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Russia in Ill Bethisad

From:Jan van Steenbergen <ijzeren_jan@...>
Date:Sunday, November 3, 2002, 8:06
 --- Mat McVeagh wrote:

> If you look on the page > http://www.geocities.com/elemtilas/ill_bethisad/minor_countries.htm it goes > into Russia and China a bit. Personally I don't 'believe' what they say > about Russia - the idea of Red (Great) Square being filled with Russian > Buddhist fanatics chanting "Nam myoho renge kyo!" may be funny but it's not > at all realistic :) - but I can certainly swallow the defeat of the > Communist forces in China.
I agree. IMO this is probably the weakest part of the whole, otherwise extremely interesting and enjoyable, alternate universe Ill Bethisad. Russia definitely deserves a better treatment. The idea (what would have happened if Russia had lost the war with Japan in 1905) is good, but should be worked out differently, because this is completely unrealistic, indeed. Jan ===== "Originality is the art of concealing your source." - Franklin P. Jones __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Everything you'll ever need on one web page from News and Sport to Email and Music Charts http://uk.my.yahoo.com

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