(Message inbox:392) Date: Tue, 09 Feb 1999 13:41:35 EST To: andy@cowell.org From: DojiTochi@aol.com Subject: Re: Shadowlands Refuge feedback Return-Path: DojiTochi@aol.com Delivery-Date: Tue Feb 09 13:43:16 1999 Delivery-Date: Tue, 09 Feb 1999 13:43:15 -0500 Mime-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: AOL 4.0 for Windows 95 sub 230 Here it is. Mizuko: Motso's a strategist, Tsanuri's a bllod-fisted battle queen. Mizuko: blood, my bad. Only10Ltrs: ? CraneOGrey: ? OnlineHost: Tex IXl has entered the room. KktaDasuri: ? ShinjoMoll: ? Mizuko: What what? OGF Cutie: ((ONCE pls...i've already got most of you on the queue ;)) OGF Cutie: ya done, Ree? :] Mizuko: All done OGF Cutie: Then Tochi's got a question :] Mizuko: Okie,. P1utoN1UM: back DojiTochi: Is the Crane Civil War happing because of tournament results? Mizuko: Toshi: Yes, very much so. OnlineHost: Sockster1 has entered the room. P1utoN1UM: *bows again* Sockster1: hey, what's goin down Mizuko: A majority of the sanctioned tournaments last year ended Crane vs Crane - usually DojiTochi: ouch... Mizuko: one military against an honor. Doji versus Daidoji. P1utoN1UM: ahahahaha!!! P1utoN1UM: =P Sockster1: what's the chat DojiTochi: /ga Mizuko: /ga? OGF Cutie: Shinjo? Tex IXl: protocol chat OGF Cutie: (( /ga tells everyone that you're finished ;)) Mizuko: Ohhh... OnlineHost: XBoBX6969 has entered the room. OnlineHost: Sockster1 has left the room. Ingram970: L5R storyline writer/editor, Ree Soesbee is here ShinjoMoll: Say it ain't so, Ree! Is Shinjo Yokatsu really a Kolat? Mizuko: Gotcha. Will do that from now on. XBoBX6969: hey ShinjoMoll: /ga Tex IXl: ? P1utoN1UM: ? DojiTochi: ? Mizuko: Moll: *chuckle* I've gone through 350 decks from Morikage thus far Mizuko: And of the Unicorn decks, over THREE FOURTHS have had Kolat Masters and Kolat Assassins in t Mizuko: them. It doesn't look good... Mizuko: /ga CraneOGrey: OGF Cutie: Kkta? P1utoN1UM: YEAH! P1utoN1UM: =P ShinjoMoll: !mine didn't KktaDasuri: Ok, Ree, about the Civil war, between the Doji and the Daidoji, would we be able to change OnlineHost: Kane2580 has entered the room. KktaDasuri: that by settle who wins the tournament without actualy fighting it out? KktaDasuri: In Crane vs crane, I mean KktaDasuri: /ga Mizuko: its also too late - while its very possible that the two families can resolve their differen Mizuko: the war has already started. Mizuko: (differences) P1utoN1UM: ROFL OnlineHost: XultimaX has entered the room. Mizuko: What will need to happen is, either Crane begins working together consistantly and impressiv Mizuko: impressively, DojiTochi: ! OGF Djinn: (Couldn't happen to a better bunch of folks.) Mizuko: or one family will have to dominate the othere. Mizuko: /ga OGF Cutie: Ing has the next question /ga Tex IXl: ! im lost here... Ingram970: Ree: What is going on with the new Shugenjas in the Crab Clan? I mean one dies or something, Ingram970: and more are released in the next set. OnlineHost: XBoBX6969 has left the room. Mizuko: The Crab shugenjas - well, consider this. Mizuko: The Hida and Hiruma are very much tied up with the battle in Hiruma Castle, and the Mizuko: troubles there, so it falls t the Kaiu and the Kuni to defende KktaDasuri: ? Mizuko: and protect Crab land until yakamo and the boys return. OnlineHost: Kane2580 has left the room. ShinjoMoll: ? Mizuko: As far as I know, there's been no Crab Shugenja death, though. P1utoN1UM: ! Mizuko: Of course, 'cept Kuni Yori, but that's different.... Mizuko: /ga OnlineHost: XultimaX has left the room. OGF Cutie: Only10? /ga Ingram970: And how are things looking for Yakamo? CraneOGrey: Just a tad :-) Only10Ltrs: Hi, first Ree, great work on the Pheonix book, Second Im wondering, is toturi alive or dead? Ingram970: /ga OGF Cutie: ((For those of you who haven't looked at protocol in a while, please look again ;)) Mizuko: Only: Toturi's sitting on the throne. Can't you see him? OGFGwyn: LoL OnlineHost: Traybor1 has entered the room. P1utoN1UM: lol =P KktaDasuri: ::grin:: Only10Ltrs: he is? Oh there he is!! Mizuko: Look, right there..that guy. He's Toturi. Sure is. Just ask anyone. Mizuko: Anyone still alive int he castle, that is. Mizuko: Nobody's telling Toturi that he's not the right one... Mizuko: /ga P1utoN1UM: er... NOOO!! OGF Cutie: Shinjo? you have two questions according to the queue /ga OGF Djinn: ! ShinjoMoll: 1. What's the LARP at ORCCon about? ShinjoMoll: 2. Will the Hitomi Dragon get 1 personality from every clan? ShinjoMoll: /ga Mizuko: Moll: That, I can't say - the Power Play Productions crew is