Polaris is about activism?

[Sydney Freedberg]

If you think it's really cool, just try it and see if your enthusiasm catches. People are often more open to new things than we give them credit for.

(And thus I blow my chance of an experience roll for this thread...).

[Ben Lehman]

Neil --

There is absolutely no way that I can address the clearly major social issues you've got going on in your gaming group in this thread.

All I can say is that it sounds to me like you need some FindPlay pronto.

yrs--
--Ben

P.S.  To anyone reading: If you're choosing to reject the game based on this thread, that's sad for you.  This is really underlying symbolism stuff.  The game in play is wall-to-wall maimings, decapitations, and illicit sex.

[Ben Lehman]

Oh, and everyone else:

I find your mapping of Polaris game-terms onto yourselves deeply fucking creepy.

You are magnificent bastards.

yrs--
--Ben

[Larry L.]

Also (regardless of what Ron's jaded group thinks) the candle ceremony does something to the gameplay.

You can't read about Polaris! There are none who remember it!

[Calithena]

How do you maintain faith in what you're fighting for?

Through the recognition that (a) there's no other game in town, and (b) by giving up that faith you wind up denying yourself the thumotic pleasures, which are superior to the erotic ones, as Plato well knew.

[Jasper the Mimbo]

I find your mapping of Polaris game-terms onto yourselves deeply fucking creepy.

It's about time someone creeped Ben out, instead of it always being the other way around.