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Hi guys,

I will be the first to admit that this may be absolute wishful thinking on my part. What I am about to put up is by no means a concrete theory, just an argument based on several pieces of circumstantial evidence.

Having said that, I think that the announcement of SR4 is an April Fool's Joke. Here's the reason why:

(1) SR4 was announced on March 15 - a mere two weeks from April 1. Enough time for speculation to run rife. Enough time for people to get their knickers in a twist. The argument here is not the choice of March 15 - it's the fact that MANY other dates could have been chosen for the announcement. Why choose one so close to April Fool's Day?

Yes, I'm aware that it was supposed to be announced in the GAMA Trade Fair - my bad if I'm wrong.

(2) Fanpro does have a history of pulling pranks on us, the SR gamers. I cite the example a year (a couple of years?) back where Shadowrun D20 was announced, also as an April Fool's Joke. Again, the modus operandi matches the current one - announce it mid-March, get people's knickers in a twist, announce the joke on April 1.

(3) Here's a fairly telling fact - Loose Alliances is still listed in the Shadowrun RPG site as a product that's about to be released. -If- SR4 has been in development for about a year, then the date chosen to announce the release of SR4 makes even less sense - because it's almost certain to impact the sales of Loose Alliances negatively.

The basis - new rules material in Loose Alliances will become outdated a mere three months after it's released.

I am, of course, assuming that Loose Alliances has no sneak peeks of SR4 material. This is an acknowledged flaw in my own argument.

