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[willtruncheon]

Sandy and I looked at a new place today. It is a lot bigger, and the price is right, but I have reservations. We're gonna think about it a while and go back with a tape measure, to see if we can arrange furniture in appropriate ways. I wish we could trade half the kitchen space for more bedroom, but I suppose there are worse decisions one can be

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[hariyos]

I just ordered a few pistols (ALL of the goddamned rifles I wanted were out of stock at hobbytron, and I was too lazy to find the other places I was looking at the other day when you posted about other Airsoft stuff). Of note to you is that I picked up a few "Shanghai Police Gold Series Pistols" with integral laser sight at the low low price of $1.97 each (spring pistols, of course). I will let you know how they perform.

[dcltdw]

Wait, you're making a larp that's not about how many $EPEEN combat skills you have?

Unpossible.

Let me know if you want help with rules hacking. I'm so-so at stabbing rules a lot and seeing where they bleed. (hariyos and I have done this in the past: we tend to have our own blind spots and so we catch each other's errors. But this should not be construed as volunteering hariyos for such.)

Oh, and I *totally* want to play an invincible NPC all the time. *nods*

[hariyos]

I'd be OK with this.

[willtruncheon]

Any commentary, criticism, or insight about rules and regs from you guys would be not only welcome but gratefully appreciated.

[dharklady]

As long as it means we aren't losing ya from ToV. :( That would make me sad.

In other news I am pretty sure I'll make a good target dummy so if ya need warm bodies to shoot at and I'm not working I'm there. I am a horrible aim however...

[willtruncheon]

ToV is my crack. Not like the one on my... the other kind.
I love ToV like I love chocolate.
You guys are awesome. I'm a ToV guy.

[dharklady]

<3 u too :D

[dcltdw]

Working on a game engine from the ground up has been a little easier than I thought, mostly because I'm just climbing up on the shoulders of giants.

This made me think of something else: what about the logistical/operational structure for PA? I was thinking this morning that growing the staff infrastructure organically is asking for a disaster: you initially have a small group, so everyone gets used to small-group dynamics, which then fails as the game grows.

Of course, if you start with heavyweight infrastructure with a 15-player, 5-staff game, that has its own problems. :)

But anyways, this seems like a good case of using experience to not repeat history.

[willtruncheon]

What would you advise as an alternative?

[dcltdw]

Hmm. I think there are lots of steps involved in answering this question. Each step is a fairly easy question, but getting them out of order means that you lose focus on primary issues

[dcltdw]

*drinks more coffee*

"First principles". That's the phrase I was looking for.

You want to figure out what the first principles of infrastructure are. Then you just need to build it and get everyone to use it.

*sips coffee*

Oh, and I'd like a pony, too. :)

[warriorbard63]

So. When do we get to open fire...umm, er...I mean...playtest? hehe