[UA] Whiskey Flask--joke response

[Cassady Toles]

On Wed, 9 May 2001 12:22:11 -0700, ua at lists.uchicago.edu wrote:

  It's a polarizing topic based on a subjective reading of the rules that
  defies all attempts to reach a consensus.  The origin of the term (though
  not the concept) comes from the early days of Mage:  the Ascension, when
  someone asked how Life could be used Coincidentally. (Brief explanation
for
  those who've never played Mage--there are two kinds of Magick: 
Coincidental
  and Vulgar.  Coinicdental magick involves finessing certain circumstances
so
  that a magickal effect can be disguised as something that might have
  happened, "as a coincidence."  To travel, we use Correspondence.
  Teleporting there is Vulgar.  Having a cab stop right in front of you,
  driven by a former NASCAR champ and catching only green lights is
  Coincidental.  Ugly Coincidental, but Coincidental).  Someone conjectured
a
  'healing potion,' disguised as whiskey.  When the person wanted to be
  healed, he'd reach into his coat pocket, retrieve the whiskey, and take a
  swig.  The question is--did the whiskey flask have to be there in the
first
  place?  Might it be possible, since no one saw the contents of your
pockets
  prior to your removal of the flask, to have the flask just kinda be there?
  Or would you need Matter first to make the bottle out of nothing, and then
  Life to pull off the Coincidental effect?  There was so much rancorous
  arguing back and forth, that the argument was put down only after a
scorched
  earth campaign in which three of the most obnoxious posters were booted
off
  of the mailing list.  In the years that followed, 'Whiskey Flask!' was
  invoked whenever we found ourselves heading down the dark path away from
  Games as an Amusement to Games as Source of Pride.  The amazing thing is
  that the topic was revisited time and again about every six months, mostly
  brought up by new players who stumbled across it (or a variation, the most
  significant being the 'cigarette case,' to avoid bullets) on their own.

Damn!  I guess I'm not the only one who needs to get laid... ;\

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and
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