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Logfile LOG9606B Part 6

June 8-June 9, 1996

File: "FORKNI-L LOG9606B" Part 6

	TOPICS:
	WAR: How To Play The Game
	how not to participate in a war
	FK the next Star Trek? (was ASSORTED TOPICS)
	LaCroix's Personality
	Fwd: An Amalgam
	IT WILL HAPPEN, if we Make it Happen!  (4)
	Knightie Unite
	Leslie GrantSmith--"Childkiller" story  (2)
	Raven Song Lyrics from Soundtrack!
	WAR: war posts
	WAR:A Call To Arms
	unaffiliated for hire in the next WAR!  (2)

=========================================================================
Date:         Sun, 9 Jun 1996 00:35:49 -0400
From:         War Mistress <WarMstrss@a.......>
Subject:      WAR: How To Play The Game

Hello, one and all!

Here's the best list of Dos and Don'ts that I could come up with,
consulted heavily from Dianne's "War 101" post from War5.

Most of these rules come from long tradition - they're just being written
down to make enforcement easier. READ ALL of this post, it'll save
infinite headaches halfway through the war.

-----
The Rules of the Game or It's Not Just a Good Idea, It's the LAW!

1) All war posts go to FKFIC-L. If you're not subbed, get subbed. The
subject line of any and all war posts must be of the  form "WAR: Title of
Your Post".  *Be careful!*  Some mailboxes automatically change the
semi-colon to a dash on the way out.  If your  mailbox is one of these,
you'll have to arrange your posts to be forwarded by a friend to the
list.  The reason for this is because there are those on FKFIC-L who
*don't* want to have their mailboxes spammed by 500 messages a day (gee,
who'da thought?), and so therefore set their mail to not accept any
messages with the above subject line.  If someone writes it wrong, then
they actually see it, and they tend to (rightly) get very upset.  So
let's all be nice and respect their privacy, okay?

2) All faction leaders must obtain *written* permission from their
members to use them in the war. These permissions must be forwarded to
me.  Unaffiliated members should send permissions directly to me.  A list
of all registered participants will be made available several days before
the war starts. Anyone not on that list *may not* be used, period.
Deadline for registration is July 10, midnight EST. This rule is for
legal purposes -- breaking it will result in immediate ejection from the
war.

3) Movement and use of all main characters (Nick, LaCroix, Tracy, etc.)
is determined by the leader of that character's main faction (*not* the
fractions; Knighties keep track of Nick, Natpack keeps track of Natalie).
To use a main character, you must have the permission of that faction
(you don't need to outline what you want them for, just when and where).
This is *necessary* to prevent characters from being in different places
at the same time. Any posts with main characters done without the
permission of that faction's leader will become null and void if and when
that faction leader complains. Period. The list of faction leaders will
be made available before the start of the war.

4)The same "permission before posting" rule applies for using other
players, the one possible exception being it's not precisely *required*
to inform someone that they're about to be attacked, if you're really
set on it being a surprise.  But even in this case, it's considered poor
form not to warn the person unless you've got very good reasons.

5) In the text of all war posts, you must have a) the title of the post,
b) author's name, and c) THE TIME AT WHICH THE POST OCCURS.  If you can
also list bracketing posts (i.e. this happens before LJC gets hit with a
pile of tuna, but after Dawn has a hallucination), that helps too.  The
reason for this is that there are those of us whose sole job in the war
is to put all the posts in order, both to get current timelines out to
the faction leaders on a daily basis, and to help in editing the war into
a complete whole after it's completed. Violations are subject to creative
and possibly quite random placement in the Timeline and Final War Product,
and verbal beating about the head and shoulders with a wet noodle by the
Organizers of same.

6) By popular demand,  each faction leader must organize a way for
all the members of their faction to get to Toronto -- or get involved in
the war from a distance -- at the beginning of the war in *one post each*
and on the *first* day of the war.  This includes people who won't be
able to contribute for the first half of the war.  *Everybody* gets
there on the first day, and if you don't do anything for ten days, you
don't do anything, and that's fine. In doing this, we cut down on a bunch
of the beginning traffic, and we can all concentrate on getting down to
business right away.

