RE: AQ LARP

[Daniel Lawrence <dan@aquest.com>]

Well,
	Joel, you could have waited a little longer so I could respond to this 
privately, but since you have put this on the list, it seems appropriate I 
respond so.

1) Many weeks ago I purposely told a few people some plot details, just to 
get a reaction. At the very next newbie game, my newbies regurgitated 
everything I had said, almost verbatim.

So much for people being discreet. No there will be no nuclear bombs in 
this adventure. It was a red herring to test how carefully people would 
keep the plot secret. Imagine my dismay at how fast this info leaked out.

2) The club putting down lots of money.

Joel, for years I, and Greg, and Lyle and precious few others have been 
putting out a lot more than that to run this game. You are concerned 
somehow your money has been wasted. Well, do you know what the clubs $200 
buys them if they were actually hiring me? 2 Hours. That's all Joel. And 
seriously, if the club was actually dissatisfied at what they got, I would 
right them a check for it today. And it's certainly not as if I made a 
profit from this investment of the clubs.

3) Where things actually stand.

I have most of the character descriptions written and am working on the 
plot. I had to have much of this just to run what we have been playing for 
weeks. Over the years it has always been that we did most of this near the 
end. And mainly, its because we have to handle what the newbies have done 
to affect the possible plot through there weeks of playing.

Also some of the people whom were newbies will be playing as adventurers in 
this adventure. And to keep it interesting for the people playing actors, I 
am not revealing all to them... just what their actor knows.

In conclusion:

	When people take the time to be involved in something, especially as much 
time as I and some others do,,,, it is generally acknowledged that one is 
at least slightly grateful to them. After years and years of effort and 
many successful live action adventures, I am disappointed to be asked to 
"justify" the clubs first substantial finical investment in all this.

	This is an open invitation to you Joel, next time around, for you to write 
the script, coordinate and motivate the people, and to cover the cost of 
the unforeseen parts of next years live action. Are you ready to show us 
how well you would perform in this role?

										dan

-----Original Message-----
From:	Joel Gunderson [SMTP:belgarat@expert.cc.purdue.edu]
Sent:	Tuesday, October 13, 1998 11:33 PM
To:	GMlist
Subject:	AQ LARP



Hey all.

I was wondering what kind of progress has been made on the script for this
halloween.  I don't know if Dan has something written up or not since he
wasn't there last weekend, but I'd like to know if he does.  BTW, Dan, I
was wondering how we were going to handle the lack of newbies this coming
LARP.  All I know is that the club has put down a lot of money in order to
rent the campground and we need to do something with it.  The fact that we
only have a couple weeks left is also a major factor.

Joel