 Anyone know who Dragonslayer is?, That pesky SL poster. |
  |
 Oct 30 2004, 07:40 PM
Post
#1
|
|
|
Moving Target  Group: Members Posts: 355 Joined: 24-August 02 From: Magna, Ute Nation Member No.: 3,166  |
It's irritating when your not in on the secret. Does anyone know who posts throughout the Sourcebooks as Dragonslayer?
I think it's one of the IE's who took part in the down cycle killings, but I'm not a SR super genius. I already checked AH's site. |
 |
 
|
|
Oct 30 2004, 07:59 PM
Post
#2
|
|
|
King of the Hobos Group: Dumpshocked Posts: 2,117 Joined: 26-February 02 Member No.: 127 |
No-one, it's probably just a handle that the writers or editors use when they need some shadowtalk about dragons.
|
|
|
|
|
Oct 30 2004, 10:32 PM
Post
#3
|
|
|
Great Dragon Group: Members Posts: 6,748 Joined: 5-July 02 Member No.: 2,935 |
Aside from a distinct anti-dragon bias (and I believe an indication that Dragonslayer is male), there is nothing on Dragonslayer that I can recall.
|
|
|
|
|
Oct 31 2004, 12:07 AM
Post
#4
|
|
|
Beetle Eater Group: Dumpshocked Posts: 4,797 Joined: 3-June 02 From: Oblivion City Member No.: 2,826 |
He seems far too naive and uninformed to have direct Immortal connections, though that would not preclude a grunt level membership in the Hunters or a vessel agency for Dragonslayer. Both comments in Underworld and Dragons of the Sixth World indicate the former while leaving the latter a matter of speculation. However, it would make sense for such a group to use Dragonslayer as a decoy or diversion.
|
|
|
|
|
Oct 31 2004, 10:23 PM
Post
#5
|
|
|
Moving Target Group: Members Posts: 527 Joined: 26-February 02 Member No.: 1,118 |
Dragonslayer is just the moniker they use when they want a left-field conspiracy theorist like The Lone Gunman, but want to apply that particular conspiracy to dragons and dragon-related events(or apparently un-dragon-related events, Dragonslayer knows better).
Very few of the handles I've seen used in sourcebooks actually correspond to characters that I or the freelancers play. Heck, I know for certain that one such handle has no corresponding character, because, well, it's me. |
|
|
|
|
Oct 31 2004, 11:02 PM
Post
#6
|
|
|
Great Dragon Group: Members Posts: 6,748 Joined: 5-July 02 Member No.: 2,935 |
'bout to say... ;)
|
|
|
|
|
Nov 1 2004, 07:38 AM
Post
#7
|
|
|
Target Group: Members Posts: 72 Joined: 12-September 04 Member No.: 6,654 |
Hey, I'm sure I'm in the books somewhere also. Just, you know, not as a proper noun.
|
|
|
|
|
Nov 1 2004, 09:50 AM
Post
#8
|
|
|
Grumpy Old Ork Decker Group: Admin Posts: 3,794 Joined: 26-February 02 From: Orwell, Ohio Member No.: 50 |
Shhh... Wireknight, you're not supposed to tell them these things. More fun if they try and figure out who the Posters are... :)
Oh, BTW... Just because a regular poster doesn't correspond to anyone NOW doesn't mean that might not change at some point. I mean, at some point down the line someone might decide that Damien Knight REALLY hates Dragons and Dragonslayer is his "Secret Identity". <shrug> But 1/2 of Poster names are just that... Names. They often develop some character as they're reused through the books, and they may eventually become an "Active player". The other half are either puns or names of friends and friends characters :) Bull |
|
|
|
|
Nov 1 2004, 03:30 PM
Post
#9
|
|||
|
Runner Group: Members Posts: 3,314 Joined: 26-February 02 From: Lisbon, Cidade do Pecado Member No.: 185 |
Maybe not that far down the road... |
||
|
|
|
||
|
Nov 1 2004, 08:00 PM
Post
#10
|
|||||
|
Moving Target Group: Members Posts: 355 Joined: 24-August 02 From: Magna, Ute Nation Member No.: 3,166 |
Great way to keep us guessing Synner. |
||||
|
|
|
||||
|
Nov 1 2004, 08:14 PM
Post
#11
|
|
|
Runner Group: Members Posts: 3,314 Joined: 26-February 02 From: Lisbon, Cidade do Pecado Member No.: 185 |
Don't mean to be a tease (well, not too much anyway), but if it's any help, there should (IIRC) be something in one of the next couple of books (Running Wild or Loose Alliances). Like Bull said, sometimes posters are just names and sometimes you're surprised when an author gets it into his head to give you a peak at what lies beyond.
