Re: Re: Requesting Other GM's Opinions
Ray Setzer <[email protected]> Thu, 19 Jul 2007 16:32:21 -0500
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--zoKFsuISiwY7HNRyOj5jZ2u0nyEJkfQwp-7Pouo Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Yes, we are in the middle of a gunboat game there. [email protected] wrote: > Ray is still active in the ACD (or, as I prefer to think of it, "Dip-Valhalla"), along with many others who do not play anymore in Cat-23. Not that everything is perfect in the ACD either! :^) > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: Adam Kuehn > Date: Thursday, July 19, 2007 3:14 pm > Subject: RE: [CAT23-GM] Re: Requesting Other GM's Opinions > To: [email protected] > >> Ray Setzer wrote: >> >>> It used to be hilarious and busy as heck. Every stab got even >>> more letter flowing back and forth. Now, decline to give one >>> support and they put you on the do not call list. >>> >>> Press used to be common as cicada's in August. People would >>> take on a fake persona and start needling each other. >>> >>> Its just not fun anymore. >> But it could be again, Ray. We need the old far... ah, >> greybear... ah, >> veteran players to come back and teach the world how it is done! >> Show the >> world how to take a stab and dish one out again! Show the world >> how you >> laugh in the face of danger! Show the world how you can die >> with the best >> of 'em! (We want you back, but of course we don't want you to win.) >> >> Get in there and tell 'em how to have fun again, Ray. Get off >> this porch >> and DO something with your life! [insert stirring music here] >> >> Are you convinced, yet? >> >> -Adam >> >> > > --David E. Cohen > > My Diplomacy web site: http://diplomiscellany.tripod.com/. > > Tired of playing against untalented players with no dedication to the game? Talk to me about membership in the Academy of Creative Destruction. More information on the group may be found at http://www3.sympatico.ca/m_strose/ACD/ACD_main.html. > > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] > > > > Community email addresses: > Post message: [email protected] > Subscribe: [email protected] > Unsubscribe: [email protected] > List owner: [email protected] > > Shortcut URL to this page: > http://www.onelist.com/community/CAT23-GM > Yahoo! Groups Links > > > --zoKFsuISiwY7HNRyOj5jZ2u0nyEJkfQwp-7Pouo Content-Type: text/html; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit <!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/html4/strict.dtd"> <html> <head> </head> <!-- Network content --> <body style="background-color: #ffffff;"> <!--~-|**|PrettyHtmlStartT|**|-~--> <div id="ygrp-mlmsg" style="width:655px; position:relative;"> <div id="ygrp-msg" style="width: 490px; padding: 0 15px 0 0; float:left; z-index:1;"> <!--~-|**|PrettyHtmlEndT|**|-~--> <div id="ygrp-text"> <p>Yes, we are in the middle of a gunboat game there.<br> <br> <a href="mailto:zendip18%40optonline.net">zendip18@optonline.<wbr>net</a> wrote:<br> > Ray is still active in the ACD (or, as I prefer to think of it, "Dip-Valhalla"<wbr>), along with many others who do not play anymore in Cat-23. Not that everything is perfect in the ACD either! :^)<br> > <br> > ----- Original Message -----<br> > From: Adam Kuehn <br> > Date: Thursday, July 19, 2007 3:14 pm<br> > Subject: RE: [CAT23-GM] Re: Requesting Other GM's Opinions<br> > To: <a href="mailto:CAT23-GM%40yahoogroups.com">CAT23-GM@yahoogroup<wbr>s.com</a><br> > <br> >> Ray Setzer wrote:<br> >><br> >>> It used to be hilarious and busy as heck. Every stab got even <br> >>> more letter flowing back and forth. Now, decline to give one <br> >>> support and they put you on the do not call list.<br> >>><br> >>> Press used to be common as cicada's in August. People would <br> >>> take on a fake persona and start needling each other.<br> >>><br> >>> Its just not fun anymore.<br> >> But it could be again, Ray. We need the old far... ah, <br> >> greybear... ah,<br> >> veteran players to come back and teach the world how it is done! <br> >> Show the<br> >> world how to take a stab and dish one out again! Show the world <br> >> how you<br> >> laugh in the face of danger! Show the world how you can die <br> >> with the best<br> >> of 'em! (We want you back, but of course we don't want you to win.)<br> >><br> >> Get in there and tell 'em how to have fun again, Ray. Get off <br> >> this porch<br> >> and DO something with your life! [insert stirring music here]<br> >><br> >> Are you convinced, yet?<br> >><br> >> -Adam<br> >><br> >><br> > <br> > --David E. Cohen<br> > <br> > My Diplomacy web site: <a href="http://diplomiscellany.tripod.com/.">http://diplomiscell<wbr>any.tripod.<wbr>com/.</a> <br> > <br> > Tired of playing against untalented players with no dedication to the game? Talk to me about membership in the Academy of Creative Destruction. 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