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 Feb 12 2008, 01:59 PM
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Moving Target  Group: Members Posts: 617 Joined: 28-May 03 From: Orlando Member No.: 4,644  |
Ah the old flame wars sub forum-AKA the Lounge. Now that was something interesting to read at time. Most of the time it was so anal it made my brain hurt.
Now for all the newbies who truly want to read a great thread goto General Gaming and join the Drop Bear Conspiracy!! |
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Feb 12 2008, 02:28 PM
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Manus Celer Dei Group: Dumpshocked Posts: 17,013 Joined: 30-December 02 From: Boston Member No.: 3,802 |
QUOTE (DocTaotsu @ Feb 12 2008, 04:34 AM)  Oh god... an "Atlas of the Sixth World"? That'd be glorious on so many levels. Maps that show the shifting lines of control over the years would be fun and informative. Little CIA factbook entries about major corporations and so forth. I'd love to see the history but I'd settle for a single reference book that had a brief on all the current going on's (Deeper of course than the core books). Such a book is impossible, at least if you're talking about an in-character history that is also comprehensive for game information. For example, the Soviet Union originally collapsed in the aftermath of the Euro-wars, then it got retconned to have collapsed twice, then Shadowtalkers start referring to it collapsing and clearly meaning 1991, and in the SR4 core book it's entirely "Russia"—there's no mention of the USSR, not even in the Euro-wars section. ~J |
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Feb 12 2008, 02:54 PM
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Technomancer Group: Retired Admins Posts: 4,638 Joined: 2-October 02 From: Champaign, IL Member No.: 3,374 |
QUOTE (Magus @ Feb 12 2008, 07:59 AM) Ah the old flame wars sub forum-AKA the Lounge. Now that was something interesting to read at time. Most of the time it was so anal it made my brain hurt. Ah the Lounge .... sometimes I miss thee .... sometimes. |
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Feb 12 2008, 02:59 PM
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Moving Target Group: Members Posts: 438 Joined: 21-September 07 From: Houston Member No.: 13,369 |
well I cant speak for everyone, but I've been around for a bit, just more vocal now. I was so suprised that I hadnt found DS before I had. SR has always been my favorite game hands down. I think it's because it was really the first game I played with an actual group who knew what they were doing as far as rules back in 91. my only rp before that had been some of us setting around with some weird combo of basic D&D and AD&D rulebooks and trying to make it work w/o someone actually knowing how to play. I haven't gotten to do SR since second ed, but I've gotten each core book, and some of the fluff, and reread some off and on. I had put it in my head that come hell or high water (as my dad used to say) I was going to start running shadowrun for my current RP group. I also want it to not be half-assed, so I am basically trying to know the rules in and out before we play it (especially since only one other person somewhat knows the rules and owns the book).
So that is why I personally have been more vocal lately. I must learn learn learn. I haven't ersonally noted any flaming or bad behavior. Of course that could be I just haven't read those threads. I tend to only read the ones that discuss things I need to know (or realize I want to know). I know I don't have time to catch up on every thread all the time. |
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Feb 12 2008, 02:59 PM
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Dragon Group: Members Posts: 4,328 Joined: 28-November 05 From: Zuerich Member No.: 8,014 |
I miss Raygun's posts in the usual firearms discussions.
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Feb 12 2008, 03:13 PM
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Shooting Target Group: Members Posts: 1,991 Joined: 1-February 08 From: Off the rock! Back In America! WOOOOO! Member No.: 15,601 |
Eh... a guy can dream can't he? I just want shiny pictures.
