From: Malcolm Craig [malcolmcraig@hotmail.com] Sent: Friday, August 18, 2000 5:34 AM To: blue_planet@lists.imagiconline.com Subject: RE: [BLUE PLANET] - BP2 - Greater White hunting Jim, Thanks for the advice, I'll keep it in mind for the future. Cheers Malcolm >From: "Heivilin, Jim" >Reply-To: blue_planet@lists.imagiconline.com >To: "'blue_planet@lists.imagiconline.com'" > >Subject: RE: [BLUE PLANET] - BP2 - Greater White hunting >Date: Thu, 17 Aug 2000 10:09:03 -0500 > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Malcolm Craig [mailto:malcolmcraig@hotmail.com] > > Subject: Re: [BLUE PLANET] - BP2 - Greater White hunting > > > > > Greater Whites anyway). I've attached the story for those who are > > interested. > > >I need to warn everyone that attaching files to email messages going to >lists is sometimes detremental. Especially for digest readers. > >There is such a wide desparity in email clients that people use to read >their email that you can't reliabily predict if everyone will be able to >see >the attachment. And most of the newer viruses propegate via email >attachments. > >It's usually better to post the note and state that you can email the story >via private email. > >Jim > >Jim Heivilin >Webmaster, Biohazard Games >http://www.biohazardgames.com >*************************************************************************** >To unsubscribe from this list send mail to majordomo@lists.imagiconline.com >with the line 'unsubscribe blue_planet' as the body of the message. > ________________________________________________________________________ Get Your Private, Free E-mail from MSN Hotmail at http://www.hotmail.com *************************************************************************** To unsubscribe from this list send mail to majordomo@lists.imagiconline.com with the line 'unsubscribe blue_planet' as the body of the message. From: Troy Gustavel [troy_nevermore@yahoo.com] Sent: Friday, August 18, 2000 2:38 AM To: blue_planet@lists.imagiconline.com Subject: Re: [BLUE PLANET] - [BLUE PLANET] rules About halfway through reading the player's guide now and have a question. page 117, under critical wounds "If the player fails the (trauma) roll by by less than 5, the character is dying from shaock and trauma. If the character does not recieve successful first aid within a number of minutes equal to 10 + the action value of the trauma roll, ignoring the negative sign) the character will die." Doesn't this result in a character who is more seriously injured staying alive longer than one who isn't? ===== Troy Gustavel 5825 Bolender Rd. Akron, OH 44319 (330)882 5468 Troy_Nevermore@Yahoo.com "Once upon a midnight dreary..." __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Send instant messages & get email alerts with Yahoo! Messenger. http://im.yahoo.com/ *************************************************************************** To unsubscribe from this list send mail to majordomo@lists.imagiconline.com with the line 'unsubscribe blue_planet' as the body of the message. From: Heivilin, Jim [banzai@missouri.edu] Sent: Friday, August 18, 2000 9:52 AM To: Blue Planet List (E-mail) Subject: [BLUE PLANET] - [FWD] Quck dino extinction recap > -----Original Message----- > From: brian_ferrenz@americanchemistry.com > Subject: Quck dino extinction recap > To: blue_planet@lists.imagiconline.com > > I've got an uncle who used to teach Geology, but now works > for the USGS and > has always dabbled with Paleontology. Here's what he had to > kick in about > our Dino exchange a few weeks ago..... > > --Hi Brian > > The major extinction at the end of the Cretaceous not only included > dinosaurs, but numerous marine animals including amonites (related to > squids) and a huge number of different planktonic organisms. > There are a > few places where sections of marine rocks from that time show > the last of > the Cretaceous organisms and the first of the Tertiary > organisms (the time > period after the dinosaurs) occuring within a foot. In those > places, they > have frequently found a thin layer of material that is consistent