From: batemanc@p4.cs.man.ac.uk (Mad Chris)
Newsgroups: rec.games.mud.misc
Subject: WHY? (Moorcock, Car Wars etc)
Date: 18 Dec 92 12:18:28 GMT

Introduction
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Yes, I have played MUD's for a while (3-4 years)
No, I haven't read the FAQ: I've only just subscribed to the group
 In fact, I have no idea where it is, so please don't waste bandwith
 with a 'read the FAQ!' post.
Yes, I have an accurate (or reasonably accurate) list of active MUDs.
Please, if you want to flame me, email me. I'm going home for Swik (1)
 tomorrow and won't be around for rebuttal. Kindly insult me in person
 if you wish to flame, rather than insulting me in public but behind
 my back. If you want, I can always .post your insult in the New Year.
 Satisfied?

Touchy? Me?

Actual Important Bit
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Up till now, I've been reasonably content with the two MUG's I play,
UglyMUG and TrekMUSE. But with the recent opening of a BattleTech MUSE,
I wondered if there are people out there interested in a Car Wars MUSE?
Now, I admit that I don't actually have a machine to run it on at this
time, but I'd STILL like to know if there is any interest in this. It'd
be kind of like GURPS Autoduel, as I see it. Ideas? Opinions?

Also, I'm really disappointed in the lack of Moorcock material present 
in MUG's. Does any know of any area anywhere in any MUG with a Moorcock
theme? This strikes me as particularly odd, really. Just considering the
fantasy fraction of his work (approx. 35% of his total output) - which
is perhaps the most well known fraction - this has been read (and 
presumably enjoyed) by more people than any of tolkin's (sic) and Fritz
Leiber's works combined (1), and yet both of the latter have their own
MUGs! And the superb Dancers at the End of Time sequence is so perfectly
suited to MUD convertion (anyone who's read them will know what I mean)!

Oh well, I'll just have to assume that the bulk of Moorcock fans are real
people and not net-heads like... like... well, me, I guess. :-)

Footnotes
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1: For those of you who are as fed up of Christmas as we are, I present
 our alternative quasi-religious festival.
 
 "It's that time of year again, when the spirit of Commercialism
  and Greed washes over the world like so much vodkha, and children 
  everywhere threaten to break Santa's legs if he doesn't bring
  them what they want.

  And so, my almost-friends, I come to introduce to you a new season.
  The season of Swik.

  Swik celebrates the true feelings of this time of year, and
  encourages greed and dishonesty. Swik is a time to tell people what
  you really think of them, or just to lie to them and say that you
  like them when really you'd like to be ramming a shotgun down
  their ignoble throats.

  The joy of Swik is Getting, Shouting and Passing out.

  This year will be the third time Swik has been celebrated formally,
  but we hope that you will join with us in making this a time to enjoy
  yourself, at anyone elses expense.

  Swik runs from December 24 to December 26 with all days given equal credit.

  Happy Swik 3.0, and an acceptable new year to all."

 Swik is copyrighted to the Isle of Wight, where 80% of it's practitioners
 dwell.

2: Source: Well, I'm kind of extrapolating from the following things:
 The total sales of Moorock novels exceeds the total sales of tolkin's (sic)
 and Leiber's novels. Yes, I know Moorcock has already written forty times
 as many novels as tolkin (sic) but I'm twisting the data to my own evil
 means. How do I prove Moorcock is more popular? Well, this somewhat dubious
 assertion comes from a survey in 'Games Master' in which the people being
 surveyed were asked whom their favourite fantasy hero was. Elric came first
 by a landslide, and two other Moorcock heroes were also present in the run
 down. Biased? Me? You bet.

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