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From: ColinForbes <timewyrm@suilven.demon.co.uk>
Woah! Major flame by Mike Elliott...
Ok some pionts i will make
1/you got rid of not being able to just do nothing.(as i prefered to do)
the reason you gave for this was that and i quote
"it will stop people missing a go to stay in the game"
so giving them 10,000 gold will not?
If you'rte referring to Harlequin getting rid of the SS turn, this was
done for some very good reasons, namely people could use it to abuse the
game system. Whilst in an idea world the game program could have been
adapted to get round this problem, that means the American programmers
doing something, so let's not hold our breath! Harlequin had to deal
with the situation as it stood and did the only thing that could
reasonably be done.
Likewise giving 10,000 gold is also less than ideal, but let's have a
discussion of this in a polite manner shall we?
I think the piont I made was valid and i do not think this is rude,a rule
was changed for a
given reason thats fine!
To then actually give someone 10000 gold for doing nothing seems to me to
defeat the whole object
2/you have ACCUSSED me players of not being intrested in this discussion
i seem to remember submitting my piont of view a long time ago ,it will
be more trouble than its worth!
I don't think any names were mentioned, so no-one was accused. So few
GM's take the time and trouble to involve players in this manner, that
any such attempt should surely be applauded, not dealt with in the tone
you are employing!
Personally i do not like to open game material to find the people we pay
for playing in their games having a go at us for not contributing,once is
fine
but it has happened several times.If you read other peoples e-mails i think
you
would find they did not like it either!
however to be fair i offered and sent in a 1st turn for Easterling
i was thanked(at least in my dreams)
told this was useful (now I am in fairy land)
and told dispite the extra work harlequin would make sure that all first
turns missed by the easterlings
would conform to my formula.<Mianiacal laughter>
so as to apathetic............................................
Remove the plank from your own eye,before trying to remove the spec of
dust from another's
Quote from some good book or other.
Huh?
You sent in an Easterling first turn - good!
Harlequin said they'd use it - good!
So what's the problem?
You then came up with a vast list of suggestions, mostly along the lines
of "if... then..."
Namely:-
1/most nations will need to sell so at least one natsell should
be made!
How do Harlequin decide what to sell? You can't ask them to write the
turn for you! Better to be given 10000 gold instead.
well if they cannot decide what to sell why not go back to the old system
at least someone does not gain money!
however clints suggestions seemed similar he did not seem to think this
could not be done!
2/any emissary in free space should create a camp 45 and then mov to
adjacent free space 10
How do Harlequin know which adjacent space is free? They can't spend all
the time looking at the program data or your turn to find this out.
Fine if its to much work for the GM,s thats a valid criticism.
is this to much?
3/Mages should pren magy if in own pop center 40.
I'd question whether this could be programmed and besides Clint
specifically asked for suggestions that did not include programming -
they can't do that sort of thing!!!!
that seems to be what he did say read his e-mail to this site?
4/Mages in hostile pop center should move towards your nearest pop center
using spell if possible 40
See above.
DItto
11/agents in own popcenter should guard char highest ranked if none
present then grdloc.
Another if, or one. Not possible as I understand it without substantial
GM work (unfair) or programming (impossible).
I am no expert on programming but i did not think it would be to hard
we could always ask those nice peopl at eds
there you go a few ideas and a general starting piont
thank you very much for.................
never mind
mike
... and thank you for displaying such a silly attitude.
I will refer you to a piont you made earlier quote
but let's have a
discussion of this in a polite manner shall we?
Now let's get on with a serious discussion shall we?
Hmmm
did you read clints suggestions
mike