[TML] Traveller Hero

[MJ Dougherty]

>
> Martin, it was a sad day when you left the list!
>
> Why don't you just ignore those that bother you? I mean it, if
> an ax-grinder replies to one of your posts, and it makes you
> feel in any way angry, totally ignore them.

I have one person killfiled, another I just loudly say 'asshole' whenever he 
posts and ignore him. But overall the reason I unsubbed was that the TML was 
no use whatsoever to me, just caused aggravation. When I wasn't being 
haranged about why something I wrote a decade ago sucks I was being told 
that posting about my Traveller products was inappropriate...

... on top of which I was getting no signal through all the noise, and the 
noise was not just irritating, it was personal.

I had nothing to gain by staying, so I left.

Sorry, but I'm only able to ignore people who annoy me for so long, 
esecially when they're posting on an open list that my work sucks. I make my 
living as a writer. I do NOT need people building me a repuation as a bad 
writer. Only responding does no good either.

>
> I've been here a long, long time, don't post a lot, but I'm
> around.

I first joined about 1996. I've now left the list twice because of attacks 
by people who either offended me so much I could not ignore them (though one 
offender I've ignored on other lists for a long time) or else just would not 
leave me alone.

>There are people on the TML who have attitudes and
> opinions that bug me, get me in arguments, make me mad, but I
> have a way of dealing...I simply don't acknowledge them in any
> way. I post what I want to post, when I want to post it. But I
> refuse to argue with anyone on the list. I've even got some
> posters on my ignore list, so I don't even see their posts.
> Doing things this way keeps me happy and occasionally irks
> those I won't acknowledge...which, I must admit, also makes me
> happy.

Fair enough.

>
> IAC, welcome back to the group. Please, stay this time.

I may do. Depends on whether or not somebdy decides they just HAVE to grind 
their axe some more, and on whether the actual Traveller content of TML is 
worth staying for. Like I said, I'd be more inclined to stay in the past if 
it was worth it, but no benefit plus real aggravation isn't much of a 
reason.

>
> Now...Traveller Hero doesn't really interest me. The few times
> I dealt with Hero it seemed much to rules heavy and "fiddly"
> for my tastes.  OTOH, I'm hoping RTT (Riki Tiki Traveller -
> don't tell me it won't come to that ;)) really *does* follow
> in the path of CT and KISS with regards the rules.

I've never played HERO. The guys who are doing it are big fans though. It 
looks good, though I can't comment on the conversion from HERO to TRAVELLER 
because I've never actually played HERO.