Personally I have a lot of fun playing with established, but undeveloped characters, sometimes even dragging back long-forgotten ones (ie. Johnny Spinrad and Richard Kaminsky). |
|
|
|
|
Nov 1 2004, 08:39 PM
Post
#12
|
|||
|
Immoral Elf Group: Members Posts: 15,247 Joined: 29-March 02 From: Grimy Pete's Bar & Laundromat Member No.: 2,486 |
Yes you do! ;) :D |
||
|
|
|
||
|
Nov 1 2004, 09:48 PM
Post
#13
|
|
|
Moving Target Group: Members Posts: 326 Joined: 26-February 02 From: Vigo (Spanish Kingdom) Member No.: 1,446 |
Actually, I'd say Dragonslayer's just one pissed off bugger with some gathered regret against dragons. Not sane. Sure. Which makes one wonder how he's still alive... ;)
|
|
|
|
|
Nov 1 2004, 10:01 PM
Post
#14
|
|
|
Technomancer Group: Retired Admins Posts: 4,638 Joined: 2-October 02 From: Champaign, IL Member No.: 3,374 |
Sepherim: Even dragons need comedy :silly:
|
|
|
|
|
Nov 1 2004, 10:19 PM
Post
#15
|
|
|
Shooting Target Group: Members Posts: 1,840 Joined: 24-July 02 From: Lubbock, TX Member No.: 3,024 |
They can't possibly track down and remove every dragon-hater out there.
|
|
|
|
|
Nov 1 2004, 10:21 PM
Post
#16
|
|
|
Runner Group: Members Posts: 3,066 Joined: 5-February 03 Member No.: 4,017 |
No, that part is easy. It's leaving the non-dragon-haters alive that's hard.
|
|
|
|
|
Nov 1 2004, 10:42 PM
Post
#17
|
|
|
Moving Target Group: Members Posts: 216 Joined: 27-January 04 Member No.: 6,025 |
Has anyone else noticed that Dragonslayer seems to be maturing a little bit?
Most of his/her early posts are little more than "Fraggin dragons" or "It's always a dragon chummer" but he said something a bit calmer and even slightly profound in DotSW. I can't remember the quote offhand, I think it was in the Lung section but this brings up the question. Do the same writers handle the same persona's or does someone say ' Hey it would be funny if Dragonslayer said this here'? |
|
|
|
|
Nov 1 2004, 10:44 PM
Post
#18
|
|
|
Runner Group: Members Posts: 3,314 Joined: 26-February 02 From: Lisbon, Cidade do Pecado Member No.: 185 |
Maybe he's just maturing, or maybe something happened to mature him...
|
|
|
|
|
Nov 1 2004, 10:48 PM
Post
#19
|
|||
|
Moving Target Group: Members Posts: 216 Joined: 27-January 04 Member No.: 6,025 |
Oh. Do elaborate. Oh wait, I forgot
Jerk ;) ;) :rotate: |
||
|
|
|
||
|
Nov 1 2004, 10:52 PM
Post
#20
|
|
|
Moving Target Group: Members Posts: 326 Joined: 26-February 02 From: Vigo (Spanish Kingdom) Member No.: 1,446 |
As for surviving, I know probably Dragons don't give a s**t about him, that's obvious by now. But comedy... We know Dunkie had a sense of humor, but do the rest of them share that faculty too? Doesn't seem like Lofwyr or Lung would spend much time laughing each day...
|
|
|
|
|
Nov 1 2004, 11:03 PM
Post
#21
|
|
|
Immoral Elf Group: Members Posts: 15,247 Joined: 29-March 02 From: Grimy Pete's Bar & Laundromat Member No.: 2,486 |
I would like to think that Dragonslayer is actually someone of substance. An intelligent, but slightly insane and majorly paranoid up-till-now un-named I.E. downtime dragonslayer.
Maybe it's just me, but I like to chuck in a little I.E. background every now and then, and in my opinion not every single one is known. There has to be at least one surviving downtime-hunter (besides Shiela/Alachia ;)), and I would think it only logical for him to use Shadowland the manner he does. |
|
|
|
|
Nov 1 2004, 11:14 PM
Post
#22
|
|
|
Immortal Elf Group: Members Posts: 11,410 Joined: 1-October 03 From: Pittsburgh Member No.: 5,670 |
yeah, but would he be dumb enough to advertise? making strategically-placed and -timed posts with crucial pieces of info under a variety of disconnected and/or anonymous names, i can see. posting under the name "Dragonslayer", on the other hand, smacks of someone who doesn't expect to live more than ninety or so more years anyway.
|
|
|
|
|
Nov 1 2004, 11:16 PM
Post
#23
|
|
|
Moving Target Group: Members Posts: 326 Joined: 26-February 02 From: Vigo (Spanish Kingdom) Member No.: 1,446 |
I'd rather him be a human as intelliugent as you describe him, probably with some trauma of sorts due to his life, or something like it.
|
|
|
|
|
Nov 1 2004, 11:18 PM
Post
#24
|
|
|
Immoral Elf Group: Members Posts: 15,247 Joined: 29-March 02 From: Grimy Pete's Bar & Laundromat Member No.: 2,486 |
Or has lived long enough, and through enough dangers to be confident and/or arrogant (not a trait unknown among IEs). Everyone posts on Shadowland, but not everyone is, or even can be traced. Why should he be any less competant than any of the others?
|
|
|
|
|
Nov 1 2004, 11:22 PM
Post
#25
|
|
|
Immortal Elf Group: Members Posts: 11,410 Joined: 1-October 03 From: Pittsburgh Member No.: 5,670 |
given enough time and motivation, anyone who posts as regularly as Dragonslayer does can be traced. confidence and arrogance are one thing (or, well, two things); overconfidence to the point of stupidity is another.
|
|
|
|
|
|
Lo-Fi Version | Time is now: 24th April 2024 - 05:10 PM |
Topps, Inc has sole ownership of the names, logo, artwork, marks, photographs, sounds, audio, video and/or any proprietary material used in connection with the game Shadowrun. Topps, Inc has granted permission to the Dumpshock Forums to use such names, logos, artwork, marks and/or any proprietary materials for promotional and informational purposes on its website but does not endorse, and is not affiliated with the Dumpshock Forums in any official capacity whatsoever.