 "Rebooting" Shadowrun, What would you do? |
 Sep 2 2011, 06:47 PM
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I know this is a doozy topic and I apologize if this has been discussed ad naseum but as this game, and it's storyline, is over 20 years ago it has shown some age. Certainly the most prominent being the Matrix and it's evolution (going from Neuromancer-based to the mobile/AR based network which seems as a natural extention of our own internet) but there are certainly some aspects that I'm sure people throw out based on their "homebrews." For example I keep the NAN nations (I know some here despise them) but I dumped the CAS as its inclusion is rather baffling. I've also significantly reduced the presence of the Japanacorps, which is also a side effect of having started up in the 1990s.
Still, my question is if, you could start from the beginning and rewrite Shadowrun's timeline from the start, what would you include or not? Or, better yet, what would you deem "essential?" HEre are mine: VITAS Great Ghost Dance At least one Matrix crash Corporate Court/ZOG Rise of Aztechnology Balkanization of the world The rise and fall of the Demigod AIs The Tirs Goblinization/Awakening Amazonia/Yucatan Novatech/NeoNet/Fuchi drama Maybe some others as they come at me but I'm interested in hearing what you guys have to say. |
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Krojar "Rebooting" Shadowrun Sep 2 2011, 06:47 PM
Brazilian_Shinobi This was discussed a lot of times before and it al... Sep 2 2011, 06:54 PM Draco18s I'd include Big D's whole thing (with or w... Sep 2 2011, 06:54 PM Elfenlied I'd erase Burnout from the timeline. Sep 2 2011, 06:55 PM Brazilian_Shinobi Oh, no doubt. Dunkelzahn might not have been the f... Sep 2 2011, 06:58 PM suoq Whenever I get too frustrated I remember that it... Sep 2 2011, 07:13 PM
Draco18s QUOTE (suoq @ Sep 2 2011, 03:13 PM) To me... Sep 2 2011, 07:18 PM Stahlseele I'd get rid of the dumb clusterfuck that was u... Sep 2 2011, 07:40 PM Brainpiercing7.62mm What I'd drop:
Japancorp focus
Dragons
IEs
Ho... Sep 2 2011, 07:51 PM Brazilian_Shinobi QUOTE (Brainpiercing7.62mm @ Sep 2 2011, 04... Sep 2 2011, 08:18 PM Traul QUOTE (Brainpiercing7.62mm @ Sep 2 2011, 08... Sep 2 2011, 08:31 PM Brainpiercing7.62mm QUOTE (Traul @ Sep 2 2011, 10:31 PM) Then... Sep 3 2011, 01:23 AM Elfenlied QUOTE (Brainpiercing7.62mm @ Sep 3 2011, 01... Sep 3 2011, 09:54 AM Brainpiercing7.62mm QUOTE (Elfenlied @ Sep 3 2011, 11:54 AM) ... Sep 3 2011, 10:14 AM Brazilian_Shinobi QUOTE (Brainpiercing7.62mm @ Sep 2 2011, 10... Sep 4 2011, 12:53 AM CanRay QUOTE (Brazilian_Shinobi @ Sep 3 2011, 07... Sep 4 2011, 02:58 AM Brainpiercing7.62mm QUOTE (Brazilian_Shinobi @ Sep 4 2011, 02... Sep 4 2011, 02:49 PM Brazilian_Shinobi QUOTE (Brainpiercing7.62mm @ Sep 4 2011, 11... Sep 4 2011, 07:14 PM EKBT81 QUOTE (Brainpiercing7.62mm @ Sep 2 2011, 09... Sep 2 2011, 08:33 PM Nath QUOTE (EKBT81 @ Sep 2 2011, 09:33 PM) I r... Sep 2 2011, 10:48 PM HunterHerne Maybe the Haruman, but Satyrs have long been entwi... Sep 