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[Synner]

As the old timers among you may recall, way back in the red and dun prehistory of Dumpshock I started a little community project called the "Seattle Intelligencer". This was an IC character newsfax that was compiled from the posts of anyone wishing to contribute. A thread was opened on the Runs and Run Ideas forum and every month I would compile the "newsitems" and format the whole thing into a pdf which could then be downloaded and even customized for use in anyone's campaign.

News items were only limited by the constraints of canon, so as to be universally usable (so no killing Lofwyr off in a news piece), and writer's imaginations. They were written as fictional newsitems in the Seattle Intelligencer newsfax (made famous in the backpages of several 1st Edition adventures). With 7-8 people contributing regularly the Seattle Intelligencer ran for about a year (with the odd hiccup) but eventually stalled when the regulars moved on or just left Dumpshock. Unable to do a full issue myself due to other commitments I let the project stagnate. If anyone's interested the old issues are still available (mail me).

However, recently there's been a lot of interest around the project and I've been getting several mails asking about the status. Consequently I am considering reviving it as an "unofficial" counterpart to the forthcoming official FanPro Screamsheet.

Right now I just want to know if there's enough interest and if people are willing to collaborate on this. Post your names if you are interested and if I see enough people I'll start off the regular thread on the Runs and Run Ideas forum.