So long as the same people are writing, proof-reading and play-testing this material, then I'd say no. If there were different writers coming in, then I would be very concerned. But by the sounds of things, this could be very positive.

And obviously Shadowrun's success in an otherwise dire RPG market has been noticed. So long as the new company understands why that is, then this should be good.

*crosses fingers and brings question up again for addressing*

Your point is valid, but noone is buying the licence, IMR is negotiating "to explore the acquisition of RPG publishing rights". Still noone will negotiate for the rights and shut it down, and WizKids wouldn't offer up the rights to ruin the lines. It's semantics but it's better that it's clear I think.

Interesting. Wonder if this means we get to be the new red headed step child of Shadowrun? It should be interesting to see how an "Official Forum" will end up looking.


*Disclaimer - No Offense intended or implied to any Red-Headed Step children. I'm sure you're all very nice people. Sorry no one pays attention to you.*

You know, up until this morning I thought that too. Now I must direct your attention to Damage Control Games and their acquisition of the Cold Navy starship miniature line...


Note: I do not think that will be the case here. All I'm saying is that I too didn't think a thing like that would happen...boy, you live long enough, you see just about everything...

I think that its undeniable that Shadowrun owes a lot to the persistence and popularity of Dumpshock over the years and I think its safe to say that it will remain a reference in the future. Heck, a fair number of our active freelancers were recruited from Dumpshock alumni (myself included). I for one will continue to visit these forums and try to update people on developments and clarify doubts here and there. I have no doubt Adam, Robyn and the rest of the gang will remain equally active here too (time allowing).

I think this will actually be good for SR’s online community if this is the way it pans out.

I've seen some other boards run by other game companies (Games Workshop comes to mind) where long term veteran players were driven away by the endless stream of repetitious beginner questions when their product lines got popular. Not to imply that newb questions are not valid or important- having places where new players can get advise and info from veterans is good for a game.

But hopefully this move will get Shadowrun out to lots of new gamers and having an official company-sponsored message board might be a nice buffer...

I equate "Unofficial" with "Freedom," myself.

Sorry; I can't speak for FanPro Germany.

That's likely. Exact details to be worked out.

Absolutely.

No, that comment was totally unrelated.

Sorry, still here (sort of--haven't been reading DS quite as often lately as before).

Been using the time when things have been slow with SR to feed my WoW habit.

Why!? Why would you say such a thing!?!? Noooooooooooooooo....

Thanks--I'm glad you enjoy the stories!

Realistically, probably not anything new anytime soon. Between the day job, life, SR dev stuff (which should be picking up again now that things are moving) and my WoW addiction, I don't have much time to write these days, sad to say. That could change, but for now the stories on the site are probably going to be it for awhile.

Wonder what Fortune is doing at the moment, though.

Well, not really. I'm horribly behind updating my site. For the same reasons as Rat, pretty much. I do have material I want to work on, but my writing time has been invested in Neo-Tokyo material for Corp Enclaves and NYC material which will appear somewhere (either my website or possibly through an IMR web release if things work out in that direction now).

Well, Fist, if I had anything to say I might do more updates. I've got day-job issues and a 16-month-old that eat up most of my available time. I'll see if I can find something worthwhile to say, though.

I know how it can be with kids. I'm just hoping the occassional shoulder poking will get something written. Same to Robyn/Rat/WH (ok, you I never know what to call.)

Yes but yours has been upadted in the last year. Perhaps I should amend it to say semi-annualy.

Well done. Well done indeed.

Yup.

In negotiation. I'm quite optimistic after speaking with some people at RPC Münster...

Well, we do have a domain, but since it's placeholder is nowhere near as lovely as the Holostreets one* I'll hold off on giving y'all the URL.

There is a little bit of information about IMR on the BattleCorps site, however.


*"<html><head><title>Coming soon!</title></head><body><p>Coming soon!</p></body></html>" is the contents of index.htm on the site...

Looks like if anything it will accellerate development.

GOOGIDIGOO! HAMINAHAMINA!
Next week? Two weeks? A month? I'm jonesin', man!

I'm not going to start with it off the bat--I'm going to build into it, but having the book after two or three sessions is better than having it in August when the summer is almost over and the fall semester is starting soon.

Well, if your players are more intent upon succeeding in their chosen professions/fields of study rather than have an awesome SR game you need to sit down with them and have a stern talk about priorities.

Aren't you a teacher or something?

No. I'm very pedantic, but not the definition that says, "Male teacher." More the, "showy in the use of knowledge" definition.

I do have a Physics degree, but there are other things than teaching to do with physics degree.

Ah. Could have sworn you once referred to teaching students during the "Spaceship to Mars" War.

Oh well. Guess you can continue, then. Was just amusing myself with notions of your classes: "Now if the samurai uses edge to re-roll, what is the new probability of damaging the troll with Ex-Ex rounds?"

Actually, this makes me want to become a teacher.

While a Masters student I did the Obligitory TA time, that's its own story. So yes, I have student stories, and experience with the common misconceptions of students in Physics. I just didn't do it very long...

Yes.

Well to add to my comments everyone seems to really be taking this in stride. Someone mentioned they would dout a company would by a license just to shut it down. I hope that isn't the case but if Wizkids is losing money on SR and they want a quick infusion of cash, and another company needs to liquidate assets, well the two could easily spell the end of SR. But, it looks like some of the insiders seem to think this isn't going to happen. Then again, the only people who really know whats going on are over at the negotiating table.

FP has been pretty bad at meeting release dates (I know it isn't always there fault, but it is there product) combined with what I feel has been a lackluster 4th edition, I can WK yanking the license in hopes of salvaging the line. Well, I guess the only thing to do is wat and see, and talk