07-18-2010, 12:35 PM | #1 |
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Social Engineering
Might enough sweet-talk and cheap whiskey persuade Bill Stoddard to reveal some details about his upcoming GURPS book, "Social Engineering"?
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07-18-2010, 01:26 PM | #2 |
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Re: Social Engineering
If we could apply Social Engineering so effectively to start with, why would we need the book?
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07-18-2010, 01:31 PM | #3 |
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Re: Social Engineering
So we can do without the whiskey?
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07-18-2010, 01:35 PM | #4 |
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Location: West Virginia
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Re: Social Engineering
If the book is what it sounds like, it would be rules for cultures and ecconomies. Think GURPS :Alpha Centauri's society/ecconomics rules only far more flexible and far better linked to real world knowlege and scholarship. It would let you give different groups and societies interesting flavors, edges, and weaknesses.
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07-18-2010, 01:38 PM | #5 |
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Re: Social Engineering
You need to know your subject. Offering me anything with alcohol is good for about -3 to reaction or influence rolls.
I really, seriously, can't talk about either the length or the topics of Social Engineering; those are part of my contract with SJ Games. I'm willing to talk about why I think I'm a suitable person to write such a book, if that has any interest for you. Or I'm willing to watch as you discuss what you would want in a book on social position, reactions and influence rolls, and related topics, and maybe steal topics for the revision. Bill Stoddard |
07-18-2010, 01:42 PM | #6 | |
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Re: Social Engineering
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CATNIP FOR THE CAT GOD! YARN FOR THE YARN THRONE!!
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07-18-2010, 02:06 PM | #7 | |
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Re: Social Engineering
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07-18-2010, 02:25 PM | #8 |
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Re: Social Engineering
That sounds interesting to me. I think I've read that you have problems with certain forms of social interaction like humor. Am I wrong in this memory?
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07-18-2010, 02:36 PM | #9 | |
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Location: Kentucky
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07-18-2010, 02:40 PM | #10 |
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Re: Social Engineering
Throwing my name with the lot that want to know "why."
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