Future of the UFTWWWP?

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> concern either. The question is: What do you, the FT player, want to

I don't see it as being terribly difficult to keep everyone happy.

Keep all the FT2 stuff, and add a parallel FT3 page for the new stuff as it
comes in.

Hello All: With the advent of the FB, and FT 3 probably a year down the road,
I find that I must revlaulate the content of the UFTWWWP. Right now, the page
is designed to accomidate FT2 rules and ships. With these new and upcoming
developments, the page is going to have to change. What I want to do is try to
accomidate the players of the new FT rules as well as
the hold-outs who will vehemently cling to the older 2.0 rules.  (My
playgroup will be one of them.) The question isn't effort. With the semester
ending at UWM, I now have more freetime to make the updates. Disk size isn't
going to much of a concern either. The question is: What do you, the FT
player, want to see in a the updated UFTWWWP?

> With the advent of the FB, and FT 3 probably a year down the

> Or keep everything as it is but have a little graphic or icon that
This is what I plan to do with the Full Thrust Ship Registry once I obtain a
copy of the FTFB. Contact me directly. Perhapse we could make an icon that
would be consistant between our pages.

Mark,
   It's rather nice as it is.   Just add a new area for the FT2.5/3,
EFSB stuff. Same basic format, flashy backgrounds and text is just fine!

Bye for now,

> > The question is: What do you, the FT player, want to

> Keep all the FT2 stuff, and add a parallel FT3 page for the new stuff

Or keep everything as it is but have a little graphic or icon that will

 indicate if the linked info is Fleet Book/FT3 compatible, kinda like
the little "New" indicator often seen.

> On Mon, 04 May 98 17:17:34 -0600, dean.gundberg@bcbsnd.com wrote:

> Keep all the FT2 stuff, and add a parallel FT3 page for the new stuff

I like Dean's idea. You can add a separate the FT3 stuff later if you get so
much of it that you need to reorganize. For now, a symbol indicating FT3, FT2,
FTFB, EFSB, or ANY would be fine.

You might also want to include an index page. This would simply be an
alphabetical listing of all the stuff on the site. You could then subdivide
the stuff on this index page by game system. This would give you a
one-stop
shopping list.

> Hello All:

I think this is the most important thing - to continue to support both,
and not cut off any players who do want to stick to the earlier systems. FT2
ships can still be used under FB/FT3 rules without much trouble anyway,
so don't throw away a bunch of good ship designs!

Mark, AFAIAC, its your page, you put in it anything and evrything you feel
relevant to either or both versions of FT.

I'm surprised you are negative about the new version (FT2.5???) The only big
change is the design system....

On Monday, May 04, 1998 11:36 PM, John Leary
> [SMTP:realjtl@sj.bigger.net] wrote:

IMO flashy backgrounds and small fonts sizes don't help readability

I'd tag the items as suggested, but zillions of tags is going to create a lot
of visual noise, so maybe default is FT2 and just tag the FT3 stuff
explicitly. I wouldn't use an animated tag.

Looking at the content quite a lot of the stuff is generic anyway.

So wait and see and if it becomes a problem then re-partition it.

> Mark, AFAIAC, its your page, you put in it anything and evrything you

Mike - AFAIK it is not Mark who dislikes the new system, it is the bunch
of powergamer weenie players that he is stuck with.....

> Mike.Elliott@bull.co.uk wrote:

> I'm surprised you are negative about the new version (FT2.5???) The

	Huh?   I love the new system!  It's the kooks I playtested the
rules with who don't like them.

Ah....
Mark, you have my deepest sympathies.....

Mike

Ground Zero Games <jon@gzero.dungeon.com>
05/05/98 17:07

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> Mark, AFAIAC, its your page, you put in it anything and evrything you