2 2011, 08:43 PM Draco18s QUOTE (HunterHerne @ Sep 2 2011, 04:43 PM... Sep 2 2011, 08:49 PM HunterHerne QUOTE (Draco18s @ Sep 2 2011, 04:49 PM) O... Sep 2 2011, 09:04 PM EKBT81 QUOTE (HunterHerne @ Sep 2 2011, 10:43 PM... Sep 2 2011, 08:55 PM HunterHerne QUOTE (EKBT81 @ Sep 2 2011, 04:55 PM) Hon... Sep 2 2011, 09:15 PM EKBT81 QUOTE (Draco18s @ Sep 2 2011, 10:49 PM) A... Sep 2 2011, 09:11 PM KeyMasterOfGozer Technically, it was "The Minotaur", was ... Sep 2 2011, 09:17 PM Elfenlied QUOTE (KeyMasterOfGozer @ Sep 2 2011, 10... Sep 2 2011, 09:35 PM Draco18s QUOTE (Elfenlied @ Sep 2 2011, 05:35 PM) ... Sep 2 2011, 10:03 PM hermit QUOTE Still, my question is if, you could start fr... Sep 2 2011, 09:48 PM Sengir QUOTE (hermit @ Sep 2 2011, 09:48 PM) And... Sep 4 2011, 03:41 PM hermit QUOTE Nobody has yet mentionned China, which SR ha... Sep 2 2011, 10:58 PM Nath QUOTE (hermit @ Sep 2 2011, 11:58 PM) Whi... Sep 2 2011, 11:35 PM EKBT81 QUOTE (Nath @ Sep 3 2011, 12:48 AM) In Sh... Sep 2 2011, 11:16 PM Stahlseele Hmm . . dare i say one could do two strikes with o... Sep 2 2011, 11:19 PM CanRay Two Dragons, One (REALLY BIG!) Cup? Sep 2 2011, 11:27 PM Draco18s QUOTE (CanRay @ Sep 2 2011, 07:27 PM) Two... Sep 2 2011, 11:56 PM Stahlseele QUOTE (Draco18s @ Sep 3 2011, 01:56 AM) *... Sep 3 2011, 12:16 AM Draco18s QUOTE (Stahlseele @ Sep 2 2011, 08:16 PM)... Sep 3 2011, 12:18 AM CanRay How about the Anglo bias against Quebec.
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Not... Sep 2 2011, 11:37 PM Nath QUOTE (CanRay @ Sep 3 2011, 12:37 AM) How... Sep 3 2011, 12:10 AM Nath QUOTE (EKBT81 @ Sep 3 2011, 12:16 AM) Tha... Sep 3 2011, 12:02 AM CanRay QUOTE (Nath @ Sep 2 2011, 07:10 PM) But s... Sep 3 2011, 12:22 AM hermit QUOTE Save for a small number of mentions in Shado... Sep 3 2011, 12:45 AM Traul QUOTE (hermit @ Sep 3 2011, 01:45 AM) And... Sep 3 2011, 07:29 AM Nath QUOTE (hermit @ Sep 3 2011, 01:45 AM) I r... Sep 3 2011, 08:49 AM LostProxy For the cyber side you could use similar rules to ... Sep 3 2011, 04:52 AM hermit QUOTE How about "Forced to privatise because ... Sep 3 2011, 07:35 AM Ascalaphus Aristocrat rule struck me as bizarre... Sure, some... Sep 3 2011, 11:05 AM Hound I would ditch the NAN, or at least consolidate the... Sep 3 2011, 12:33 PM suoq QUOTE (Hound @ Sep 3 2011, 07:33 AM) I wo... Sep 3 2011, 02:01 PM Traul QUOTE (suoq @ Sep 3 2011, 03:01 PM) I... Sep 3 2011, 03:33 PM CanRay QUOTE (Traul @ Sep 3 2011, 10:33 AM) Even... Sep 3 2011, 03:43 PM suoq QUOTE (Traul @ Sep 3 2011, 10:33 AM) Even... Sep 3 2011, 04:04 PM Stahlseele QUOTE (suoq @ Sep 3 2011, 06:04 PM) It... Sep 3 2011, 04:09 PM suoq QUOTE (Stahlseele @ Sep 3 2011, 10:09 AM)... Sep 3 2011, 04:25 PM Nath QUOTE (Ascalaphus @ Sep 3 2011, 12:05 PM)... Sep 3 2011, 02:39 PM CanRay Joshua "The Burned Man" Graham? Sep 3 2011, 03:21 PM CanRay It's weird... I can make Mic jokes, I can mak... Sep 3 2011, 06:14 PM hermit QUOTE Another McCorp state? Really, I don't kn... Sep 3 2011, 08:55 PM CanRay *Cough* That's Deseret, son, not Utah! Sep 3 2011, 09:14 PM hermit Haha, right. Still, that'd be interesting, eve... Sep 3 2011, 09:47 PM TheWanderingJewels Things that can go:
