[War] Status

[pentaj2 at Scranton.edu]

----- Original Message -----
From: Patrick B <pbuck11 at aol.com>
Date: Saturday, July 8, 2006 1:55 am
Subject: Re: [War] Status

> Also, I'm reminded of an old saying from Charlie Beckworth, It's 
> better 
> to go up the river with 10 studs then 100 shitheads.  WAR should 
> not be 
> about size, it shouldn't be oooh we have 165 countries filled, it 
> should 
> be about the quality of the writer, about the maturity of the 
> writer, 
> and if we have to be selective bastards let's be selective.

Completely *aside* of the realism debate...

OK, I agree with this in general terms, but there's an issue of 
critical mass.

The last few years have impressed upon me that WAR needs a minimum 
number of people active, about 8-10, so that we have enough of 
an 'idea gene pool' to work with. Higher than you might have thought? 
Yeah. But we tend to have...issues with less than 8 people.

Just a thought.

John