James, our august TML administrator, writes:
> That familiar flash of color
>in the tree tops, or the odd squawk and squabble in the underbrush, is
>conspicuous in its absence.
Yeah, that sounds like the oldtimers I've known. Especially the
squawking and squabbling!
I think that it's too bad that some of the long time Traveller players,
most recently Nick Sylvain, have found TNE so annoying that they've
gone away. Nick has always had something useful to say, as have many
of the other "oldtimers" on the TML who are no longer around.
I have problems with some things about TNE, too. Some of them fairly
major. But heck, I had problems with "Classic" Traveller, some of
them major as well. As anyone who ever tried to run the old adventure
"Research Station Gamma" knows, sometimes you just have to wing it.
And if something is too broken to use (like the MT "Frightning Ships"
supplement) then you don't buy it. Some people would say TNE falls
into this category. Their choice. (Some people are sick of new
rules sets. No problem there!) Besides, I loathe GURPS. :)
So I guess I'll be around for a while. Of course, I reserve the right
to flee at will if things get too brain-dead. Doesn't look like that
quite yet, though. After all, DGP could have *published* that awful
"Baddies From The Core" outline from MTJ #4! (Concept ok. The
implementation outlined, no.)
Steve Bonneville
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Traveller Player Since (About) Second Edition _High Guard_
(circa 1980 for the "Why *second* edition?" (newcomer) crowd....)
!!! *That* long?! Yikes, sometimes I scare myself!