Xref: netcom.com alt.pub.dragons-inn:7331 Newsgroups: alt.pub.dragons-inn Path: netcom.com!csus.edu!wupost!cs.utexas.edu!asuvax!chnews!ornews.intel.com!ibeam!hutch From: hutch@ibeam.intel.com (Steve Hutchison) Subject: Re: ADMIN: Nightstalker's greetings and thread ideas Message-ID: Organization: Intel Corp., Hillsboro, Oregon References: Date: Sun, 5 Jun 1994 19:19:47 GMT Lines: 48 pope@physics.su.OZ.AU (The Nightstalker) writes: >Greetings fellow alt.pub.dragons-inn patrons. Dude! You're back? >What has happened here? There are so few posts compared to the early >glory days it is disturbing. I am the Nightstalker, the originator of >this group, though I must say that things have progressed somewhat since >my first thoughts on the idea, with at least two spin offs. Some of us have talked in email about this. I take part of the blame for trending towards longer posts. Sorry, it's just the way I write. Another problem is, we've built up some inertia. There are a lot of features and established characters and things, and the result is a place that can be kind of intimidating to write for. That's why I put together the semi-regular "How to write the Inn" FAQ file. The real problem is, I think, that most of the original writers have moved on to concentrate on schoolwork or on to other jobs. >My reason for posting now is that I may be losing net access sooner >than I thought by converting from a Phd to a Masters, and so I thought >that I'd like to be involved in some threads before I go. Cool! Would be nice to see the original founder actually post %+) >I had two ideas on this, one is a story telling type setting, where >one character starts telling a story, and then others can relate similar >experiences, perhaps jointly building up a mythos on a monster or powerful >NPC. The other is the usual type story, but with shorter installments >so that those of us with time limitations can manage to keep up. >If there is anyone here reading this, think about it, especially if you >have been here for a while (i.e. those who were first about). The idea behind the Inn was originally a place for something more like MUD or IRC interaction, and then sending off the longer, more involved threads to outside. Trouble is, nobody writes in the Inn very much anymore, and those of us who are still left around spend most of our time in outside threads. I wonder ... is there an alternate way to handle this? Define the Inn as a place that everyone can always be at, even if they've left?