Stewart Stansfield:
> Greg: (all omitted)
> >>> when I first started forming these cultures I had the
education of
> >>> a self-taught 18 year old, which means, incomplete and full of
> >>> erroneous assumptions. A lot of those assumptions are,
nonetheless
> >>> now built in.
>
> Benedict:
> >> It's not a bug, it's a feature. (omitted)
> >> Of course Heortlings wear horned helmets. They're vikings!
>
> Joerg:
> > In that case, they would not have worn horned helmets... But
they also
> > lack the boats and seas that make the Vikings at least somewhat
> > distinct from the Goths. (And not very much distinct from Saxons,
> > Vandals or other migration era Germanic tribes which returned to
sea
> > shores after leaving the Baltic Sea area).
>
> The above (with omitted lines put back in) pretty much sums up my
utter
> disdain of Gloranthan message lists at times.
What, you don't think Joerg didn't get the viking wind-up, then? I
wondered who would come back with "Actually, Vikings didn't wear
horned helmets".
They'll be saying that Druids didn't charm down spaceships next.
See Ya
Simon