Re: World sizes and such

[Joel Gunderson <belgarat@expert.cc.purdue.edu>]

Rougtero fell apart because it was never meant to be a permanent setting,
as Dan said himself.  From my perspective, there was no shortage of
creativity there.  The place simply had no background...that's why I
favored the Geleia move.  Nothing was ever written up to say whether or
not it had a government, what the mindset of the people would be, how many
people there would be, whether or not it is currently still a tent city,
etc.  All Rougtero was was a place to go when Karfelon got nuked.  (you
remember Karfelon...the city with background?)  
As to being selective about GM's, I'm all for it.  I'll be damned if all
the hard work people have put into this new setting now and in the past
will go to waste just because some moron GM didn't know shit about the
setting and went in there and fucked it up.  I've been on all of 4
adventures in the new setting, and I love it.  The GM's I've had so far
have been terrific, and have done wonders for the campaign.  Geleia will
be something that will last, and will have background because I'm not
going to see anyone fuck it up.

Joel

On Thu, 23 Jul 1998, Matthew Fahler wrote:

> I don't mean to create all sorts of strife, but from one person's point of
> view it looks like your creating your own personal group.  This is only
> going to create strife and problems in the club.  When you say which GMs
> may and may not have a say, and you don't inform someone when meetings are
> going to be you are setting up an air of distrust.  When you cut people
> out and don't even ask for input for some people, this makes me question
> whether or not Geleia is a good idea.  This needs to be an open campaign
> where people can interact and any GM can run an adventure.  
> 	Its ok to try to set up a good campaign, but I begin to wonder if
> Ruegtero fell apart because GMs were just not creative enough.  If your
> going to take all the time to create a new adventure setting then why not
> take the time to sit down and make a plan for the restoration of the old.
> It is looking like there are some great ideas.  Where were these great
> ideas when it came to working in Reugtero.  So what if there are not a lot
> of "monsters" left on the island.  Maybe Pirates move in.  Maybe somebody
> has an interest in something on the island.  It doesn't take much to set
> up a main plot.  Just creativity.  Why don't we all try to work together
> rather than excluding people and throwing around statements like, "I
> really would like some GMs not to GM in Geleia."  Nobody is perfect and we
> all can learn from the styles of other GMs.  I admire anybody who has the
> guts to get up and lead an adventure.  I learn something new every time I
> play or I GM.  I am not perfect and my games have a lot of way to go.  I
> need constructive criticism just as much as the next person.  I would like
> to think that the reaction of other GMs isn't biased because they don't
> want me involved in something.  
> 	Please before everybody starts spouting off, just bear in mind
> that this is what I view as a potenial set of problems arising out of the
> stuff that just recently has occurred.  
> 
> Matthew D. Fahler
> Chemistry Teaching Major
> Purdue University
> Phone: 743-0002
> Email: martuck@expert.cc.purdue.edu
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