convore.json/groups/dramatica/preconditions/messages.json

[{"user_id": 7645, "stars": [], "topic_id": 5654, "date_created": 1297711052.3361361, "message": "I'm not sure about the \"solving a problem\" bit, but I've always used Preconditions as a way of simply giving a story more \"flavor\"  It's always one of the easiest appreciations to include", "group_id": 2515, "id": 103545}, {"user_id": 7664, "stars": [], "topic_id": 5654, "date_created": 1297710838.193083, "message": "What does this mean: \"...only the preconditions can actually solve the problem\"?", "group_id": 2515, "id": 103512}, {"user_id": 7669, "stars": [], "topic_id": 5654, "date_created": 1297711625.6889989, "message": ">What does this mean: \"...only the preconditions can actually solve the problem\"?", "group_id": 2515, "id": 103659}, {"user_id": 7669, "stars": [], "topic_id": 5654, "date_created": 1297711815.6155231, "message": "And then they walk into a bar with a priest and a rabbi...  Oh wait, that wasn't a setup for a joke?  :-}", "group_id": 2515, "id": 103719}, {"user_id": 7664, "stars": [], "topic_id": 5654, "date_created": 1297710791.2177711, "message": "Got it.", "group_id": 2515, "id": 103493}, {"user_id": 7664, "stars": [], "topic_id": 5654, "date_created": 1297710806.8832099, "message": "Here is the definition of Preconditions: Preconditions (Overall Storyline) -- [Type] --\nunessential restrictions imposed on the effort to\nreach the goal -- When meeting the requirement\nis made contingent upon some nonessential\nrestriction, the extra baggage is\nreferred to as Pre-conditions. Depending upon\nthe nature of the Pre-conditions and the nature\nof a character, it may turn out that although the\npre-requisites will achieve the goal, the goal\nitself is improper and only the Pre-conditions\ncan actually solve the problem. Misplaced\nemphasis is a common thematic exploration.", "group_id": 2515, "id": 103497}, {"user_id": 7645, "stars": [], "topic_id": 5654, "date_created": 1297711533.451822, "message": "I think its supposed to be simultaneously", "group_id": 2515, "id": 103639}, {"user_id": 7664, "stars": [], "topic_id": 5654, "date_created": 1297711154.200011, "message": "Yet, I cannot seem to sneak one into \"Cargo\". And the ones that are there naturally are just a bit lame -- they are such low-hanging fruit that they don't color anything.", "group_id": 2515, "id": 103563}, {"user_id": 7645, "stars": [], "topic_id": 5654, "date_created": 1297711680.8535349, "message": "that sounds good", "group_id": 2515, "id": 103677}, {"user_id": 7664, "stars": [], "topic_id": 5654, "date_created": 1297711852.0398619, "message": "haha.", "group_id": 2515, "id": 103735}, {"user_id": 7664, "stars": [], "topic_id": 5654, "date_created": 1297711512.702013, "message": "Although, at its strictest, it's supposed to be something that has to be done before the Requirements can be met.", "group_id": 2515, "id": 103631}, {"user_id": 7664, "stars": [], "topic_id": 5654, "date_created": 1297711766.7874019, "message": "A priest has to go across the desert to find a princess. A sultan shows up and says, \"Take my daughter with you, so she can find a priest.\" The two travel together and fall in love... the precondition of \"taking the daughter\" has solved the problem of \"no love\"", "group_id": 2515, "id": 103700}, {"user_id": 7664, "stars": [], "topic_id": 5654, "date_created": 1297711776.0681789, "message": "Booyaa", "group_id": 2515, "id": 103703}, {"user_id": 7645, "stars": [], "topic_id": 5654, "date_created": 1297711828.709496, "message": "lol", "group_id": 2515, "id": 103727}, {"user_id": 7664, "stars": [], "topic_id": 5654, "date_created": 1297711885.3093641, "message": "I think it's actually \"The Sure Thing\" written by Sheherezade", "group_id": 2515, "id": 103754}, {"user_id": 7645, "stars": [], "topic_id": 5654, "date_created": 1297711401.772074, "message": "I usually just make it a task the Protagonist has to do that has nothing to do with the actual Goal itself", "group_id": 2515, "id": 103605}, {"user_id": 7664, "stars": [], "topic_id": 5654, "date_created": 1297711708.7459061, "message": "@SandyStone which would be *why* they are imposing restrictions.", "group_id": 2515, "id": 103681}, {"user_id": 7645, "stars": [], "topic_id": 5654, "date_created": 1297711812.3076479, "message": "nice", "group_id": 2515, "id": 103716}, {"user_id": 7645, "stars": [], "topic_id": 5654, "date_created": 1297711573.6714959, "message": "yes you're right - i was thinking prerequisites and preconditions", "group_id": 2515, "id": 103652}, {"user_id": 7669, "stars": [], "topic_id": 5654, "date_created": 1297711669.5220251, "message": "My interpretation is the sometimes the person \"imposing restrictions\" may actually be more on the right track than the Protagonist is ... sometimes.", "group_id": 2515, "id": 103673}, {"user_id": 7669, "stars": [], "topic_id": 5654, "date_created": 1297711729.2778821, "message": "Perhaps ... it may be knowing or unknowing.", "group_id": 2515, "id": 103687}]