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	Re: Rubicon Volunteers - Toadstools
	Posted By: Scott	Date: 7/11/02 10:56 p.m.
	In Response To: Rubicon Volunteers - Toadstools (Steve Levinson) Bravo. Steve, it's been a genuine pleasure reading your explorations of Rubicon's levels and plotline, and I can't wait to see your reactions and play-by-plays about the Salinger line. As for the storyline issues- the goal of Rubicon was to make a Marathon 4, although what was foremost in my mind was striking a balance between the elements of Marathon 1, 2, and Infinity. Each in the trilogy had its strengths, and I wanted to engineer Rubicon to play to the best parts of each. The timeline issues of Marathon Infinity made this difficult, as Bungie/Double Aught essentially killed off the good storytelling mechanisms (Durandal, Tycho, etc) at the end of Infinity. Nobody would want to play a 50 level scenario where you're being led by some combined jjaro thoth entity the whole time, because there's no humanity in that character. Infinity's achillese heel was in losing some amount of approachability and charm in exchange for moving in a more philosophical direction. The balance of crew, ambient, jjaro, durandal, pfhor, etc terminals in the Marathon universe is what gives the story its approachability and charm, and the jjaro component allows for an essentially unlimited amount of metaphysical depth. My goal with the Rubicon story was to give it the charm, approachability, and depth of the original Marathons. Some sacrifices had to be made, but I think they were made to keep the spirit of the tale intact, and hopefully they didn't detract from anyone's enjoyment of the game too much. And Agent Shem, I'm glad you like the last screen. Your post made me smile. Scott

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	Rubicon Volunteers - Toadstools	Steve Levinson	7/11/02 8:39 a.m.
	Re: Rubicon Volunteers - Toadstools	Agent Shem	7/11/02 5:03 p.m.
	Re: Rubicon Volunteers - Toadstools	Scott	7/11/02 10:56 p.m.
	Re: Rubicon Volunteers - Toadstools	Steve Levinson	7/12/02 8:04 a.m.
	Re: Rubicon Volunteers - Toadstools	Rincewind MoG	7/12/02 11:55 a.m.
	Re: Rubicon Volunteers - Toadstools	Steve Levinson	7/12/02 2:21 p.m.
	Re: Rubicon Volunteers - Toadstools	REB	7/12/02 3:35 p.m.
	Re: Rubicon Volunteers - Toadstools	Steve Levinson	7/12/02 4:52 p.m.
	Re: Rubicon Volunteers - Toadstools	Rincewind MoG	7/13/02 9:46 a.m.
	Re: Rubicon Volunteers - Toadstools	C Lund	7/12/02 10:11 a.m.
	Re: Rubicon Volunteers - Toadstools	Inverted Sock Puppet	7/12/02 7:45 p.m.
	Re: Rubicon Volunteers - Toadstools	C Lund	7/13/02 1:18 a.m.
	Re: Rubicon Volunteers - Toadstools	Inverted Sock Puppet	7/14/02 8:56 p.m.

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