To John Bogan (and undoubtably others):
I apologize for the tone of my comments in that message you quoted. It's
just that if I came on here saying "Classic Traveller Bites" (which it most
emphatically does NOT) every three posts, people would be annoyed. I get very
annoyed at the continual griping about TNE. Yes, the background has some areas
where science goes out the window. And I realize that, unlike myself, there
are people who care about these things. I guess I will just have to accept
that the TML is going to continue to be filled with this complaining for some
time to come. And yes, I WOULD like to see GDW correct some of these errors.
I have the feeling that as long as people keep coming off with the "you idiots
screwed up" attitude, they won't. Human pride is a funny thing. Mine led to a
more emphatic post than I probably should have written. Sorry.
I had a great time running CT tonight, by the way. One thing which I do
agree with the anti-TNE crowd on is that the systems in TNE are more "wargamey"
than the original. I try to simplify things where possible, and put a CT-like
emphasis on the scenarios I run. I WILL say that my opinions regarding the
Reformation Coalition were fomulated from reading the very same material in the
TNE rulebook and Survival Margin that you referred to. Proof, I guess, that two
people can read the same work and see it two very different ways.
I'm going to bow out of the TNE vs. CT wars at this point, because I enjoy
them both.
Allen (and it definitley IS Allen...) Shock