working this one solo. Ingram970: Ree, everyone....I have to go now. Thanx for your time Ree. Mizuko: Which means, its not story-line sanctioned, though. Mizuko: Bye ingram! OGFGwyn: Night Ingram :) Mizuko: /ga P1utoN1UM: *waves goodbye* OnlineHost: Ingram970 has left the room. KktaDasuri: ::Waves:: Mizuko: oh, wait, the secind one. OGFGwyn: ((It's like leaving Oz)) P1utoN1UM: lol Mizuko: Moll: I think Hitomi is *almost* finished with her people-grabbing phase..its time to move Mizuko: to phase two. Mizuko: (then comes...profit!) P1utoN1UM: er...? Mizuko: /ga Only10Ltrs: ? OGF Cutie: Only10 has another question... /ga OGF Djinn: ? Tex IXl: ? Only10Ltrs: Hitomi, the foul?? What are the naga talking about? OGF Cutie: ((Please realize that once you've hit ? or ! once, you're already on the queue...don't add OGF Cutie: yourself again without another question or comment ;)) OnlineHost: Harubi42 has entered the room. Harubi42: ahhhh Mizuko: Only: The Naga Akasha is telling them that she's the Foul. OnlineHost: FormShaper has entered the room. Only10Ltrs: Some other Elder evil? Mizuko: Hoshi can't make much sense of it, either - Only10Ltrs: Like fu leng but differant? Mizuko: She's affecting the Naga subconscious in some way that's freaking them out, and Mizuko: making them want to kill her, and anyone who follows her. Mizuko: /ga OGF Cutie: Crane's next /ga CraneOGrey: So Ree, is Uji attacking the Lion, or is he attacking Okura? Or is he just trying to retake CraneOGrey: the castle? BTW, you should see the guys on #l5r :-) Mizuko: Uji is attacking the Lion. He hates Tsanuri, and figures its time to get a little of his own P1utoN1UM: YEAH! P1utoN1UM: =P Mizuko: Tell the #l5r guys I'll pop by later :) Harubi42: #l5r!!! P1utoN1UM: kewl Harubi42: w00! Mizuko: Although, since Okura lives in the castle Uji's planning to attack, it amounts to the same Mizuko: thing, roughly. Mizuko: /ga OGF Cutie: Kkta has another question /ga Harubi42: ::takes his customary guardian post by Ree's side:: CraneOGrey: ? Mizuko: *smiles at Braden* KktaDasuri: Ok, Ree, this isn't about the storyline, but, how much, if any, have you read of people's KktaDasuri: works and stories about L5R, such as Rokugan 2000? P1utoN1UM: lol, weevils? P1utoN1UM: ;) KktaDasuri: (or 90210 =^P) Mizuko: I've been to the rokugan 2000 page (which is a riot), and I peruse a lot of the other P1utoN1UM: Kewl OnlineHost: Cmblbdog has entered the room. Mizuko: webpages - kenbando, Shinjo Killbeggar, Ikoma Andy's site Harubi42: *cougj* or Emiko's Story KktaDasuri: Neat. =^) Mizuko: Although I get very little time to read a lot of the stories, I do get some time KktaDasuri: /ga Harubi42: *cough* Braden's page Mizuko: to read them. *chuckle* Mizuko: /ga OGF Cutie: and Shinjo... /ga OnlineHost: Cmblbdog has left the room. Mizuko: (Oh, BTW, a lot of folks from Morikage sent in stories with their decks, which I've been rea ShinjoMoll: When will Sleeping Mountain be released? Mizuko: reading) ShinjoMoll: /ga Mizuko: Moll: Sleeping mountain left the AEG offices two weeks ago, and there is still some art comi Mizuko: coming in. After than, about a month production time, so we're looking at Only10Ltrs: ? Mizuko: roughtly aPRIL. Mizuko: ack. /ga OGF Cutie: Tex? /ga OnlineHost: AvgJoe42 has entered the room. KktaDasuri: ? P1utoN1UM: / P1utoN1UM: ? OnlineHost: Traybor1 has left the room. Tex IXl: What are the average start up costs to play L5R? OGF Cutie: hm...I'm gonna move him to the end of queue again OGF Cutie: nm ;x ShinjoMoll: ? FormShaper: ? Tex IXl: lag sorry OnlineHost: Donesh has entered the room. Mizuko: Tex: One starter, about $8 and two boosters, about $250 each, methinks? Mizuko: ACK! P1utoN1UM: lol Mizuko: i mean, $2.50. Eep. OGF Djinn: :::faint::: CraneOGrey: heh heh, BAD typo :-) Tex IXl: And what are the DCI changes to your tournament structure? KktaDasuri: lol CraneOGrey: 2.50 for 11 carders, 2 for 8 carders Harubi42: very Bad Shizue-sama =) Mizuko: So about, 12 dollars. Tex IXl: If there are any Mizuko: *hides fro harubi* Mizuko: /ga Harubi42: *whimpers( OGF Cutie: P1uto has a question /ga P1utoN1UM: ok P1utoN1UM: er, when will we see some headlines about the Monkey Clan? =P Mizuko: Tex: Because I don't do the tournament structure, I can't really answer about the DCI. Mizuko: Monkey Clan! Mizuko: Best clan in the land KktaDasuri: grr... P1utoN1UM: YEAH! KktaDasuri: ! CraneOGrey: Hey?? What about Crane? Mizuko: Monkey clan has a few new members in Honor Bound, and Toku's going to be making a Serious ta P1utoN1UM: er, was that sarcasm ree? OnlineHost: