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Swing Kid
post Oct 28 2010, 02:54 AM
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So, you are about to sit down with a Johnson about a job. What kinds of questions do experienced professionals know to ask? What is appropriate, and what should be handled delicatly? Naturally, the nature of the run would play a major role, and so would things like the manner by which the connection was made in the first place. And its not just the questions, its other things that should be considered, like not necessarily taking the ENTIRE team to the meet, not pulling out a video camera to capture the whole thing, etc.

I am interested in the thoughts of experienced runners on this topic.
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- Swing Kid   The Johnson Interview   Oct 28 2010, 02:54 AM
- - Yerameyahu   Well, everyone definitely has everything on camera...   Oct 28 2010, 02:58 AM
- - klinktastic   First thing, if you are meeting with a Mr. Johnson...   Oct 28 2010, 03:08 AM
- - kjones   Appropriate: Can we get some of the payment up fro...   Oct 28 2010, 03:09 AM
|- - Neurosis   I like this thread if you can't tell. QUOTE (...   Oct 28 2010, 05:40 PM
- - jaellot   As Airheads taught us all, the question "In t...   Oct 28 2010, 03:27 AM
|- - Aerospider   QUOTE (jaellot @ Oct 28 2010, 04:27 AM) A...   Oct 28 2010, 12:02 PM
- - Method   In my games the J generally describes the job in v...   Oct 28 2010, 03:57 AM
- - Summerstorm   Hm... i do it mostly like Method. The Fixer shoul...   Oct 28 2010, 05:33 AM
|- - Swing Kid   QUOTE (Summerstorm @ Oct 28 2010, 12:33 A...   Oct 29 2010, 02:56 AM
- - Game2BHappy   For me it is pretty much what Method/Summerstorm m...   Oct 28 2010, 06:26 AM
- - Critias   Mr. Johnson in several games I ran featured extens...   Oct 28 2010, 07:07 AM
|- - Swing Kid   QUOTE (Critias @ Oct 28 2010, 02:07 AM) M...   Oct 29 2010, 02:58 AM
|- - Critias   QUOTE (Swing Kid @ Oct 28 2010, 10:58 PM)...   Oct 29 2010, 03:05 AM
|- - Swing Kid   QUOTE (Critias @ Oct 28 2010, 10:05 PM) S...   Oct 29 2010, 03:19 AM
- - kzt   Any semi-intelligent wealthy and seemingly legit p...   Oct 28 2010, 07:43 AM
|- - Mesh   QUOTE (kzt @ Oct 28 2010, 03:43 AM) Any s...   Oct 28 2010, 08:44 AM
- - Mesh   My favorite runner negotiator was the team leader ...   Oct 28 2010, 08:51 AM
- - Blade   A question I like to ask: "Why hire us instea...   Oct 28 2010, 09:49 AM
|- - Summerstorm   QUOTE (Blade @ Oct 28 2010, 11:49 AM) A q...   Oct 28 2010, 02:11 PM
|- - Blade   QUOTE (Summerstorm @ Oct 28 2010, 04:11 P...   Oct 29 2010, 08:29 AM
|- - Ascalaphus   QUOTE (Blade @ Oct 29 2010, 10:29 AM) You...   Oct 29 2010, 08:58 AM
|- - Doc Chase   QUOTE (Blade @ Oct 29 2010, 08:29 AM) You...   Oct 29 2010, 02:28 PM
- - Ascalaphus   Usually the Johnson wants the team to succeed, so ...   Oct 28 2010, 11:20 AM
|- - ProfGast   QUOTE (Ascalaphus @ Oct 28 2010, 01:20 AM...   Oct 28 2010, 03:25 PM
|- - Ascalaphus   QUOTE (ProfGast @ Oct 28 2010, 05:25 PM) ...   Oct 28 2010, 04:16 PM
||- - Doc Chase   QUOTE (Ascalaphus @ Oct 28 2010, 04:16 PM...   Oct 28 2010, 04:22 PM
