Re: The Broad Axe Tavern 11:15am

From: gabai@paul.rutgers.edu (Steven Gabai)

Date: Tue, 20 Jun 1989 21:12:54 +0000

To all players, meta-players, & the meta-meta-player(s),
please send me a ONE LINE STATEMENT such as:

{ PC | NPC | MPC | MMPC | MMMPC }
valid-email-address
generic-times-to-reach-me
personal-id#

ex:

Steven   gabai@paul.rutgers.edu   ?               (e^(i*PI))-1
Dave     davel@whutt.att.com      when-he-is-free  undecided
Mesron gabai@paul.rutgers.edu I-will-be-with-you-shortly  bliffle
Karen karen@burn-ward.hospital.ghlerhovllen when-I-get-out i-hate-burning-broth

I'm getting players too fast to put this information in a safe place,
but I'm just barely keeping pace, with the story-line.

btw:
  does anyone want to run any of the Temples (not Dasna, taken),
    the beauracrats, the hospital, etc
  does anyone want to concentrate on the spell system,
    the combat system, the gambling system,
    the time clock, the map generator, registering new pcs/mpcs

right now: I'm the default new-person-curious-about-this,
             and the default read-through-and-approve/question-something
             To get a better performance, I need to unload a few more
             pieces of baggage, and then I can remain current w/ game

do me a favor:
    try to write down the game-time(s) per paragragh
    using your judgement as to how long an action took
    or simply (?)

ex:

The following could be several e-mail exchange:
[4:00pm] I walk up to the traffic light and wait for it to turn green
[4:00pm]   How long will you wait?
[4:00pm] 3 minutes
[4:02pm]   It turns green.
[4:02pm] I cross the street.
[4:03pm] I sit on the bench and talk with the girl, until 5 or the bus comes
[4:35pm]   Her boyfriend (290 lbs, 6'7"), I assume you wait for the bus.
[5:00pm]   You get on, and head down town,
[5:25pm]   and get off at the stop that your directions tell you too.
[5:27pm] I rush.  I pick up my order from Jake's Electronics.
[5:28pm]   I'll assume you secrete the transmitter in the briefcase,
[5:29pm]   and run like mad around the corner and see the kidnappers
[5:30pm] I exchange the briefcase for my child, hand near my secreted phaser.
[5:31pm]   They count the money, and then leave.
[5:33pm] After hugging her enough, I call the police and monitor
         the tracker.

I think that enough of you have a good feel for how long things take
such as conversations, and waiting for some things.

This would then allow me to think things through
without worrying about certain things that are
usually assumed.

6:00pm I flag a cab down
6:10pm and get in
6:02pm(corrected)   one came quickly for you
6:02pm and first look at his taxi-cab photo
       and get in
6:02pm   you notice the photo and the driver are of different race
         so I'll assume you rescind that order
6:03pm (hand on phaser), and say "Oh, I lost my wallet, sorry, sir"
6:03:10pm   you see his hand going for something
6:03:11pm I pull mine out and say "hands up"
6:03:12pm (corrected)    but you still got the drop on him

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For all future mail, postings, etc.
please see if this technique makes sense
thank you
Steven Gabai - the hyper-meta-control-shift player :-)

trying to form sense from this wonderful chaos

References

The Broad Axe Tavern is now open for busy
gabai@paul.rutgers.edu (Steven Gabai)
Sat, 17 Jun 1989 13:51:03 +0000
Re: The Broad Axe Tavern is now open for busy
cfg@romeo.cs.duke.edu (Christopher F. Gandy)
Mon, 19 Jun 1989 18:05:54 +0000

Referenced By

The Broad Axe Tavern is now open for busy
gabai@paul.rutgers.edu (Steven Gabai)
Sat, 17 Jun 1989 13:51:03 +0000
Re: The Broad Axe Tavern is now open for busy
cfg@romeo.cs.duke.edu (Christopher F. Gandy)
Mon, 19 Jun 1989 18:05:54 +0000