Date Posted:07:33:48 03/27/04 Sat Author: mvd Subject: Re: Sorry guys bump In reply to:
mvd
's message, "Sorry guys" on 05:41:38 03/27/04 Sat
>I know I have harped on this, but I only harp on it
>because no one understands what I am saying. Let me
>put it the best way I know how:
>
>When Vince bought his house, he said repeatedly, "I
>had to fight for this house." I (we) had to fight for
>Oard, too, to bring it into existence. Vince can
>reasonably expect his house to be a haven, a safe
>place, a place where evil will not come in if he does
>not want it to come in. It is a place where he can
>paint the walls however he wants, he can hang drapes
>and buy furniture. And there will be other challenges
>for him that have nothing to do with his house, and
>this will be enough to motivate him for future
>adventures.
>
>Oard was my house. I did not ask for black spires. I
>did not ask for undead giraffes. I did not ask for
>ghosts floating through the city. I did not ask for
>only evil men to come and offer their alliances with
>me. I did not ask for plots against my life. This is
>why I feel defeated. It is as if someone came into my
>house and painted my walls black without my
>permission, then said, "The black is permanent. Get
>over it."
>
>Sorry. This is just the way I feel. It may be
>unreasonable. It may not be like real life. But,
>let's face it, you guys, the game is about
>fantasy! and nothing we ever do has any hint of
>reality. When was the last time anyone of us hit
>someone in a tavern? Smote a dragon with a sword?
>Cast a spell? Can't I have my fantasy world? It
>seems that I cannot. That is fine. I just won't
>play. Do you understand?
