I'd also be interested in that stuff to. At 10:45 p.m. 10/12/2008, you wrote: >Hi Tom. > >That folder of starwars stuff would be fantastic! I'd especially like to find >out what happens betwene the films, ---- how the rebellion moved from Yavin to >Hoth, what were the repercussions in the empire to the destruction of alderan >and the princess officially joining the rebellion, how long was Han frozen in >carbonite, and what happened with chubaka's attempt to rescue Han from Jaba >earlier? > >I could go on, but you get the picture. > >Character backstory and methodology is entirely important. even in Sryth, >Ekitrina is a verry defigned character with her own backstory, ---- which I'm >actually now wanting to finish writing up (it's almost done, just a couple of >chapters left), and I try to pick the action choices in the game which most >reflect her character. > >Larp wise, ---- live action role play, I actually have a fair few friends >involved in that type of thing, and the only reason I don't is that running >through woods with a sword would be slightly problematic for me. I have >however had several people asking me to take my accordian, ---- or just sing, >and go and play a bard. > >It's actually the setting thing that causes me to lose patience with the vast >majority of text rpgs on the net, which seem more concerned with stats and pvp >than the actual story of the game. > >I also admit I personally am more interested in exploring the world and the >story set out in quests than basic rping with other people in online games >like Hollow, where your characters actions don't really effect things at large >veyr much, ---- you just chat to other characters and exchange backstory. For >me finding out about the world and a more complex story is a big part of the >fun of such things, ----- even in our mutants game, the gm has a distinct >story he's telling, with many character connections and complexities, ---- >some related to character's backstories and actions in the game, some not. > >For instance, one of our characters is playing a superhero who gained her >powers by being a changeling child with a fairy. We're now however having >horrible shinanigans with the fay she was changed with, who A, wants to kill >her, and B, is the princess of one of the fairy courts, ----- with the other >fairy court trying to assassinate her on earth (neutral teretory), and so >start a war in arcadia which will also spill over into freedom city (the >newyork esque place we're supposedly the super heroe guardians of). > >Yes, our game gets complicated! > >Anyway, I'm also wondering if you happen to have checked out the Chronicles of >Arborell. it's an attempt to create online an entire world and setting with >gamebooks, historical naratives, short stories and many other peices of >writing, ----- you can even learn the elder tungue of arborell which comes >into play in the gamebooks. > >The writine is also exceptional. That's one reason I've been so into promoting >the site, ---- that and the Gm's very nice accessibility changes, it's a truly >fantastic undertaking that has so much more to it than the bog standard run >around in generic fantasy world pounding monsters (he's also apparently going >to publish his own tabletop rules at some point). > >Beware the Grue! > >Dark. > >--- >Gamers mailing list __ [email protected] >If you want to leave the list, send E-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] >You can make changes or update your subscription via the web, at >http://audyssey.org/mailman/listinfo/gamers_audyssey.org. >All messages are archived and can be searched and read at >http://www.mail-archive.com/[EMAIL PROTECTED] >If you have any questions or concerns regarding the management of the list, >please send E-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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