David Johnson:
>Now, please, Mark (and others), let's not have more argument
>about our arguments about a new list. Just take me up on my
>challenge and start posting all that pre-TNE stuff to the TML.
>You don't even have to wait until June 1st - get that
>`signal-to-noise' ratio up *now* because every bit of bandwidth
>that's wasted arguing against me instead of being pre-TNE posts
>just makes my case and argues against a separate list.
I was initially for the idea of a pre-Virus list... because I was
hoping that all those discussions about the Imperial background,
equipment, places, amber zones, etc. would come back. I don't
give 0.02 credits for the RCES, and the only use I have for the
Regency stuff is for filling in holes in the c. 1112 Domain of
Deneb area. The Earth Colonies stuff is fascinating, but I'm not
sure yet what I'll do with it.
...but a pre-Virus TML is pointless if nobody posts on it. I
think David has a point; is anyone still interested in DISCUSSING
the era besides me? I have stuff I could have posted, but I
sensed an underwhelming amount of interest in pre-Virus material
-- all the posts were about TNE gun designs, Regency politics,
RCES politics, etc, etc, etc. I once issued an appeal for TNE
ship designs from the TML's famous ship designers (that's you,
Scott and Robert!), and saw nothing posted in return.
I say pre-Virus list, because like someone else here, I like the
TNE rules, but despise the background. I'd like to be able to
discuss Pre-Virus and alternate history backgrounds, but using TNE
rules,too. Am I just whistling Dixie? Or is there a chance of
this happening?
-- Cynthia Higginbotham
"Q: What is the difference between the BATF and the Gestapo?"
"A: BATF agents speak English."