I have had a lurker (using an aol address!) start posting supposedly in-character game posts. I assume I'm dealing with a generic clueless newbie here, but there's a possiblilty at the back of my mind that I'm dealing with a malicious idiot trying to take the piss. What's Standard Operating Procedure here? Do I try to reason with this guy, or do I just quietly unsubscribe him/her/it an hope they go away? Below is the boilerplate email I have sent (twice) --->--- Cut Here --->--- This game rules exactly like a tabletop RPG with a GM (me) and some players (the other six). It's not a freeform game or a MUD. Any extra players must submit a character to me first so I can work them into the storyline - We can't have characters suddenly materialising out of nowhere! Also new players can only join when the game reaches an appropriate place, and there's a limit to the number of characters I can handle as GM. --->--- Cut Here --->--- -- Tim Hall, http://ourworld.compuserve.com/homepages/timjh "The Very Big Stupid is a thing which breeds by eating The Future. Have you seen it? It sometimes disguises itself as a good-looking quarterly bottom line, derived by closing the R&D department" -- -------------------------------------------------------------- Listowner tools are found at http://www.phoenyx.net/listowners
