There are 8 messages totalling 383 lines in this issue. Topics of the day: 1. WAR: Susan's War Tutorials: 7 Planning - Review the Post 2. WAR: Susan's War Tutorials: 8 Diversion Post 3. War: Preferred War Length? (3) 4. Preferred War Length? (3) ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Sun, 29 Aug 2010 02:18:38 -0400 From: Don Fasig <argent@c.......> Subject: WAR: Susan's War Tutorials: 7 Planning - Review the Post With discussion flowing about the upcoming War I thought some of you might be interested in reading Susan Garrett's War Tutorial posts. There are 14 in total - I'll send two or three a day so nobody get's overloaded. Disclaimer: These are not official War rules - but they are a great starting point and an historical perspective on FK Warring. Regards, - Don listgardener@p....... ---,-<@ ------- Forwarded message follows ------- Date sent: Thu, 09 Apr 1998 17:02:11 To: phase3@g....... From: "Susan M. Garrett" <susang@v.......> Subject: WAR:7 Planning - Review the Post WAR TRAINING SESSION - post 7 PLANNING AN ATTACK (Continued) The DP loop has two posts ready to go, a diversion and an attack. While they're working, let's see what the Cousins are up to -- %%%%%%% ************* To: CousinLOOP From: LTSCRUFFY (Cousin Loop Leader) Subject: Monday afternoon We're going to be attacked Monday afternoon before the toga party. Don't worry--it's all set, no major damage and should give us a good follow-up post. We're going to be lured out by a free showing of the wide-screen "Ben Hur". Who's going to be in HQ at the time to be lured away? I know most of you will be out getting your togas pressed and your sandals shined for the party. LCRULES, are you SURE about the patent leather sandals? ************* To: CousinLOOP From: LCRULES (a Cousin) Subject: Re: Monday afternoon >LCRULES, are you SURE about the patent leather sandals?> If you're suggesting that I'm going to try to use them to see the reflection of what's under LC's toga . . . I wouldn't THINK of it. >Who's going to be in HQ at the time to be lured away? > I'll be there. I like "Ben Hur". ************* To: CousinLOOP From: ANCIENT1 (a Cousin) Subject: Re: Monday afternoon Looks like I'm going to be the only other one there. My toga's already pressed. How bad is this attack going to be? ************* To: CousinLOOP From: LTSCRUFFY (Cousin Loop Leader) Subject: Re: Monday afternoon >How bad is this attack going to be?> It's the DPs. How bad CAN it be? Okay, I'll forward your names on to the Mercs. ************* %%%%%%% All the players are in place. Now, onto the attack posts. First -- the Merc-provided diversion! ------- End of forwarded message ------- ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 29 Aug 2010 02:26:35 -0400 From: Don Fasig <argent@c.......> Subject: WAR: Susan's War Tutorials: 8 Diversion Post With discussion flowing about the upcoming War I thought some of you might be interested in reading Susan Garrett's War Tutorial posts. There are 14 in total - I'll send two or three a day so nobody get's overloaded. Disclaimer: These are not official War rules - but they are a great starting point and an historical perspective on FK Warring. Regards, - Don listgardener@p....... ---,-<@ ------- Forwarded message follows ------- Date sent: Thu, 09 Apr 1998 17:02:26 To: phase3@g....... From: "Susan M. Garrett" <susang@v.......> Subject: WAR:8 Diversion Post WAR: MOVIE TIME Toronto, Buckstar's on Yonge Street SUNDAY (DATE), Late Evening MONDAY (DATE), Afternoon by MERCASH (a Merc) Sunday (date), Late Evening I got an assignment Sunday night to hoof it on over to Buckstar's on Yonge Street for a possible job. A coffee joint--typical. Had to be the Perks. At least it wasn't at the "Happy Cafe Express." I hated that place. Too cheerful. There wasn't much of a crowd and I spotted my client right away. Yep, she was blonde. Not all of the Perks were, but there was a good number of them. The fact that she wasn't dressed in yellow or pink or bright blue led me to believe that she was probably a Dark Perk. That could be trouble. Then again, it could also mean a pretty hefty fee. I sidled up to the stool beside the Perk and ordered a Columbian, plain. "You needed a Merc?" Those big blue eyes narrowed and she nodded. "What's the fee?" "Won't know that until I hear the job. Payment