7) The War Mistress reserves the right to declare any post null and void.
This will be reserved for extreme cases of blatent rule violation, but
will also not be subject to negotiation. We're here to fight, not
bicker. <g>



Oldies, But Still Goodies or War Through the Ages

1) Nothing permanent happens to anyone.  This includes both characters
and players.  No one is allowed to get killed off, brought across, or
anything else that can't be remedied fairly easily.  As a side note to
this rule, please, don't do anything too gory to each other.  Attacks
are meant to be fun, not painful, and any injury should be to the pride,
not the body.

2) Please, when playing in the war, be yourself.  No need to have Duck
Dodgers From the 24th-And-A-Half Century running around with just us
chickens.  No super powers, exorbitant amounts of money, implants, heavy
equipment, artillery, etc. that you wouldn't have in real life.  If you
are a Mercenary who really is a Navy Seal, martial arts expert, and has
free access to unlimited amount of small weaponry, etc, then I envy you,
and wish you well.

I will tell you that one loophole that is used *all* the time, is that
you're allowed to improve your personality, as long as you don't go
overboard.  You're allowed to be more organized, more resourceful, more
suave and cunning and charming than you ever could be in real life.  I
believe the motto is "It's you, just a little bit better."  Which comes
in handy from time to time. <g> I'll let you get away with any upgrade
you can rationalize.

3) All characters involved in the war must be from the television show
Forever Knight. Sorry, Dracpackers, Highlander fans, etc, if it's not on
the show, it's not in the war. (NOTE: an exception is made for Dorian and
the Archivists Assistants, from FK fanfic.) Hallucinations of Duncan
MacLeod are fine, but no Immortals. You get the idea.


What's a Good Idea or War For Fun and Profit


1) Have a big, *big* mailbox.  Or check your mail often.  The last war
literally generated something on the order of over 100 messages a day
for the first several days of the war.  If your mailbox doesn't handle
very many messages at a time, I'd consider checking your mail very
frequently, so your mail doesn't bounce and make the list hamsters
unhappy.

2) Use private email whenever possible.  As anyone who's been in a war
will tell you, 99% of any war is done over private email.  Kingdoms rise
and empires fall behind the scenes.  Soon the faction leaders will be
making themselves known; one of their jobs is to maintain a faction loop,
so everyone can stay in touch and plan things quickly, in an organized
fashion.  Whichever faction you're in, contact the faction leader, and
they'll set you up in the faction loop.  Or if you can't choose your
favorite character, contact either the Die-Hards (Those Who Will Not
Choose) or the Unaffiliateds (Those Who Refuse To Join A Faction).  To
get details on the precise differences between the two, contact Diane E.
<gryphon@e.......>, because frankly, I'm not qualified to explain.

3) Collaboration is fun!  The point of the wars is to make new friends
by getting together to plan strategies.  The more people you collaborate
with, the easier it is to get your strategy to work, both in the war
frame (more people to do stuff) and in real life (more people to help
you write it).  So get out there, say hi, and get to work!

4) Respect the importance of "dibs."  Calling dibs is done on FKFIC-L,
and is the *only* non-fiction posts allowed on the list.  If someone
calls dibs on the continuation of a storyline: "I want to write the post
that occurs directly after post X", then please respect that call.  If
nothing else, you're perfectly welcome to write the installment after
that, if you like.  On the other hand, if you've called dibs on a story,
please try to get your part out as soon as possible, 24 hours being the
usual polite limit.  If you take too long, others get stalled in their
writing waiting for you, they'll get upset (rightly) and odds are you'll
lose the dibs.  So do try to call dibs only if you're sure you can get
your part out smartly.


-----

Now, I know some of my penalties may seem pretty harsh, but I'd rather
start strict and make exceptions as they present themselves, than slack
off and let the war go completely to la-la land before I crack down.  I
hope you all understand.

If any of the above is at all unclear or if you want further
clarification on a certain point, please feel free to contact me at the
address below.

With love,
Warmistress
WarMstrss@a.......
---------------------
Forwarded message:
From:   catheboo@c....... (Swordsister)
To:     WarMstrss@a....... (Warmistress)
Date: 96-06-09 00:13:30 EDT

Hey, Dianne.  The updated and approved version back from Perri.  Forward
away!  - Cath

---------- Forwarded message ----------

Hello, one and all!

Here's the best list of Dos and Don'ts that I could come up with,
consulted heavily from Dianne's "War 101" post from War5.