with > "ejecta". Ejecta is molten material that is rapidly cooled mixed with > impact-shocked mineral grains. The chemistry of this layer invariably > includes element ratios only found associated with > extraterrestrial objects > (meteors, comets). A huge impact scar was found in the > Yucatan that is the > same age as the ejecta, and is in the predicted position for > an impact that > would produce the ejecta distribution. This line of evidence > is used to > argue that an impact caused the marine extinctions. The > argument for the > dinosaurs is a little fuzzier. The last dinosaur fossils are > all older > than the first of the marine fossils of the Tertiary (just > after the ejecta > layer). Some paleontologists argue that the dinosaurs were already > becoming extinct before the impact and that, at most, the > impact finished > them off. I've heard suggestions that vegetation was > evolving too fast for > the dinosaurs to keep up or that continental shifting created > unsuitable > habitats for the dinosaurs. As far as I know, there are no > large flood > basalt occurrences that coincide with the end of the > Cretaceous. There was > a pretty good extinction at the end of the Triassic Period > (during the time > of the dinosaurs) and there are many flood basalts at that > time. However, > most of the extinctions appear to predate the flood basalts and many > organisms flourished as the flood basalts came out and long > afterward. If > flood basalts have Selenium contents capable of causing > extinctions, why > are there no extinctions coincident with the huge flood basalts of the > Columbia River plain? There aren't even any local > extinctions. How would > a selenium problem on one side of the earth impact the other > side? I am > very skeptical of this hypothesis. > > > *************************************************************************** To unsubscribe from this list send mail to majordomo@lists.imagiconline.com with the line 'unsubscribe blue_planet' as the body of the message. From: Heivilin, Jim [banzai@missouri.edu] Sent: Friday, August 18, 2000 9:49 AM To: Blue Planet List (E-mail) Subject: [FWD] RE: [BLUE PLANET] - Re: [BLUE PLANET] guns vs knives > -----Original Message----- > From: "J P Prince" > To: > Subject: RE: [BLUE PLANET] - Re: [BLUE PLANET] guns vs knives > Date: Thu, 10 Aug 2000 05:59:10 +1000 > > I think the study was to do with the gun being holstered > and showing that a knife is more of a threat and likley > to strike first at such a distance. > > Jason > > >-----Original Message----- > >From: owner-blue_planet@lists.imagiconline.com > >[mailto:owner-blue_planet@lists.imagiconline.com]On Behalf Of Poh Tun > >Kai > >Sent: Wednesday, August 09, 2000 8:33 PM > >To: blue_planet@lists.imagiconline.com > >Subject: Re: [BLUE PLANET] - Re: [BLUE PLANET] guns vs knives > > > > > >Christopher Gribbon asked: > >> By the way - what are the stats on this? > >> I'll bet it's something like "45% of the time the knifeman > wins; 25% of > >the time the gunman > >> wins; and 30% of the time they both die"? > > > >Actually, I thought the study went something like "If > someone threatens you > >with a knife within 21 feet, you should shoot him because he's a > >real threat > >within that distance." I don't recall whether or not the > study said the > >gunman would lose most of the time or not. > > > >Kai Poh > >Malaysian Lagomorph > > > > > >************************************************************* > ************** > >To unsubscribe from this list send mail to > majordomo@lists.imagiconline.com > >with the line 'unsubscribe blue_planet' as the body of the message. > > > *************************************************************************** To unsubscribe from this list send mail to majordomo@lists.imagiconline.com with the line 'unsubscribe blue_planet' as the body of the message. From: Heivilin, Jim [banzai@missouri.edu] Sent: Friday, August 18, 2000 9:53 AM To: Blue Planet List (E-mail) Subject: [FWD] Re: VS: [BLUE PLANET] - the 2nd edition is out > -----Original Message----- > From: brian_ferrenz@americanchemistry.com > Subject: Re: VS: [BLUE PLANET] - the 2nd edition is out > To: blue_planet@lists.imagiconline.com > > Support your local game stores!! They won't carry the BP > stuff If "no one" > is buying it. It's great to buy the books from the source, > but we need to > ensure that other people are exposed to the game as well. > Just a thought.... > =B= > > > > > Tom Barnes > > Sent by: To: > blue_planet@lists.imagiconline.com > owner-blue_planet@lists.imagic cc: > > online.com > Subject: Re: VS: [BLUE PLANET] - the 2nd edition is out > > > > > > 08/14/00 11:09 PM > > Please respond to blue_planet > > > > > > > > > Glad to see it - my local store has them in. The cover art in color > looks better than I expected. I'll probably wait and buy my copies > direct from Jeff & Co. at ARCHON 24 - you're going to be there, right > guys? > > Tom > ************************************************************** > ************* > To unsubscribe from this list send mail to > majordomo@lists.imagiconline.com > with the line 'unsubscribe blue_planet' as the body of the message. > > > > *************************************************************************** To unsubscribe from this list send mail to majordomo@lists.imagiconline.com with the line 'unsubscribe blue_planet' as the body of the message. From: Heivilin, Jim [banzai@missouri.edu] Sent: Friday, August 18, 2000 9:52 AM To: Blue Planet List (E-mail) Subject: [FWD] Re: [BLUE PLANET] - Conversion BPV1 to BPV2 > -----Original Message----- > From: brian_ferrenz@americanchemistry.com > Subject: Re: [BLUE PLANET] - Conversion BPV1 to BPV2 > To: blue_planet@lists.imagiconline.com > > > Every just relax now.... The new books make character creation much > easier.. I.E. Conversion is easier. At GenCon this weekend, > we had more > players than characters. I took one of the existing > characters and was > able to remake him as a new PC in about 10 minutes. No Prob. > =B= > > > > > "Jeb Boyt" > > To: > blue_planet@lists.imagiconline.com > Sent by: cc: > > owner-blue_planet@lists.imagic > Subject: Re: [BLUE PLANET] - Conversion BPV1 to BPV2 > > online.com > > > > > > 08/10/00 07:55 PM > > Please respond to blue_planet > > > > > > > > > You guys are making me really nervous. The character > generation system was > one of the things I loved the best about v1.0. Oh well, my > copy should be > arriving soon enough for me to tell. > > Jeb > > > ----Original Message Follows---- > From: Troy Gustavel > Reply-To: blue_planet@lists.imagiconline.com > To: blue_planet@lists.imagiconline.com > Subject: Re: [BLUE PLANET] - Conversion BPV1 to BPV2 > Date: Wed, 9 Aug 2000 17:22:50 -0700 (PDT) > > without having seen the new books yet, but based on what I have heard, > I suspect that a conversion does not yet exist, and with the mechanics > changes that have been made will probably be very difficult > to produce. > > > --- Joe Doyle wrote: > > I got my copies of BPV2 today and have paged through them. > No where > > in the index could I find notes on converting V1 characters to V2 > > characters. Is it in there somewhere and I've just missed > it on the > > first pass or has such a conversion yet to see the light of day? > > > > Joe D. > > > > > > > ______________________________________________________________ > _________ > > > > Free Unlimited Internet Access! Try it now! > > http://www.zdnet.com/downloads/altavista/index.html > > > > > ______________________________________________________________ > _________ > > > > > ************************************************************** > ************* > > To unsubscribe from this list send mail to > > majordomo@lists.imagiconline.com > > with the line 'unsubscribe blue_planet' as the body of the message. > > > > > ===== > Troy Gustavel > 5825 Bolender Rd. > Akron, OH 44319 > (330)882 5468 > Troy_Nevermore@Yahoo.com > > "Once upon a midnight dreary..." > > __________________________________________________ > Do You Yahoo!? > Kick off your party with Yahoo! 