Allandrel has entered the room. Harubi42: *cough* only one GOOD Crane Mizuko: take in Morikage. Even the Shadowlands deck have Toku in them. Mizuko: There's toku in the mountains, Toku in the shadowlands, toku in the P1utoN1UM: NOOOOOOOO!!! OnlineHost: ChbiLumina has entered the room. Mizuko: battle-maidens, Toku running around with the tattooed guys, and even CraneOGrey: no toku in my crane Harubi42: *bows to Shizue-sama* Mizuko: Toku following a giant Lego Naga. Mizuko: /ga OGF Cutie: Tochi is in line for both a question and a comment /ga P1utoN1UM: he is every where, ahahahaha! KktaDasuri: I had a toku OnlineHost: ChbiLumina has left the room. P1utoN1UM: /ga DojiTochi: Was the friction between the Crane families planned in advance? FormShaper: lol! Mizuko: Tochi: No. While there was definately room for it, it was going to be just friction between OnlineHost: HB255 has entered the room. Mizuko: Uji and Kuwanan. The players blew it up into a full-scale civil warthtough their deck Mizuko: construction and tournament play. Allandrel: ? Mizuko: /ga OGF Cutie: Kkta's question? P1utoN1UM: ROFL OGF Cutie: /ga DojiTochi: so if we had declined to fight each other in tournies we would not have the civil war? DojiTochi: I wasn't done. OGF Cutie: sorry 'bout that, Tochi ;x Mizuko: Tochi: If the tournaments had been less clearly Doji versus Daidoji, yes. Mizuko: /ga OnlineHost: HB255 has left the room. DojiTochi: now for my comment... OGF Cutie: now it's Kkta's turn /ga OGF Cutie: ack! DojiTochi: Cutie: that was all one question OGF Cutie: my mistake.. DojiTochi: I feel that the Crane players did not intend to show the clans fighting against each other KktaDasuri: ::nods:: DojiTochi: and that is just how it appeared with the obvious Honor/Military difference. Mizuko: Tochi: i'm sure the Phoenix players did not 'intend' to destroy their clan Harubi42: *looks over to his Otaku friend* Harubi42: Hello Mejoyu Mizuko: by bringing in Shadowlands Tainted Dragons, too. CraneOGrey: (anybody logging this? if so, IM me) DojiTochi: /ga OGFGwyn: <--- is logging this and will be posting it Mizuko: Tochi: But that's what great storylines are made of. Mizuko: /ga CraneOGrey: Dark Dragon Of Fire.. did it to the oracles :-) OGF Cutie: i think we know who's next ;) /ga KktaDasuri: Yay! AvgJoe42: *looks at his lion friend* hello mike DojiTochi: yes Tex IXl: ! KktaDasuri: Ok, Shizue, I'm not sure if you can tell us, but whats seem to be the likelyhood that Harubi42: *crosses his arms, and surveys the crowd* OnlineHost: MaGNuS069 has entered the room. MaGNuS069: Hello KktaDasuri: Toshimoko (yay!) will survive his duel with Kage(Boo!)? Good? Bad? Slim to none? OnlineHost: ShigekiMS has entered the room. OnlineHost: CirclMastr has entered the room. CraneOGrey: Dasuri:who says the kolat are neccassarily bad? the ninja :-) Mizuko: The chances are good, for both of them to survive. :) There's a young Crane who got.. Mizuko: involved...Honor Bound will tell more of the story. Mizuko: /ga OGF Cutie: Shinjo? /ga KktaDasuri: /ga ShinjoMoll: How in Jigoku did Sanzo get a Bloodsword? /ga OnlineHost: Zukuss5285 has entered the room. CraneOGrey: Here come the Kolat Garbed In Black.. Yeah yeah, here come the KGB... wait a sec... OnlineHost: Zukuss5285 has left the room. Mizuko: Moll: I can't tell you that. It will come out on its own, trust me. OnlineHost: ShigekiMS has left the room. Mizuko: ANd him having it is going to be a very bad thing..... Mizuko: /ga OGF Cutie: P1uto has a comment /ga P1utoN1UM: its about damn time for the cranes to kill each other ;) Mizuko: Poor Sanzo. KktaDasuri: ::glare at pluto:: Mizuko: *chuckle* Well, its rough all over in Rokugan these days.... Mizuko: /ga P1utoN1UM: /ga OGF Cutie: Djinn also has a comment /ga OGF Djinn: Question, actually. =) OGF Djinn: 1.) Is the "it" that Norikazu refers to the same "it" that is freaking out the Naga? OnlineHost: Ramza5379 has entered the room. Mizuko: Yes. OGF Djinn: 2.) How many people are involved in storyline developments? Is this ALL yours, or is... Mizuko: Good eye, Djinn OGF Djinn: there a team approach? OnlineHost: SSSerpent has entered the room. Mizuko: Not yet. Mizuko: /ga OGF Djinn: ;) Mizuko: Djinn, doh, didn't see @) P1utoN1UM: awww, no help? Mizuko: 2 . Mizuko: The storyline developments have about, oh, 20,000 people involved. MaGNuS069: heh OGF Djinn: lolololol. Mizuko: Me, you guys, the players, the tournament runners.... CraneOGrey: us P1utoN1UM: =p Mizuko: SERIOUSLY. All I do is set the stage, and the players make the cool thing happen around my p