Most of these rules come from long tradition - they're just being written
down to make enforcement easier. READ ALL of this post, it'll save
infinite headaches halfway through the war.

-----
The Rules of the Game or It's Not Just a Good Idea, It's the LAW!

1) All war posts go to FKFIC-L. If you're not subbed, get subbed. The
subject line of any and all war posts must be of the  form "WAR: Title of
Your Post".  *Be careful!*  Some mailboxes automatically change the
semi-colon to a dash on the way out.  If your  mailbox is one of these,
you'll have to arrange your posts to be forwarded by a friend to the
list.  The reason for this is because there are those on FKFIC-L who
*don't* want to have their mailboxes spammed by 500 messages a day (gee,
who'da thought?), and so therefore set their mail to not accept any
messages with the above subject line.  If someone writes it wrong, then
they actually see it, and they tend to (rightly) get very upset.  So
let's all be nice and respect their privacy, okay?


2) All faction leaders must obtain *written* permission from their
members to use them in the war. These permissions must be forwarded to
me.  Unaffiliated members should send permissions directly to me.  A list
of all registered participants will be made available several days before
the war starts. Anyone not on that list *may not* be used, period.
Deadline for registration is July 10, midnight EST. This rule is for
legal purposes -- breaking it will result in immediate ejection from the
war.

3) Movement and use of all main characters (Nick, LaCroix, Tracy, etc.)
is determined by the leader of that character's main faction (*not* the
fractions; Knighties keep track of Nick, Natpack keeps track of Natalie).
To use a main character, you must have the permission of that faction
(you don't need to outline what you want them for, just when and where).
This is *necessary* to prevent characters from being in different places
at the same time. Any posts with main characters  done without the
permission of that faction's leader will become null and void if and when
that faction leader complains. Period. The list of faction leaders will
be made available before the start of the war.

4)The same "permission before posting" rule applies for using other
players, the one possible exception being it's not precisely *required*
to inform someone that they're about to be attacked, if you're really
set on it being a surprise.  But even in this case, it's considered poor
form not to warn the person unless you've got very good reasons.

5) In the text of all war posts, you must have a) the title of the post,
b) author's name, and c) THE TIME AT WHICH THE POST OCCURS.  If you can
also list bracketing posts (i.e. this happens before LJC gets hit with a
pile of tuna, but after Dawn has a hallucination), that helps too.  The
reason for this is that there are those of us whose sole job in the war
is to put all the posts in order, both to get current timelines out to
the faction leaders on a daily basis, and to help in editing the war into
a complete whole after it's completed. Violations are subject to creative
and possibly quite random placement in the Timeline and Final War Product,
and verbal beating about the head and shoulders with a wet noodle by the
Organizers of same.

6) By popular demand,  each faction leader must organize a way for
all the members of their faction to get to Toronto -- or get involved in
the war from a distance -- at the beginning of the war in *one post each*
and on the *first* day of the war.  This includes people who won't be
able to contribute for the first half of the war.  *Everybody* gets
there on the first day, and if you don't do anything for ten days, you
don't do anything, and that's fine. In doing this, we cut down on a bunch
of the beginning traffic, and we can all concentrate on getting down to
business right away.

7) The War Mistress reserves the right to declare any post null and void.
This will be reserved for extreme cases of blatent rule violation, but
will also not be subject to negotiation. We're here to fight, not
bicker. <g>



Oldies, But Still Goodies or War Through the Ages

1) Nothing permanent happens to anyone.  This includes both characters
and players.  No one is allowed to get killed off, brought across, or
anything else that can't be remedied fairly easily.  As a side note to
this rule, please, don't do anything too gory to each other.  Attacks
are meant to be fun, not painful, and any injury should be to the pride,
not the body.

2) Please, when playing in the war, be yourself.  No need to have Duck
Dodgers From the 24th-And-A-Half Century running around with just us
chickens.  No super powers, exorbitant amounts of money, implants, heavy
equipment, artillery, etc. that you wouldn't have in real life.  If you
are a Mercenary who really is a Navy Seal, martial arts expert, and has
free access to unlimited amount of small weaponry, etc, then I envy you,
and wish you well.

