[Torg] What a tech 23/24 diamond shop is like

[Benjamin Grant]

Curious:  apart from the conversations I initiate, the bulk of the traffic
on this list is more like this:  usually short bite sized comments or
suggestions for addons, or game content, or stuff in the world that reminds
one of Torg...  there's nothing wrong with that, of course, but come to
think of it, it does appear that whenever the deeper discussions of the
*philosophy* of the game design vis-à-vis Torg comes up, that one either
gets no replies, or extremely defensive, even outright hostile ones.
Although the lurkers may in fact have a different opinion, perhaps it is
simply true that the few vocal posters, apart from myself, are
uncomfortable, defensive, offended, or some such reaction to even exploring
ideas that challenge or modify core Torg ideas or systems - or even ones
that examine them closely.

I hope to be proven wrong, but that appears to be the state of things.

Here's where I am incorrigible - even though I may be right, I will probably
still post the deeper thoughts and the fundamental explorations of the game
and ways to play it, think about, and modify it even if I have little chance
to get the interchange I would hope for.  After all, even if my questions
and ideas go and remain unaddressed, they still are out there for both the
non-vocal lurkers and in the archives for posterity.

*shrug*

I guess that's fine. :)

-Benn Grant
eFix Computer Consulting
benn at 4eFix.com
603.283.6601


> -----Original Message-----
> From: torg-bounces at justintimeadventures.com [mailto:torg-
> bounces at justintimeadventures.com] On Behalf Of Stephen John Smoogen
> Sent: Thursday, March 12, 2009 11:22 AM
> To: torg at justintimeadventures.com
> Subject: [Torg] What a tech 23/24 diamond shop is like
> 
> http://www.wired.com/politics/law/magazine/17-04/ff_diamonds
> 
> Next time you want to get your players into and out of a realistic
> high security safe area.
> 
> --
> Stephen J Smoogen. -- BSD/GNU/Linux
> How far that little candle throws his beams! So shines a good deed
> in a naughty world. = Shakespeare. "The Merchant of Venice"
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