I like to think of HBT as Home Brew Town. It's a whole society I can communicate with on my screen. Sorta like an ant farm, or aquarium, or Sim City, but with real players. If you are a student of sociology, you can sit back and watch the city dynamics through this 21" window; it's fun as long as you remember it's just a game - no point in getting emotionally involved.
A cross section of Home Brew Town is just like any other city. You've got the people you trust, and those you're not sure of. Noobs moving in, senior citizens that don't come out much anymore. There's a couple of nutjobs that spout complete nonsense all day on the corner, but they are mostly harmless and add a bit of color to my Home Brew Town (I try to ignore them, but sometimes they are funny, sometimes just odd).
The cops/mods randomly patrol the streets of Home Brew Town. Sometimes there's a Rodney King beatdown, but mostly they're just. I think they are taking nips while patrolling, so they really are more like mall cops.
Home Brew Town has a small group of active clergy, but also there's a bar on every corner, and even those clergy encourage drinking on a very regular basis. And they look the other way when the subject of the "seedier" parts of town come up, places that make a sailor blush.
I think the town is growing, so the State of the Union is good. The president doesn't actually give this speech, but occasionally he can be seen on one street or another giving a brief royal handwave to the cityfolk. The young president looks oddly like Herman Hesse.
Anyway, it's fun to be here.
A cross section of Home Brew Town is just like any other city. You've got the people you trust, and those you're not sure of. Noobs moving in, senior citizens that don't come out much anymore. There's a couple of nutjobs that spout complete nonsense all day on the corner, but they are mostly harmless and add a bit of color to my Home Brew Town (I try to ignore them, but sometimes they are funny, sometimes just odd).
The cops/mods randomly patrol the streets of Home Brew Town. Sometimes there's a Rodney King beatdown, but mostly they're just. I think they are taking nips while patrolling, so they really are more like mall cops.
Home Brew Town has a small group of active clergy, but also there's a bar on every corner, and even those clergy encourage drinking on a very regular basis. And they look the other way when the subject of the "seedier" parts of town come up, places that make a sailor blush.
I think the town is growing, so the State of the Union is good. The president doesn't actually give this speech, but occasionally he can be seen on one street or another giving a brief royal handwave to the cityfolk. The young president looks oddly like Herman Hesse.
Anyway, it's fun to be here.