So here it is. My patched-together argument based off a hunch. Please feel free to tear this apart if you so choose.
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- SykoBear   SR4 - a joke?   Mar 30 2005, 11:18 AM
- - RunnerPaul   QUOTE (SykoBear) (1) SR4 was announced on March 15...   Mar 30 2005, 11:34 AM
- - Demosthenes   A joke? You've managed to miss the discussion...   Mar 30 2005, 11:35 AM
- - SykoBear   QUOTE And Patrick Goodman's blog? And the DevB...   Mar 30 2005, 12:21 PM
- - Demosthenes   It has been 15 days, you know. The last time FanP...   Mar 30 2005, 12:34 PM
- - Patrick Goodman   Damn you, Demosthenes!! You just remind m...   Mar 30 2005, 01:16 PM
- - SykoBear   Thanks! For the comments and the link.   Mar 30 2005, 01:30 PM
- - mintcar   This is not a joke. Because I can´t imagine anyone...   Mar 30 2005, 02:05 PM
- - Demonseed Elite   It. is. not. a. joke. Period. No joke to be foun...   Mar 30 2005, 02:12 PM
- - apollo124   Further evidence that it is not a joke, go to Batt...   Mar 30 2005, 02:07 PM
- - Demosthenes   QUOTE (Patrick Goodman) Damn you, Demosthenes...   Mar 30 2005, 02:43 PM
- - SykoBear   Pardon me while I skip directly to step 4. -sigh-   Mar 30 2005, 02:45 PM
- - Patrick Goodman   QUOTE (Demosthenes)Seriously: wedding plans are mo...   Mar 30 2005, 02:54 PM
- - Patrick Goodman   QUOTE (SykoBear) Pardon me while I skip directly t...   Mar 30 2005, 02:54 PM
- - Aku   QUOTE (Patrick Goodman) QUOTE (SykoBear @ Mar...   Mar 30 2005, 03:11 PM
- - Skeptical Clown   Setting material and rules were almost completely ...   Mar 30 2005, 03:17 PM
- - Grimtooth   Found this on the internet The new and improved S...   Mar 30 2005, 03:16 PM
- - Adam   QUOTE As far as I know, it was announced at the GA...   Mar 30 2005, 04:45 PM
- - apollo124   QUOTE (Grimtooth) Found this on the internet The ...   Mar 30 2005, 05:06 PM
- - Aristotle   If it were a joke, and I so highly doubt it, I thi...   Mar 30 2005, 05:13 PM
- - Backgammon   QUOTE (Grimtooth) Found this on the internet The ...   Mar 30 2005, 05:55 PM
- - Grimtooth   The actual joke was perpetrated by members of my g...   Mar 30 2005, 06:17 PM
- - GrinderTheTroll   QUOTE (RunnerPaul)And you're probably going to...   Mar 30 2005, 06:11 PM
- - Patrick Goodman   QUOTE (Grimtooth) but you gotta admit it does make...   Mar 30 2005, 06:28 PM
- - Grimtooth   my work here is done...   Mar 30 2005, 06:36 PM
- - Tomahawk   QUOTE (Patrick Goodman)QUOTE (Grimtooth @ Mar...   Mar 30 2005, 06:49 PM
- - Grimtooth   Another member of my group suggested that Wizkids ...   Mar 30 2005, 06:46 PM
- - Penta   We're just nervous. SR is like a favorite tedd...   Mar 30 2005, 06:55 PM
- - Tomahawk   QUOTE (Penta) We're just nervous. SR is like a...   Mar 30 2005, 07:02 PM
- - Demonseed Elite   There is as much feedback that comes in from peopl...   Mar 30 2005, 07:13 PM
- - Grimtooth   This pretty much sum everything up in one neat lit...   Mar 30 2005, 07:38 PM
- - torzzzzz   And the conspirety theorys start!!! t...   Mar 30 2005, 07:39 PM
- - Tomahawk   QUOTE (Demonseed Elite @ Mar 30 2005, 07:13 P...   Mar 30 2005, 07:39 PM
- - Grimtooth   Don't get me wrong. I absolutely LOVE SR top ...   Mar 30 2005, 07:46 PM
- - Adam   QUOTE I guess I just think scrapping huge portions...   Mar 30 2005, 07:57 PM
- - Tomahawk   QUOTE The history is NOT being retroactively chang...   Mar 30 2005, 07:53 PM
- - Adam   Allow me to make a suggestion: Don't pay atten...   Mar 30 2005, 07:55 PM
- - Grimtooth   Adam makes a good point. But for those of us with...   Mar 30 2005, 08:30 PM
- - Tomahawk   QUOTE (Adam) Allow me to make a suggestion: Don...   Mar 30 2005, 08:28 PM
- - Adam   QUOTE (Grimtooth @ Mar 30 2005, 03:30 PM) But...   Mar 30 2005, 08:41 PM
- - Grimtooth   I can't help it. I like a good argument even ...   Mar 30 2005, 08:38 PM
- - Spookymonster   QUOTE (Adam) QUOTE I guess I just think scrapping ...   Mar 30 2005, 08:46 PM
- - SykoBear   Whoa! You go to sleep for 8 hours and....just ...   Mar 31 2005, 01:58 AM
- - Sandoval Smith   SR 5th Edition, D20.   Mar 31 2005, 03:47 AM
- - Tanka   QUOTE (Sandoval Smith) SR 5th Edition, D20. ...   Mar 31 2005, 03:54 AM
- - Smiley   I doubt SR4 is an April Fool's joke.   Mar 31 2005, 05:15 AM
- - Shadow   QUOTE (Demonseed Elite) It. is. not. a. joke. Per...   Mar 31 2005, 05:47 AM
- - RunnerPaul   QUOTE (Shadow) [That means all the information in ...   Mar 31 2005, 06:49 AM
- - Critias   Just let Shadow continue to wallow in his depressi...   Mar 31 2005, 07:16 AM
- - Synner   QUOTE (Shadow @ Mar 31 2005, 05:47 AM) QUOTE ...   Mar 31 2005, 07:31 AM
- - SykoBear   Actually, I'm with Shadow on the fact that the...   Mar 31 2005, 07:41 AM
- - Synner   Having read them, I believe that the contents of L...   Mar 31 2005, 08:09 AM
- - SykoBear   Well, that sets my mind at ease a little, as well ...   Mar 31 2005, 08:22 AM
- - RunnerPaul   QUOTE (SykoBear @ Mar 31 2005, 02:41 AM) It...   Mar 31 2005, 08:16 AM
- - Sandoval Smith   There's an easy counter to Shadow's post: ...   Mar 31 2005, 08:25 AM
- - SykoBear   QUOTE There's an easy counter to Shadow's ...   Mar 31 2005, 08:40 AM
- - Aristotle   I have to say that, as rule heavy as Shadowrun can...   Mar 31 2005, 10:21 AM
- - Cain   Dear gods, I still refer to my Neo-Anarchists...   Apr 1 2005, 02:47 AM
- - Penta   When I'm at home (the books are too fragile an...   Apr 1 2005, 04:25 AM
- - L.D   One of the books I use most is the old Seattle sou...   Apr 1 2005, 05:29 AM
- - RunnerPaul   QUOTE (Cain) Dear gods, I still refer to my Neo-An...   Apr 1 2005, 10:30 AM
- - Catsnightmare   QUOTE (L.D) One of the books I use most is the old...   Apr 2 2005, 04:11 AM
- - Pthgar   QUOTE (Penta @ Apr 1 2005, 12:25 AM) When I...   Apr 2 2005, 04:59 AM
- - Cain   QUOTE (RunnerPaul) QUOTE (Cain @ Mar 31 2005,...   Apr 2 2005, 05:44 AM
- - RunnerPaul   QUOTE (Cain) I was pretty sure it came out just be...   Apr 2 2005, 01:10 PM


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