Newsgroups: alt.pub.dragons-inn
From: rigler@galileo.ifa.hawaii.edu (Michael A. Rigler)
Subject: Re: ADMIN: Re: Where the &$%*# is Specifica?
Message-ID: <1992Jul17.024038.29710@news.Hawaii.Edu>
References: <1992Jul14.231853.16886@njitgw.njit.edu>
Date: Fri, 17 Jul 1992 02:40:38 GMT

>In article <1992Jul14.074442.8493@intelhf.hf.intel.com> hutch@hutch (Stephen
Hutchison) writes:
>>
>>BTW, for those assuming that South == Hotter, more humid - Generica
>>might be in the Southern Hemisphere equivalent... (considering that
>>a good number of our contributors are from Australia...)
>>
>>Hutch
 
rhr9081@hertz.njit.edu (Ray Rich) writes:
>    Well, considering that Fenris the Ice Barbarian is said to be
>from the northlands and the Arabian lands of desert are said to be 
>south, it appears that Generica is indeed in the northern hemisphere.
>Sorry to rain on your parade.    :)

Er...Generica could still be in the southern hemisphere, and Fenris from
far, far to the north, past the equator, in the northlands of the northern
hemisphere.

Besides, the climate of any locale could be largely influenced by such 
things as ocean currents or volcanic activity.

Not to mention which, who says the rotational axis of the planet Generica 
sits on is inclined with respect to the orbit around the star?  Whose to 
say the planet is even round?  It could be flat.

The Gods could be wrestling to determine the weather.  

Fenris's land could lie near a hole in time which connects the 
present with the epoch of the last ice age, through which icy 
winds blast continuously.

The mages of Rameshand could be sucking the heat away from Fenris's 
lands to keep Rameshand warmer.  Generica could be next!

=> Clearly, it all hinges on who writes about it first (and whether 
   their ideas are met with general approval).

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Rigler