The Old Farts never gave up really. Not really playing anything right now,
though have contemplated a few real world and concept designs for fun.
On Wed, Jan 13, 2016, 13:59 DED [Traveller_TNE] <
> wrote:
>
>
> Hi all,
>
> I've been over on the CotI boards these last two days (for the first time
> in 8 years) to try and find an answer to my question regarding the two
> vargr states: Ruler of Five and Opposition Alliance. I never even got
> around to posting my question there, which means I'm going to have to go
> back. Crap!
>
> The hate for TNE lives on. Oh my goodness, there are active threads
> (ACTIVE!) with subjects like "Why do you hate Virus?". And people are
> attacking it for all the same old reasons. One guy who was just discovering
> the setting said that TNE didn't *feel* like Traveller. Another guy
> complained that though TNE was bad, Martin's 1248 setting made things
> worse. And on and on. It was a flood. I had to fight the urge to respond
> to these people or drown.
>
> I checked the TNE section. No one had posted anything there in 75+ days.
> We haven't had much activity here either. SFRPG has been quiet too. So has
> everyone moved on from TNE?
>
> I heard a rumor over on CotI that T5 will have a new setting where the
> timeline is advanced to the year 1900. It's far enough out that Charted
> Space should be sufficiently recovered from the Rebellion, Collapse,
> Empress Wave, and Black Curtain War. The tech level max is to be bumped up
> to 20. Sentient AIs and cybernetics will be embraced (someone claimed that
> it's in the T5 rules). I admit that I'm intrigued, but I have to wonder if
> it will be enough to appease the haters. They'll finally have their shiny
> new 4th Imperium and all will be as it was in 1105, except with more stuff.
> Will they finally shut up and move on?
>
> \_/
> DED
> TNE @ Yahoo ml Admin
>
>
though have contemplated a few real world and concept designs for fun.
On Wed, Jan 13, 2016, 13:59 DED [Traveller_TNE] <
> wrote:
>
>
> Hi all,
>
> I've been over on the CotI boards these last two days (for the first time
> in 8 years) to try and find an answer to my question regarding the two
> vargr states: Ruler of Five and Opposition Alliance. I never even got
> around to posting my question there, which means I'm going to have to go
> back. Crap!
>
> The hate for TNE lives on. Oh my goodness, there are active threads
> (ACTIVE!) with subjects like "Why do you hate Virus?". And people are
> attacking it for all the same old reasons. One guy who was just discovering
> the setting said that TNE didn't *feel* like Traveller. Another guy
> complained that though TNE was bad, Martin's 1248 setting made things
> worse. And on and on. It was a flood. I had to fight the urge to respond
> to these people or drown.
>
> I checked the TNE section. No one had posted anything there in 75+ days.
> We haven't had much activity here either. SFRPG has been quiet too. So has
> everyone moved on from TNE?
>
> I heard a rumor over on CotI that T5 will have a new setting where the
> timeline is advanced to the year 1900. It's far enough out that Charted
> Space should be sufficiently recovered from the Rebellion, Collapse,
> Empress Wave, and Black Curtain War. The tech level max is to be bumped up
> to 20. Sentient AIs and cybernetics will be embraced (someone claimed that
> it's in the T5 rules). I admit that I'm intrigued, but I have to wonder if
> it will be enough to appease the haters. They'll finally have their shiny
> new 4th Imperium and all will be as it was in 1105, except with more stuff.
> Will they finally shut up and move on?
>
> \_/
> DED
> TNE @ Yahoo ml Admin
>
>