I seriously miss Brian Gibson's art from traveller, he was so amazing, such a huge loss.
Derek Stanley
Sent from my iPhone...
> On Feb 24, 2015, at 10:42, [Traveller_TNE] <> wrote:
>
> The funny thing is I think artists were more put out by my asking for
> illos that worked than I was at having to stay on them. Some of that is
> the logic of doing piecework for a living, you have to keep up throughput
> to keep the checks coming. There's a similar dynamic among some freelance
> writers, "I'm going to do enough to get the check, but no more."
>
> > I'm big on equipment that wouldn't work. Bullpup rifles with ejection
> > ports set right against the butt plate drive me bananas and pistol slides
> > that wouldn't work without pulling your thumb off are high on my list.
> >
> > The worst thing is I've never even owned a gun and I can spot impractical
> > and poorly designed weapons.
> >
> > Derek Stanley
> > Sent from my iPhone...
> >
> >> On Feb 24, 2015, at 09:42, [Traveller_TNE]
> >> <> wrote:
> >>
> >> There is obviously a lot of fictional sex being had by the fictive
> >> quintillions in the Traveller universe, but that is well within the
> >> referee's purview. I see enough ED ads and little girls wearing
> >> lingerie
> >> as clothing in real life that I don't miss its official absence in an
> >> RPG.
> >> The art angle is pretty much inevitable, I remember being annoyed by
> >> the
> >> cover of Assignment: Vigilante. When I was younger I could recognize
> >> specific men's magazine photos being used as artist's references and
> >> assume it is still going on. A lot of artists made no secret of the
> >> fact
> >> that they were just slumming illustrating wargames until they could get
> >> into comic books, and formal art training focuses quite a bit on the
> >> human
> >> form. I was mostly irritated that this focus prevented 90% of them from
> >> drawing an automatic pistol whose slide could actually slide, or
> >> howitzer
> >> whose carriage could work.
> >>
> >> > You know I'm sitting at work, trying to be productive but this while
> >> PG
> >> > traveller thing keeps popping up in my head.
> >> >
> >> > 5 people trapped in a tin can for a week straight. I guarantee you
> >> there
> >> > is a whole hell of a lot of inappropriate behavior and shenanigans
> >> going
> >> > on.
> >> >
> >> > Phrases like: Who shrink wrapped the head? Why is my boot full of
> >> water
> >> > and in the freezer? Filling my desk with confetti is not funny Frank!
> >> > Dave's not here.
> >> >
> >> > Derek Stanley
> >> > Sent from my iPhone...
> >> >
> >> >> On Feb 24, 2015, at 07:16, Derek Stanley
> >> >> [Traveller_TNE] <> wrote:
> >> >>
> >> >> Oh, as for the PG rules... Read the Mongoose Traveller robot
> >> creation
> >> >> rules... You can totally make that thing in the locker with those
> >> >> rules.
> >> >>
> >> >> Derek Stanley
> >> >> Sent from my iPhone...
> >> >>
> >> >>> On Feb 24, 2015, at 07:12, Derek Stanley
> >> >>> [Traveller_TNE] <> wrote:
> >> >>>
> >> >>>
> >> >>> I feel compelled to point out that traveller has been the home of
> >> the
> >> >>> chesty girl in the skin tight vac suit for 30+ years. Not to
> >> mention
> >> >>> I'm fairly certain the amount of illicit drugs smuggled in
> >> characters
> >> >>> holds over that time could put an number of Columbian cartels to
> >> >>> shame.
> >> >>>
> >> >>> I will leave you with the following two images to ponder.
> >> >>>
> >> >>> http://i1370.photobucket.com/albums/ag248/Emberdawn/923795D8-A275-4CB5-A679-908F66B472E6_zpsvihvzy7t.jpg
> >> >>>
> >> >>> http://i1370.photobucket.com/albums/ag248/Emberdawn/B101F386-869A-41E2-ACBA-BB9F2B2E2418_zpsedv239gn.jpg
> >> >>>
> >> >>> Derek Stanley
> >> >>> Sent from my iPhone...
> >> >>>
> >> >>>> On Feb 24, 2015, at 06:56, Derek Stanley
> >> >>>> [Traveller_TNE] <> wrote:
> >> >>>>
> >> >>>>
> >> >>>> Isn't this where Phill and Dixie come in trying to do Sex and
> >> >>>> Traveller but always getting shut down before the final panel?
> >> >>>>
> >> >>>> Derek Stanley
> >> >>>> Sent from my iPad
> >> >>>>
> >> >>>>> On Feb 24, 2015, at 6:45 AM, [Traveller_TNE]
> >> >>>>> <> wrote:
> >> >>>>>
> >> >>>>>
> >> >>>>> Jeff,
> >> >>>>>
> >> >>>>> Is that safe? I know that there's been an unwritten rule that MM
> >> has
> >> >>>>> always wanted Traveller to remain PG. Would posting those rules
> >> (an
> >> >>>>> R-rated concept) be in violation of FFE's fan website terms? I
> >> don't
> >> >>>>> want you to get in any trouble.
