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 Mar 22 2005, 03:51 PM
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Which, and why ?
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Mar 22 2005, 04:16 PM
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Neophyte Runner Group: Members Posts: 2,078 Joined: 26-February 02 Member No.: 67 |
Shiawase. It just unfortunately lacks character. It has the whole "feuding family" element to its management, but I can't identify or empathize with any of the family members, which leaves the whole thing pretty bland for me. And when it starts tossing in vampire otaku or whatever, it only gets worse.
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Mar 22 2005, 05:48 PM
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Great, I'm a Dragon... Group: Retired Admins Posts: 6,699 Joined: 8-October 03 From: North Germany Member No.: 5,698 |
Shiawase - for me it's just a faceless megacorp with japanese heritage. Booooring! :P
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Mar 22 2005, 06:11 PM
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Moving Target Group: Dumpshocked Posts: 870 Joined: 6-January 04 From: Idaho Member No.: 5,960 |
Hey I have an idea. I'm going to make a poll about useless polls.
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Mar 22 2005, 06:04 PM
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Shooting Target Group: Members Posts: 1,512 Joined: 16-August 03 From: Northampton Member No.: 5,499 |
It was a toss between Shiawise and Cross, both are lacking any real character for me. Cross has the whole "Anti Ares" angle but i find that a real poor alternative to character. the only reason Shiawise beat cross is because i've used it in a few runs so it's embeded into my game and my players.
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Mar 22 2005, 06:38 PM
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Target Group: Members Posts: 79 Joined: 15-March 05 From: Wolverhampton, UK Member No.: 7,166 |
Wuxing.
Being nice to people has no place in the Shadowrun Corporate marketplace! |
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Mar 22 2005, 06:37 PM
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Running Target Group: Members Posts: 1,428 Joined: 9-June 02 Member No.: 2,860 |
Cross. It only seems to exist to be a foil to Ares. |
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Mar 22 2005, 06:42 PM
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Moving Target Group: Members Posts: 130 Joined: 25-February 05 Member No.: 7,119 |
They all add something to the shadowrun world, but I've never even HEARD of Cross being used in a game, so it gets my vote.
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Mar 22 2005, 06:46 PM
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Shooting Target Group: Members Posts: 1,512 Joined: 16-August 03 From: Northampton Member No.: 5,499 |
VERY brifly in Brainscan |
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Mar 22 2005, 06:53 PM
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Manus Celer Dei Group: Dumpshocked Posts: 17,010 Joined: 30-December 02 From: Boston Member No.: 3,802 |
CATCo has the Seraphim, but they're still low man on the totem pole. They aren't useless, but they're the closest to it.
~J |
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Mar 22 2005, 10:10 PM
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Shooting Target Group: Members Posts: 1,759 Joined: 11-December 02 From: France Member No.: 3,723 |
Mitsuhama. The only thing it had was the Yakuza connection. Corporate Download downplayed that, while Wuxing got a more interesting one with Triads. The involvement in Tsimshian is the only thing I can think of.
There's a lot more to do with Shiawase (family feud and Japanese politics, Korin Yamana, Rhonabwy and employees also having shares, the strong corporate culture, the MIFD...) and Cross (the Seraphim, the story of Cross & Gavilan, the part of Dunkelzahn operations network "stolen", the connection with Proteus...). |
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Mar 22 2005, 10:30 PM
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Moving Target Group: Members Posts: 527 Joined: 30-January 04 Member No.: 6,043 |
Actually, I kinda like Mistuhama as kind of the paragon of a cold and amoral corporate mindset. They build computers, they think like computers. I play that shtick more than in the Yakuza shtick.
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Mar 22 2005, 10:37 PM
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Moving Target Group: Members Posts: 468 Joined: 17-March 05 Member No.: 7,185 |
Quebec megacorp need I say more?
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Mar 22 2005, 11:25 PM
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Manus Celer Dei Group: Dumpshocked Posts: 17,010 Joined: 30-December 02 From: Boston Member No.: 3,802 |
What we need is a proper French megacorp. Enough with this Québécois imitation.
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Mar 22 2005, 11:34 PM
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Canon Companion Group: Members Posts: 8,021 Joined: 2-March 03 From: The Morgue, Singapore LTG Member No.: 4,187 |
Novatech. A AA masquerading as a AAA only on a technicality.
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Mar 23 2005, 05:52 AM
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Shooting Target Group: Members Posts: 1,512 Joined: 16-August 03 From: Northampton Member No.: 5,499 |
It would be nice to know excatly what cyberware Toshiro Mitsuhama has in his head. |
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Mar 23 2005, 03:15 PM
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King of the Hobos Group: Dumpshocked Posts: 2,117 Joined: 26-February 02 Member No.: 127 |
Non! ;) |
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Mar 24 2005, 03:23 AM
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Target Group: Members Posts: 24 Joined: 2-April 04 From: Montreal Member No.: 6,214 |
Novatech is just a corp begging to be picked at. And Québécois doesn't mean it's necessarily a pale copy of the French, even if SR's Québec is way too stereotyped for my own taste.
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Mar 24 2005, 04:32 AM
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Moving Target Group: Members Posts: 344 Joined: 5-January 05 From: Wherever this piece of meat rests. Member No.: 6,937 |
HATERS RECOGNIZE!
Yamatetsu is poo poo. Hey a third grade rhyme!. I run my game in Detroit so I get a lot of milage out of CatCo and Ares. In my game Novatech has just been formed but i like the ruthlessness of Villiers, so I'll probably throw them in for fun. For me, the one mega I've never used was Yamatetsu. I've been running for a while, and back in the day there were just 3 non Japanese megas, Ares< Saeder-Krupp, and Aztechnology. Yamatetsu's only real weirdness is the Free Spirit on the board, an Ork for a CEO now, and the fact they are reviled by almost all of Japan. The "Stuff that makes them different" seems too contrived for me. And since Shadowrun has moved away from the whole JapanCorps Rulez mentality they stuck the Corp in the armpit of Russia to add another country with a Mega presence. Novatech might not make the cut in 4th Ed, but I hope Alamos 20K nukes Buttercup and her crap ass company as well. :lick: :nuyen: :nuyen: :nuyen: |
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Mar 24 2005, 05:56 AM
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Shooting Target Group: Members Posts: 1,512 Joined: 16-August 03 From: Northampton Member No.: 5,499 |
Now i'm curious. Who voted Saeder Krupp and why??
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Mar 24 2005, 05:50 PM
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Moving Target Group: Members Posts: 527 Joined: 30-January 04 Member No.: 6,043 |
Obviously the voter was someone from SK, conducting a disinformation campaign.
"SK? Never got much use outta them. Pretty harmless little company, really." |
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Mar 24 2005, 09:17 PM
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Running Target Group: Members Posts: 1,032 Joined: 6-August 04 Member No.: 6,543 |
And yet, no one has voted for Ares?I think it is because Ares is the best..... After all, they get to sell arms to CAS,UCAS and the NAN.... Oh aren't they so nice?
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Mar 25 2005, 12:04 AM
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Moving Target Group: Members Posts: 344 Joined: 5-January 05 From: Wherever this piece of meat rests. Member No.: 6,937 |
I'm surprised how many hit up Shiawase. They are the very essence of EVIL. The Original Extra Territorial Mega. The MFDR (In my opinion, one of the coolest ideas, especially with so little info in the books, you can tailor it to be as insidious as you want). Plus they have a Nuke division all their own. Yeah, it's a family company, but a pretty dysfunctional family, add in Korin Yamana from Fuchi.... I think there is a wealth of Runner Fodder in that company.
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