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Feb 12 2008, 03:55 PM
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Freelance Elf Group: Dumpshocked Posts: 7,324 Joined: 30-September 04 From: Texas Member No.: 6,714 |
QUOTE (Dashifen @ Feb 12 2008, 09:54 AM) Ah the Lounge .... sometimes I miss thee .... sometimes. I don't. It was always the Lounge's fault when I got in trouble (not mine). |
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Feb 12 2008, 04:19 PM
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Running Target Group: Members Posts: 1,245 Joined: 27-April 07 From: Running the streets of Southeast Virginia Member No.: 11,548 |
QUOTE (stevebugge @ Feb 11 2008, 07:06 PM) Kind of an amalagamation of past fluff books, modules, & novels condensed in to a couple hundred pages from about 2050 to 207x? I'm all for it, I nominate Ancient History to be the project manager You do realize that it'd be a 1 page document... that points at AH's website, right? |
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Feb 12 2008, 04:26 PM
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Moving Target Group: Members Posts: 438 Joined: 21-September 07 From: Houston Member No.: 13,369 |
QUOTE (darthmord @ Feb 12 2008, 12:19 PM) You do realize that it'd be a 1 page document... that points at AH's website, right? Anne Heche? heh heh no seriously what site? |
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Feb 12 2008, 04:43 PM
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Man Behind the Curtain Group: Admin Posts: 14,873 Joined: 2-July 89 From: End of the Yellow-Brick Road Member No.: 3 |
Ancient History's website: http://ancientfiles.dumpshock.com/
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Feb 12 2008, 04:52 PM
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Shooting Target Group: Members Posts: 1,532 Joined: 26-February 02 From: Calgary, Canada Member No.: 769 |
The forum seems 'busier' to me. I think a lot of it has to do with axing the 4th ed forum and combining it. It's really the only thing I missed about the old boards.
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Feb 12 2008, 04:53 PM
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Moving Target Group: Members Posts: 698 Joined: 26-October 06 From: Iowa, United States Member No.: 9,720 |
I've been here for a bit, but I finally have a group thats meeting every other week. That and within my group I'm kind of the rules lawyer or at least the one with the best understanding of the rules. Other side is my current character is a Technomancer and as such I spend alot of time delving into the Matrix rules and I post alot in regards to that. I lurked for a long time, but rarely had much to say. Now I feel I'm familiar enough to help out as well (minus the Ares Sliver-Gun incident...). Then there's the fact that I spend alot of time at work browsing here, I'm such a slacker... Except when it comes to gaming, then I go way over and my wife gets slightly annoyed when I spend hours at a time working on an excel character creator for SR4.
Now I just wish I could change my member name so it wasn't so... Chat Roomish? meh I use it on everything because its never taken. |
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Feb 12 2008, 08:17 PM
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Moving Target Group: Members Posts: 830 Joined: 3-April 04 From: Columbus, Ohio Member No.: 6,215 |
crap, I'm an idiot, and everybody knows about it!
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Feb 12 2008, 08:18 PM
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Moving Target Group: Members Posts: 830 Joined: 3-April 04 From: Columbus, Ohio Member No.: 6,215 |
QUOTE (swirler @ Feb 12 2008, 11:26 AM) Anne Heche? heh heh no seriously what site? No, Adolf Hitler. He's a huge SR fan. They even let him write some of the shadowtalk in the original TT sourcebook. He doesn't come around the forums much anymore, though, because 4e newcomers kept getting sick of him getting uppity and sending teams of scientists to Tibet to find evidence of ED links. God bless the new blood! |
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Feb 12 2008, 08:22 PM
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Moving Target Group: Members Posts: 271 Joined: 18-April 06 Member No.: 8,481 |
I think the reason Dumpshock has come to life recently is tied to one thing: bringing the board code into the 21st century where the rest of us live. Now we can post without feeling like we need to complain about our arthritis and listen to things with our ear trumpets.
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Feb 12 2008, 11:03 PM
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Great Dragon Group: Members Posts: 6,640 Joined: 6-June 04 Member No.: 6,383 |
Actually, the old board was awesome, even though it was probably more vulnerable to viruses. It loaded really quickly for me when I was in Micronesia.
