Newbie Questions, what IS shadowrun Options

[Dave E]

Hi all,

I'm Pretty new to the shadowrun thing, and had a few questions. I heard about shadowrun years ago(ver1), but never got to play. Now I'm involved with a group I met online, playing weekly. The GM has a VERY involved story line with tons of twists and underlieing forces. I'm trying to understand what exactually IS shadowrun. From what I can see, its not about building a super strong character and shooting everything in site.(tend to die, and will get boreing) Its not about just living as a non person, and never showing up on the radar.(boring) Its not just about Role playing a characters life.(tons of outlets for that)

The things I see that make shadowrun be shadowrun are times when things happen that make you say wow. IE: Getting into a bar fight, and taking out the troll bouncer by beating him senceless WITH the dwarven bartender. Talking your way out of the back of a LS patrol car after being arested for attempted murder, and ending up with the LS officers daughters phone number.(lot of good chr rolls on that one)

Am I right? Do we all play for the rare moments when the dice align?

Dave