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[Method]

Man, there really is a lot of history around these parts. I was really looking forward to DDH, because it seemed like a return to the good ol' days of the SR Supplemental and all kinds of other great fan material that has been lost to the ages...

[KarmaInferno]

Started playing Shadowrun back in 1991 or so. Have been playing it off and on since then.

My current Shadowrun Missions character is a continuation of the same character I started in the very first Virtual Seattle adventure back in 1993. Same archetype he was before, Burned-Out Mage. Only a few decades older, way behind the SOTA, and infinitely grumpier. I use a picture of Old Grumpy Bruce from Batman Beyond as his avatar because it projects the right level of cantankerous pissed off elderly ninja.

I still make references to earlier edition rules which confuse the hell out of the younger folks I play with.





-karma

[The Jake]

Been into SR1 since 89/90 - forget exactly when.

Been around Dumpshock since the 90s I think. I used to live for reading the CLUE files and Blackjack's guides.

- J.

[Professor Evil O...]

I've been playing Sr since 1993. I got introduce to the game by the SNES game of all things. I'd been doing DnD for a few years and was starting to branch out into other games. SR is the only one other than DnD that's really stuck with me.

[MatrixJargon]

I'm not even sure exactly. Since before I moved out of Tennessee the first time, I still remember the last session of our first campaign. This was way before fourth edition of course, and I sort of miss those days. There are some things I still prefer about third edition. namely cyberdecks, which to me were the staple of hacking. I have to admit, I was turned off when they were replaced with commlinks.

Many of the things we did I still make cameos of. The pink leopard spotted card makes a showing everytime I run a certain stock session, and the "I-jin" incident, my first completed campaign, is still mostly considered cannon by my games. In every campaign I've run since, the "Jagged Nails" is still a possible meet up point (though it's more so the version from the SNES game than the one from our old group) and Atma's Bar is a good place to get equipment.

[raben-aas]

I started playing with the release of 1st Edition, and SR has been my first Cyberpunk-style RPG (before SR, I played DSA 1st Edition (The Dark Eye, before that system turned in a rules-heavy nightmare), D&D (Red Box) and (Original) Traveller.

I intend to keep playing after the Awakening.

Jup. I intend to wait until I've turned into a Troll, then start a Shadowrun LARP (Hey, +1 Reach with a Latex Sword, Wheee!)

[BookWyrm]

Nerps, for when you need that certain extra something while pleasuring your Troll significant other.
Nerps, for when your neighbor's kids aren't causing enough mayhem.
Nerps, for when that hot bi Elven chick finally calls you back.
Nerps, just because.

[Wesley Street]

Began playing SR with 1st edition in 1989. Left when I discovered girls. Came back in '05 when 4th edition was released.

[Khadajico]

Been playing since 92 or so, was a member of ShadowRN mailing list for awhile before leaving university.

Khadajico

[Larsine]

Got SR1 in December '89. Started playing sometime in the spring '90. Converted to SR2. Stopped playing before SR3 was published, and I never mangaged to play a single game of SR3. Started teaching RPG at a youth club, and introduced them to SR4.

Joined Shadowrn, I think it was when it was at iTRIBE, and stayed through jackpoint.org and dumpshock.com until the big server crash in 2007. Joined Shadowrn again in 2010 when I found out it was alive at http://shadowrn.understairs.nl

Joined forums.dumpshock.com in 2003.

Started doing proofreading in 2009. The first official Shadowrun book my name appeared in was Running Wild.

Lars

[fistandantilus4....]

First intro was a buddy reading to me about some crazy shit where the ambulance shows up with guns blazing. Sounded interesting. Then another guy started talking mana bolts and the like, so I read up on it. That was '95/96, graduated High School in '98. So I'm definitely not the oldest of the mods, but I have the best smile, despite what Redjack says. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/biggrin.gif)

Played all the editions except for 1st, although I have most of the books. I jumped over to 4th edition as soon as they changed the karma cost from relearning higher force spells. What can I say, I'm a karma whore.

