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Re: WHAT IF? Take a look!
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Tue, 1 Aug 2000 02:11:49 GMT
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johnneal@uswest.+ihatespam+net
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Timothy Jones wrote:
> In lugnet.trains, John Neal writes:
> > Which other theme is so non-violent (besides Model Team)
> Good point there. Most of the themes, especially recent ones, are centered
> around violence.Pirates v. Islanders/Imperial Guards. Good knights v. bad
> knights. The whole wild west theme was centered on a good guy/bad guy
> emphasis. Samurai v. Ninjas. Johnny Thunder v. Sam Sinister/Palomar/Baron/
> etc. Star Wars-Dark Side v.Rebels. The new race sets- a battle for the ball.
> Throwbots battling each other. Cyber Slam. A little violence is ok. But when
> practically all themes are based on violence, that's when it's time to shape
> up and get some more non-violent themes in.
Even Town, which would seem innocuous, is swarming with nar-do-wells robbing
and pillaging all over the place. The crime rate in Town is far higher than in
New York City;-)
I'm surprised that the set designers didn't pollute the Trains theme with train
robbers long ago. Maybe *that's* what it will take to get them to invest in
Trains;-)
-John
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| (...) Good point there. Most of the themes, especially recent ones, are centered around violence.Pirates v. Islanders/Imperial Guards. Good knights v. bad knights. The whole wild west theme was centered on a good guy/bad guy emphasis. Samurai v. (...) (24 years ago, 31-Jul-00, to lugnet.trains)
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