From: Jeff Freymueller (jeff@cotopaxi.Stanford.EDU)
Date: Sun 10 Apr 1994 - 01:30:24 EEST
MOB wrote:
>
>From Tales #11 Review (he didn't say who the author was, and I
haven't received my copy yet!):
># Which is why
>#I find one new section particularly intrusive and unwelcome: "Living
>#in the World" on p.86 compares parts of Dorastor to various places on
>#Earth.
>
>#I have two problems with this: firstly, unless you've been there,
>#stating that certain locations are based on terrestrial areas are
>#not all that helpful ....
>
>I agree with the reviewer's sentiments entirely.
>
>What do other people think about making direct comparisons between
>terrestrial and lozengial locations?
I must say that I take the opposite position!
I find that this sort of geographical analogue can help tremendously to visualize the world. Even gamers who haven't seen those locations will still have SOME idea what they look like. And if you have no idea at all what the Earth place looks like, you can just ignore the proposed analogue or choose one of your own. Despite what Ken Rolston wrote in River of Cradles, I still imagine the central part of the Zola Fel River to look like the northern Colorado River in Utah, north of the Canyonlands where the Green River joins it.
>From the reviewer again:
>#If the Tobros Mountains are the Cascade Range, then why don't we just
>#play our RQ in "Alternate Earth" and be done with it?
I think this is one of the sillier statements I've heard lately... although who am I to talk since I play in "Alternate Earth" anyway!
Jeff
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