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[mjm@ATHENA.MIT.EDU: Hey, Phil could you send this out to the rumour list used for Moscow]
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU)
Fri Mar 16 12:26:27 1990
Date: Fri, 16 Mar 90 12:23:07 EST
To: assassins-guil@ATHENA.MIT.EDU, rumour@ATHENA.MIT.EDU
From: Philip J. Nesser <pjnesser@FENCHURCH.MIT.EDU>
From: mjm@ATHENA.MIT.EDU
To: pjnesser@ATHENA.MIT.EDU
Subject: Hey, Phil could you send this out to the rumour list used for Moscow
Date: Thu, 15 Mar 90 22:31:51 EST
as well as assassins-guild ? We're trying to get as much penetration as
possible and reminding those who haven't responded yet to get their act
together.
Return this questionnaire to generic@athena, or hand in person to
Donna Bell, Wes Carroll, Jen Hawthorne, Charles Hope, or Mike "THE McGUIRK"
(We're the GMs.)
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Administrivia (The Boring Part): Please fill this out and send it back
even if you send us no other information.
Name:
Address:
Computer Address, if available:
Phone Number (Home):
Phone Number (Work):
Answering Machine (Y/N)?
Roommate/Housemate also playing?
When do you not want to be called? (12am-8am is the default)
How much time and energy do you expect to be spending on the game, and
what other major time committments will you have during the game?
(i.e. a real job, a heavy course load, a UROP, home for Easter
Weekend, etc.)
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Everything Else (The Not So Boring Part (at least for us)).
Do you trust us? Implicitly?
Are you willing to trust us for five days in April? Why or why
not?
What were your three most recent real-time, real-space
roleplaying experiences? (Assassin, SiL, or other)
Please order the following types of books in the order you would
prefer to read them, from your highest preference to your lowest.
Romance Fantasy Comics
Science Fiction Western Horror
Cyberpunk Gothic Classics
Swashbuckling Adv. Spy Childrens'
Historical Fiction Magazines Weekly World News
Non-Fiction 18.02 Text "C" Documentation
Please define "generic" (in your own words, please -- we don't want
several dozen Webster entries.) What do you think it means when
applied to an Assassin Game? What do you think WE think it means?
What do you like to see in an Assassin Game?
What don't you like to see?
Would you enjoy a serious roleplaying challenge?
How do you feel about combat? How do you feel about real-time/
real-space combat vs simulated combat? (i.e. plastic guns and foam
swords/daggers/katanas vs index card abilities.)
Please complete the following sentence: "When I was growing up, my
best friend was _______"
In more detail this time, who/what is your character's best friend?
How loyal is your character to his/her best friend?
How do you feel about Death? About killing? About dying?
Do you mind being cross-cast? (I.e. playing a character of a
different sex.)
What's the worst thing one person can do to another? The best? Or
simply put, what's your definition of good/evil and how good/evil do
you want to be.
Donna is building a quotes collection. Feel free to include several
neat quotes or some of your favorite lyrics.
Given that Terrans will have guns and computers, and Darkovans will
have psychic powers, would you rather be a Terran or... whoops, wait,
wrong game. Oh well, answer it anyways.
If you would like to, please give us an idea of a character you would
enjoy playing. Please keep in mind that this doesn't constitute a
promise that we'll give it to you, but we will try to keep your
preferences in mind when we cast this game.
Within reason, describe a couple of abilities that you wouldn't mind
having. Do you like unusual character quirks? How about character
conflicts?
Feel free to make up your own questions and answer them.
Which of the above questions is most important? (i.e. which should we
pay the most attention to when casting?)
What did we forget?
(Disclaimer: We didn't forget to ask you who you want to work with.
It was deliberate. If there's someone that you really really have to
work with this game, you can tell us, and we'll do our best, but we
can't promise anything. Also, if you do want to work with someone
else that badly, please make sure they want to work with you, and that
the two of you are asking for characters that could reasonably work
together.)