||- - kzt   QUOTE (Ascalaphus @ Oct 28 2010, 10:16 AM...   Oct 29 2010, 12:29 AM
||- - ProfGast   Doublepost   Oct 29 2010, 02:09 AM
||- - ProfGast   QUOTE (Ascalaphus @ Oct 28 2010, 06:16 AM...   Oct 29 2010, 02:09 AM
||- - phlapjack77   QUOTE (ProfGast @ Oct 29 2010, 10:09 AM) ...   Oct 29 2010, 03:40 AM
||- - Achsin   QUOTE (ProfGast @ Oct 29 2010, 03:09 AM) ...   Oct 30 2010, 10:02 PM
|- - Swing Kid   QUOTE (ProfGast @ Oct 28 2010, 10:25 AM) ...   Oct 29 2010, 03:11 AM
- - Faelan   When I have run Shadowrun games, my players quickl...   Oct 28 2010, 12:15 PM
|- - kzt   QUOTE (Faelan @ Oct 28 2010, 06:15 AM) Me...   Oct 29 2010, 12:24 AM
|- - Faelan   QUOTE (kzt @ Oct 28 2010, 08:24 PM) Encry...   Oct 29 2010, 12:42 AM
- - raben-aas   QUOTE and tells him that if his team has been lied...   Oct 28 2010, 02:35 PM
- - Doc Chase   Follow the 11th Commandment. Yes, the Johnson ass...   Oct 28 2010, 03:27 PM
- - Kagetenshi   So this depends on having made Mind Probe touch-ra...   Oct 28 2010, 03:51 PM
- - Doc Chase   Never Mind Probe. Ever. You're better off do...   Oct 28 2010, 04:15 PM
- - Yerameyahu   It's a little over the top, though. It's a...   Oct 28 2010, 07:29 PM
|- - Brazilian_Shinobi   QUOTE (Yerameyahu @ Oct 28 2010, 04:29 PM...   Oct 28 2010, 08:21 PM
- - Ascalaphus   A Johnson should have just such a speech about wha...   Oct 28 2010, 08:13 PM
|- - Shinobi Killfist   QUOTE (Ascalaphus @ Oct 28 2010, 04:13 PM...   Oct 31 2010, 06:17 PM
|- - Kagetenshi   QUOTE (Shinobi Killfist @ Oct 31 2010, 02...   Oct 31 2010, 06:43 PM
|- - kzt   QUOTE (Kagetenshi @ Oct 31 2010, 12:43 PM...   Oct 31 2010, 07:24 PM
|- - Kagetenshi   QUOTE (kzt @ Oct 31 2010, 03:24 PM) Kidna...   Oct 31 2010, 07:38 PM
- - Kagetenshi   I'd say a speech like that would get you fast-...   Oct 28 2010, 08:44 PM
- - Yerameyahu   Haha, indeed!   Oct 28 2010, 08:45 PM
- - Kagetenshi   That's an important distinction, I think. Inve...   Oct 29 2010, 03:14 AM
- - Yerameyahu   I wouldn't call it 'deeply hostile'. A...   Oct 29 2010, 03:21 AM
- - Kagetenshi   I disagree. You're bringing the Johnson's ...   Oct 29 2010, 03:24 AM
- - Yerameyahu   *shrug* Who cares about the Johnson or his enemie...   Oct 29 2010, 03:28 AM
- - kzt   Classic SR has the fixer playing a minor role. It...   Oct 29 2010, 03:33 AM
- - Kagetenshi   QUOTE (Yerameyahu @ Oct 28 2010, 11:28 PM...   Oct 29 2010, 03:34 AM
- - Method   On the subject of credentials: Some Johnson's ...   Oct 29 2010, 03:56 AM
- - Yerameyahu   Which is why it's merely rude. When hostile i...   Oct 29 2010, 04:22 AM
|- - Kagetenshi   QUOTE (Yerameyahu @ Oct 28 2010, 11:22 PM...   Oct 29 2010, 11:50 AM
- - Mesh   Analyze Truth is a Touch spell so you can cast it ...   Oct 29 2010, 07:42 AM
|- - Shinobi Killfist   QUOTE (phlapjack77 @ Oct 28 2010, 11:40 P...   Oct 31 2010, 06:18 PM
- - Ascalaphus   QUOTE (ProfGast @ Oct 29 2010, 04:09 AM) ...   Oct 29 2010, 09:46 AM
- - Kagetenshi   Runners still sometimes get hired by individuals f...   Oct 29 2010, 02:44 PM
- - Blade   "Why ask Shadowrunners to find your missing d...   Oct 29 2010, 02:52 PM
- - Method   I think another good rule of thumb is that the pri...   Oct 30 2010, 07:00 PM
