I am announcing my plans to create a second Traveller Mailing List.
TNE, for good or ill, has caused a deep division in Traveller gamers. A
large number of very productive TMLers have dropped off the list as the
TNE material (most specifically, the TNE setting) have made TML no
longer interesting to them.
These people feel they no longer have a forum where they can discuss
Traveller topics of interest to them. We've lost a lot of creative and
interesting people. This represents a loss of valuable talent to the
game and a loss to the TML community.
This is a behavior similar to when people unsubscribe from a newsgroup
when the "signal-to-noise ratio" grows too small. When this happens,
often an enterprising individual suggests that the newsgroup be enhanced
by division into different topical areas.
So, I am announcing my intention (again, for good or ill) to create a
topical sublist disjoint from (but related to) TML. This list will exist
to discuss the Imperium in the Classic and Rebellion period. It will
focus on the black book and MegaTraveller environment. It will not be a
totally TNE-free zone. Depending on initial response, application of TNE
rules to the Classic and Rebellion settings may be tolerated.
I have not yet decided on a name for this sublist. Nor am I taking
subscriptions for it at this time. The TML, however, will be the first
to know when the mechanisms are ready.
Please spread the word. Let disaffected former TML subscribers know that
this is in the works.
James Perkins