DojiTochi: ...whether we know it or not. /ga Mizuko: its amazingly cool. I have the best job in the world, and L5R has the BEST fans. Mizuko: /ga OGF Cutie: Only10? /ga Only10Ltrs: The naga, still seige the dragon? Or Punished by the clans? OnlineHost: SSSerpent has left the room. CirclMastr: ? P1utoN1UM: *gathers a drop of tear* OnlineHost: MaGNuS069 has left the room. Mizuko: Only: right now, they are marching toward the final province of the Dragon Clan, led by Mizuko: Hoshi and the Qamar. OGF Cutie: Tex is next /ga OGF Cutie: oops ;p P1utoN1UM: ? Mizuko: At Siege of Sleeping Mountain, the battles will be over. Mizuko: /ga OGF Cutie: NOW Tex is next /ga CraneOGrey: ? DojiTochi: ? Tex IXl: So, you say the tourneys make the game changes? Like what cards are created? OnlineHost: Ramza5379 has left the room. Tex IXl: Is this a correct assumption? P1utoN1UM: *wonders is tex is a newbie* Tex IXl: I have never played l5r Mizuko: Well, there's the False Hoturi, the Dragon's Claw Katana (not out yet) ShinjoMoll: Hey we like newbies Mizuko: The Shadow Samurai who became hida tsukune... KktaDasuri: New players are a good thing. I hate the term newbie... Mizuko: I can think of several more - including the Monkey clan. Tex IXl: Hey... I have a card called the false hoturi... i think... it came in a magazine P1utoN1UM: Ree: really?? cool! Mizuko: The Entire Monkey Clan. That's all generated by tournament victories. Tex IXl: Ahh Tex IXl: Cool! Tex IXl: :) Mizuko: *nod* Was very cool - victory by Toturi's Army. Tex IXl: /ga Mizuko: /ga P1utoN1UM: guys: I AM A NEWBIE, that was just me wondering OGFGwyn: ((Please remember this is a protocol chat)) OGF Cutie: Crane? /ga CraneOGrey: 1. How the *heck* did Kage get into the imperial court (assuming Shizue was in the court P1utoN1UM: sorry CraneOGrey: during the time 'A Glimpse Of Kage's flavor text came out) OGF Djinn: ? Tex IXl: ? CraneOGrey: and 2. What's up with all these people losing the samurai trait.. i hope that was just an er CraneOGrey: ror in proofreading ( rekai, tsuruchi exp. CraneOGrey: ) Mizuko: Shizue is Kakita Yoshi's assistant, so yes, Kage got into the palace of Otosan Uchi. Mizuko: And as for how he did it - well, the Emperor's son got out during the scorpion Coup. Mizuko: Kage used the same secrets to get in. CraneOGrey: Ah.. the secret entrance Mizuko: 2) That was an error in proofreading - they should, as far as I know, have the samurai trait Mizuko: it will be erratta Mizuko: 'ed. OnlineHost: AvgJoe42 has left the room. P1utoN1UM: the dreaded E word Tex IXl: amen Tex IXl: ;x CraneOGrey: Ok DojiTochi: Yay. Mizuko: /ga OGF Cutie: Only10 has another question /ga Only10Ltrs: So, whats this monkey clan, is a joke? Also, will Kage be found? Or is he hiding, or binding Harubi42: ? Only10Ltrs: himself to an oni, or this Foul. Only10Ltrs: thingy. Mizuko: No, the Monkey Clan is toku's clan, given to him for his loyalty and bravery. P1utoN1UM: =P Mizuko: and kage has no intentions of binding himself to an Oni, or anyone else. Mizuko: /ga OGF Cutie: P1uto? /ga Donesh: ? P1utoN1UM: ok, well, will there be a fine line between TA and the Monkey Clan? P1utoN1UM: or will those two gonna be different units P1utoN1UM: /ga CraneOGrey: ? OnlineHost: Halberd541 has entered the room. Mizuko: There will be a fine line. For all intents and purposes, the Monkey Clan is to Mizuko: toturi's Army what the Wasp clan is to Yoritomo's alliance. Mizuko: /ga OGF Cutie: Shinjo... /ga ShinjoMoll: You probably can't tell me this either, but who's responsible for the ShinjoMoll: war between the Crab and the Lion -- who's been killing the messengers? Mizuko: Moll: You ask the hard ones. But, that answer's already out there, hidden in flavor text. Mizuko: So all I can tell you is to read up a bit, and see where your conclusions lead you. :0 Mizuko: :)/ga OGF Cutie: FormShaper /ga Halberd541: ? FormShaper: Two Q's, please. 