[Ronnies 2011] Round One kicks in now - what we do next
Erik Weissengruber:
"* ? What is the adjectival form of "guru," anyway?"
We need a past participle of the verb.
"dismay -- dismayed -- the crowd dispersed, dismayed [adjective]"
A guru gurus so you can say that once a guru has exerted special activity on an object, that object has been thoroughly "gurued"
Ron Edwards:
In a perfect world, I'd have a 5-foot-by-3-foot poster on my wall with sixteeen separate black-and-white illustrations, perhaps more-or-less in the style of Will Eisner, as follows.
A shadowy sorcerer directing a deadly looking but mournful zombie forth
A group of modern people at a table, piecing together a skull with a crazy sticky-noted diagram on the wall behind them
A weary skullie soldier in his armor, at the end of the day
A group of friends tokin' up the awesome skull-bong, entering the awesome realm
A demilich presiding over minions in its lair
Surrealistically-heavy-metal Arthurian knights gathered before the ill, feeble Sword king
An old warrior-wizard facing his lost love in a cemetery
A bio-armored renaissance-looking duellist squaring off vs. an equally fencing-looking demon
The danse macabre, in modern dress
An SS officer levels his Schmeisser at the zombie concentration camp prisoners who've cornered him in the killing-shower room
An old, dying American man in bed, with a relative and Vietnamese ghosts
A bad-ass classic-D&D adventurer, foes' bodies strewn behind him, claiming the item of all items as described by Willow for his own
A desperate lone survivor in urban ruins, bracing for a showdown with sword-wielding skull-takers
Elderly military guys entertaining one another with stories at the veterans' hall
A group of sword-armed, practical-looking women guarding an injured, foreign, martial-looking man
Three fierce warriors with extraordinary swords cutting their way through ape-men and necromancers in an all-time bad-ass extravaganza
It'd cost way too much but I'd sure like it.
Best, Ron
Callan S.:
It'd be interesting if there was an informal thing where people have atleast one illustration for their game (even if it's a stick figure one). Then it'd just be a matter of cutting and pasting them all together. Though that'd probably get in the way of the idea of just writing something, and also your probably thinking of consistantly good art (some people here are good at art, but not all of us are, of course). But a collage of whatever-art from each author as they enact it (stick figures or whatever), I'd find interesting.
Ron Edwards:
Let's talk about activities that should follow up on my initial feedback for Ronnies entries. Or in other words, what I really think the Ronnies are for. I urge all of the following not only for participants, but for everyone who's been interested in the endeavor so far. To participants, I'm talking about what to do with others' entries, as well as being interested in what people contribute toward your own.
1. Playtesting what we have in front of us, including the initial entries, the various discussion threads which clarify the authors' visions and proposed changes, and revised drafts when available.
2. Posting in the current feedback threads for game you like. Goals include identifying the important issues and providing more depth, as well as more conversational comparison with existing games and your own play-experiences which might be relevant.
3. If you already spend time maintaining an internet presence at various websites, link to those games and discussions about them, and let your support for them extend out into the internet via your presence.
4. Helping to find or if possible volunteering services such as art for games you especially like.
I'm pretty serious about this being the point of the activity. A Ronnies round is not supposed to be "done" upon submission and judging.
Best, Ron
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