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Feb 13 2008, 03:35 AM
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Manus Celer Dei Group: Dumpshocked Posts: 17,013 Joined: 30-December 02 From: Boston Member No.: 3,802 |
QUOTE (ixombie @ Feb 12 2008, 03:22 PM) I think the reason Dumpshock has come to life recently is tied to one thing: bringing the board code into the 21st century where the rest of us live. Now we can post without feeling like we need to complain about our arthritis and listen to things with our ear trumpets. If "being smeared in excessive quantities of DHTML and bad colourschemes" is the 21st century, I became an old fogey quickly. ~J |
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Feb 13 2008, 06:28 AM
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Freelance Elf Group: Dumpshocked Posts: 7,324 Joined: 30-September 04 From: Texas Member No.: 6,714 |
QUOTE (ixombie @ Feb 12 2008, 03:22 PM) I think the reason Dumpshock has come to life recently is tied to one thing: bringing the board code into the 21st century where the rest of us live. I think you're wrong. |
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Feb 13 2008, 08:18 AM
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Moving Target Group: Members Posts: 811 Joined: 30-January 07 From: Portland, OR Member No.: 10,845 |
One issue I just noticed today with the new board, is that for some reason it wont display on my Treo. Just a black page. Really annoys me and I dont know what the problem is yet.
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Feb 13 2008, 03:20 PM
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Neophyte Runner Group: Members Posts: 2,026 Joined: 23-November 05 From: Seattle (Really!) Member No.: 7,996 |
QUOTE (darthmord @ Feb 12 2008, 08:19 AM) You do realize that it'd be a 1 page document... that points at AH's website, right? Yeah, I was giving him a shot at a little page promotion (IMG:style_emoticons/default/grinbig.gif) |
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Feb 13 2008, 03:58 PM
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Beetle Eater Group: Dumpshocked Posts: 4,797 Joined: 3-June 02 From: Oblivion City Member No.: 2,826 |
I don't know why anyone else is here, but they started over-moderating the Myspace forums, and I said: "screw this; if I want over-moderation, I can go to Dumpshock!"
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Feb 13 2008, 04:05 PM
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Man Behind the Curtain Group: Admin Posts: 14,873 Joined: 2-July 89 From: End of the Yellow-Brick Road Member No.: 3 |
QUOTE (nathanross @ Feb 13 2008, 02:18 AM) One issue I just noticed today with the new board, is that for some reason it wont display on my Treo. Just a black page. Really annoys me and I dont know what the problem is yet. I have created a topic in the proper forum to discuss this. |
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Feb 13 2008, 04:57 PM
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Man Behind the Curtain Group: Admin Posts: 14,873 Joined: 2-July 89 From: End of the Yellow-Brick Road Member No.: 3 |
QUOTE (Kanada Ten @ Feb 13 2008, 09:58 AM) I don't know why anyone else is here, but they started over-moderating the Myspace forums, and I said: "screw this; if I want over-moderation, I can go to Dumpshock!" (IMG:style_emoticons/default/eek.gif) One of the reasons I agreed to become a moderator here at Dumpshock was because I have quite the opposite impression. Of course, now my vote doesn't count because I am a mod... But I feel that the moderation here is a reasonable balance between chaos and a dictatorship... |
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Feb 13 2008, 04:59 PM
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Freelance Elf Group: Dumpshocked Posts: 7,324 Joined: 30-September 04 From: Texas Member No.: 6,714 |
QUOTE (Redjack @ Feb 13 2008, 11:57 AM) But I feel that the moderation here is a reasonable balance between chaos and a dictatorship... Oh yeah? Well I feel...your mom. Zing !! |
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Feb 13 2008, 05:24 PM
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Man Behind the Curtain Group: Admin Posts: 14,873 Joined: 2-July 89 From: End of the Yellow-Brick Road Member No.: 3 |
QUOTE (Critias @ Feb 13 2008, 10:59 AM) Oh yeah? Well I feel...your mom. Zing !! Not even sure I understand that.... |
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