1) Can we assume, from your recent 'info post, that you got the 'mums? ... FormShaper: and 2) Can you tell us a bit more about Kokujin and Siege? Mizuko: Yes! Absolutely! they're so beautiful! Many thanks, to the Mantis Alliance. Mizuko: (FYI, the Mantis players send me a dozen white crysanthemums. They're so nice!!) OGF Djinn: Well, they certainly can afford it. 5g... sheesh. =) Mizuko: And Kokujin and the Siege - well, there's two flavor texts in the 100 or so card set, that h CraneOGrey: Kissups :-) ShinjoMoll: Did you decline it twice before you accepted them, Ree? Mizuko: have to do with Kokujin. They're both pretty important storyline wise. Mizuko: Moll: I turned them down twice, but there were twelve of them, so they out-talked me :) ShinjoMoll: lol Mizuko: Kokujin is about to seriously change the Dragon player's attitude toward a few things, Mizuko: methinks. its going to be an interesting debate, thereafter... Mizuko: /ga OGF Cutie: Kkta /ga KktaDasuri: Ok, Shizue, I know it won't be for a while, but about when can we expect Unexpected Allies? KktaDasuri: Or will we not be able to expect it (Duh...) Harubi42: =). CraneOGrey: Hey, could whoever had the 'who's killing the lion/crab agents' please IM me, i'll tell ya CraneOGrey: answer Mizuko: Its lying in pieces on my desk. I've cut it from over 300 entries to only 30 Only10Ltrs: i gotta go, must sleep. thank everyone!! The CCG is great, RPG is lots o' fun!! Bye Bye!! Mizuko: and now I've asked Dave Williams to look over them and try to sli it farther. OnlineHost: Only10Ltrs has left the room. Mizuko: We only have about 10 spaces for the characters, but these are all so great... KktaDasuri: Will there be a UA II if this one works out well? And how big will UA be like, page-wise? Mizuko: So, its currently slotted to leave the office late february, and figure about a 4 to 5 week Mizuko: printer's turnaround. Mizuko: If this one works out well, and everyone likes it, YES, definately. Harubi42: including ancestors Mizuko: I'd love to do it again - and this time, to do it *swiftly*. Mizuko: Including ancestors, yes. Mizuko: /ga Harubi42: =) KktaDasuri: /ga OGF Cutie: Allendrel /ga OnlineHost: CraneOGrey has left the room. Allandrel: Two questions. Is the Crab/Lion outcome already decided, or has it been muddled so that we Allandrel: help determine it through tournaments and such, OnlineHost: Delthius has entered the room. Mizuko: Its still open to some..changes. Overall, I've been watching how Allandrel: and 2) some details on the circumstances Agetoki's death, please? Mizuko: lion and Crab act toward each other in the recent tournaments, Allandrel: /ga Mizuko: and so, a lot of it is already determined. However, there's always room to change. Mizuko: 2 - Agetoki. Clarification on his death. Wow. I hope nobody else has questions..this might Mizuko: take a while. Harubi42: *sits back, transfixed* OnlineHost: SilencGhst has entered the room. Mizuko: Actually, Agetoki's final days are going to be the topic of the next shortstory I put out, OGF Cutie: ((we have about 10 people left on the queue...anyone who wishes to be removed, please IM me) OnlineHost: SilencGhst has left the room. P1utoN1UM: *finds a couch and nukes some popcorn* Mizuko: after Morikage. So if you watch the FRPG storyboard, you'll see exactly Mizuko: what happened. Mizuko: *was kidding about stopping questions* Mizuko: /ga OGF Cutie: Tex /ga Tex IXl: Where can someone find more information about L5R and its storyline? Tex IXl: /ga OnlineHost: Moofit has entered the room. Mizuko: Tex: www.frpg.com, or ikoma Andy's site, or Kitsu Sei's site. P1utoN1UM: tex: IM me Mizuko: i'm not sure of those exact web addresses, though if you search, you'll find them Mizuko: and I'm sure some of these guys can help you, too! Mizuko: /ga OGF Cutie: Circl is next /ga CirclMastr: With Toturi calling upon the Unicorn to destroy the black magic-using Lion shugenja, will we Harubi42: if you need site addy's, IM me Delthius: evening all CirclMastr: soon see the end of the Lion as a clan, able to seriously compete? CirclMastr: /ga OnlineHost: Delthius has left the room. OnlineHost: Jordan 626 has entered the room. Mizuko: I seriously doubt that. We've got two Lions in Honor Bound, and I think both of them rock. Mizuko: One of them, I'm stealing for my Mantis deck, so watch out... Mizuko: /ga OGF Cutie: P1uto? /ga P1utoN1UM: well P1utoN1UM: are the art for each l5r card preapproved P1utoN1UM: like the storyline implications, are they like accuate? OnlineHost: SilencGhst has entered the room. Mizuko: Yes and no. OnlineHost: CirclMastr has left the room. Mizuko: I write a complete description of each piece of art, for every card, P1utoN1UM: for example, shosuro is pictured without a face, so its that just the artist or story peeps? Mizuko: which is sent out to the art director, and then to the artists. Mizuko: Sometimes, the artists don't do exactly what I ask for, and we refuse the OnlineHost: Jordan 626 has left the room. Mizuko: piece. Sometimes, without the time or money to refuse it, a piece that is a little off has Mizuko: to go in anyway, and I have to 'ret-con' the story. P1utoN1UM: cool, thx P1utoN1UM: /ga Mizuko: But Shosuro is not supposed ot have