[dragon] They did it to us again. I can't take anymore. Seriously.

[Donald Hanauer, II]

At 10:31 PM 8/11/02 -0400, you wrote:
>As a long time Crane (Like you, since Imperial, only changing when the Kolat
>and Mantis stole my soul and heart - respectively) all I have to say is:
>
>Cry me a river.

Except that there were no champions on the list of characters to be
tainted/corrupted.

>Think it sucks when one of your personalities is chosen to be tainted?  Try
>having your CHAMPION chosen.
>You can always take the Mantis approach...redeem Chieko.  (ala Kumiko)
>
>
>>     Chieko is tainted.   One of the (very) few truly good personalities
>> our  struggling Clan has recieved.
>>
>>    Wow, more abuse heaped on the Dragon.
>> What a surprise.  I've only been able to go to
>> one major convention - GenCon 2000.  I had
>> people harassing me for being an Honorable
>> Dragon player the whole convention.
>>
>>    Whenever  Ree would read a story bit that
>> involved the Dragon, a bunch of asses would scream 'Hitomi's evil!'
>>
>>      The first two characters corrupted in the
>> 'pull4 cards, corrupt or kill  the personality of
>> your choice'  fiasco were Agasha Tamori and
>> Mirumoto Taki.
>>
>>       The Monk player who saved the City of
>> White Clouds decided to take the Ninja bribe
>> and let the Ninja corrupt the city.  He was then
>> asked what Clan would be assaulted by the
>> corrupted city landing in their midst.  He
>> promptly chose Dragon.
>>
>>      The brand manager of L5R put up a major
>> bounty for this GenCon (which, with others help, became
>> massive) in a concerted effort to corrupt the Dragon, despite
>> the great majority of its members wishes.
>>
>>       Now we also have Chieko being corrupted
>> from an arbitrary decision made by a player who
>> not long ago claimed to be a 'Pure, honorable
>> Lion.'
>>
>>      It has become a struggle for me to stay
>> involved in L5R.  I have played for  over six
>> years (since Imperial), and have always been
>> a loyal, honorable Dragon.   I've recived nothing but
>> scorn and disdain from too many of the player's,
>> and apparent indifference from the designers.
>>
>>      I want very much to keep my love of L5R,
>> and my place in it, alive.  I can only hope that
>> something will change for the better, and soon.
>>
>>     - James Morgan:  Player, TO, demo-guy, and
>> long-term fan.
>
>
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