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7798
O.K., was doing my usual wierd habit of scanning down the ads in the "Players looking for a game" section of PBeM.com and saw an unusual 2 parter. It's titled...
Gregory Griffiths
rynok
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Mar 26, 2005
8:05 am
7799
Whoa... Y!groups has changed since a week or so ago when I was last here... *lol* I've got to agree with the bad rap a lot of decent GM's get when it's player...
bebe_the_amazing_pit_...
bebe_the_ama...
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Mar 26, 2005
3:07 pm
7800
... Yeah, apparently they changed it to the new setup a couple of days ago. I'm also on an e-mail list managers Y!groups list, and it's causing quite the ...
Gregory Griffiths
rynok
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Mar 26, 2005
7:08 pm
7801
Well I can slightly understand why, considering they don't even have "Next" and "Previous" set up properly. "Next" takes you to the post prceeding and...
Mikel
lord_mikel_j
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Mar 26, 2005
7:49 pm
7802
Yeah, I've noticed the changes, too. They seem to be universally disliked. :P Shannon...
Shannon
illandaria
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Mar 26, 2005
7:55 pm
7803
I noticed that. ;) -b. ... From: Mikel [mailto:LordMikel@...] Sent: Saturday, March 26, 2005 1:49 PM To: freeform_GMs@yahoogroups.com Subject:...
b.l.imai
bebe_the_ama...
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Mar 26, 2005
10:52 pm
7804
Hi, and welcome! (Ya, I know, I'm all behind the times and stuff. *lol*) I bought a book recently called 20 Master Plots and How to build them. These are the...
b.l.imai
bebe_the_ama...
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Mar 26, 2005
11:10 pm
7805
What's nifty is when you can work in more than one of those plots at the same time. ;) Shannon ... -- "Any endeavor is considered art when rendered with...
Shannon
illandaria
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Mar 26, 2005
11:13 pm
7806
And what's really, really nifty is when you've got like 5 plots going on at once and at least 4 of them ARE NOT love. *roflmao* -b. ... the ... *lol*) ... ...
bebe_the_amazing_pit_...
bebe_the_ama...
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Mar 27, 2005
12:51 am
7807
Your Name: Anne E-Mail: galicia_weyr@... ICQ/AIM: (optional) weyrwoman_kyra (Yahoo) Birthday: (optional) How long have you been playing RPGs online? 9...
Anne Herron
galicia_weyr
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Mar 29, 2005
11:19 pm
7808
First welcome. Always nice to get fresh blood. It's always the tastiest. :) Second. How to keep a game going. We've touched on this before but it is...
Mikel
lord_mikel_j
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Mar 30, 2005
2:53 am
7809
Did you also notice that they have conveniently placed "Remove Author" and "Ban author" buttons on every post. Can I push one? :) Mikel...
Mikel
lord_mikel_j
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Mar 30, 2005
2:54 am
7810
Hehe not on this list. ;-) Shannon ... -- "Any endeavor is considered art when rendered with conviction." Charles de Lint...
Shannon
illandaria
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Mar 30, 2005
2:56 am
7811
Didn't see that... but yesterday I was trying to join this group for freecycle in my area (it's like recycling but you give your crap to other people for free)...
b.l.imai
bebe_the_ama...
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Mar 30, 2005
3:01 am
7812
I've seen that option before on other groups. I sort of like it, even if it is inconvenient and a little petentious. It's better than the stupid anti-spam...
Shannon
illandaria
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Mar 30, 2005
3:08 am
7813
Welcome to the list! When I started my first game, I was wondering that same thing - how do I keep it going? Hell, how do I even start it? I don't know if what...
b.l.imai
bebe_the_ama...
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Mar 30, 2005
3:11 am
7814
Also? I like how I've got a little crown now. I'm the Queen of Everything!! Whee!! *lol* -b. ... Author" ... have ... post...
bebe_the_amazing_pit_...
bebe_the_ama...
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Mar 30, 2005
3:13 am
7815
Bastards got the Next and Previous buttons working properly. Just when I was anticipating the error. Conspiracy I tell you. Mikel...
Mikel
lord_mikel_j
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Mar 30, 2005
3:58 am
7816
I have a crown too. ;P You can be the Queen to my King. ;) Mikel...
Mikel
lord_mikel_j
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Mar 30, 2005
4:04 am
7817
You know, I never post on OOC lists. I don't know why, I simply don't. I'm not sure if that is bad or not. Mikel...
Mikel
lord_mikel_j
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Mar 30, 2005
4:04 am
7818
I wouldn't say it's bad. On one of the games I'm a player in, I got so tired of how snitty folks were with taking things out of context and flinging up the...
Vampi Digitalwytch
medea_bloodfyre
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Mar 30, 2005
10:00 am
7819
They're pretty quick about that sort of thing, actually. And I for one like the new design. Some of those YahooGroups made my eyes bleed with their ridiculous...
bebe_the_amazing_pit_...
bebe_the_ama...
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Mar 30, 2005
1:13 pm
7820
That there is a prime example of bad GMing. Never let your lists, either IC or OOC, get away from you. If you were in my game and never posted on the OOC list,...
bebe_the_amazing_pit_...
bebe_the_ama...
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Mar 30, 2005
1:22 pm
7821
I have been a part of three pern groups in all. I we a member in one, a moderator in another, and now I decided to become owner/creator of Galicia Weyr. I...
Anne
galicia_weyr
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Mar 30, 2005
5:03 pm
7822
... I think a large problem with the Pern groups I've seen tends to be that people aren't willing to explore any but maybe a handful of plots. Everyone gets...
Shannon
illandaria
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Mar 30, 2005
5:20 pm
7823
If the OOC was run like you run yours, I'd be posting there happily. But the GM does have twinkish tendencies. When he calls a mandatory post audit, he still...
Vampi Digitalwytch
medea_bloodfyre
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Mar 30, 2005
11:03 pm
7824
... I understand that. Of course I'm sort of guilty of that myself, and have been known to keep RL friends on my lists well past the time when they quit ...
Shannon
illandaria
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Mar 30, 2005
11:12 pm
7825
My biggest complaints. I wasn't warned. My input wasn't asked for. I'm having difficulties doing what I used to do because I can't find the new and proper ways...
Mikel
lord_mikel_j
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Mar 31, 2005
12:06 am
7826
Well I will clarify, just so B won't boot me. When it is plot oriented, I do participate. It's the chummery I lack on sometimes. Mikel...
Mikel
lord_mikel_j
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Mar 31, 2005
12:10 am
7827
I understand what you mean, but I do think the chummery's important. Maybe not to the point where there are more OOC posts than game posts, but I do think that...
Shannon
illandaria
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Mar 31, 2005
12:59 am
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