered sector and leave our Imperium alone. The setting
doesnt have to be trashed, let it evolve." Our Imperium is not the Imperium of
GDW.
As for the buttered bread, cats, and spaceships, WOW! :-) This makes much more
sense that the antigrav>contragrav change in TNE.
-Vanya
"There's three of us, -Az Duoth, Vargr corsair,
so we'll need two spoons." ordering desert with his two
(ahem)'dinner companions.'
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