> >> >>>>>
> >> >>>>> \_/
> >> >>>>> DED
> >> >>>>> TNE @ Yahoo ml Admin
> >> >>>>>
> >> >>>>>
> >> >>>>>
> >> >>>>> ---In ,
> >> <>
> >> >>>>> wrote :
> >> >>>>>
> >> >>>>> On Tue, 24 Feb 2015 05:37:33 +0000 (UTC), Harold Hale
> >> >>>>> wrote:
> >> >>>>>
> >> >>>>> >Somewhere on a crashed hard drive lay the TNE rules for creating
> >> >>>>> >courtesans/prostitutes/and other sex workers. It was well
> >> thought
> >> >>>>> out
> >> >>>>> >and if I ever manage to find a copy saved to a ZIP drive or a
> >> floppy
> >> >>>>> >disk, or hard copy some place, I'll post them here.
> >> >>>>>
> >> >>>>> If you copy me on them if when you find them (or recreate them),
> >> I'll
> >> >>>>> be
> >> >>>>> happy to give them a second home at Freelance Traveller...
> >> >>>>>
> >> >>>>>
> >> >>>>> --
> >> >>>>> Jeff Zeitlin, Editor
> >> >>>>> Freelance Traveller
> >> >>>>> The Electronic Fan-Supported
> >> >>>>> Traveller® Fanzine and Resource
> >> >>>>>
> >> >>>>>
> >> >>>>> http://www.freelancetraveller.com
> >> >>>>> http://freelancetraveller.downport.com/
> >> >>>>>
> >> >>>>>
> >> >>>>>
> >> >>>>> ®Traveller is a registered trademark of
> >> >>>>> Far Future Enterprises, 1977-2014. Use of
> >> >>>>> the trademark in this notice and in the
> >> >>>>> referenced materials is not intended to
> >> >>>>> infringe or devalue the trademark.
> >> >>>>>
> >> >>>>> Freelance Traveller extends its thanks to the following
> >> >>>>> enterprises for hosting services:
> >> >>>>>
> >> >>>>> CyberNET Web Hosting (http://www.cyberwebhosting.net)
> >> >>>>> The Traveller Downport (http://www.downport.com)
> >> >>
> >> >>
> >> >
> >>
> >>
> >
>
>
Derek Stanley
Sent from my iPhone...
> On Feb 24, 2015, at 10:42, [Traveller_TNE] <> wrote:
>
> The funny thing is I think artists were more put out by my asking for
> illos that worked than I was at having to stay on them. Some of that is
> the logic of doing piecework for a living, you have to keep up throughput
> to keep the checks coming. There's a similar dynamic among some freelance
> writers, "I'm going to do enough to get the check, but no more."
>
> > I'm big on equipment that wouldn't work. Bullpup rifles with ejection
> > ports set right against the butt plate drive me bananas and pistol slides
> > that wouldn't work without pulling your thumb off are high on my list.
> >
> > The worst thing is I've never even owned a gun and I can spot impractical
> > and poorly designed weapons.
> >
> > Derek Stanley
> > Sent from my iPhone...
> >
> >> On Feb 24, 2015, at 09:42, [Traveller_TNE]
> >> <> wrote:
> >>
> >> There is obviously a lot of fictional sex being had by the fictive
> >> quintillions in the Traveller universe, but that is well within the
> >> referee's purview. I see enough ED ads and little girls wearing
> >> lingerie
> >> as clothing in real life that I don't miss its official absence in an
> >> RPG.
> >> The art angle is pretty much inevitable, I remember being annoyed by
> >> the
> >> cover of Assignment: Vigilante. When I was younger I could recognize
> >> specific men's magazine photos being used as artist's references and
> >> assume it is still going on. A lot of artists made no secret of the
> >> fact
> >> that they were just slumming illustrating wargames until they could get
> >> into comic books, and formal art training focuses quite a bit on the
> >> human
> >> form. I was mostly irritated that this focus prevented 90% of them from
> >> drawing an automatic pistol whose slide could actually slide, or
> >> howitzer
> >> whose carriage could work.
> >>
> >> > You know I'm sitting at work, trying to be productive but this while
> >> PG
> >> > traveller thing keeps popping up in my head.
> >> >
> >> > 5 people trapped in a tin can for a week straight. I guarantee you
> >> there
> >> > is a whole hell of a lot of inappropriate behavior and shenanigans
> >> going
> >> > on.
> >> >
> >> > Phrases like: Who shrink wrapped the head? Why is my boot full of
> >> water
> >> > and in the freezer? Filling my desk with confetti is not funny Frank!
> >> > Dave's not here.