Joined up on Dumpshock a few years back, although I'd read online on and off as the tides of my interest waxed and waned. Now I think I've become part of the landscape.

[BlueMax]

My early Shadowrun history is very genre appropriate.
BTW, I feel a great deal older than my born on date indicates.

Twas in the Fall of 1989
While my middle class family unit was supporting my sisters college cheer leading goals, we (everyone but Dad who was slaving for a Mega) traveled with my sister. That's right, middle class mom, cheerleader daughter and young brat son(thats me) in tow. In Santa Barbara California while my sister was at some pre game party ^H^H^H^H^H practice, I stopped at a chain gamestore, Gamekeeper. I saw the Elmore art and was intrigued. As I picked it up , the kid behind the counter asked
"Have you played RolePlaying Games?"
"Ohh Yeah, I play D&D, AD&D and some of the smaller games"
"Well, this game is pretty adult. What are you 13? I don't know if its for you"
"Hey dude, its 14 and I am so totally ready for adult games. I am in a Cyberpunk game at Alpha Omega Games, in Bellflower"

Some more banter later and I whine to my mother until she buys it for me. Yes, I whined and cried like a little brat. Thus, I was tricked into getting my mother to buy me something, with dads megacorp income, by reverse psychology.

In 1990, some little brats stole my BBB. My Shadowrun group and I, as socially inept as we were, hit the pavement and started asking around. Three days later, we found the book and the person who stole it. Mostly by rumors of them giggling at us for playing "one of those stupid games with books". However, when we took it back (nerds in my day traveled in packs and packs scare people), he asked where he could buy one and how to play.

Thus, some ganger kids stole our mission critical gear. After confrontation, they realized they wanted to move up to being Runners.

The next section will only make sense to those who have played the First Edition Modules
In 1995, She entered the group. It wasn't long before She got her claws into Him. It didn't take long for Him to betray us for Her and the group fell apart. There was no choice for Him, he had to do it for Her.

Sometime after that I found DS, not this ID, and I poked around. Didn't stick though because without a group, I can't stick my interest to a game. Then in 2001, under yet another name, I put a "Looking for" post on here and started a group. Which fell apart when some drekhead just went off and killed the entire campaign.

Then I made this account, BlueMax, founded the group thats been running three years now. Truth be told, this was my first characters name, and I should have had it the whole time.

I would like to offer a bounty to anyone who can find my first DS ID but sadly, I have no way to confirm the results.

BlueMax

[Delarn]

What is the difference between SR1 and SR2 ? I've started in mid 90s. We are still playing and we still love it !

[Bitten the Bug]

Lesseee... Been playing SR since '97, that would be 2nd ed. Some one I know introduced me to this game and I was instantly hooked. The guy who introduced me to this world had this amazing SR library, so I had to marry him. That is Dutch-DK by the way. We've expanded the library since then and pretty much got everything. *checks* Yeah, pretty much.
Been around on the web since Deep Resonance where I think I was Kitten, then on to Dumpshock as Bitten by the Bug, then Life sort of happened (I miss the Lounge though, GREAT fun) and gaming is very sporadic at the moment. I write instead. Badly, but still it makes the itch bearable. Tried my hand as a GM, I like being a GM, but then there is Life and Stuff.

I want to play more, but with kids, husband and work? Meh. I miss being a Cat/Mantis/Spidershaman. *pouts* Or just plain cruel and evil. Waith, I am a mom, I already am! (IMG:style_emoticons/default/grinbig.gif)

[nezumi]

What is the difference between SR1 and SR2 ? I've started in mid 90s. We are still playing and we still love it !

It's pretty extreme. I never played SR1, just read the book (got it as a wedding present (IMG:style_emoticons/default/smile.gif) )

SR1 mechanics were a bit rougher (you rolled for each bullet in autofire). A lot more buggy. But the style was really far out, extremely pink mohawk, over the top, physads punching through tanks. Beautiful art.

