Re: Olympia Times g1-8

From: morrow@romulus.rutgers.edu (John Morrow)

Date: Fri, 19 Aug 1994 01:42:27 +0000

olympia@pbm.com (Olympia PBEM) writes:
>This turn I had a player express concern that I was meddling in the
>affairs of the game.  Let me state to everyone that I do not do this.

Heck, every time I ask Rich if he knows what is going on in the game
he tells me he is more interested in the "big picture" (e.g. his
"stats"). :-)

From a Times article:
>The Hand of the Apocalypse Alliance hereby claims the Uldim Pass in provinces
>br23 and bs23.  Our castle will be completed shortly.  Stacks wishing to pass
>north and south will be required to pay a toll.  The current fees are 30 gold
>per noble, 2 gold per man, 1 gold per beast.  Instructions for completing
>payment will be posted at the entrances to the pass.

What a wonderful way to encourage a ferry service to Drucartan.  I wish
I had thought of that...

From another Times article:
>I do not approve of cross-game grudges, and I especially do not
>approve of the plans of the Council of Eumenides, which is to start
>attacking and killing players and blaming it on the AOO.  I also do
>not like that Greg is purposely putting false information in his lore
>archives.  For that reason I have defected from the Council and am
>considering quitting the game altogether.  I advise all players to be
>careful when dealing with "The Council of Eumenides", and to begin
>building strong armies to deal with the monster army being built in
>the Uldim pass.

Evidence?  That is all I'm looking for.  I've seen quite a bit about
"The Council of Eumenides" and I'd be more than happy to know who is
involved but I'd like some proof.  Considering that your claim that
Greg fabricated the AOO contradicts every piece of evidence I've seen
on the subject (including Atlantis Times articles that pre-date the
current game and postings to this very group), I can only suspect that
a lot of this article is rubbish.

As for the "cross-game grudges", it certainly doesn't help that a lot
of players have been running around using the same character names for
several games now (Olympia Beta, Atlantis, Olympia Alpha, Current
Olympia).  Personally, the part I have problems with is grudges at
all.

Look at Dr. Pain.  Did I work against him in Oly 1?  Sure I did.  Do I
have any problems with Scott Turner?  No.  Am I running out to hunt
him down now?  No.

He made Oly 1 very interesting with his "role-playing" and the fact
that he was a pretty good sport about the critical re-run in that play
test (to his detriment) make me glad he decided to be in this game no
matter what he is up to this time around.  Likewise with Carl,
Russell, Greg, and any of the other "personalities" from Olympia 1
that can't seem to get along.  They all make the game much more
interesting than having a bunch of people huddle around in Imperial
City making pots.  Geeze, guys, it is only a game.

If you want to hate a faction, fine.  But leave your hate for
players at home.  So long as everyone is following the rules and so
long as they aren't "cheating" (as defined in the rules), everyone is
playing fair.  We are all in the same game here and there is no set
right way to play.

In another Times article:
>Instructions for AOO Tax Payment
>================================

[Body Deleted]

>The Council of the Eumenides

So now the AOO AND the Council are one and the same?

Perhaps it is time to rename this "paper" "The Olympia Enquirer".

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John Morrow
The Seekers [ad9]

References

Olympia Times g1-8
olympia@pbm.com (Olympia PBEM)
Thu, 18 Aug 1994 02:06:30 +0000

Referenced By

Olympia Times g1-8
olympia@pbm.com (Olympia PBEM)
Thu, 18 Aug 1994 02:06:30 +0000