|- - Brazilian_Shinobi   "No questions. No answers. That's the bus...   Oct 30 2010, 07:56 PM
- - kzt   Time and info are the two things that reduce the o...   Oct 30 2010, 07:59 PM
|- - Ascalaphus   QUOTE (kzt @ Oct 30 2010, 09:59 PM) Time ...   Oct 30 2010, 08:36 PM
- - Glyph   I forget who said it, but someone said the Johnson...   Oct 30 2010, 09:57 PM
|- - kzt   QUOTE (Glyph @ Oct 30 2010, 03:57 PM) A g...   Oct 30 2010, 10:57 PM
|- - Ascalaphus   QUOTE (kzt @ Oct 31 2010, 12:57 AM) If I...   Oct 30 2010, 11:33 PM
|- - Kagetenshi   QUOTE (kzt @ Oct 30 2010, 06:57 PM) If I...   Oct 31 2010, 05:02 PM
||- - kzt   QUOTE (Kagetenshi @ Oct 31 2010, 11:02 AM...   Oct 31 2010, 06:29 PM
|- - etherial   QUOTE (kzt @ Oct 30 2010, 05:57 PM) If I...   Nov 2 2010, 02:01 PM
- - kzt   I'm not really worried about the place he...   Oct 31 2010, 08:03 PM
- - Ascalaphus   QUOTE (Shinobi Killfist @ Oct 31 2010, 08...   Nov 1 2010, 12:56 PM
|- - Kagetenshi   QUOTE (Ascalaphus @ Nov 1 2010, 07:56 AM)...   Nov 1 2010, 04:40 PM
|- - Ascalaphus   QUOTE (Kagetenshi @ Nov 1 2010, 06:40 PM)...   Nov 1 2010, 06:08 PM
- - kzt   SR sleep gas has pretty much none of the drawbacks...   Nov 1 2010, 05:38 PM
|- - Kagetenshi   QUOTE (kzt @ Nov 1 2010, 12:38 PM) SR sle...   Nov 1 2010, 06:38 PM
|- - Ascalaphus   QUOTE (Kagetenshi @ Nov 1 2010, 08:38 PM)...   Nov 1 2010, 08:36 PM
- - Yerameyahu   Yeah, unreasonably so. I assume they put that in f...   Nov 1 2010, 05:58 PM
- - Yerameyahu   You can choose to have it (Neuro-Stun, the actual ...   Nov 1 2010, 06:50 PM
|- - Doc Chase   QUOTE (Yerameyahu @ Nov 1 2010, 07:50 PM)...   Nov 1 2010, 06:52 PM
||- - Kliko   QUOTE (Doc Chase @ Nov 1 2010, 02:52 PM) ...   Nov 1 2010, 06:59 PM
||- - Doc Chase   QUOTE (Kliko @ Nov 1 2010, 06:59 PM) That...   Nov 1 2010, 07:02 PM
|- - Kagetenshi   QUOTE (Yerameyahu @ Nov 1 2010, 02:50 PM)...   Nov 1 2010, 07:18 PM
- - Yerameyahu   The thread itself is SR*, no?   Nov 1 2010, 07:25 PM
|- - Kagetenshi   QUOTE (Yerameyahu @ Nov 1 2010, 03:25 PM)...   Nov 1 2010, 07:51 PM
- - kzt   A good summation of meet Etiquette: Be polite, be ...   Nov 1 2010, 07:28 PM
|- - Critias   QUOTE (kzt @ Nov 1 2010, 02:28 PM) A good...   Nov 1 2010, 07:33 PM
- - Yerameyahu   Nope. It's about Mr. Johnsons. Toxin rules are...   Nov 1 2010, 07:55 PM
- - Angelone   They stick together because they make money. They ...   Nov 1 2010, 09:46 PM
|- - Shinobi Killfist   QUOTE (Angelone @ Nov 1 2010, 04:46 PM) T...   Nov 2 2010, 02:35 AM
|- - Mesh   QUOTE (Shinobi Killfist @ Nov 1 2010, 10...   Nov 2 2010, 01:50 PM
- - Brazilian_Shinobi   Me and my group just had a discussion about that, ...   Nov 2 2010, 05:50 AM
- - Doc Chase   Wait, let me see if I've got this right. Tria...   Nov 2 2010, 01:45 PM
|- - Brazilian_Shinobi   QUOTE (Doc Chase @ Nov 2 2010, 10:45 AM) ...   Nov 2 2010, 03:29 PM
|- - Doc Chase   QUOTE (Brazilian_Shinobi @ Nov 2 2010, 03...   Nov 2 2010, 03:35 PM
- - sabs   It's always cheaper to just kill everyone who ...   Nov 2 2010, 03:40 PM
- - Doc Chase   Provided you apply enough plastique to get the job...   Nov 2 2010, 03:43 PM
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