Another movement in the Dragon Clan

Wed Mar 1 10:33:52 EST 2000

Whoa, whoa whoa my Brother, I did not mean to offend, and I am sorry if I 
did.  Now let's look at a few of your statements...

>From: David Newell <rusted_grail at yahoo.com>
>Date: Wed, 1 Mar 2000 09:21:27 -0800 (PST)
>
>How many Moto died against the Lion?  If Ree wants a
>war but doens't have the people she will make a war
>and make the people.  I never heard anything about the
>war in the shadowlands until the strongholds came out
>and even now there aren't enough people on the undead
>side.

The Shadowlands Civil War is to give honor to the epic struggles of the #1 
and #2 ranked Shadowlands CCG players.  Apparently they have had some epic 
knock down drag out encounters.

Ree corrupted the Lion when only a few people
>used any corruption.

30 to 40% of the Lion decks at 98(?) Gencon were corrupted.  Then David La 
wins the whole thing with a horriblely corrupted Lion deck.  To add icing to 
the cake though, apparently he alomost lost in the semis just to wait until 
he could get Akuma out.  He was bent on sending a message to Ree.  Don't 
blame her because she got it.

  One thing you can't forget is
>that Ree is above the Emperor, she is above the kamis
>she is above even the old Lord Moon, the new Lady
>Moon, and Lady Sun.  The only people Ree doens't have
>control over is WotC and all they care about is how
>many people play this game.  Wars make for excitement.

Ree is above all, but in my opinion she does her best to listen to us, the 
players.  In my NOT SO humble opinion she takes tons of grief for trying her 
hardest to make the story player accessible.  Many of the story elements 
have a player related reason, they are just not always very obvious.  Some 
story elements are strictly her idea, but that is her job.  As for WotC, I 
have nothing nice to say.  And yes wars are exciting :).

>  Right now Rokugan is attacking the shadow but that is
>almost over with the fall of Lord Moon.  The HDM
>doens't have the best public opinion and many people
>would love to see us get screwed.  If it makes a few
>Dragons unhappy but the rest of Rokugan happy does Ree
>think it's worth it?

Again see above.  I do not think Ree would smack us to make some whinning 
players happy.  Besides as Josh has noted we already basically had a civil 
War with Hoshi vs. Hitomi.  Personally it just saddens me that Ree gets so 
much flack for all her efforts.  I do not mean this against you, just in 
general.

I have played since the beginning watching how this game has developed, and 
I just think the interaction is awesome.  This game started as a linear 
creator controled storyline.  It  has grown to include listserves, numerous 
storyline tourneys, Clan War storyline tourneys and yet people complain.  
Like I said this is not directed at anyone in particular, I just think we 
should be grateful for what we have.  And if you don't like it check out 
your alternatives, soul-less M:TG, fuzzy Pokeman, or collect the rare/don't 
play Star Wars.  Sorry about the soap box there... <steps down>.  Falmes can 
be personal or public you choice :(.

Take care.
Rob- Mirumoto Shokan

>--- Rob Bowman <bowman_rob at hotmail.com> wrote:
> > Greetings,
> >
> > I am very doubtful about us having a civil war.
> > Unless the darker side
> > gains a ton of new recruits (or maybe this old bushi
> > is just clueless here),
> > we don't have two sides to have the war.  Besides
> > how many are still alive
> > from the  Naga invasion anyway.  There are 1000+
> > people on the honorable
> > side, plus tons more who just use cgms or very
> > little Taint, so how many
> > does this leave for the other side?  So unless
> > things change drastically or
> > I am clueless this is the least of my worries.
> >
> > Take care.
> > Rob- Mirumoto Shokan
> >
> > >From: "Togashi Bob" <rzlittle at earthlink.net>
> > >Date: Tue, 29 Feb 2000 21:53:52 -0600
> > >
> > > > Careful with this second movement.  We might end
> > up
> > > > like the Crane or Shadowlands w/ a civil war
> > going on
> > > > forever.  Even the Lion can fight each other and
> > be
> > > > tainted when most of them are honorable.  The
> > new
> > > > stronghold doesn't get much use from what I
> > hear.  I
> > > > don't want Dragon to start the next Arc w/ a
> > tainted
> > > > Stronghold that nobody wants to win with.
> > >
> > >Unfortunately, a civil war is coming anyways.  As
> > people line up for or
> > >against the HDM, it is inevitable that at some
> > point Ree will notice and
> > >take appropriate action.
> > >
> > >As far as the new stronghold, I'll be much more
> > inclined to use it than
> > >Kyuden Hitomi.  It may even replace Mountain Keep
> > in my decks.
> > >
> > >Togashi Bob
> > >
> > >
> >
> >
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