a face. i'm EXTREMELY happy Mizuko: with Shosuro's picture. BTW. /ga OGF Cutie: Tochi? /ga P1utoN1UM: yikes... DojiTochi: Is there anything the Crane Clan players can do to prevent any further aggresion? OnlineHost: SilencGhst has left the room. OnlineHost: HBKShwnMic has entered the room. DojiTochi: i've got a 2nd one also... Mizuko: There are at least five major storyline tournaments coming up this summer, all across the Mizuko: country. I look carefully at the results of each one, and at how the players act toward each P1utoN1UM: / P1utoN1UM: ? Mizuko: other, and their decks. There's always room for the Crane to Mizuko: come together once more. if the players truly want that and try to work toward it. Mizuko: Look at what the Dragon players were able to do! Mizuko: second one? DojiTochi: any clue why the FRPG page isn't working? OnlineHost: HBKShwnMic has left the room. Mizuko: None at all. Unless Puck took it down to add my new story about Aramasu./ Mizuko: That might keep it down for a couple of hours/. ShinjoMoll: ? DojiTochi: its been down since yesterday. Mizuko: Then again, there was this time when someone left FRPG for the weekend Mizuko: and turned off the powerswitch in the room with the serverbox.... Mizuko: *sigh* Mizuko: /ga OGF Cutie: Djinn /ga DojiTochi: /ga OGFGwyn: Hee! P1utoN1UM: lol OGF Djinn: Ree - Can you give some specifics on what happened to Kamoko's mother? OGF Djinn: And... OGF Djinn: What exactly did Agetoki tell Kamoko? Harubi42: Ree: I think he mentioned that he did. OGF Djinn: /ga Mizuko: Kamoko's mother was retired, and then she wa asked to perform a simple mission Mizuko: for her daimyo and her clan - carry a message across the border to Lion lands. P1utoN1UM: ouch Mizuko: A group of bandits struck (the Lion and Unicorn hostilities were high, so people aren't OnlineHost: Moofit has left the room. Mizuko: certin they were just 'bandits') , and Mother Kamoko was driven Mizuko: off a cliff, with her steed. To her death, far below. Mizuko: When Kamoko was gempukku'ed, she caught Agitoki. He knew her, and said 'I know Mizuko: how your mother *really* died, my dear.. Mizuko: Before she could get his secret, the Lion counterattacked, freed Agitoki, and she Mizuko: has been searching for him, and the answer, ever since. Mizuko: When she found him, he asked her if she was willing to sacrifice everything - everything - Mizuko: for her answer (see the story I wrote, on that one). Mizuko: When she found him for the second time, her answer was 'Yes." Mizuko: So Agitoki told her what he knew. Then, out of shame, OnlineHost: LlanwrBird has entered the room. Mizuko: and out of the Code of Bushido's tenet to prove the truth with your death, Mizuko: Agitoki comitted seppuku. Mizuko: You'll have to see it in the story to fully understand..coming soon. Mizuko: /ga OGF Cutie: Tex? /ga Tex IXl: Why do you call yourself a "struggling" writer.... this seems pretty interesting.... OGF Djinn: Thanks! Mizuko: *lol* I wrote that two years ago, when I got the account. And, I believe that DojiTochi: ::applauds Ree's storytelling on the fly:: Tex IXl: Do you write novels about this? Mizuko: every author is struggling - to find their muse. Mizuko: We've already written a few proposals for novels, and as soon as Wizards and FRPG approve Mizuko: them, they will be written for the public. Tex IXl: Cool. I'll buy it. Tex IXl: =) OGFGwyn: <-- found her Muse - but accidentally locked her in the sock OGFGwyn: drawer. Harubi42: *offers up his page for all interested in the plights of the novel crew* Mizuko: Tochi: Oh, that's not 'fly' - that's swiprd from the half-finished text. :0 Mizuko: lol gwyn! Mizuko: /ga OGF Cutie: Harubi? /ga DojiTochi: :) Harubi42: Shizue-sama... are my Akodo ever coming back in any form? Harubi42: /ga P1utoN1UM: *sigh* need help on English homework... anyone? =P P1utoN1UM: Harubi: er, Tohaku, LOL! Mizuko: Poor Harubi... Harubi42: hey hey hey Harubi42: *whimper* OnlineHost: DrAgNsRuLe has entered the room. Mizuko: I can say they will be back 'in some form', but don't pin your hopes too high.. Harubi42: don't kick a man when he's down, ok? Mizuko: the storyline's about to take a very sharp turn to the 'Ugly' side. OnlineHost: Cyong0 has entered the room. Mizuko: /ga OGF Cutie: Donesh /ga Harubi42: *sigh* DrAgNsRuLe: Did gwynn have to send that Donesh: Just how are the Dragon stoping the Naga? Donesh: Reasoning->Naga in ccg are the most powerfull when combined.. OGFGwyn: Yes because it's a protocol chat and you aren't supposed to OGFGwyn: be yappin onscreen generally. Donesh: