>From: Nick_Brooke_at_...
>Reply-To: HeroWars_at_yahoogroups.com
>To: HeroWars_at_yahoogroups.com
>Subject: Heroism: "more symbolic than useful"?
>Date: Tue, 13 Feb 2001 16:49:45 -0000
>
>Christian wrote, inter alia:
>
> >> * Shaming the fyrd into standing firm and keeping the shield wall
> >> solid against the enemy by picking up a discarded shield and
> >> joining the line herself.
>
> > If the purpose was to shame the others into holding the wall, the
> > action is more symbolic than useful.
>
>That seems a strange thing to say. Aren't *lots* of heroic actions
>going to be more "symbolic" than "useful"? I'd have thought HW games
>would *encourage* these, not disparage them.
>
>Just my $0.02,
>
>Nick
>
Oops- actually, that was my point. I actually meant that it was more
symbolic than PHYSICAL. It would actually have much less symbolic power if
the healer was good at it. Dumb me.
Christian
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