From owner-dq@dq.sf.org.nz Sun Jan 2 21:01:35 2000 Received: (from bin@localhost) by mail.sf.org.nz (8.8.6/NZSFI-19980830) id VAA22140; Sun, 2 Jan 2000 21:00:48 +1300 Message-Id: <200001020800.VAA22140@mail.sf.org.nz> Received: from smtp1.ihug.co.nz (tk1.ihug.co.nz [203.29.160.13]) by mail.sf.org.nz (8.8.6/NZSFI-19980830) with ESMTP id VAA22136 for ; Sun, 2 Jan 2000 21:00:35 +1300 Received: from [206.18.99.223] (p31-max28.akl.ihug.co.nz [206.18.99.223]) by smtp1.ihug.co.nz (8.9.3/8.9.3/Debian/GNU) with SMTP id UAA07136 for ; Sun, 2 Jan 2000 20:59:17 +1300 Date: Sun, 2 Jan 2000 21:03:34 +1300 Subject: Re: Black Circle: Raising Some Defenses From: flamis@pop.ihug.co.nz (Jacqui Smith) To: dq@dq.sf.org.nz Sender: owner-dq@dq.sf.org.nz Errors-To: owner-dq@dq.sf.org.nz Precedence: bulk X-Loop: dq@dq.sf.org.nz X-Requests: To unsubscribe from this list, or change your subscription address, send a request to dq-request@dq.sf.org.nz. To unsubscribe from all lists on this site, send a request to all-request@dq.sf.org.nz. Reply-To: dq@dq.sf.org.nz >>>First a general query about timing: >>>When (game date) did the black circle expand? >>>When would characters at the guild have become aware of it? >>>When would refugees have started flooding out of Brastor? >> >>Jono and/or MTB should have answers to those questions. > > Then you might think about talking to them about it. Perhaps this >information is something that players can easily get the hands on, maybe >it's not. How much of the whole thing is rumour, how much is fact? > Whatever else it is, you may not demand the answers. You don't have that >right. I was just telling him who to ask... Is this such a problem? And I do have a problem with this assumption that characters who are not actively involved in a game are walking around with hoods over their heads and their hands tied behind their backs, quite oblivious to events occuring in their immediate vicinity and unable to react in a reasonable manner. I'm sorry, but it's reality check time... Jacqui -- see unsubscribe instructions in message headers --