...for giving us a new challenge. My contry has been distracted by business shenanagans(present), sexual goofiness (last president), and bombing darker skinned folk (various). Perhaps together we can sharpen the swords of our dreams...
If i had a dime for every rpg book i ever owned....
I still couldn't afford those stupid 3ed %$^# d&d books! At $30 each, you would think the WOtC was the Riaa.
I was the lowest of the low... i was a AD&D player. Battletech, 40K, Star Frontiers, whatever.It served as a imagination "shell" for me. I think it has a lot to do with nature vs. nurture. In nature, the big guys get to push the little guys around- most animals will bear me out on that(ignore the bad pun). Nurture is more of an intellect recognizing the value of other intellects, and supporting the differences. Why the shell you ask? Well, my class president was the son of a local brickmason, and the senior prank was to wall off the remedial classrooms. Because those attending these classes were "obviously" second rate human beings, and were not worthy of being added to the class. Oh yes, i had MUCH reason to be a friend to these prize-winning members of humanity. You may detect sarcasm. The police had to be summoned SEVEN (7) times to my 10 year reunion for fighting. Late 20 something men with families.... I define my HS years as hell on wheels. But it did make me tough, and perhaps a little cynical. I didn't give a shit about them then, and i care even less now. So, i think the lesson here is to be involved with your kids life (HELLO!). And for god's sake get your kid(s)in a better school.
My idea to save ST:
1. Multi-year over arcing plot.
2. "Real" character development.
3. A budget for F/X.
4. Interesting script writers. (try s/f writers!)
Start with a low-level klingon house. A bunch of dangerous but honorable sort with nothing to lose. Hell, the first year could be them just "aquiring" a ship! Think about it...
Politics, violence, romance, intrigue, and more violence. These are klingons, remember? None of this mamby-pamby morality bullshit. There could be weeks of shows spent just aquiring ships/armys/followers/money! At the end of the last year i want to see that dirt-urchin hero assume the throne on Qo'noS!
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...for giving us a new challenge. My contry has been distracted by business shenanagans(present), sexual goofiness (last president), and bombing darker skinned folk (various). Perhaps together we can sharpen the swords of our dreams...
If i had a dime for every rpg book i ever owned.... I still couldn't afford those stupid 3ed %$^# d&d books! At $30 each, you would think the WOtC was the Riaa.
I was the lowest of the low... i was a AD&D player. Battletech, 40K, Star Frontiers, whatever.It served as a imagination "shell" for me. I think it has a lot to do with nature vs. nurture. In nature, the big guys get to push the little guys around- most animals will bear me out on that(ignore the bad pun). Nurture is more of an intellect recognizing the value of other intellects, and supporting the differences. Why the shell you ask? Well, my class president was the son of a local brickmason, and the senior prank was to wall off the remedial classrooms. Because those attending these classes were "obviously" second rate human beings, and were not worthy of being added to the class. Oh yes, i had MUCH reason to be a friend to these prize-winning members of humanity. You may detect sarcasm. The police had to be summoned SEVEN (7) times to my 10 year reunion for fighting. Late 20 something men with families.... I define my HS years as hell on wheels. But it did make me tough, and perhaps a little cynical. I didn't give a shit about them then, and i care even less now. So, i think the lesson here is to be involved with your kids life (HELLO!). And for god's sake get your kid(s)in a better school.
My idea to save ST: 1. Multi-year over arcing plot. 2. "Real" character development. 3. A budget for F/X. 4. Interesting script writers. (try s/f writers!) Start with a low-level klingon house. A bunch of dangerous but honorable sort with nothing to lose. Hell, the first year could be them just "aquiring" a ship! Think about it... Politics, violence, romance, intrigue, and more violence. These are klingons, remember? None of this mamby-pamby morality bullshit. There could be weeks of shows spent just aquiring ships/armys/followers/money! At the end of the last year i want to see that dirt-urchin hero assume the throne on Qo'noS!