Thread: Questioning chirine ba kal - part II

Originally Posted by chirine ba kal

I've had half-a-dozen people and groups who want to do business with them in here at the house asking me where their heads are at, and I have to confess that I really don't know.

Would you like the name of a good proctologist?

Originally Posted by Gronan of Simmerya

Would you like the name of a good proctologist?

Ha! Quite probably true, from what I've been seeing over the past five years. It's like the control rods came right out of their reactors after Phil passed away. They genuinely believed that by hanging in there during Phil's declining years that they'd (literally, they said) inherit his creation - which would solidify their position as the creme de la creme of Tekumel fandom and a respected elite enjoying high prestige in the gaming hobby. It didn't happen; nobody came knocking on their door with the really big money for them - remember that they were right up front about expecting $5,000 a year as a license fee from each license holder, and that each of them would be getting a salary of $50,000 a year for being The Directors and Barker's Own. Gaming owes this to them, and I've gotten a very real sense of bewilderment and outrage that they haven't gotten what they feel that they deserve. They want desperately to Be In Control - one business suitor described it as "Stalinist" - and they assume that Evil Forces (like me, in particular) are Plotting Against Them in order to Take Over Tekumel and rob them of their rightful inheritance.

What they cannot deal with is that they are largely irrelevant to gaming, both as a hobby and as an industry; and they bitterly resent that - what they are doing, their course of action, is Right and Good. It's also taking Tekumel into oblivion, but that's all right with them as long as they can keep the absolute control in their hands. "No Tekumel is better then us losing control of Tekumel," as they said in one meeting I sat through.

Sigh.

Originally Posted by chirine ba kal

They were published in John Tiehen's "Art of Tactical Sorcery", which he did in cooperation with Phil. We used this in Phil's games, which is where I got them.

I'm told that this little booklet is the rarest of all our publications. I have multiple copies, if you wanted to get one.

I can also do a list of them, if you like, but I'm off to IKEA to rescue my daughters - too big a load of furniture for their car! Back later!

IKEA, the purveyor of goodness. Lots of great stuff in there, if you know where to look, as I'm sure you do.

I would be interested in one. Please check your PM/Notifications.

Shemek.

I saw this over on the Tekumel Project site if anyone is interested. They look amazing!

http://thetekumelproject.blogspot.ca...me-detail.html

Shemek

Originally Posted by chirine ba kal

remember that they were right up front about expecting $5,000 a year as a license fee from each license holder,

Originally Posted by chirine ba kal

and that each of them would be getting a salary of $50,000

Originally Posted by Shemek hiTankolel

IKEA, the purveyor of goodness. Lots of great stuff in there, if you know where to look, as I'm sure you do.

I would be interested in one. Please check your PM/Notifications.

Shemek.

I did; reply sent.

Lord Chirine has a new office chair, courtesy of the limited-edition 'Jassa' collection - which looks like the furniture that Phil and Ambereen had in their house:

ikea-ikea-jassa-easy-chair__1364324233687-s41.jpg

And, like all his furniture, it comes apart for packing into a small bundle for loading up in the legion's baggage carts...

Originally Posted by Shemek hiTankolel

I saw this over on the Tekumel Project site if anyone is interested. They look amazing!

http://thetekumelproject.blogspot.ca...me-detail.html

Shemek

Damn wonderful, ain't it?

Originally Posted by Gronan of Simmerya

Yes, indeed, my General; the first is from the Board meeting in August of 2012, and the latter from the 'strategic planning retreat' in June of that year. It's all on tape, too.

By the by, my General, about that book you're writing talking of the early days of gaming? l am told that you will need to contact the TF to get a license from them for your chapter on gaming with Phil, because you will be receiving compensation for it and thus are in violation of the TF's "sole and exclusive license for the commercial exploitation of the Tekumel IP". This, according to them, is what the lawyers call 'unjust enrichment' and so you need to pay a license fee and a percentage of the money you get to them - I'm assuming that you'll have to pro-rate the percentage by the number or words or something. Had this come up with another guy in the same boat; after reviewing all his options with his lawyer, he dropped all mention of Phil and Tekumel as it saved him a lot of time, labor, and money. Had some interesting discussions with my own lawyer about this kind of thing, too.

We live in interesting times, don't we?

This is, by the way, Lord Chirine's 'Formal Insulting Chair" for his office in the palace. Normally, he sits on his pile of comfy mats just like everybody else, and guests get their own pile of mats as well; the Lord Chamberlain sets out the mats as per the usual protocols, by the rank and status of the visitor like in any polite and civilized household or office.

However, some people do ned to be put in their place, so on occasion His Lordship makes himself comfortable on the Jassa chair and the visitor gets the floor, with their proper set of mats under their butts while His Lordship lets them know of his annoyance or displeasure. Subtle, kind of, but very Tsolyani and very 'Phil'.

Miniature on the way, too...

Originally Posted by chirine ba kal

This is, by the way, Lord Chirine's 'Formal Insulting Chair" for his office in the palace. Normally, he sits on his pile of comfy mats just like everybody else, and guests get their own pile of mats as well; the Lord Chamberlain sets out the mats as per the usual protocols, by the rank and status of the visitor like in any polite and civilized household or office.

However, some people do ned to be put in their place, so on occasion His Lordship makes himself comfortable on the Jassa chair and the visitor gets the floor, with their proper set of mats under their butts while His Lordship lets them know of his annoyance or displeasure. Subtle, kind of, but very Tsolyani and very 'Phil'.

Miniature on the way, too...

That's lovely. Phil would have gotten a kick out of it.

"To the giggling hooks with you, Soft One!"