 When did you start playing SR?, Researching player demographic |
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 Jan 26 2004, 07:32 PM
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Moving Target  Group: Members Posts: 139 Joined: 26-February 02 From: Cleveland-Akron Sprawl Member No.: 1,200  |
It's a simple question here, people. Did you start playing SR before or after FanPro got the license? If you care to post it, I'd also like to know if you started with SR1, SR2, or SR3.
Personally, I first played the game with SR1, but only a handful of times. Later, I cameo'd in an SR2 game at a friend's insistence and I was hooked from there on out. I'm no fan of the system, but it's one of my favorite game settings ever. |
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Jan 26 2004, 07:38 PM
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Moving Target Group: Members Posts: 858 Joined: 25-August 03 From: Braunschweig, North German League, Allied German States Member No.: 5,537 |
I started playing with SR2.01d (read: German second edition) somewhen in 1992.
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Jan 26 2004, 07:42 PM
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Shooting Target Group: Members Posts: 1,757 Joined: 11-December 02 From: France Member No.: 3,723 |
I bought SR2 in 1997, but only made a few testing games. I start playing regularly in 2000, which matches SR3 release (no relation though).
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Jan 26 2004, 07:45 PM
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Moving Target Group: Members Posts: 226 Joined: 4-June 03 Member No.: 4,685 |
You see, fellow Poll maker, there is one problem with this poll.
I only GM Shadowrun (others are too lazy or don't want to), so there is no correct answer for me. Also setting "Play year", "Play 5 years" would make this poll more interesting and accurate. My answer - I GM for a year. |
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Jan 26 2004, 07:47 PM
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Running Target Group: Members Posts: 1,428 Joined: 9-June 02 Member No.: 2,860 |
I started playing with SR1 as soon as SR was released...1988? 87? I was already playing Battletech by that point (Summer '86) and the FASA catalogs I received advertized the new, upcoming Shadowrun, which immediately caught my attention. So I put an early order and got Shadowrun when it was released.
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Jan 26 2004, 07:48 PM
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Runner Group: Members Posts: 2,901 Joined: 19-June 03 Member No.: 4,775 |
My first (and so far only) game was this past summer.
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Jan 26 2004, 07:49 PM
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Moving Target Group: Members Posts: 156 Joined: 16-August 03 From: Santa Cruz Member No.: 5,500 |
thrid ed,just before Man and Machine came out.
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Jan 26 2004, 07:49 PM
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Shooting Target Group: Members Posts: 1,965 Joined: 26-February 02 From: Edinburgh, Scotland Member No.: 2,032 |
Started playing in my friends SR group they started to test-out the new SR3 rules. It was probably the first printing that was available in the UK but my BBB is older than that (seventh printing).
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Jan 26 2004, 07:51 PM
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Moving Target Group: Members Posts: 139 Joined: 26-February 02 From: Cleveland-Akron Sprawl Member No.: 1,200 |
If you GM, you play. You just play the NPCs instead of the PCs :P I don't really care about the year information, though people are welcome to post it. What I'm looking to find out is what sort of percentage of players joined post-FASA. I hypothesize that the percentage of new players will be very, very low. |
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Jan 26 2004, 07:57 PM
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Moving Target Group: Members Posts: 619 Joined: 27-May 03 From: Detroit Member No.: 4,642 |
I read the Secrets of Power trilogy when they first came out but we didn't start playing until '93.
Ah, I remember like it was yesterday. My buddies and I were sitting aroun because it was raining and we couldn't sk8. Someone said "Let's play D&D." I said, "I hate D&D, let's find another game, like Shadowrun." "What's Shadowrun?" We went to the comic shop and each chipped in $5 for the rule book (2nd Ed.) and I've been playing ever since. Of the 7 kids form that day 3 of us still play regularly. one of the others now plays Vampire, in fact he wanted to be a vampire that first day. |
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Jan 26 2004, 08:06 PM
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Great Dragon Group: Members Posts: 5,889 Joined: 3-August 03 From: A CPI rank 1 country Member No.: 5,222 |
Umm, my answer would have to be: I haven't got a clue. When, exactly, did the changeover take place? The SR3 book that I have is from '98 (I think) and is obviously from FASA-times, but I didn't buy it until ... '99? '00? And I didn't play (GM) it until the summer of '00, I think.
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Jan 26 2004, 08:09 PM
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Moving Target Group: Members Posts: 518 Joined: 24-February 03 From: Tucson Member No.: 4,153 |
SR1, and in some ways I still miss the old damage stagging codes.
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Jan 26 2004, 08:10 PM
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Prime Runner Group: Retired Admins Posts: 3,929 Joined: 26-February 02 From: .ca Member No.: 51 |
FanPro's first product was published in summer 2001: Year of the Comet. The latest 3 [maybe four... not sure offhand] printings of the core SR3 book have been from FanPro.