I will tell you that one loophole that is used *all* the time, is that
you're allowed to improve your personality, as long as you don't go
overboard.  You're allowed to be more organized, more resourceful, more
suave and cunning and charming than you ever could be in real life.  I
believe the motto is "It's you, just a little bit better."  Which comes
in handy from time to time. <g> I'll let you get away with any upgrade
you can rationalize.

3) All characters involved in the war must be from the television show
Forever Knight. Sorry, Dracpackers, Highlander fans, etc, if it's not on
the show, it's not in the war. (NOTE: an exception is made for Dorian and
the Archivists Assistants, from FK fanfic.) Hallucinations of Duncan
MacLeod are fine, but no Immortals. You get the idea.


What's a Good Idea or War For Fun and Profit


1) Have a big, *big* mailbox.  Or check your mail often.  The last war
literally generated something on the order of over 100 messages a day
for the first several days of the war.  If your mailbox doesn't handle
very many messages at a time, I'd consider checking your mail very
frequently, so your mail doesn't bounce and make the list hamsters
unhappy.

2) Use private email whenever possible.  As anyone who's been in a war
will tell you, 99% of any war is done over private email.  Kingdoms rise
and empires fall behind the scenes.  Soon the faction leaders will be
making themselves known; one of their jobs is to maintain a faction loop,
so everyone can stay in touch and plan things quickly, in an organized
fashion.  Whichever faction you're in, contact the faction leader, and
they'll set you up in the faction loop.  Or if you can't choose your
favorite character, contact either the Die-Hards (Those Who Will Not
Choose) or the Unaffiliateds (Those Who Refuse To Join A Faction).  To
get details on the precise differences between the two, contact Diane E.
<gryphon@e.......>, because frankly, I'm not qualified to explain.

3) Collaboration is fun!  The point of the wars is to make new friends
by getting together to plan strategies.  The more people you collaborate
with, the easier it is to get your strategy to work, both in the war
frame (more people to do stuff) and in real life (more people to help
you write it).  So get out there, say hi, and get to work!

4) Respect the importance of "dibs."  Calling dibs is done on FKFIC-L,
and is the *only* non-fiction posts allowed on the list.  If someone
calls dibs on the continuation of a storyline: "I want to write the post
that occurs directly after post X", then please respect that call.  If
nothing else, you're perfectly welcome to write the installment after
that, if you like.  On the other hand, if you've called dibs on a story,
please try to get your part out as soon as possible, 24 hours being the
usual polite limit.  If you take too long, others get stalled in their
writing waiting for you, they'll get upset (rightly) and odds are you'll
lose the dibs.  So do try to call dibs only if you're sure you can get
your part out smartly.


-----

Now, I know some of my penalties may seem pretty harsh, but I'd rather
start strict and make exceptions as they present themselves, than slack
off and let the war go completely to la-la land before I crack down.  I
hope you all understand.

If any of the above is at all unclear or if you want further
clarification on a certain point, please feel free to contact me at the
address below.

With love,
Warmistress
WarMstrss@a.......
=========================================================================
Date:         Sat, 8 Jun 1996 22:10:53 -0700
From:         Dianne Therese De Sha <maeve@g.......>
Subject:      Re: how not to participate in a war

Tippi offers:
> war (sigh, groan, grumble).  For anyone else out there wondering how NOT to
> participate in a war, send a msg to the listserv with this in the body:
> > set fkfic-l topics: -war

Actually, I believe you remove the colon, i.e.:

        set fkfic-l topics -war

> At least I think that's how you do it.  I kept getting war posts and

This is indeed how it's done.  All FKFIC-L  accounts come subbed to
"WAR" automatically. Use the above to remove the setting; "+war" to
add it back.

At the moment (and until the War actually begins) all posts go to
FORKNI-L. By convention, we're putting the "WAR:" on them, but it
doesn't filter out on the main list.

Dianne
Grand High Poohbah of the Mercenary Guild
Dianne la Mercenaire...   -*-   <cat.goddess@p.......>
-*-"We must be powerful, beautiful, and without regret."-*-
[SOS-FK: http://members.aol.com/CuznJamiMR/SaveForeverKnight.html]
=========================================================================
Date:         Sun, 9 Jun 1996 01:19:42 -0400
From:         Nathanial Cook <NatRobin@a.......>
Subject:      Re: FK the next Star Trek? (was ASSORTED TOPICS)

Sandra Gray wrote:

>Star Trek now has become perhaps too much of a *commerical* franchise, but
that doesn't necessarily have to happen to a revived FK (I would hope not,
anyway).

