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 Aug 23 2008, 03:38 PM
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Moving Target  Group: Members Posts: 831 Joined: 5-September 05 From: LAX, UCAS Member No.: 7,687  |
Nope, it ain't just you (IMG:style_emoticons/default/biggrin.gif)
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Aug 23 2008, 03:47 PM
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The King In Yellow Group: Dumpshocked Posts: 6,922 Joined: 26-February 05 From: JWD Member No.: 7,121 |
QUOTE (CanRay @ Aug 23 2008, 01:44 AM)  Smiling Bandit and Slamm-0 is of the "Old Guard", yes... But aren't OLD, if you catch my meaning. No idea on the age of Smiling Bandit, but Slamm-0 is in his 20s, IIRC. He's a Second-Generation 'Runner. Smiling Bandit has been around since 1st Edition. It's safe to assume he's well in his 40s now. Also, Picador's been around since Fields of Fire, so it's safe to assume she's past her 30s as well. Personally, I'd like to see some more old-timers pop up. But that might just be me ... (IMG:style_emoticons/default/wink.gif) |
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Aug 23 2008, 03:48 PM
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Immortal Elf Group: Dumpshocked Posts: 14,358 Joined: 2-December 07 From: Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada Member No.: 14,465 |
Or maybe some newcomers.
Maybe if I write about Winnipeg's and Sudbury's Shadows I can sneak my way into the JackPoint? (IMG:style_emoticons/default/nyahnyah.gif) |
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Aug 23 2008, 03:54 PM
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Target Group: Members Posts: 42 Joined: 5-January 08 From: Hiding from a Thor shot Member No.: 15,044 |
QUOTE (ElFenrir @ Aug 23 2008, 11:12 AM) I call Giant Tortoise Shapeshifter! Gamera is really neat, he is full of turtle meat, we are eating Gameraaaaaa! sorry |
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Aug 23 2008, 04:08 PM
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Neophyte Runner Group: Members Posts: 2,168 Joined: 15-April 05 From: Helsinki, Finland Member No.: 7,337 |
QUOTE (HardSix @ Aug 23 2008, 11:54 AM) Gamera is really neat, he is full of turtle meat, we are eating Gameraaaaaa! sorry (IMG:style_emoticons/default/rotfl.gif) Yeah, the guy with the two drones can sing his theme song. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/grinbig.gif) |
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Sep 19 2008, 05:48 PM
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Moving Target Group: Members Posts: 296 Joined: 26-February 02 From: Usually under a cat Member No.: 864 |
QUOTE (Bull @ Aug 23 2008, 04:55 AM) Winterhawk is Robyn King-Nitschke's character (Sammy, I think). Sammy? Bull, you wound me! 'Hawk is a professor of fraggin' thaumaturgy! He's one of the biggest mage snobs in the Sixth World! sammy... ...wanders off muttering incoherently... |
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Sep 19 2008, 06:30 PM
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Immoral Elf Group: Members Posts: 15,247 Joined: 29-March 02 From: Grimy Pete's Bar & Laundromat Member No.: 2,486 |
QUOTE (Skip @ Aug 23 2008, 08:10 AM) Right, though there isn't actually anything that comes to mind in the literature that any of those have died of old age either. Unless they were already pretty old when they expressed (and survived what was not an easy process) I doubt they would have died yet. Elves and Dwarves are born as Elves and Dwarves (respectively). Nobody ever 'expresses' or 'goblinizes' into either of those races. Not even via SURGE. |
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Sep 19 2008, 07:55 PM
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Moving Target Group: Dumpshocked Posts: 748 Joined: 22-April 07 From: Vermont Member No.: 11,507 |
This is what was known back in the Fourth World:
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Sep 19 2008, 09:42 PM
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Grumpy Old Ork Decker Group: Admin Posts: 3,794 Joined: 26-February 02 From: Orwell, Ohio Member No.: 50 |
QUOTE (winterhawk11 @ Sep 19 2008, 01:48 PM) Sammy? Bull, you wound me! 'Hawk is a professor of fraggin' thaumaturgy! He's one of the biggest mage snobs in the Sixth World! sammy... ...wanders off muttering incoherently... Bah, sorry, I plead insanity. PLus, I was running on very little sleep when I posted that (IMG:style_emoticons/default/smile.gif) QUOTE (Fortune @ Sep 19 2008, 02:30 PM) Elves and Dwarves are born as Elves and Dwarves (respectively). Nobody ever 'expresses' or 'goblinizes' into either of those races. Not even via SURGE. Except for that Dwarf from Shadowboxer, I think it was... (IMG:style_emoticons/default/wink.gif) |
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Sep 19 2008, 11:46 PM
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Moving Target Group: Members Posts: 573 Joined: 17-September 07 Member No.: 13,319 |
I'm playing a Pikachu Shapeshifter. How long do Pikachu live?
(ducks) |
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Sep 20 2008, 12:01 AM
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Moving Target Group: Members Posts: 239 Joined: 16-December 05 From: new jack city Member No.: 8,077 |
pikachu is forever cute.... well until he is eaten by a naga.
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Sep 20 2008, 12:11 AM
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Immortal Elf Group: Dumpshocked Posts: 14,358 Joined: 2-December 07 From: Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada Member No.: 14,465 |
People live until stupidity kills them.