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Jan 26 2004, 08:14 PM
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Moving Target Group: Members Posts: 320 Joined: 13-August 02 From: Austin, Republic of Texas (not CAS) Member No.: 3,094 |
SR1 back in 91? then SR2 whenever it came out and on til now...
-Mike R. |
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Jan 26 2004, 08:16 PM
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Moving Target Group: Members Posts: 139 Joined: 26-February 02 From: Cleveland-Akron Sprawl Member No.: 1,200 |
IIRC, FASA closed its doors at the beginning of May, 2001.
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Jan 26 2004, 08:19 PM
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Great Dragon Group: Members Posts: 5,889 Joined: 3-August 03 From: A CPI rank 1 country Member No.: 5,222 |
Pre-FanPro it is, then.
The fact that you're asking on a dedicated Shadowrun forum is bound to skew the results somewhat. This might be what you're looking for though, I don't know. But personally I didn't find these forums until over 2 years after I played the game for the first time. I'd guess most newbies don't immediately start browsing through forums for the game. Perhaps in 2 years you can run a new poll, where the options are: 1) Pre-FanPro; 2) Post-FanPro, Pre-04; 3) '04 or newer. The percentage of people voting for option 2 is likely to be significantly higher than the percentage of people voting for Post-FanPro now. |
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Jan 26 2004, 08:28 PM
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Harlequin Group: Dumpshocked Posts: 331 Joined: 26-February 02 Member No.: 861 |
SR2 back in 1992.
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Jan 26 2004, 08:29 PM
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Moving Target Group: Members Posts: 139 Joined: 26-February 02 From: Cleveland-Akron Sprawl Member No.: 1,200 |
I had considered that only old-time gamers would be here, but I dismissed it. Internet use has expanded dramatically among households in the past two years and the modern gamer is very likely to hunt down forums and other online resources pertaining to their games of choice.
I found the old ShadowRN lists well before I messed around with Dumpshock and this is actually my second appearance here after some time away from the game. |
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Jan 26 2004, 08:34 PM
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Avatar of Mediocrity Group: Dumpshocked Posts: 725 Joined: 26-February 02 From: Seattle, WA (err, UCAS) Member No.: 277 |
Doing the math, I think I played in my first SR game in 1992. That would be 1st Ed. PLayed for a year, then picked up the GM mantle and haven't looked back. Though I've taken quite a few breaks to run other games in the intervening years...
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Jan 26 2004, 09:32 PM
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Incertum est quo loco te mors expectet; Group: Dumpshocked Posts: 6,546 Joined: 24-October 03 From: DeeCee, U.S. Member No.: 5,760 |
I feel so young with this crowd... I first started playing in 98. This guy kept driving around my high school, offering "CRPGs". First one was free. Eventually they lost their luster and long story short, I started needing my SR hit every week. I've been to meetings, but I just can't get over it.
Your results are going to be VERY skewed, this is true. The people who come here are so immersed in SR, they laugh at jokes about dikoted allied AVS spirits. They're hard core. |
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Jan 26 2004, 09:35 PM
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Moving Target Group: Members Posts: 139 Joined: 26-February 02 From: Cleveland-Akron Sprawl Member No.: 1,200 |
Not everyone here is an SR3 freak, nezumi. A good percentage of SR3 freaks are here, but I doubt if even 10% of the people on these boards would meet your description. I certainly don't...
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Jan 26 2004, 09:50 PM
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Man In The Machine Group: Dumpshocked Posts: 2,264 Joined: 26-February 02 From: I-495 S Member No.: 1,105 |
but but but... we love dikoted allied AVS spirits, and drones to have sex with... its part of the insanity that lives here!
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Jan 26 2004, 10:12 PM
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Moving Target Group: Members Posts: 139 Joined: 26-February 02 From: Cleveland-Akron Sprawl Member No.: 1,200 |
So far, I'm very surprised that four people polled hadn't played the game until mid-2001. Percentage-wise, that's far more than I expected, but the poll isn't done yet...
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Jan 26 2004, 10:18 PM
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Moving Target Group: Members Posts: 586 Joined: 22-November 02 From: Gordonsville, Virginia, U.S.A. (or C.A.S.) Member No.: 3,630 |
I haven't been playing all that long, either.
I joined Sahandrian's group in August of last year, and had my first 'run with them shortly thereafter. Although I'm a regular contributor to their site as far as posts are concerned, we haven't played together as a group since that 'run finished. --Foreigner |
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Jan 26 2004, 10:25 PM
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Shooting Target Group: Validating Posts: 1,618 Joined: 29-January 03 From: Montevideo, Uruguay. Member No.: 3,992 |
I began playing Shadowrun (2nd Edition) in 1994.
The first thing I learned is that you do not fire Viper Slivergun bursts while your mates are busy in a melee. :dead: This post has been edited by JongWK: Jan 26 2004, 10:30 PM |
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