Damn, now I almost wish steampunk had won, I'd love to play that Academia theme. That's right up my alley (and that of most of my characters - I usually play high-Int chars...)

afro's right, write-in or no write-in encouragement there'd still be a constant cry for info. We're human, after all. =p

I think part of the reason you got so little response during the "brainstorming" session is the time constraint. That's a bit of a short time to come up with a solid idea to pitch out, especially when we knew so little of what was going down.