From: Clay Luther (clay@cool.vortech.com)
Date: Thu 09 Sep 1993 - 10:08:14 EEST
> I wrote:
> >
> > I've been thinking about creating a mailing list dedicated *SOLELY* to
> > Gloranthan lore; rules questions and complaints about the magic systems
> > would be taboo. It would be more like a place where people would be
> > encouraged to spout God-Learner philosophy and to publish Gloranthan
> > short stories and remark endless on the connection between Nysalor/Gbaji/
> > Arkat/Ralzakark.
>
> I would subscribe if it existed, but I do not think it is a good idea.
> Some lore does not need rules with it but for other lore rules are
> needed.
>
> What would we do with cult writeups? Would we have to post cult
> background in one group and cult specific rules in another. Too me
> that sounds really dumb.
Cult "write-ups" wouldn't be posted to a Glorantha Lore and Literature list like I was proposing whereas cult literature and lore would be. The digest is *NOT* and never really has been a literature-based list. It is mostly a rules discussion. Furthermore, the digest structure is hard to read and navigate. Often what juicy tidbits of lore there are buried under pages of rules. Personally, I prefer lists that mail seperate articles, reserving digests for extremely high volume lists (such as this list is not). If the digest had a indexed table of contents, it would be better (one could use the pager or editor to skip the boring stuff and get to the juicy stuff by looking for the index key).
> If you are not interested in the rules discussions of this digest
> then skip them.
As I have explained, this usually means missing the good parts.
Well, so far between personal and public mail on the issue, it's about 50/50.
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Clay "it's spelled l-u-t-h-E-r" Luther
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