Or so working Tech Support has taught me. |
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Sep 20 2008, 12:46 AM
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Immoral Elf Group: Members Posts: 15,247 Joined: 29-March 02 From: Grimy Pete's Bar & Laundromat Member No.: 2,486 |
QUOTE (Bull @ Sep 20 2008, 07:42 AM) Except for that Dwarf from Shadowboxer, I think it was... That one don't count! (IMG:style_emoticons/default/nyahnyah.gif) (IMG:style_emoticons/default/biggrin.gif) |
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Sep 20 2008, 01:53 AM
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Moving Target Group: Members Posts: 393 Joined: 23-December 05 From: Texarkana, TX Member No.: 8,097 |
I think SPD is still around, he's mentioned in the BBB at least. And since he used to be a member of Seattle's Finest, he's got to be real old by now. I think he first shows up in the first Seattle Sourcebook. Simmiarly, the Chromed Accountant dates back to 2ed (Coporate Download I think?), and he's still around.
Though its not clear if either of these chummers are actually runners. |
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Sep 20 2008, 03:18 AM
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Moving Target Group: Members Posts: 609 Joined: 13-August 07 Member No.: 12,615 |
IIRC, at the end of the Dragonheart trilogy, Harlequin tells Ryan that his lifespan will include most of the Sixth World, which would mean that (bred) drakes live for several thousand years.
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Sep 20 2008, 08:44 AM
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Grumpy Old Ork Decker Group: Admin Posts: 3,794 Joined: 26-February 02 From: Orwell, Ohio Member No.: 50 |
QUOTE (Fortune @ Sep 19 2008, 07:46 PM) That one don't count! (IMG:style_emoticons/default/nyahnyah.gif) (IMG:style_emoticons/default/biggrin.gif) Hey, I'm just saying... It's there. In a novel. You can't take it back. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/smile.gif) Bull |
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Sep 20 2008, 10:10 AM
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Awakened Asset Group: Members Posts: 4,464 Joined: 9-April 05 From: AGS, North German League Member No.: 7,309 |
QUOTE (Riley37 @ Sep 20 2008, 01:46 AM) I'm playing a Pikachu Shapeshifter. How long do Pikachu live? (ducks) Depends. Dodge Pool? |
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Sep 20 2008, 01:54 PM
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Immortal Elf Group: Dumpshocked Posts: 14,358 Joined: 2-December 07 From: Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada Member No.: 14,465 |
QUOTE (MaxMahem @ Sep 19 2008, 08:53 PM) ...the Chromed Accountant dates back to 2ed (Coporate Download I think?), and he's still around. Though its not clear if either of these chummers are actually runners. CA was. He used to work for the IRS, and got into the Shadows because it was safer. (Which tells you how Tax Men are viewed in the Sixth World!). He made a fair sized fortune and got his own island. According to Ancient History, he had to clean out some "Squatters", and then retired there. I give him a few more months before he flips out the Satelite Retransmitter and starts begging FastJack to be put onto the JackPoint. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/nyahnyah.gif) |
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Sep 20 2008, 09:53 PM
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Immoral Elf Group: Members Posts: 15,247 Joined: 29-March 02 From: Grimy Pete's Bar & Laundromat Member No.: 2,486 |
QUOTE (Bull @ Sep 20 2008, 06:44 PM) Hey, I'm just saying... It's there. In a novel. You can't take it back. Actually, wasn't it Shadowboxer that was declared non-canon by FASA way back in the day? I know that one of the novels received that distinction (and only one, for better or worse), but I always mix up which one it was. |
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Sep 22 2008, 08:18 PM
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Shooting Target Group: Members Posts: 1,851 Joined: 15-February 08 From: Indianapolis Member No.: 15,686 |
QUOTE (MaxMahem @ Sep 19 2008, 08:53 PM) I think SPD is still around, he's mentioned in the BBB at least. And since he used to be a member of Seattle's Finest, he's got to be real old by now. Wasn't he a rookie during the Nights of Rage? He'd be pushing into his mid-70s or early-80s. |
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Sep 23 2008, 03:32 AM
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Moving Target Group: Members Posts: 734 Joined: 30-August 05 Member No.: 7,646 |
QUOTE (KCKitsune @ Aug 22 2008, 06:33 PM) You forgot to mention Smiling Bandit & Slamm-O. Maybe I've been way off base for a long time, but I thought Smiling Bandit was Harlequin's Matrix Persona (a la Orange Queen, Wordsmyth et al) |
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Sep 23 2008, 03:47 AM
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Moving Target Group: Members Posts: 661 Joined: 23-March 03 Member No.: 4,322 |
QUOTE (Cabral @ Sep 22 2008, 11:32 PM) Maybe I've been way off base for a long time, but I thought Smiling Bandit was Harlequin's Matrix Persona (a la Orange Queen, Wordsmyth et al) Wasn't his persona Laughing Man? |
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Sep 23 2008, 05:06 AM
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Shooting Target Group: Members Posts: 1,851 Joined: 15-February 08 From: Indianapolis Member No.: 15,686 |
Yes. I believe Smiling Bandit was a different Matrix persona.
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Sep 23 2008, 07:45 AM
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Runner Group: Members Posts: 2,925 Joined: 26-February 02 Member No.: 948 |
QUOTE (Bull @ Aug 23 2008, 02:44 PM) Or, if you wanna be really evil, use the animals normal lifespan. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/smile.gif) Well, you CAN add in Metatype attributes - but im not sure if they are only for show or if they add more than jut the attribute bonus... What's dog years on an elf??? |
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Sep 23 2008, 10:56 AM
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Moving Target Group: Members Posts: 734 Joined: 30-August 05 Member No.: 7,646 |
QUOTE (Shalimar @ Sep 22 2008, 10:47 PM) Wasn't his persona Laughing Man? Thanks! ... Hmm. Has Laughing Man been "posting" in SR4? |
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