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 Feb 19 2006, 10:13 AM
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Target  Group: Members Posts: 3 Joined: 19-February 06 From: Wisconsin Member No.: 8,280  |
I was just wondering if any of you have ever, you would be willing to, run or play in an IRC shadowrun game. Discuss!
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Feb 19 2006, 10:29 AM
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Free Spirit Group: Dumpshocked Posts: 3,944 Joined: 26-February 02 From: Bloomington, IN UCAS Member No.: 1,920 |
I won the bet with myself that you were the newest Dumshock member. Anyway...
Not me personally, but yes to your question. Try IRC and the search function. |
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Feb 19 2006, 10:50 AM
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Running, running, running Group: Dumpshocked Posts: 2,220 Joined: 18-October 04 From: North Carolina Member No.: 6,769 |
i've played on something similar, a program called OpenRPG, it's basically a gaint chat system, with dieroller, map and miniature capabilities built in. it's pretty cool
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Feb 20 2006, 03:07 AM
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Moving Target Group: Members Posts: 217 Joined: 13-February 06 From: Teesprawl (originally); CAS (now) Member No.: 8,264 |
...And all that some of us have left in terms of RP'ing. <sigh>
You can also utilise NBOS' Screen Monkey program, though it doesn't have the flair of OpenRPG. Kage |
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Feb 20 2006, 04:21 AM
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Shadowrun Setting Nerd Group: Banned Posts: 3,632 Joined: 28-June 05 From: Pissing on pedestrians from my electronic ivory tower. Member No.: 7,473 |
I fail to comprehend why one would want to game via chat.
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Feb 20 2006, 04:46 AM
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Target Group: Members Posts: 62 Joined: 23-December 05 From: Fun City Member No.: 8,095 |
@Ka ge2020: I think you hit the nail on the head for why (some) people do such things.
I would say that IRC gaming is to Table-Top what Coldsim VR is to Hotsim VR. You can't get quite as much done during an IRC game but being forced to type does lend some time for all to think about what they are doing and to possibly think it over more than once. Although that's not all true it is my general feeling towards it. I see some things removed for the sake of quicker follow-through, like excess banter that would paralyze the game is channeled to other rooms and not shared amongst the others. I also find myself to have a greater grip on controlling my tendencies to act out the rules-lawyer as the typing forces me to slow down and see what an ass I am going to make out of myself (most of the time). |
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Feb 20 2006, 07:10 AM
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Shadowrun Setting Nerd Group: Banned Posts: 3,632 Joined: 28-June 05 From: Pissing on pedestrians from my electronic ivory tower. Member No.: 7,473 |
Hm. In the ten years since Shadowland has had chat, I've never - and I've never known anyone - to use it to play out a game (probably because SL was originally play-by-post site for Dave Hyatt's SR group before he opened it up to the world) because posting gives more flexibility for users with awkward schedules, more time for serious thought into their posts, more time to get the f-ing rules right, and frankly, more time for better RP. Consider the fact that the guys who wrote RA:S and Brainscan created the a good part of the background on Shadowland along with at least a half-dozen other people through some incredibly intricate otaku-related plots. Overwatch, for example, was born on SL.
And then there's E, who created the canon Ghost team from Hell for Corporate Punishment. Banshee was her signature PC on SL. Same with Demonseed Elite, who pops up in pretty much every otaku discussion since RA:S, Lt. Col. Ritter (Grey Knight) in Silicon Valley, and a whole host of SL personas who've made it into shadowtalk over the years. |
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Feb 20 2006, 10:43 AM
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Target Group: Members Posts: 3 Joined: 19-February 06 From: Wisconsin Member No.: 8,280 |
.... Just because I'm new to the forum doesn't mean I'm a moron. It doesn't return any items on the query. Nor for Shadowrun IRc or Internet Relay Chat.... and I'm not that new, I tried to log on with my old account name and the password won't accept, nor will it allow me to change my password via password recovery. Keeps telling me that it can't complete the action as directed. |
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Feb 20 2006, 11:41 AM
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Free Spirit Group: Dumpshocked Posts: 3,944 Joined: 26-February 02 From: Bloomington, IN UCAS Member No.: 1,920 |
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Feb 20 2006, 12:06 PM
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It's for winners Group: Dumpshocked Posts: 523 Joined: 8-February 05 From: Wiltshire with da shooty stuff Member No.: 7,067 |
Would love to but I have pooter gremlins and that makes it hard, but when you have a pooter that works its fun! *gerrr*
torz x ;) .........well if you are all about at the same time....... |
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Feb 20 2006, 01:34 PM
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Deus Absconditus Group: Dumpshocked Posts: 2,742 Joined: 1-September 03 From: Downtown Seattle, UCAS Member No.: 5,566 |
It is possible, despite what most people believe, to live in an area where you cannot have a tabletop game. Usually these areas are very rural, and filled with families whose trees do not branch more than once or twice. I used to live in a place like that, and gamed online a metric ton. Thankfully, I no longer do. Hence, IRC has uses. |
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Feb 20 2006, 01:50 PM
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Running, running, running Group: Dumpshocked Posts: 2,220 Joined: 18-October 04 From: North Carolina Member No.: 6,769 |
and its also possible, to be trying to find a job, and not having moeny to drive places
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Feb 20 2006, 09:18 PM
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Great Dragon Group: Members Posts: 6,640 Joined: 6-June 04 Member No.: 6,383 |
I've rarely succeeded at getting table top role playing anything. Most people are like, "RPG? Shrivel up and die!"