Ironic that a cancelled show now has become such a huge franchise, eh?  BTW,
I used to work at Paramount Studios, and I was informed that the whole Star
Trek rigamarole actually single-handedly supports the studio.  So, if they
hadn't given it a second chance . . . ?!?!?

Word to the wise, TPTB!!!

NAT!!!  (Rerun Raven)
NatRobin@a.......
"Word to the wise: Immortality's no excuse not to floss." -- Nick
=========================================================================
Date:         Mon, 11 Mar 1996 21:35:33 -0600
From:         Lisa Marvin <wyllow@n.......>
Subject:      Re: LaCroix's Personality

> Cousin Sherri writes:
> >"Oh, I'm much more than that.... Doesn't the sensation that you're feeling
> >right now tell you that I'm much more than that?"  LC to Nick (The Fix)

> Uh.. isn't this quote from NiQ, and not The Fix?  Just curious.

Yes, it is from NiQ. (Is NiQ still under spoiler protection?)



Lisa M., fearless and everlasting Nick&NatPacker - (wyllow@n.......)
"Though lovers be lost love shall not..."   D.T.
SAVE FOREVER KNIGHT - see this great webpage for details:
  http://members@a......./CuznJamiMR/SaveForeverKnight.html
=========================================================================
Date:         Mon, 11 Mar 1996 22:22:36 -0600
From:         Lisa Marvin <wyllow@n.......>
Subject:      Re: Fwd: An Amalgam

April Ruskin wrote
 >The one where Sckanke had to stay at the Raven... Didn't he almost
>open a closet that had Miklos sleeping upside down in? And when Janette
>opened the closet later, he was vamped out? (It might not have been him, I was
> slightly preoccupied at that moment. You ever tried washing dishes and
> watching FK at the same time?

I think that in the episode you are referring to, Schanke sees a woman
walk through the Raven (during the day) and he follows her into the
basement.  He also sees a coffin down there, and when Janette catches
him looking around he asks her about it.  Isn't this where she
delivers her great line about "catering to the occasional fetishist"?
After shooing Schanke back upstairs, Janette opens the closet where
the woman is hanging upside down, vamped out.

Correct me if I'm wrong.  If it is Miklos in the closet, I'm going to
go watch that one again.  I always kinda liked him!

Lisa M., fearless and everlasting Nick&NatPacker - (wyllow@n.......)
"Though lovers be lost love shall not..."   D.T.
SAVE FOREVER KNIGHT! - see this great webpage:
        http://members@a......./CuznJamiMR/SaveForeverKnight.html
=========================================================================
Date:         Mon, 11 Mar 1996 23:01:31 -0600
From:         Lisa Marvin <wyllow@n.......>
Subject:      Re: IT WILL HAPPEN, if we Make it Happen!

Leslie I.Plummer wrote:
>
> John Folden wrote:
> >Perhaps we should organize some sort of project where we pick a new
> >(media) company to "bug & inform" (them about FK) each month or
> >something...

> 4) Lots of folks (500+?) to write to that person,  .
>>>>>_all_at_the_same_time!


This is a great idea!!!  I think that an onslaught of letters timed to
arrive on the same day would be very informative for TPTB.  It would
show them that FK fans are still around, still thinking up ways to
organize and make an impression.

>More impact than dribbles or occasional letters over time.
> 5) Letter writing campaigns can be very effective, especially when
>an unsuspecting receiver of said mail gets BAGS of mail all at once,
>or whose mail room blows a gasket, fax machines run out of paper...
> ARE YOU WILLING TO WRITE JUST ONE MORE LETTER PER MONTH TO BRING
>BACK FK?
> US Independence day is close (July 4).  Could we organize the first
> LETTER BLITZ by then? (Or on some other relevant date, from Canada,
>perhaps?)


July 4th sounds good to me.  Can someone supply a good target and
address for the first batch of letters?

The crusade continues...