And a whole lot of Naga are attacking the Dragon.. DrAgNsRuLe: To bad gwyn I dont have L5R cards with me, those ones I had were my teachers Mizuko: The Dragon aren't stopping the Naga. THat's the problem. OGFGwyn: Dragn - hush, will ya!? Mizuko: :) DrAgNsRuLe: k Donesh: Ahh..Good..So teh Dragon are getting wipped out? P1utoN1UM: lol Mizuko: The Dragon territories are almost imossible to cross, that's what's taking so long. And the Mizuko: Brotherhood (hoshi) keeps tryng to talk the Naga into going home. Mizuko: But the Naga aren't listening. Mizuko: /ga OGF Cutie: Halberd is next /ga OGFGwyn: Harsh. Halberd541: Alright. This is sort of skewed from the current topic, but OnlineHost: Cyong0 has left the room. DrAgNsRuLe: bye all, might see ya tommorrow OnlineHost: DrAgNsRuLe has left the room. Halberd541: are there any carachters now or in the futrue that are the incarnation of Miyamoto Musashi? DojiTochi: ? Harubi42: Halberd: Yokuni is my guess =) Halberd541: I see how that would be. Mizuko: The entire game is a tribute to Musashi, and his works. It would be trival to dedicate Mizuko: anything less than all of the cards to his mastery. Mizuko: /ga OGF Cutie: P1uto? /ga P1utoN1UM: can you tell us about er, Hitomi's phase #2? or do we commoners haveta wait and see? =P FormShaper: ? Mizuko: Phase one: collect underpants. Mizuko: Phase two. Mizuko: Phase three: profit. OGFGwyn: FormShaper's the last one added to the queue. OnlineHost: Cyong0 has entered the room. Donesh: ? Mizuko: Actually, Hitomi had a great phase two. But she's going to have to hurry up past her Mizuko: original plan, if she 's going to enact her plan before the NAga overwhelm her. Mizuko: So, phase two is, unhappily: "I hope we're all ready for this, because its now or never.." OnlineHost: Cyong0 has left the room. OGFGwyn: ((Please note - FormShaper is the last one on the queue) Mizuko: And that's in Sleeiping Mountain. Mizuko: /ga P1utoN1UM: thats bad huh? OGF Cutie: Shinjo /ga P1utoN1UM: /ga ShinjoMoll: What do you think of the art on the new Doji Shizue card? /ga Mizuko: I love it!!!! P1utoN1UM: hehe Mizuko: I'm much happier about the art on Shizue Exp, and the Glimpse of Kage card. Harubi42: New art fits the inspiration, eh? Mizuko: April Lee is one of my three most favorite artists (my bias, why she does a lot of Crane Mizuko: cards...heh) Mizuko: /ga OGF Cutie: Tochi is up next /ga DojiTochi: Are the people from the Burning Sands going to come for Hitomi? DojiTochi: To resurect Lord Moon and all? Mizuko: There's a few people 'in the Burning Sands' who are coming back to Rokugan, yah.. Mizuko: But remember - the Burning Sands thinks the Sun's the bad one. Harubi42: NO! P1utoN1UM: aha Mizuko: They certainly won't like it if hitomi does anything to the moon. Harubi42: not Lady Amaterasu... Mizuko: /ga OGF Cutie: and finally, FormShaper /ga FormShaper: So Yoritomo is trying to marry his Leutenant to Shiba Tsukune? ... who IS his Lt.? DojiTochi: /ga Mizuko: His Lieutenant. his right-hand-man. Mizuko: Tsuruchi. Mizuko: *ack* Harubi42: Wha? P1utoN1UM: AHHAHAHAHA!!! P1utoN1UM: LOL P1utoN1UM: ROFL Mizuko: Poor guy. Tsuruchi hasn't been told that that's the plan, though Harubi42: whoa... FormShaper: ?!? haha? You're kidding, right? Mizuko: So, for goodness sake, nobody tell the Wasp clan... Mizuko: Seriously. Mizuko: Yoritomo wants that alliance. Bad. Mizuko: He's willing to marry, command, pay, crush, and beat anyone to it. Harubi42: Yoritomo wants it all. P1utoN1UM: Yoritomo is gonna scare away both the Fox and Wasp clan isn't he ;) FormShaper: The wasp won't take that so well.... Mizuko: Except, Tsukune's not exactly a willing bride.. Harubi42: just call him the Borg... Mizuko: That too. Mizuko: Well, gang, I think that's the last question of the night. P1utoN1UM: I thought Hitomi was the Borg Harubi42: Tsukune already lost her true love Mizuko: i had a GREAT time (I always do) OGFGwyn: Ree - this was a blast! OGF Cutie: Thanks for coming here, Ree :) P1utoN1UM: *bows* Mizuko: HarubI (I know! so Sad!) Harubi42: three cheers for Shizue!! ShinjoMoll: Thanks Ree P1utoN1UM: MONKEY MONKEY MONKEY!!! DojiTochi: ::bows to Shizue:: Mizuko: /bows to all FormShaper: Thank *YOU*, Shizue! OGF Djinn: THanks Ree!