I only read half of your letter brandi, but had to respond...It's not the
kids to the hospital, and the dying relatives...it's the blondes, the
brunettes, the redheads and the braids. :)  It the parties that people
throw, and those nights out on the lake.  It's like watching The Fellowship
of the Ring before going out to see the Two Towers.

ttyl,

Lightfoot
----- Original Message -----
From: "SLG" 
To: 
Sent: Wednesday, December 18, 2002 5:12 PM
Subject: [twgsdotorg] Re: USO Intial Planet Edits Released


>
> We play to have fun and some play for the competition and high stakes of
> dedication and skill that a tourney takes. anyone who puts a game before
> real life needs a priority adjustment... renato I believe was an example
of
> this.
>
> emergencies happen and I don't feel any player would fault a corpie who
> couldn't make extern due to one.to even suggest that a player would
> sacrifice the health of a child or well being of another to make extern is
> absurd ......things happen all the time that we have no control over..
> trying to second guess everything and change the edits to accommodate for
> any number of things that MIGHT happen isn't  going to save the game for a
> corp that doesn't have their act together by the time fedparking goes to
> zero.. with only 3 traders per sector in fed, it would only take 1/2 a
corp
> to try to force a tow at extern.. there goes your safety.. it would make
> more sense to extend the period of fedspace parking by an extra week or
so,
> or even to 30 days then go to no fed for the second 30 days, then to do
> away with it altogether......in 30 days you shouldn't have to rely on
> fedspace for parking anyway....
>
> while it's a game we play for fun and the only thing one wins is personal
> satisfaction and maybe some respect from our fellow players,
> it doesn't  mean that anyone wants the game to be easy......
>
>
>
> At 07:37 PM 12/18/2002 -0500, you wrote:
>
> >Ok now more from me, I think allowing a fed parking of three to allow
some
> >breathing room for people with emergencys does not come anywhere near
> >making it a "pussy" game as SLG so properly put it.
> >Guys the main reason we play this GAME is to have fun. There is no reason
> >why people should have to put TW infront of Life. TW is here for
> >entertainment. We arent talking about huge cash prizes and
 like
that.
> >This is a game people. Disrupting life because you need to be at a
> >computer at some crazy hour for 30 seconds just so you can continue to
> >have fun is retarded!
> >And again SLG sure its convienient when you know you cant be there to
make
> >arrangements but if my kid needs to go to the hospitile thats too bad for
> >my corp I am going. Should I suffer because of that? I say no
> >Silver Dragon (Moderator USO 2003)
>

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