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From: Corey [corey@axcelerant.com] Sent: Friday, August 18, 2000 10:55 AM To: blue_planet@lists.imagiconline.com Subject: Re: [FWD] Re: VS: [BLUE PLANET] - the 2nd edition is out So... do we have any kind souls out there who'd like to provide some reviews on 2nd ed., for those poor, unfortunate sods here who haven't got their hands on it yet? (c8= Beers, Corey *************************************************************************** To unsubscribe from this list send mail to majordomo@lists.imagiconline.com with the line 'unsubscribe blue_planet' as the body of the message. From: Corey [corey@axcelerant.com] Sent: Friday, August 18, 2000 11:17 AM To: Stebe, Christophe (Luxembourg) Cc: blue_planet@lists.imagiconline.com; lberna@husky.ca; dschuman@husky.ca Subject: Re: Out of Office AutoReply: [FWD] Re: VS: [BLUE PLANET] - the 2nd ed ition is out Yo! Your AutoReplyer sucks - it shouldn't be responding to email routed through mailing lists. Anyhow, just thought I'd give you a heads-up... for when you get back in the office. In the mean time, perhaps the Unix or Network admin guy can be kind enough to fix it. Hint: check the 'Sender' header. Beers, Corey And upon Friday of August 18, the illustrious Stebe, Christophe (Luxembourg) spake thusly... > Hi, > > I am in vacation till the 4th of Septembre 2000. > > Please forward your mail requests to: > For CAD support: jweber@husky.ca (Jorg Weber) or fernzer@husky.ca (Frank > Ernzer) > For UNIX systems related issues: lberna@husky.ca (Laurent Berna) > For BaaN systems related issues: ccarmier@husky.ca (Cyrille Carmier) > For IMAN systems related issues: moswald@husky.ca (Mathias Oswald) > For Network related issues: dschuman@husky.ca (Dominique Schuman) > For Telecom related issues: lmeunier@husky.ca (Leopold Meunier) > > If you want to mail me for a personal reason, please send your mail at > cstebe@sigma.sciences.univ-metz.fr, but note that I will only be able to > read such mails from the 30th of September. > > Best regards, > > Christophe *************************************************************************** To unsubscribe from this list send mail to majordomo@lists.imagiconline.com with the line 'unsubscribe blue_planet' as the body of the message. From: Greg Benage [gbenage@ix.netcom.com] Sent: Friday, August 18, 2000 1:38 PM To: blue_planet@lists.imagiconline.com Subject: Re: [BLUE PLANET] - [BLUE PLANET] rules ----- Original Message ----- From: "Troy Gustavel" To: Sent: Friday, August 18, 2000 12:38 AM Subject: Re: [BLUE PLANET] - [BLUE PLANET] rules > About halfway through reading the player's guide now and have a > question. > > page 117, under critical wounds > > "If the player fails the (trauma) roll by by less than 5, the character > is dying from shaock and trauma. If the character does not recieve > successful first aid within a number of minutes equal to 10 + the > action value of the trauma roll, ignoring the negative sign) the > character will die." > > Doesn't this result in a character who is more seriously injured > staying alive longer than one who isn't? Yeah, that's another example of me outsmarting myself. Don't ignore the negative sign. Greg Benage FFG ::who really, really hates errata:: *************************************************************************** To unsubscribe from this list send mail to majordomo@lists.imagiconline.com with the line 'unsubscribe blue_planet' as the body of the message. From: Ml10@aol.com Sent: Friday, August 18, 2000 12:22 PM To: blue_planet@lists.imagiconline.com Subject: Re: [FWD] Re: VS: [BLUE PLANET] - the 2nd edition is out In a message dated 8/18/00 11:10:17 AM Central Daylight Time, corey@axcelerant.com writes: << So... do we have any kind souls out there who'd like to provide some reviews on 2nd ed., for those poor, unfortunate sods here who haven't got their hands on it yet? (c8= Beers, Corey >> I've submitted one to RPG.net, it should be posted there next week. I think the only major complaint that I had was the initative system (which I've complained about before on the playtest list). 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