QUOTE (MightyM @ Mar 7 2008, 06:14 AM)

I've got a group of Shadowrun noobs that I'll be introducing to the game, so I wanted to give them some "flavor" on how different groups set up their meets with Johnson. I totally agree that most this stuff is ultra paranoid, but it's one way of looking at things and is great food for thought, IMHO.
If the group enjoys the cloak & dagger stuff around the meet, then you mind as well go for it. If they just want to get to the game, then ditch it and get to the f'ing game already.

With my 'n00b' group (me having 7 years experience with it; them having none), they all came in for the meeting with Mr. Johnson. Of course it was a lower level run and the meet was at a fairly craptacular club... So nobody really stood out and there was no high-stakes action from the get-go.
I'm not a fan of the uber-paranoia.