Kumba <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> posted [EMAIL PROTECTED], excerpted below, on Mon, 11 Jun 2007 21:25:14 -0400:
> It's competition, at the core. No one likes draws, ties, or even photo > finishes, let alone losing. They like to win, and win by a large > margin. If someone tries to slip the last word in to get them over that > virtual finish line, rest assured someone else is gonna fire off an even > more last word just to one up them, and when we're talking mere microts > from the finish line, sometimes the gloves come off. > > Besides, it's not like a +2 Great Darkwood Crossbow of Acid is all > _that_ expensive. Probably a pain in the neck to load (and the kickback > has to hurt), but well it just means you need to level up some more :) Wow, talk about mixed metaphors! Foot-racing > boxing > AD&D. You've got gumption to try and pull /that/ off! =8^) I guess it works, tho, if you don't try to stretch any of them beyond the limited area they were applied to (which this sort of case begs... resist... resist... =8^) . (And yes, this'd go on the other list, if we had it.) -- Duncan - List replies preferred. No HTML msgs. "Every nonfree program has a lord, a master -- and if you use the program, he is your master." Richard Stallman -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list