Lisa M., fearless and everlasting Nick&NatPacker - (wyllow@n.......)
"Though lovers be lost love shall not..."   D.T.
SAVE FOREVER KNIGHT!   see this great webpage:
        http://members@a......./CuznJamiMR/SaveForeverKnight.html
=========================================================================
Date:         Mon, 11 Mar 1996 23:24:53 -0600
From:         Lisa Marvin <wyllow@n.......>
Subject:      Re: IT WILL HAPPEN, if we Make it Happen!

> Have you written or called to thank your local syndie, an advertiser
>or the SciFi Channel for carrying/advertising in FK lately?

> Jane   (janes@i.......)
> Raven ** Immortal Beloved ** M.B.D.T.K
> Tread softly because you tread on my dreams
> [W.B. Yeats}


Yes. I e-mailed to thank them for the current reruns as well as for
committing to show all of the episodes from first season and so on.
They sent me a reply right away by e-mail, so someone is reading what
we write.


Check out their webpage:
http://www.scifi.com/fknight

Lisa M., fearless and everlasting Nick&NatPacker - (wyllow@n.......)
"Though lovers be lost love shall not..."   D.T.
SAVE FOREVER KNIGHT! -  see this great webpage:
        http://members@a......./CuznJamiMR/SaveForeverKnight.html
=========================================================================
Date:         Sat, 8 Jun 1996 22:56:51 -0500
From:         Perri Smith <perridox@i.......>
Subject:      Knightie Unite

Okay, guys, apparently this war isn't going to be rolling for a while, but
I'd still like all Knighties to sound off yet again, so we can get the
mailing loop in action. Send replies to me or to Cath Boone, your co-Field
Marshal, at catheboo@c........

Get ready to rumble!

Perri

---------------------------------------------------------------------------
Perri <perridox@i.......>              Field Marshal, Knighties
The Spark       FOLC    DDEB2   Xenite  LFC     PGEB    Dueser
--------------------------------------------------------------------------
=========================================================================
Date:         Sun, 9 Jun 1996 01:55:55 -0400
From:         Joy Davis <Rjoi@a.......>
Subject:      Leslie GrantSmith--"Childkiller" story

Hi all!

I was trying to find Leslie and see about getting her story off Jadfe--the
website is unable to get through for weeks now.  It's just this one story
that's not accessible.

Anyone who could help me out please e-mail me privately--thanks!

Joy
Cousin of the Knight~~UF~~Dark Knightie
=========================================================================
Date:         Sat, 8 Jun 1996 23:05:15 -0700
From:         Heather Thornburg <penni@t.......>
Subject:      Re: Leslie GrantSmith--"Childkiller" story

On Sun, 9 Jun 1996, Joy Davis wrote:

> Hi all!
>
> I was trying to find Leslie and see about getting her story off Jadfe--the
> website is unable to get through for weeks now.  It's just this one story
> that's not accessible.
>
> Anyone who could help me out please e-mail me privately--thanks!

I sent her this.

Heather aka Vachon's guitar
penni@w.......
Knightie, Nick/Nat Packer, Vaquera, SKLer, CSS
SKL: Faciemus ut Dewus Mountainus e Tuo Nasone Exeat!
=========================================================================
Date:         Sun, 9 Jun 1996 02:40:23 -0400
From:         Janette Z <Janette92@a.......>
Subject:      Re: Raven Song Lyrics from Soundtrack!

In a message dated 96-06-08 10:35:16 EDT, you write:

>Walking in shadows
>Feel like I'm drifting away
>Never able to touch a heart
>Too cold to live this way

  Wow, thanks Marcia!!!  I always thought that part was walking through
shadows, feel like I'm drifting away, never able to touch your heart, too
cool to live this way etc.  Thanks again!

Ravenette, Immortal Beloved,
Seducer, Cousin, Dark Knightie,
Janette92@a.......
=========================================================================
Date:         Sun, 9 Jun 1996 00:40:08 -0700
From:         Wendy Marie Christensen <wendy@i.......>
Subject:      WAR: war posts

How can I set it up to get *only* war posts?


-Wendy Marie-   \|/              Unnamed Faction*Cousin
               |o o|             "We *are* each other.  You will always
     -------ooO~(_)~Ooo------    be mine, eternally." LC to Nick
    wendy@i.......
=========================================================================
Date:         Sun, 9 Jun 1996 02:48:38 -0500
From:         "J.S.Levin/Stormsinger" <wabbit@e.......>
Subject:      Re: WAR:A Call To Arms

<Dona> Torrey --

Estoy aqui!  Although, if you've noticed the amount of times my sig's come
up recently, you'd realize there's no dust on this keyboard! (Not much in
the way of letters anymore, either, come to think of it...<G>)

However, I really have to ask:  who started it? and what (at least at
present) is it about??


