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 What SR Players Do, In another life I'm a criminal genius... |
 Dec 15 2004, 05:11 AM
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Running Target  Group: Members Posts: 1,088 Joined: 8-October 04 From: Dallas, TX Member No.: 6,734  |
Wow - a lot of computer science majors...I get to throw a wrench in stereotypes :)
I'm a church organist, and an audio engineer. As a player I generally did mage types, with the occasional sam and one fatally unlucky rigger. As a GM I tend to run big meta-plot type games that range in subject from the underworld to insects to corp intrigue. The runners seem to be specializing in paladin rescues tho...and no, I tend to not run an overly religious game. |
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Dec 15 2004, 05:19 AM
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Immoral Elf Group: Members Posts: 15,247 Joined: 29-March 02 From: Grimy Pete's Bar & Laundromat Member No.: 2,486 |
I'm a retired globe-trotter who has worked in all facets of the music industry. Other experiences are too numerous to mention ... or they're classified.
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Dec 15 2004, 05:20 AM
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Prime Runner Group: Members Posts: 3,763 Joined: 26-February 02 From: Special Hell Member No.: 284 |
What helo do you fly? |
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Dec 15 2004, 05:46 AM
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Resident Legionnaire Group: Dumpshocked Posts: 2,136 Joined: 8-August 04 From: Usually Work Member No.: 6,550 |
Hey dude, any room in your group? I'm in AG. |
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Dec 15 2004, 06:33 AM
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Target Group: Members Posts: 77 Joined: 26-April 04 Member No.: 6,284 |
After years of loving computers and 5 semesters of Computer Science I'm finding increasingly that I like my communications minor more (I apparently picked the wrong hemisphere of my brain). If there were money in it, I'd major in History - there are so many amazing true stories that some of the made-up ones pale in comparison. I intend to someday walk that trail from California to Washington (it takes about 3 months from what I've heard).
I almost always play mages. I've also never tried a decker. As a GM, I try to make the runs individually interesting, and have yet to link a bunch of them together (I'm new at this, and the semester's ending so I didn't get to give them the rest of the ones from the series they started) |
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Dec 15 2004, 06:58 AM
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Target Group: Members Posts: 56 Joined: 24-July 04 Member No.: 6,512 |
I draw comics and sell RPGs to people, and try very hard not to play the same kind of character twice.
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Dec 15 2004, 07:45 AM
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Senior GM Group: Dumpshocked Posts: 1,406 Joined: 12-April 03 From: Redmond, WA Member No.: 4,442 |
Experienced Software Developer (C, C++) with a Master's degree in Computer Science. Mostly I GM, and more than half the character's I've played have been Shamen and Shawomen. ;)
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Dec 15 2004, 08:43 AM
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Target Group: Members Posts: 15 Joined: 14-December 04 Member No.: 6,884 |
Of course the R22 beta and beta II, R44 raven and am looking jump to turbines like the A-star and other work-horses soon up in Alaska or down in Aruba for touring. A dual Huey or Cobra would be pretty slick as well, but time is tough and expensive in that arena. |
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Dec 15 2004, 07:14 PM
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Moving Target Group: Members Posts: 123 Joined: 23-November 03 From: Chicago (post bug/pre nuke) Member No.: 5,839 |
college student , mainly studying history (chinese and japanese) picking up languages as i go , and wishing i could deck into the grad schools computers to speed up the admission process :)
im mainly GM, but if i can twist some arms i may get a break soon , I play alot of Npc runners to fill gaps in the group . I'm partial to street sams, "Face" type chracters, and mages. This post has been edited by Sokei: Dec 15 2004, 08:19 PM |
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Dec 15 2004, 07:18 PM
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Traumatizing players since 1992 Group: Dumpshocked Posts: 3,282 Joined: 26-February 02 From: Las Vegas, NV Member No.: 220 |
IT for the local Police Department here permanently stationed in the Detention Center.
Hence my stong views on Law Enforcement and the treatment of SINless. :) |
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Dec 15 2004, 07:30 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 |
Full time draftsman/IT guru in an architectureal office while I'm getting my batchlors in Architecture.
I'm the fool who runs the games.... but I love riggers... not the rules mind you... |
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Dec 15 2004, 07:38 PM
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Moving Target Group: Members Posts: 292 Joined: 24-September 04 Member No.: 6,701 |
Datawarehouse developer, specializing in online report development. Mostly play mages; sometimes sammies.
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Dec 15 2004, 07:55 PM
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Immortal Elf Group: Members Posts: 11,410 Joined: 1-October 03 From: Pittsburgh Member No.: 5,670 |
ex-army (hated it), doing tech support until i get back to college next fall. i play a lot of adepts; otaku and deckers are my second choice, though i've recently discovered the wonderful world of drone rigging. i've never successfully played a spellcaster of any type.
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Dec 15 2004, 08:00 PM
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Neophyte Runner Group: Members Posts: 2,174 Joined: 13-May 04 From: UCAS Member No.: 6,327 |
Part-time law school student and working full-time as a patent examiner at the Patent and Trademark Office with a Chemical Engineering background.
I mainly play phys ads, mages and sams. I will be GM'ing my first game soon. Wish me luck. |
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Dec 15 2004, 08:09 PM
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Moving Target Group: Members Posts: 527 Joined: 30-January 04 Member No.: 6,043 |
Radiochemical processor.
