Re: Duelmasters: Team Spotlights

From: 900667c@ace.acadiau.ca (Gerald Cameron)

Date: Fri, 27 Mar 1992 16:24:17 +0000

In article <19061@aggie.ucdavis.edu> ccs012@fella.ucdavis.edu (Riff-Raff) writes:

>In article <900667c.93@ace.acadiau.ca> 900667c@ace.acadiau.ca (Gerald Cameron) writes:
>>I happen to greatly enjoy writing spotlights in the arenas I run, especially
>>since Susan (the editor) has started giving me compliments on them.

>I don't suppose any of these are on-line?  No, I guess not.

Actually, I do have some as Wordperfect files on my account.  I could
probably mail one or two to you if you like. (Actually, can you "print" a WP
file to an ASCII text file?  I must check that)

>Spotlight writing
>happens to be my favorite part of the game, maybe because I'm an aspiring
>writer, maybe because I don't play this game to go 3-2, losing two characters.
>:(

I wouldn't say that it's my favourite part of the game, but it lends a
little spice to life.

>About a year ago, Tex wrote an article naming who he thought were the best
>15-20 role players in the game, and I actually made the last (my arms
>starting to hurt from patting myself on the back).  Of course, I haven't
>written much lately.

Really?  Why not?  Also, who else was on the list.

>Getting a compliment from an RSI employee is about the highest honors you
>can get in this game.  They see so many spots, that it takes a really good one
>to stand out in their memories.  Kudos, Demon!

Gee, and I was patting myself on the back for it enough as it was!  What say
we start a mutual admiration society :)

>>Here's what I like:

>Surprise, surprise, so you rub your eyes... - Urban Dance Squad

>Well, whatta 'ya know, Demon?  We finally agree on something 100%

What!  I must've typed in the wrong stuff.  Yeah, that's it :)

>>Humourous stuff is tops on my list of stuff.  I don't really write funny
>>stuff, but like to read it a lot.  Some of the better funny writers I've
>>seen are Shadowmaster and Jack, and Orion (a sort of mid-level manager) isn'
>>t too shabby, either.

>Shadowmaster's a hell of a manager, too.  I got into a "war" with him in Dull-
>ens, and he and I have been good friends ever since.  I don't know what arena
>you're in, but Lady Hawke (his wife) is a pretty good writer herself, although
>she's as busy as Shadowmaster is, and doesn't write nearly as much.  I never
>heard of the other, too.

I know him from Rodeki, whare Lady Hawke used to play, but has dropped out.
She never wrote anything for the arena.  I don't think I've ever run into
one of SM's guys on the sands, so I can't claim a W-L record against him.

Jack also is in Rodeki, along with Mordant and a couple of other arenas.  He'
s an OK manager.  Actually, one of my WS's just killed a striker of his.

Orion only runs in slow arenas and AD (he's only got a couple woriors there,
who fight in Free Blades).  His stuff tends to vary all over the spectrum,
but I don't even mind reading his hard-core fantasy.

>>The high fantasy doesn't really appeal to me much, simply because I don't
>>like that kind of writing, period (I haven't even finished Lord of the
>>Rings).  While I appreciate the fact that some good stuff of that sort is
>>written, and I usually do read it, it raraely jumps out at me and makes me
>>say "Wow!"

>Most of this stuff is self-agrandizement as far as I'm concerned.  A lot of
>people get into this, but never realize that it gets to be boring when you've
>got an Arch Mage who can basically do anything he wants.  Most of my characters
>are human enough to have faults, although nearly none of them realize that.
>I guess that's where my characters are autobiographical. :)

Yeah, I just had one of my guys become a borderline alchoholic, although I
may not mention it again.  Another warrior of mine who I had big plans for
role-playing-wise was killed, and now his girlfriend is pregnant with his
kid.

>>Well, that's my $.02 worth.  Whattay'all think?

>I like it.  Have you heard anything about RSI's attempts to start up a purely
>literary arena?  Basically, it would just be a newsletter where Alastari's
>best could show their stuff, but without all the necessities of actually running
>a stable to distract you.  I don't think much of it myself, since RSI will
>probably own the rights to your story and use it in their books, but I'm
>sure somebody will like the idea.

You could probably keep the rights by putting in a copyright notice (and
keeping a copy of it on hand).  It wouldn't be bad to read something like
that once in a while, but not full time.  Calling it a literary "arena"
though is a bhig mis-nomer.

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References

Re: Duelmasters: Team Spotlights
ccs012@fella.ucdavis.edu (Riff-Raff)
Wed, 25 Mar 1992 20:22:26 +0000
Duelmasters: Team Spotlights
900667c@ace.acadiau.ca (Gerald Cameron)
Wed, 25 Mar 1992 01:47:51 +0000