You make some really good points, Jeff, but I disagree on one of them. After reading the article and watching the tribute linked there, it tells that he was...
... Actually, he was killed while taking a break from filming the deadly sea creatures program because the weather was interfering. He decided to take a...
Yeah, but the point you're missing is that he WAS filming a show (albeit a different one than the one he originally set out to do that day). And it wasn't...
... Except that he was NOT filming "The World's Deadliest Sea Creatures" at the time. That was the show they were forced to take a break from due to weather....
Sean, I won't deny that the media often gets things wrong, but here's what the news reported: From MSNBC: Irwin was in the water at Batt Reef, off the...
... I did a Google News search that day, and the most informative source was an Australian news source (since it was late in the day by that point, while still...
... That's funny, I heard about that story, but I didn’t think of it. ... Possibly, but I've always heard that no matter how sufficiently skilled you are,...
... Of course. We're just pointlessly bickering over how long that's likely to take :-) ... I really don't understand this objection. If someone went out and...
... But at the end of the day, the point is, that in the real world, a superhero can get hit by a bus and killed, and that's not what I want to read about in ...
Sorry to be off topic ;), but I am going to let everyone know how we are starting our "gaming" hero campaign out. And they are pretty super...just not real. ...
sounds fun. i loved the old v&v and kept trying to get folks to play. we made some great characters that continued in other systems. i also loved the old v&v...
... LOL! Well, by using that logic, then we *already* have superheroes in the real world. Many people at the San Diego Comic Convention dress up as Batman for...
... Sounds great. I'm a big advocate of adapting adventures to fit your own campaign and you picked a good one ;-) ... I'm just starting a new campaign myself....
... Maybe we do. There really are folks out there dressing up in superhero outfits and going around doing good deeds. That's how this whole discussion started....
... John Byrne actually did address this, in a half-hearted way. After Lex Luther had his security hold off on stopping a hostage situation in order to draw...
on 9/12/06 12:29 PM, Sean at smparadox@... wrote: ... John Byrne actually did address this, in a half-hearted way. After Lex Luther had his security hold...
I think the reason comic book writers don't talk about how the law affects supers is because they probably a)know very little about how the legal system...
... Not mine, but I've always loved the way Year of the Phoenix starts. You are normal astronaughts and crash-land back to earth (ala Fantastic Four) but the...
I too am really enjoying Civil War and the implications found within it. Our ongoing (17 years or so) V&V campaign has always had a Superhero Registration...
... we ... crime ... villainy ... It's ... attacks ... players ... that ... recommend it ... my ... the ... This is pretty close to how i started my V&V...
To Jeff, you had mentioned that Batman and Superman "appeared in a world where they were the first super-heroes, so the law hadn't dealt with that", or some...
Thanks for re-posting that stuff I wrote earlier, Doug. One thing that's not explained there is the process by which heroes get licensed. There are basically...
... where they were the first super-heroes, so the law hadn't dealt with that", or some such. With DC's retro-continuity, Superman and Batman are actually...
Jeff, Thank you for the compliment. As for me, I've never understood registration acts of any kind. The question that stirkes me is, why would you want a...
... that stirkes me is, why would you want a registration? The purpose behind registering superheroes is to preserve accountability. This is the same reason...
Actually the section of laws in V&V was one of my favorite parts of the book. Even though my group switched over to Champions (sorry) we kept the V&V rulebook...
This following conversation is between myself and Jeff Dee. The sections is italic are Jeff Dee’s words, ,while the rest is mine. Kevin The purpose behind...
... Please go back and re-read my description of the type of superhero registration that I'd support. All that it enables the authorities to "know" is that...