I'm pretty much just GM, but would play a sam or shaman if given the chance... |
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Dec 15 2004, 08:33 PM
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Target Group: Members Posts: 11 Joined: 25-August 04 Member No.: 6,601 |
Linguist,
I am currently finishing my masters in Linguistics, and plan to go on to a PhD soon. I am interested in studying theory (Syntax and Semantics mainly) with a focus on Thai, Mandarin Chinese, Hmong and other Southeast Asian languages (Austro-Tai, Sino-Tibetan, and Hmong-Mien language families). I pretty much GM, but occasionally I will play a character in other roleplaying games. But when it comes to Shadowrun I figure no one else can do it right except for me. ;-) |
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Dec 15 2004, 08:46 PM
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Shooting Target Group: Members Posts: 1,840 Joined: 24-July 02 From: Lubbock, TX Member No.: 3,024 |
I was in the Air Force (Computer Programmer), then become a contractor for Lockheed Martin, where I am a systems integrator/engineer making things for the Department of Defense.
No degree, but a few college credits. All this seems to have no relation what-so-ever to my SR style, as I've done everything from a no-cyber combatant to a 2 essence mage. My favorite characters are either a Coyote shaman, or a decker. |
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Dec 15 2004, 09:02 PM
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Neophyte Runner Group: Members Posts: 2,174 Joined: 13-May 04 From: UCAS Member No.: 6,327 |
Mandarin chinese but not cantonese chinese? :( |
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Dec 15 2004, 09:04 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 |
University student without any real interests in anything. I always GM, but if I got to play I'd want to play a Covert Ops Specialist/Combat B&E-person.
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Dec 15 2004, 09:14 PM
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Running Target Group: Members Posts: 1,408 Joined: 31-January 04 From: Reston VA, USA Member No.: 6,046 |
Ex-Army tanker, now a software project manager. Sidelining as an enthusiastic wrestling coach and a dabbler in various martial arts. I've usually GM'd for my group, not because I've got any talent for it, but only because no one else wanted to.
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Dec 15 2004, 09:26 PM
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Target Group: Members Posts: 11 Joined: 25-August 04 Member No.: 6,601 |
I am very interested in Cantonese too, but I have not taken any language courses in Cantonese. I started studying Mandarin, but at the time I met my to be wife who was Thai, so I switched to taking Thai classes. As a linguist, it is not necessary to be fluent in the languages that you are studying (although it really helps), but rather only a knowledge of the certain linguistic phenomenon you are studying. I have done and read a few studies on Cantonese, but mainly in comparative work to Mandarin, Thai and other languages. Cantonese has some really interesting uses or functions for classifiers that have helped me better analyse classifiers in the above languages. Right now I am writting a thesis chapter about serial verbs (i.e. verb compounds) in Mandarin, Thai, Hmong, and maybe even Cantonese (if I find some good data, that is). So yeah I guess I have studied Cantonese, at least indirectly. Suprisingly, this has very little to do with Shadowrun. But I guess my formal linguistics background explains why I like complex rule systems. :grinbig: Vera53 |
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Dec 15 2004, 09:45 PM
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Target Group: Members Posts: 48 Joined: 12-January 04 Member No.: 5,973 |
Army photograpger/video specialist and my character tend to either be skill based "tech-support" or Combat intesive characters. I really liked playing the tech character in my last game, but everyone kept harping on him, so I played a different character for a few sessions, and everyone's like, "Where's Wiz?" How are we supposed to get through the door? Who's gonna fix the toaster? Who's got the AOD tracking bugs? So when he came back, everyone was cool to him.
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Dec 15 2004, 09:48 PM
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Neophyte Runner Group: Members Posts: 2,174 Joined: 13-May 04 From: UCAS Member No.: 6,327 |
Unless you want to add flavour to the session. ;) I remember one session our characters were in HK, and two players (another guy and I) spoke cantonese. I started saying what the GM wanted to say in cantonese just for the humour sake and to drive home the point that the other characters did not really know cantonese. Though, thankfully for our characters, english is known by most of the inhabitants of the city (though level of skill varied). edit: Made some grammatical mistakes that made the point of my statement confusing... it's still confusing though... :P |
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Dec 15 2004, 10:04 PM
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Moving Target Group: Members Posts: 527 Joined: 26-February 02 Member No.: 1,118 |
I'm a professional student nearing the end of his "employment" contract, and a technological freelancer. Right now I'm working in the software development group of the information services division of a local nonprofit of unusual size, but that's temporary and more of a stepping stone and an economic stability source than anything else.
I play all types, with a penchant for analytical/combatant types, such as infiltration specialists, detectives, bountyhunters, and other mercenaries. I prefer magic to technology, but I play a fair bit of mundanes and even more Awakened characters with augmentations. |
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Dec 15 2004, 10:32 PM
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Karma Police Group: Dumpshocked Posts: 1,358 Joined: 22-July 04 From: Gothenburg, SE Member No.: 6,505 |
I´m a bored collage student, trying desperately to find a way through life that has no obsticals. I currently study religion (the view is scientific and it incorporates any number of different religions. And the theology, exegesis, ethics, psycology, anthropology, history, sociology, etc. that concernes them). Planning on studying litterature and swedish later and maybe be a teacher.
I tend to go for the mage the few times I get to play myself. I GM most of the time. |
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