up front." There was a pause, then she nodded. "Okay, here it is--" My eyes got a little wide when I heard the plan--at least all they wanted from me was a diversionary tactic and even that involved more cash and string-pulling than actual danger. Not that I was gonna let <her> know that. "Can do," I said, after she'd finished. "It'll cost you 10 pounds of chocolates and 10 Slim Whitman cassettes, sealed. Free refreshments will cost you another pound of chocolate. Perugina." It was steep, but within the realm of reality and she knew it. The Dark Perk took a breath, then nodded. "Okay. Eleven pounds of Perugina I can have back here in an hour. The Slim Whitman tapes may take until tomorrow morning . . . ." "Sure. The job isn't until tomorrow afternoon." I slipped off the stool. "I'll send a messnger to pick it up." "Can I ask--Slim Whitman?" I gave her a grim smile. "You don't want to know. Contract will be ready when you hand over the chocolate." And that was that. She was getting a diversion, we were getting chocolate and the Slim Whitman tapes. She was lucky she didn't know. I wish I didn't. *** Monday (Date), Afternoon It didn't take much. A quick trip to the theater with an offer they couldn't refuse--the owner was a RatPacker, so go figure. I'd arranged to have a print flown in the night before and at 8:00 AM, Fed Ex delivered the movie to Merc Central. Now all I had to do was plant the bait. That was easy enough when the Merc forger also had more than a bit of an artist in her. The invitation to the wide- screen, restored showing of "Ben Hur" was classy, hand script on parchment with gold trim. No Cousin in his/her right mind would turn it down and even LaCroix would probably give it a second look. It was worth the half pound of chocolate. Getting into fairly nondescript gear--what can I say, I look like your average Canadian college student--I hung around near Cousin HQ until I saw their mailman approach. Luckily, they had early mail delivery. I stopped the man, asked for directions, and slipped the invitation into the stack of mail in his hand before he reached the door. He told me what I pretended to want to know, because Canadians will actually try to give you real directions unlike New Yorkers, then headed up the steps and slipped the mail through the door slot. I headed off down the street and waited a safe distance away. If the Cousins decided to take the bait, they'd be out in a half-hour and if not I still had time to try another option. While I waited, I thought about what I'd seen in the mailman's hand. Granted, a lot of places receive Victoria's Secret catalogues, but I didn't know many who had platinum membership. LaCroix was either <very> generous to those who worked for him, or . . . . In exactly a half hour, three of the cousins left the building, talking excitedly among themselves; their leader, LTSCRUFFY, was holding the invitation in her hand. They were heading toward the theater and I shadowed them, making certain that they were escorted inside and given the royal treatment. There were only three cousins in the building, according to my info, and now they'd been diverted. Mission accomplished. Now, *shudder*, it was time to deal with the Slim Whitman matter. End of post MERCASH mercash@merc.com %%%%%%% Note that this post is written in first person. You can write your posts in whatever person you'd like--everything fits into the story. Posts have been from the POV of affiliation members and even pets. Try to keep posts from a character's POV to a minimum--that's the War Mistress' prerogative and her curse--she's gotta keep the overall story moving. Of course, when you're dealing with a reaction post, sometimes the character has just gotta have his/her say . . . . Also keep in mind the Slim Whitman reference. There's no clue as to what those cassette tapes are going to be used for, but just the way they're mentioned keeps the reader's attention. I know that I'd be keeping an eye out for future posts from MERCASH, waiting for those tapes to turn up again. Does Mercash already have a story for those tapes? Maybe . . . or maybe not. Maybe she's waiting for someone to contact her and say, "You know what you could do with those tapes--" That's how stories are born. susang@v....... -- http://www.vitinc.com/~susang EVER Faithful Ravenette. "Friends help you move. Real friends help you move bodies." ------- End of forwarded message ------- ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 29 Aug 2010 14:38:54 -0400 From: L McDavid <mclisa1014@g.......