SR2 brought in a lot of refinement, but it also made it (from what I could tell) a little less A-team and more Mission Impossible.

[Stahlseele]

Being arrogant WITH REASON other than "i'm an elf" is the best reason for playing cat shamans ^^

[Fatum]

This topic is full of people who started playing SR when I was two years old. *fp* Two years old, the very thought of how venerable you are brings me pain.

That said, the Shadowrun game on SEGA Megadrive dragged me into the setting, it was around 2000 or so I believe; and while I knew it was based on a PnP RPG, I had noone to play those with. So I only got into actual gaming once I found an online community to game with, just a couple of years ago.

[Bob Lord of Evil]

I remember my entry into SR because it was the same month that I got married...in 1989.

Even all these years later...I am still with SR and my wife!



edited: misplaced an 'am' and it sounded stupid without it.

[crash2029]

It's pretty extreme. I never played SR1, just read the book (got it as a wedding present (IMG:style_emoticons/default/smile.gif) )

SR1 mechanics were a bit rougher (you rolled for each bullet in autofire). A lot more buggy. But the style was really far out, extremely pink mohawk, over the top, physads punching through tanks. Beautiful art.

SR2 brought in a lot of refinement, but it also made it (from what I could tell) a little less A-team and more Mission Impossible.

In the core rules physads were not introduced until 2E. As far as buggy rules how about spellcasting damage? If memory serves me all damaging spells started out at L damage and then depending on the spell (power/mana dart/bolt/blast) were staged up with successes. For instance I believe dart had a staging of 3 while bolt had a staging of 1 or 2. My first character John, was originally based off of the bodyguard archetype in Sprawl Sites. The bodyguard archetype was later added to the core rulebook (albiet with a beard) in 2E. Also, again if memory serves me, armor acted as automatic successes in damage resistance tests. /rambling

[rumanchu]

In the core rules physads were not introduced until 2E. As far as buggy rules how about spellcasting damage? If memory serves me all damaging spells started out at L damage and then depending on the spell (power/mana dart/bolt/blast) were staged up with successes. For instance I believe dart had a staging of 3 while bolt had a staging of 1 or 2. My first character John, was originally based off of the bodyguard archetype in Sprawl Sites. The bodyguard archetype was later added to the core rulebook (albiet with a beard) in 2E. Also, again if memory serves me, armor acted as automatic successes in damage resistance tests. /rambling

I remember casting a Stunbolt with a SR1 Initiate, throwing all of my Channeling dice into the mix (I think that my total pool ended up being 30+ for the roll) and killing my target twice over with overflow damage.

[Cain]

Actually, spells were cast at a base damage level and then staged up with successes, so a Mana Dart did base L, Bolt did base M, etc. The base damage level also set the base drain. This requires so many different spells, however, that it became a needlessly complicated mess. You went over essentially the same spell with the same options, but written out four times each.

[Cain]

Actually, spells were cast at a base damage level and then staged up with successes, so a Mana Dart did base L, Bolt did base M, etc. The base damage level also set the base drain. This requires so many different spells, however, that it became a needlessly complicated mess. You went over essentially the same spell with the same options, but written out four times each.

[Bitten the Bug]

This topic is full of people who started playing SR when I was two years old. *fp* Two years old, the very thought of how venerable you are brings me pain.

Oh, you poor thing.. Life is harsh when one is so young... (IMG:style_emoticons/default/grinbig.gif) (IMG:style_emoticons/default/grinbig.gif)
Sorry, couldn't resist.

[ColdEquation]

Been in since '94. I started playing Battletech at a young age, and the ads for Shadowrun that came in my map packs caught my attention. I was learning D&D at the time, and this world that was familiar and yet so different that I knew I had to be a part of it.

[Ol' Scratch]

I have my first edition book buried in the boxes in my garage, and have been playing on and off since those early days. Heck, I've been posting here since the early days of the forum, though no one noticed my penchant for changing names for a very long time. I always found that interesting, especially since this was the name they seemed to latch on and identify me with.