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 Aug 16 2005, 08:45 PM
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Dragon  Group: Members Posts: 4,718 Joined: 14-September 02 Member No.: 3,263  |
Hopefully the first section listed in the TOC isn't about parental interuption of masturbation. Is this TOC for the limited edition book, and this i the extra fiction section? Or is this just a mood setting fiction piece, with an extremely ironic name, that everyone gets?
P.S. Does anyone else find the heavy use of word jokes and apostrophes in the Life On The Edge sections unsettling? The "Ghouls and Spirits and Dragons—Oh My!" especially grates on me, it just feels tired and old. Or am i just being a....buzzkill? :( |
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Aug 16 2005, 09:02 PM
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Incertum est quo loco te mors expectet; Group: Dumpshocked Posts: 6,546 Joined: 24-October 03 From: DeeCee, U.S. Member No.: 5,760 |
Fortunately, buzzkill has a slightly more encompassing meaning and is based off of the 'buzz' that arises from consuption of alcohol and how a bad piece of reality can quickly bring you back from that. But I suspect you already knew that :P
I don't mind the word jokes. While they're a little corny, it shows me that the authors enjoyed themselves when making the game, and if they enjoyed what they were doing, hopefully I'll enjoy being part of that as well. Plus, Shadowrun is great because of its character. As long as the corny one-liners don't proliferate through the main text, we'll survive. |
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Aug 16 2005, 09:09 PM
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panda! Group: Members Posts: 10,331 Joined: 8-March 02 From: north of central europe Member No.: 2,242 |
i must say that i like rpg books that can get me chuckleing (sp?) or outright laughing from small comments made on the side of the topic :P
i kinda wish they copyed one thing from say cyberpunk 2020 main, those small comment areas on the side of the text. my fav so far from there are "whiskers, fur, claws and fangs, its like a generation of werewolfs" -police "hey, werewolfs! i have to work on that" -streetdoc (written from memory. meaning is mostly intact, words are not exact) |
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Aug 16 2005, 09:10 PM
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Prime Runner Group: Retired Admins Posts: 3,929 Joined: 26-February 02 From: .ca Member No.: 51 |
Buzzkill is the opening fiction in every book; not the closing fiction in the limited edition.
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Aug 16 2005, 09:14 PM
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Dragon Group: Members Posts: 4,718 Joined: 14-September 02 Member No.: 3,263 |
Ah, so the limited edition has the extra fiction at the end of the book. Thus keeping the same page numbers for everything else? Thanks for the info Adam.
Maybe that is just what bothers me. I didn't laugh at the Oz reference, just groaned. In the bad way. :( |
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