> >> >
> >> > Derek Stanley
> >> > Sent from my iPhone...
> >> >
> >> >> On Feb 24, 2015, at 07:16, Derek Stanley
> >> >> [Traveller_TNE] <> wrote:
> >> >>
> >> >> Oh, as for the PG rules... Read the Mongoose Traveller robot
> >> creation
> >> >> rules... You can totally make that thing in the locker with those
> >> >> rules.
> >> >>
> >> >> Derek Stanley
> >> >> Sent from my iPhone...
> >> >>
> >> >>> On Feb 24, 2015, at 07:12, Derek Stanley
> >> >>> [Traveller_TNE] <> wrote:
> >> >>>
> >> >>>
> >> >>> I feel compelled to point out that traveller has been the home of
> >> the
> >> >>> chesty girl in the skin tight vac suit for 30+ years. Not to
> >> mention
> >> >>> I'm fairly certain the amount of illicit drugs smuggled in
> >> characters
> >> >>> holds over that time could put an number of Columbian cartels to
> >> >>> shame.
> >> >>>
> >> >>> I will leave you with the following two images to ponder.
> >> >>>
> >> >>> http://i1370.photobucket.com/albums/ag248/Emberdawn/923795D8-A275-4CB5-A679-908F66B472E6_zpsvihvzy7t.jpg
> >> >>>
> >> >>> http://i1370.photobucket.com/albums/ag248/Emberdawn/B101F386-869A-41E2-ACBA-BB9F2B2E2418_zpsedv239gn.jpg
> >> >>>
> >> >>> Derek Stanley
> >> >>> Sent from my iPhone...
> >> >>>
> >> >>>> On Feb 24, 2015, at 06:56, Derek Stanley
> >> >>>> [Traveller_TNE] <> wrote:
> >> >>>>
> >> >>>>
> >> >>>> Isn't this where Phill and Dixie come in trying to do Sex and
> >> >>>> Traveller but always getting shut down before the final panel?
> >> >>>>
> >> >>>> Derek Stanley
> >> >>>> Sent from my iPad
> >> >>>>
> >> >>>>> On Feb 24, 2015, at 6:45 AM, [Traveller_TNE]
> >> >>>>> <> wrote:
> >> >>>>>
> >> >>>>>
> >> >>>>> Jeff,
> >> >>>>>
> >> >>>>> Is that safe? I know that there's been an unwritten rule that MM
> >> has
> >> >>>>> always wanted Traveller to remain PG. Would posting those rules
> >> (an
> >> >>>>> R-rated concept) be in violation of FFE's fan website terms? I
> >> don't
> >> >>>>> want you to get in any trouble.
> >> >>>>>
> >> >>>>> \_/
> >> >>>>> DED
> >> >>>>> TNE @ Yahoo ml Admin
> >> >>>>>
> >> >>>>>
> >> >>>>>
> >> >>>>> ---In ,
> >> <>
> >> >>>>> wrote :
> >> >>>>>
> >> >>>>> On Tue, 24 Feb 2015 05:37:33 +0000 (UTC), Harold Hale
> >> >>>>> wrote:
> >> >>>>>
> >> >>>>> >Somewhere on a crashed hard drive lay the TNE rules for creating
> >> >>>>> >courtesans/prostitutes/and other sex workers. It was well
> >> thought
> >> >>>>> out
> >> >>>>> >and if I ever manage to find a copy saved to a ZIP drive or a
> >> floppy
> >> >>>>> >disk, or hard copy some place, I'll post them here.
> >> >>>>>
> >> >>>>> If you copy me on them if when you find them (or recreate them),
> >> I'll
> >> >>>>> be
> >> >>>>> happy to give them a second home at Freelance Traveller...
> >> >>>>>
> >> >>>>>
> >> >>>>> --
> >> >>>>> Jeff Zeitlin, Editor
> >> >>>>> Freelance Traveller
> >> >>>>> The Electronic Fan-Supported
> >> >>>>> Traveller® Fanzine and Resource
> >> >>>>>
> >> >>>>>
> >> >>>>> http://www.freelancetraveller.com
> >> >>>>> http://freelancetraveller.downport.com/
> >> >>>>>
> >> >>>>>
> >> >>>>>
> >> >>>>> ®Traveller is a registered trademark of
> >> >>>>> Far Future Enterprises, 1977-2014. Use of
> >> >>>>> the trademark in this notice and in the
> >> >>>>> referenced materials is not intended to
> >> >>>>> infringe or devalue the trademark.
> >> >>>>>
> >> >>>>> Freelance Traveller extends its thanks to the following
> >> >>>>> enterprises for hosting services:
> >> >>>>>
> >> >>>>> CyberNET Web Hosting (http://www.cyberwebhosting.net)
> >> >>>>> The Traveller Downport (http://www.downport.com)
> >> >>
> >> >>
> >> >
> >>
> >>
> >
>
>