The NAN: Sorry, while perhaps... Sep 3 2011, 10:34 PM Brainpiercing7.62mm The trouble with horrors and dragons and the like ... Sep 3 2011, 11:01 PM TheWanderingJewels QUOTE (Brainpiercing7.62mm @ Sep 3 2011, 05... Sep 3 2011, 11:15 PM hermit Smaller Horrors, too, like Shedim or the toads and... Sep 3 2011, 11:51 PM TheWanderingJewels I yeah I grabbed the Tentacled thing that was comi... Sep 4 2011, 12:16 AM ravensmuse The problem with topics like these are that they... Sep 4 2011, 03:26 AM Critias QUOTE (ravensmuse @ Sep 3 2011, 10:26 PM)... Sep 4 2011, 03:36 AM suoq deleted. Sep 4 2011, 04:07 AM TheFr0g I think the NAN would have to go, it's just a ... Sep 4 2011, 04:48 AM CanRay Much as I like the NAN (Sorry folks, I just like s... Sep 4 2011, 05:20 AM kzt And no CSA. Jesus Christ, can you imagine what wou... Sep 4 2011, 06:03 AM CanRay QUOTE (kzt @ Sep 4 2011, 01:03 AM) And no... Sep 4 2011, 09:07 AM Ascalaphus I'm fully in favor of balkanization. The rise ... Sep 4 2011, 08:37 AM hermit QUOTE If you don't want to use an element, don... Sep 4 2011, 09:48 AM CanRay QUOTE (hermit @ Sep 4 2011, 04:48 AM) Ass... Sep 4 2011, 09:52 AM ravensmuse QUOTE (hermit @ Sep 4 2011, 05:48 AM) *ro... Sep 4 2011, 10:23 AM Redjack Sorry wrong post. It was 3 back. The is the inflam... Sep 4 2011, 02:31 PM Critias QUOTE (hermit @ Sep 4 2011, 04:48 AM) *ro... Sep 4 2011, 03:03 PM kzt Edit: In knew I should have left Hermit on ignore... Sep 4 2011, 05:42 PM CanRay QUOTE (kzt @ Sep 4 2011, 12:42 PM) Edit: ... Sep 4 2011, 05:57 PM hermit QUOTE If they get into power in any way in the US,... Sep 4 2011, 09:55 AM CanRay I'd fail any requirements for military service... Sep 4 2011, 10:09 AM hermit QUOTE The root of what I'm saying is that you... Sep 4 2011, 10:48 AM ravensmuse QUOTE (hermit @ Sep 4 2011, 05:48 AM) Onl... Sep 4 2011, 11:21 AM Ascalaphus While in Germany for a festival I took the opportu... Sep 4 2011, 11:31 AM Redjack QUOTE (TOS)4. Discussion of politics, religion, an... Sep 4 2011, 02:01 PM ravensmuse Uh...? Sep 4 2011, 02:02 PM Redjack Hermit's post two back. Sep 4 2011, 02:03 PM ravensmuse Kay, I guess I didn't see it myself. No worrie... Sep 4 2011, 02:16 PM Krojar Actually, without rebooting the ENTIRE timeline (w... Sep 4 2011, 02:32 PM Elfenlied QUOTE (Krojar @ Sep 4 2011, 03:32 PM) 3) ... Sep 4 2011, 02:43 PM Krojar QUOTE (Elfenlied @ Sep 4 2011, 03:43 PM) ... Sep 4 2011, 07:50 PM Redjack QUOTE (Krojar @ Sep 4 2011, 09:32 AM) 1) ... Sep 4 2011, 02:59 PM Nath QUOTE (Redjack @ Sep 4 2011, 03:59 PM) Th... Sep 4 2011, 03:44 PM kzt QUOTE (Redjack @ Sep 4 2011, 07:59 AM) Th... Sep 4 2011, 06:00 PM Ascalaphus QUOTE (kzt @ Sep 4 2011, 07:00 PM) Every ... Sep 4 2011, 06:40 PM HunterHerne QUOTE (kzt @ Sep 4 2011, 02:00 PM) Every ... Sep 4 2011, 07:17 PM Brazilian_Shinobi QUOTE (HunterHerne @ Sep 4 2011, 04:17 PM... Sep 4 2011, 07:32 PM  |
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