RE: Internet Message
From: Deeply in Love with Dot <jw4@b...>
Date: Fri, 10 Oct 1997 09:01:17 +0100
Subject: RE: Internet Message
At 17:56 09/10/97 +0000, you wrote:
Status: RO
>Actually to hark back to a previous discussion, isn't the FT Universe
>rather stereotypical in that case?
>
>The NAC is a group of Capitalist, "free?", nations.
Since they are the New Anglian (whatever) I always tended to look on
them
as a proto British empire. At least, the NAC ships in the flavour text
sound more Royal Navy than US Navy, and don't the captains mentioned
have
'hereditary' titles?
>We don't seem to have objected too much to these stereotypes involved
>in the game universe. What would be the point really?
I think in general games work better with clearly defined 'sides'. That
almost by definition means stereotypes.
>> PS The only real sterotype I hold about list members is that they're
>> TOO TOUCHY! Switch to unleaded, people.
>I can only agree.
Um, OK. How much is it a pint?
TTFN
Jon
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