> Subject: War: Preferred War Length? I've had a note offlist asking if the war could be shortened to 7 days instead of 10. Could we discuss this, please? 10 days has been traditional, I think, and I believe I'd prefer it, but I will go with majority opinion. McLIsa listowner, Forkni-l and Fkfic-l mclisa1014@g....... ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 29 Aug 2010 14:47:23 -0400 From: L McDavid <mclisa1014@g.......> Subject: Re: War: Preferred War Length? Sorry for the blank. Facebook has disabled my account because of the hacker and scam thing. I"m in the process of trying to get it unlocked, so I'm less than a competent typist right now. McL ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 29 Aug 2010 16:17:09 -0400 From: g4akl@c....... Subject: Re: War: Preferred War Length? At 02:38 PM 8/29/2010, McLisa wrote: > I've had a note offlist asking if the war could be shortened to 7 days instead of 10. Could we discuss this, >please? 10 days has been traditional, I think, and I believe I'd prefer it, but I will go with majority opinion. I thought two weeks was traditional and here I was thinking that ONLY ten days was too short. I really want to play again so I'd accept anything, but I definitely want LONGER not shorter. Arletta Asbury ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 29 Aug 2010 15:56:02 -0500 From: Rebecca Hinson <rebeccahinson@c.......> Subject: Re: Preferred War Length? I have to admit that I'm with Arletta... 10 days almost seems too short! I'd rather have 10 days instead of 7 (and two weeks instead of 10 days), given the choice. I think that since Wars aren't held on a yearly basis, longer is better. That said, though, I'll go with whatever the majority decides on. :) ~Cousin Becky ----- Original Message ----- From: "L McDavid" <mclisa1014@g.......> > I've had a note offlist asking if the war could be shortened to 7 days > instead of 10. Could we discuss this, please? > > 10 days has been traditional, I think, and I believe I'd prefer it, > but I will go with majority opinion. ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 29 Aug 2010 13:56:24 -0700 From: Bast Ankhsenet <bast_ankhsenet@y.......> Subject: Re: Preferred War Length? I'm with Arletta and Cousin Becky, I'd prefer longer, but I'll go with whatever the majority says. ________________________________ From: Rebecca Hinson <rebeccahinson@c.......> To: FORKNI-L@l....... Sent: Sun, August 29, 2010 4:56:02 PM Subject: Re: Preferred War Length? I have to admit that I'm with Arletta... 10 days almost seems too short! I'd rather have 10 days instead of 7 (and two weeks instead of 10 days), given the choice. I think that since Wars aren't held on a yearly basis, longer is better. That said, though, I'll go with whatever the majority decides on. :) ~Cousin Becky ----- Original Message ----- From: "L McDavid" <mclisa1014@g.......> > I've had a note offlist asking if the war could be shortened to 7 days > instead of 10. Could we discuss this, please? > > 10 days has been traditional, I think, and I believe I'd prefer it, > but I will go with majority opinion. ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 29 Aug 2010 17:58:04 -0300 From: Teresa Floyd <tfloyd@n.......> Subject: Re: Preferred War Length? ----- Original Message ----- From: "L McDavid" <mclisa1014@g.......> > I've had a note offlist asking if the war could be shortened to 7 days > instead of 10. Could we discuss this, please? > > 10 days has been traditional, I think, and I believe I'd prefer it, but I > will go with majority opinion. I don't recall how long the wars I participated in actually were, but I remember that I didn't get a lot of sleep during that timeframe. Once I even took a vacation week for war purposes. I think that a shorter (though probably more intense war) could allow for more participants. -- LapLor, Vaquera since at least 1996. ------------------------------ End of FORKNI-L Digest - 28 Aug 2010 to 29 Aug 2010 (#2010-160) ***************************************************************
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