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From: clawrenc@cup.hp.com
Newsgroups: nu.kanga.list.mud-dev
Date: Mon, 02 Jun 97 18:28:05 -0700
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Organization: Kanga.Nu
In <3391bd5b.32580552@relay.mnsinc.com>, on 06/01/97
at 09:36 AM, caliban@darklock.com (Caliban Tiresias Darklock) said:
>On Fri, 30 May 1997 20:27:39 PST8PDT, clawrenc@cup.hp.com wrote:
>>>Lastly remember most combat-twinks are AFRAID to roleplay. So much
>>>so that they felel the need to denegrate those who do...
>>
>>Funny that. Why then were you able to list half a dozen pejoritive
>>names for "munchkins" as you say, and yet I can't think of a single
>>equivalent pejoritive used by combat-twinks for RP'ers?
>Because combat twinks usually refer to RPers using common insults
>like wimp, moron, asshole, dork, geek, nerd, and various other terms
>that have no relation whatsoever to roleplaying.
Odd. I've not noticed such. Perhaps I've hung out with a better
crowd.
>>Consider it from a software systems PoV:
>Your example is fallacious. The RPer expects the system to stay out
>of his way. The powergamer uses the system to get his way.
You appear to be restating my point.
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