@!!!!!!! Donesh: Thank you for coming.. P1utoN1UM: MONKEY!!! Allandrel: G'night, Shizue! P1utoN1UM: MONKEY!!! Mizuko: Take care, and i'll see you on L5Rinfo Harubi42: what a great lady, eh? OnlineHost: Mizuko has left the room. DojiTochi: Bad Monkey! OGFGwyn: Ok all you L5R players ...... ang on a second please P1utoN1UM: bye KktaDasuri: Good night, Lady Shizue-sama! Harubi42: welp back to my fan fic writing KktaDasuri: ::Bows to Ree:: Harubi42: night all OGFGwyn: How come none of you hae submitted stuff here????? P1utoN1UM: Harubi: who r u? OGFGwyn: have even. Harubi42: who am I> DojiTochi: ? Gwyn? OnlineHost: Allandrel has left the room. OGFGwyn: Lets have a logged game sent here ... and stuff!! OGFGwyn: Yes? Harubi42: I am Akodo Harubi, Lion Clan Barrel Lid Master, and official bodyguard of Doji Shizue OGF Cutie: �slips out as long as Gwyn's berating the L5R community on AOL ;) DojiTochi: what do you mean? Donesh: I have some articles..Just need to get them ready.. Harubi42: who are you FormShaper: What sort of things do you want submitted, Gwyn? P1utoN1UM: I am Pluto, Monkey Clan Wardog Harubi42: fetch P1utoN1UM: official doggy of Toku Harubi42: =oP OGFGwyn: Doji - we despeately want to fatten up the L5R section of th OGFGwyn: zine and our l5R chat nights! DojiTochi: theres an L5r chat night? wish you'd of tole me about it. OGF Djinn: <-- will be adding LOTS of stuff to the Forum's E-Zine soon! Harubi42: OGFGwyn: just drop me a line and I'll be happy to stop on by P1utoN1UM: Harubi: I thought all Akodos are either dead, ronin/dishonored OGFGwyn: And we also *really* need a sample logged online L5R game Donesh: I have two logged games.. OGFGwyn: Harubi - that would be groovy! Harubi42: nah!1! Donesh: You may need to cut some of it out though.. DojiTochi: I never play L5r online games, no clue how. Tex IXl: Its posted on the schedule OGF Djinn: DOnesh - email em to me again. =) Donesh: Alright... OGF Djinn: I'll edit them. Harubi42: Akodo's did not fall Halberd541: I think they should make sashimono according to each clan, any takers? Harubi42: do I REALLY have to go through this again? OnlineHost: Donesh has left the room. OGFGwyn: Doji - so write up stuff about the clan! :) P1utoN1UM: sashimono: whats that? DojiTochi: how do you play an L5r online game? Halberd541: The banners that samurai have strapped to their backs OGFGwyn: People who don't play L5R generally get interested when OnlineHost: ShinjoMoll has left the room. OGFGwyn: they start reading about the different clans Halberd541: It'd be cool OGFGwyn: That's what got me interested --- OGF Cutie: �would love to see a summary of each of the clans in the zine P1utoN1UM: I'll write something on the Monkees P1utoN1UM: whats zine?? Harubi42: I'll do a write up on the Lion. OGFGwyn: Pluto - that would be great. Harubi42: or Wasp OGFGwyn: Harubi - that would be much appreciated DojiTochi: who should I send it two if I write one? P1utoN1UM: when and where do you want it? Harubi42: good question OGFGwyn: Pluto - the forum's electronic Magazine OGF Djinn: Tochi - you can send it to myself or Gwyn. OnlineHost: Halberd541 has left the room. OGFGwyn: Send them to me to start with. OGF Djinn: Or, there's a "submit" button in the Ezine. OGFGwyn: I'll forward to Djinn. DojiTochi: ok, how do I find it? DojiTochi: the Ezine I mean OGFGwyn: Just sent it to you :) DojiTochi: thanks OGFGwyn: Anytime :) Harubi42: me too please Gwyn? FormShaper: One more here, please. OGF Djinn: Gwyn - online games on the way to me now a la Donesh. Harubi42: can I advertise here? OGFGwyn: Great :) OGFGwyn: Go right ahead, Harubi - we don't normally alow it - but hey OGFGwyn: ... DojiTochi: :) Harubi42: ree mentioned the novel problems OGFGwyn: Form and Harubi - did you get the link to the zine? Harubi42: the problems, as she's explained them to me are that WotC hates the storyline idea Harubi42: yeah Gwyn, thanks =) Harubi42: thwy think l5r shouldn't HAVE a story DojiTochi: WotC hates everything. Tex IXl: Djinn will have to help me learn to play this game... Tex IXl: :) OGFGwyn: You'll notice the L5R section is slim - and we're working OGFGwyn: HARD (especially Djinn) on changing that. Harubi42: in their mind it's like this... Magic has no story, and it sells OGF Djinn: We need to run a "how to" clinic, Tex. DojiTochi: shoot, just thought of another question for Ree Harubi42: so.. OGF Cutie: ((nm Magic has a story ;)) FormShaper: Got it, thanks. Tex IXl: Yes.... how to clinic sounds great! Harubi42: she suggested we all write to WotC and tell them how much we love the story OGFGwyn: we can run that starting in March. OGFGwyn: Djinn - you up for that? FormShaper: Tochi... email is a wonderful thing, when that happens.... (-; OGF Djinn: :::runs FAR away::: Sure. ;) OGFGwyn: Matbe one night a week, since you're moving to mnaging OGFGwyn: the zine? OGF Djinn: Sure... DojiTochi: yea, well, bye all