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Sent: Wednesday, July 11, 2007 5:22 PM
Subject: [larpa-gen] NERO Alliance to become Alliance LARP
The NERO Alliance will be changing its name to The Alliance.
"After ten years of operation, we feel like we have built a good reputation
in the LARPing community separate from the NERO name and believe it is in
our best interest to disassociate ourselves with NERO," stated NERO founder
Michael Ventrella, who has been running the Alliance since its inception.
"We also wish to avoid the mistakes people have made when considering our
organization, and confusing it with NERO International."
This decision was made after much consultation with the owners of the
various Alliance chapters and has been in the planning stages for some time.
A lawsuit over the NERO name and copyright was filed some time ago,
primarily as a method to prevent NERO International from interfering with
the business dealings of NERO Alliance. That lawsuit eventually expired,
with no winners and no losers, as the two parties attempted to negotiate a
settlement. Those negotiations are ongoing, and there is still no
settlement concerning International's use of Michael Ventrella's
copyrighted
materials, but the Alliance's decision today effectually removes one part of
the disagreement.
The new Alliance will be organized differently from the old Alliance.
Previously, all Alliance chapters used exactly the same rules system, with
no variations, in order to promote cross-chapter players, no matter how
distant the chapters were from each other. Under the new system, there will
be a series of "campaigns" that chapters can join, and players can transfer
within those campaigns.
For instance, the Alliance HQ, which will soon be running its games in Faire
Play's permanent site in northeastern Pennsylvania, will have its games
continue in the fantasy world of Fortannis, using all the rules in the Rule
Book without variation. Other Alliance chapters will remain a part of this
campaign. However, some of the west coast chapters may be creating their
own campaign, where they will be allowed to have rules variations.
Characters will not be allowed to transfer between different campaigns,
however.
Further, chapters can have more than one campaign, thus allowing for more
games and variations.
The Alliance is also open to proposals from already existing LARP games out
there who wish to associate themselves with the Alliance but not have to be
tied completely to having to follow every rule in the Rule Book, as was
previously the case.
"We believe this is the next step for us," stated Ventrella. "This will
provide more freedom for our players, promote our own separate identity
where we can expand on our good reputation, and allow us to grow."
"This is an exciting time," he added. "As one of the owners of Faire Play,
which is currently building a permanent site that will be available for all
LARPs to rent, and as the owner of The Alliance LARP, I see nothing but
great things ahead. After ten years, we're only just beginning!"
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