Storm (Vaquera, Scrapper, Gangrel)
wabbit@e....... (J.S.Levin/Stormsinger)
Their canon met my imagination and was outgunned.
If you practice being fictional, you discover that "characters"
are as real as people with bodies and heartbeats...
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Date:         Sun, 9 Jun 1996 00:57:40 -0700
From:         Dvixen Vidi Vici <dvixen@w.......>
Subject:      unaffiliated for hire in the next WAR!

Well, I guess that about says it all

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AJ Schaafsma                            Dvixen@w.......
      long time unaffiliated lurker (small 'l', small 'u'!)

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Date:         Sun, 9 Jun 1996 01:20:07 -0700
From:         Angie <alasher@e.......>
Subject:      Re: IT WILL HAPPEN, if we Make it Happen!

>> US Independence day is close (July 4).  Could we organize the first
>> LETTER BLITZ by then? (Or on some other relevant date, from Canada,
>perhaps?)
>July 4th sounds good to me.  Can someone supply a good target and
>address for the first batch of letters?

I really think the first target should be high profile AND important in the
entertainment community. Maybe MICROSOFT and Bill Gates should be
the first order.. I don't know.

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Date:         Sun, 9 Jun 1996 08:20:08 -0500
From:         D Echelbarger <gryphon@e.......>
Subject:      Re: IT WILL HAPPEN, if we Make it Happen!

<sigh> I hate to take the role of Official Wet-Blanket, but...

Lisa, qouting Leslie, quoting John:
>> >Perhaps we should organize some sort of project where we pick a new
>> >(media) company to "bug & inform" (them about FK) each month or
>> 4) Lots of folks (500+?) to write to that person,  .
>>>>>>_all_at_the_same_time!

People, I know this sounds like a great idea *on the surface*, but the plain
fact is, a slow trickle over time will probably have a bigger impact.  TPTB in
the media are not *stupid* (criminally unperceptive and profit-driven, I'll
grant you) and *they* know about letter writing campaigns, too.  If they get
500 letters on one day (and how are you gonna get the notoriously erratic PO to
cooperate in the timing?) and then nothing for the next six months, they'll
just assume some fan club somewhere got together and organized a letter-writing
binge.  And it will be dismissed as an isolated fluke perpetuated by a small
group of rabid fans.

But if they get 2-3 letters a day, for months... they're gonna start noticing
the body count, as it were.  They'll notice that there are a lot of us, and
they'll realize (as they can't, if we only send them a ton of letters *once*,
then move on to other targets) that we aren't going to go away.  And maybe, just
maybe, they'll start wondering why so many people from so many places are so
attached to this "dead" (notice the quotes, please) TV show.

And *that* just might get us the attention we need.

I know it's tempting to play the Hare, and bolt ahead with the battle, but the
Tortoise won the race, after all. :)

Diane E
# D Echelbarger                        gryphon@e.......  #
#   WWW HomePage:    http://www.execpc.com/~echelbar/      #
# "Death cannot stop True Love"  Wesley, _Princess Bride_  #
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Date:         Sun, 9 Jun 1996 08:49:14 -0500
From:         D Echelbarger <gryphon@e.......>
Subject:      Re: unaffiliated for hire in the next WAR!

<sigh>

AJ, if you're for hire, you're a Merc. See Dianne DeSha, the Grand High Poobah
of the Mercenary Guild.  She can be found at cat.goddess@p.......

Unaffiliated DO NOT WORK FOR OTHER FACTIONS! With, yes, FOR, no! We are the
*ultimate* free agents, corruptible by no bribe or payment and accountable to
no-one but our individual selves. <hmph!>

Got that? :)

Diane E
Grumpily defending her lack of affliation.
I really shouldn't post before I've had my morning coffee....
# D Echelbarger                        gryphon@e.......  #
#   WWW HomePage:    http://www.execpc.com/~echelbar/      #
# "Death cannot stop True Love"  Wesley, _Princess Bride_  #
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