So, I've gamed over IRC for years. The pace is slow, and you end up spending much more time getting the rules exactly right, but I enjoy it. |
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Feb 20 2006, 09:52 PM
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Moving Target Group: Members Posts: 217 Joined: 13-February 06 From: Teesprawl (originally); CAS (now) Member No.: 8,264 |
Indeedy. That's my problem. I haven't been able to do a consistent series of RP sessions in, erm, 14 years. :twirl: Of that chunk of time, 12 years have been without weekend gaming. The last f2f (tabletop) gaming that I was involved in was for a single night, even if it was a rather long night. Thus, for me, online gaming has been the only option for quite some time. Even then time constraints have meant that I haven't done as much as I would like... Lots of writing and very little playing (or perhaps more aptly playtesting) for me. With that said, I'd be kind of interested in some f2f RPG, but I'm in the aforementioned areas that 'are very rural and filled with families whose trees do not branch more than once or twice'. The joys of rural Virginia, even if I've been told that West Virginia is much, much worse. (Probably should take a hint from the setting of Wrong Turn, I suppose! :please: ) As such, I'm most interested in any online RPG regarding SR, even if I'm about as rusty as they come. (That and I type god-awfully fast, which often means that I don't have a problem keeping up with the flow of events. ;)) With that said, the majority of online gaming that I've involved in is the even slower paced PbEM/PBF, rather than PbIM such as Screen Monkey and OpenRPG. Hence I'm very keen on seeing how these games flow and, therefore, thanks to tisoz for posting that 'six pack' of threads. Hopefully there will be something in there that is useful! Regards... Kage |
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Feb 20 2006, 11:17 PM
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Moving Target Group: Members Posts: 388 Joined: 24-October 05 Member No.: 7,885 |
S-RUN
MRIC channell is #s-run |
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Feb 20 2006, 11:48 PM
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Running Target Group: Members Posts: 1,095 Joined: 26-February 02 From: Ontari-airee-o Member No.: 1,115 |
you forgot to mention they are on undernet. They have several games going, and are actually funny as heck. |
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Feb 21 2006, 12:46 AM
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Shadowrun Setting Nerd Group: Banned Posts: 3,632 Joined: 28-June 05 From: Pissing on pedestrians from my electronic ivory tower. Member No.: 7,473 |
You do, of course, understand that my comment was within the context of there being far better means to play online than IRC. |
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Feb 21 2006, 12:58 AM
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Running, running, running Group: Dumpshocked Posts: 2,220 Joined: 18-October 04 From: North Carolina Member No.: 6,769 |
well, i can say honestly that since you said "chat", and didnt say something like "online" in your first post, that it had eluded me, i thought you disliked any online gaming, since they do almost always include some form of "chat" |
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Feb 21 2006, 01:20 AM
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Moving Target Group: Members Posts: 388 Joined: 24-October 05 Member No.: 7,885 |
like what shadowland? like gag me with a spoon.
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Feb 21 2006, 04:00 AM
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Deus Absconditus Group: Dumpshocked Posts: 2,742 Joined: 1-September 03 From: Downtown Seattle, UCAS Member No.: 5,566 |
Only vaguely, actually. The last time I used Shadowlands was in its' second incarnation, and having moved from Rural Suckfest Land, I haven't played much online since then. Then again, I never really gamed via IRC, only on MUSHes. |
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Feb 21 2006, 04:06 AM
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Shadowrun Setting Nerd Group: Banned Posts: 3,632 Joined: 28-June 05 From: Pissing on pedestrians from my electronic ivory tower. Member No.: 7,473 |
Aren't we mature? |
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Feb 21 2006, 05:07 AM
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Running Target Group: Members Posts: 1,070 Joined: 7-February 04 From: NYC Member No.: 6,058 |
I'm playing in two currently. And while I might have started to play in them initially because I couldn't find any RL Shadowrun groups, I've stuck with them because I enjoy them, and not because they're a last resort...
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