[Discuss] Cato as a name on DWI?

[Richard Cronan]

On Jan 16, 2008 2:33 AM, Timothy Collett <danaris at mac.com> wrote:
> I don't mean to be rude (and to be honest, I don't believe this is
> the case--it's just what it sounds like), but it *sounds* like what
> you're saying "Well, I gave up 2 of my long-standing characters so
> that I could get into Dwilight early; if you're not willing to do
> that, you shouldn't get into Dwilight either!"

Heh.  You'll have to try a lot harder than that to be rude to me.

I meant what I said before, I'd prefer not to see any emigration.  I
think some people will be too keen to bring in 'heavy hitter'
characters with high stats and take over, which is a shame.

Though in some ways, you're not *that* far from the truth... ever
since Tom said he wanted to do a serious island, it perked my interest
more than anything since the (in my opinion) failed experiment for
FEI.  I would like to see people there who are equally serious about
it, and having to sacrifice something to get there is an indication of
whether or not people take it seriously.

I don't necessarily expect anyone else to delete characters in order
to play there.  But I would prefer it to be new characters only.

Ditch the baggage of the old worlds, the habits and expectations and
start afresh.

> I haven't heard *anything* from Tom that suggests that Dwilight will
> not allow emigration to it once it's up and running and able to cope
> with the people who want to come.  If you're willing to be patient,
> you'll be able to get in.

Sure.  Like I said, I don't make the rules.  If I did, I'm sure all
sorts of crazy shit would have happened by now and the game would
probably be the worse for it.  I'd go mad and put in character death
and family lines, duchy recruiting from the duchy capital,
role-playing police and all sorts of stuff that would probably just
prove that Tom's got a better sense of what works than me.  And I'd
also make it new characters only for Dwilight.

> If you can't wait, then go ahead, delete your old characters.  But
> don't complain about it when other people don't have to delete theirs
> to get in.

RIghty ho.  This is me not complaining right here...

- rick