[Discuss] To the Game Masters in Beluaterra

[Timothy Collett]

On Nov 26, 2007, at 11:17 AM, Tom wrote:
> I did. I'll not put hundreds of my hours into it again, that I can use
> better elsewhere. Next time it'll be some random pseudo-AI code again.

Please don't decide that now, Tom--not while you're angry (deservedly  
so) and seeing only the worst of this invasion.

Please, read the messages posted on the ruler channel of BT.  Many of  
them were in support of your handling of the invasion.

In particular, please read my last one.  I think that it is vitally  
important that you, your GMs, and the players of BT get together once  
the invasion is finally over and *talk about it*.  Not to place  
blame, but to figure out, in a constructive manner, what people on  
all sides did right, what we all did wrong, what was good, what was  
bad, and what makes a good RPed long-term event in general--because  
even if you really never do do another RPed invasion (which would  
really disappoint me, as I, for one, had immensely more fun with this  
than with the last invasion), I would hope that you will at least do  
*some* further RPed events with us.

I do not believe that the invasion failed.  I believe that many  
people failed the invasion--they were too worried about themselves,  
their realms; they were too busy IRL; they were too worried about  
strategy; there are many reasons--but I do not believe that you and  
the GMs failed to make the invasion interesting.

Yes, of course there were things that you could have done better;  
you're not perfect, and this was the first time (to my knowledge)  
that you've ever done anything like this on this scale.  But that  
doesn't mean you should just give up on the whole *idea* of it--it  
just means you should work with us to find out what those mistakes  
were, and correct them next time.

I am willing to put in the effort to fix this if you are.

Timothy Collett
Anaris Family

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Let us not doubt in philosophy what we do not doubt in our hearts.
-C. S. Pierce.


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