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Angelone
QUOTE ('Sconnie @ Feb 11 2010, 11:03 AM) *
2159: Just because there's a P2.0 star in LA known as "The Dude" does not mean I can break into his house, rough him up, and then pee on his rug.

You just won this thread. I've never lol'd harder at anything.

2160: I am no longer allowed to put "The song that never ends" on an infinate loop as means to gain information from people.
2161: No sending messages to the spider, especailly not "I'm in ur base killing ur dudes".
2162: All their base do not belong to us.
2163: Dressing up as a pizza delivery man, postal worker, a giant hotdog, or stripper gram doesn't mean I can get into a secure facility.
2164: There are better ways to stake out a corpate facility than to stand across the street from it holding a sign that reads "The end is nigh"
2165: I am not the angel of death and the time of reckoning is not at hand.
2166: Damien Knight will never jello westle my character.
2166a: Niether will Nadja Davier.
2167: Not allowed to pick a random bums of the street and have them bioscupted into celebrity figures and force them to jello westle for profit.
Delarn
QUOTE (Angelone @ Feb 11 2010, 04:14 PM) *
2167: Not allowed to pick a random bums of the street and have them bioscupted into celebrity figures and force them to jello westle for profit.


Why not it would be funny ? Thrall mind them also so you can puppet the fight !

2168: I'm no longer allowed to thrall people to make a royal rumble in jello ...
WyldKnight
2169: Loading the voice from Unreal Tournament into a dummy commlink on my gun to say things such as Double Kill!, Triple Kill!, Multi Kill!, etc. is not considered good taste anywhere no matter how much I try to justify it.
Draco18s
QUOTE (WyldKnight @ Feb 12 2010, 11:47 PM) *
2169: Loading the voice from Unreal Tournament into a dummy commlink on my gun to say things such as Double Kill!, Triple Kill!, Multi Kill!, etc. is not considered good taste anywhere no matter how much I try to justify it.


2169a. Likewise "HEADSHOT" etc. for sniper rifles breaks concealment. No matter how I try to justify that it shouldn't.
2169b. "First Blood!" is not an achievement, even if it is a good idea when combat starts. Neither is "Flawless victory!" as that is hoped to be the standard.
2170. There is no "respawn zone"
Neraph
QUOTE (WyldKnight @ Feb 12 2010, 10:47 PM) *
2169: Loading the voice from Unreal Tournament into a dummy commlink on my gun to say things such as Double Kill!, Triple Kill!, Multi Kill!, etc. is not considered good taste anywhere no matter how much I try to justify it.

2169b: C-C-C-Combo-BREAKER!! when I get shot, however, is totally applicable, and always considered good taste.
Delarn
QUOTE (WyldKnight @ Feb 12 2010, 11:47 PM) *
2169: Loading the voice from Unreal Tournament into a dummy commlink on my gun to say things such as Double Kill!, Triple Kill!, Multi Kill!, etc. is not considered good taste anywhere no matter how much I try to justify it.


Even with a directed from behind the target chaos spell that says that ? That would make it justifiable no ?
WyldKnight
Huh, I hadn't thought of that. Maybe it would justify it lol.

2170b: Interrogating a guard to ask them where their "spawn point" is so I can camp it will only get confused stares and a facepalm from my GM.
Namelessjoe
QUOTE (WyldKnight @ Feb 12 2010, 09:47 PM) *
2169: Loading the voice from Unreal Tournament into a dummy commlink on my gun to say things such as Double Kill!, Triple Kill!, Multi Kill!, etc. is not considered good taste anywhere no matter how much I try to justify it.


what if your character is a ganger who grew up on fps's like mericle shooter and 2070's UT then it may be justifable wink.gif
Daylen
2171: chars can no longer have flashbacks to "Nom" in 2070 because they watched too many classic movies when they were a kid in the 2020s.
Neraph
QUOTE (Daylen @ Feb 13 2010, 12:35 PM) *
2171: chars can no longer have flashbacks to "Nom" in 2070 because they watched too many classic movies when they were a kid in the 2020s.

2171b: This may be suspended for those who have Hallucinations and those who use Personafixes from real veterans.
Olaf Eisengeist Magnusson
2172: I'm no longer allowed to converse with the new Coyote Shaman about certain sexual favors we have enjoyed between our common girlfriend on separate timelines within the same game.
AngelisStorm
QUOTE (Daylen @ Feb 13 2010, 02:35 PM) *
2171: chars can no longer have flashbacks to "Nom" in 2070 because they watched too many classic movies when they were a kid in the 2020s.


2171c: Unless I played to many Vietnam movies using Hot Sim mode over the years (and it's in my background, and I've taken the required disadvantages).
'Sconnie
2173: No characters with any sort of Scottish accent. Ever.
Artemis
QUOTE ('Sconnie @ Feb 17 2010, 12:43 AM) *
2173: No characters with any sort of Scottish accent. Ever.


Hey sometimes its the only accent that works.
Draco18s
QUOTE ('Sconnie @ Feb 16 2010, 07:43 PM) *
2173: No characters with any sort of Scottish accent. Ever.

2173a. Irish on the other hand is OK, even if they're indistinguishable to the majority of Americans.
Manunancy
QUOTE (WyldKnight @ Feb 13 2010, 06:07 PM) *
Huh, I hadn't thought of that. Maybe it would justify it lol.

2170b: Interrogating a guard to ask them where their "spawn point" is so I can camp it will only get confused stares and a facepalm from my GM.


2170b1 : unless my character has both the 'reality impaired' and 'addiction - shooters games' disdvantages
MadDogMike
QUOTE (Angelone @ Feb 11 2010, 04:14 PM) *
2164: There are better ways to stake out a corporate facility than to stand across the street from it holding a sign that reads "The end is nigh"


Are you kidding? That seems like a great excuse to be hanging around outside a place forever, and as a bonus if you're muttering into a commlink everyone just thinks you're crazy and talking to yourself. Getting rousted by the cops in the more fancy AAA zones is possible but hell, any sort of "loitering" might do that in those regions. Of course, in the 2070s it wouldn't surprise me if those "the end is nigh" signs are replaced with fancy full motion AR displays showing scenes of the imminant apocalypse.
'Sconnie
2165: Pants that look like the ones worn by the 2010 Norwegain Olympic Curling Team do not grant me any bonus dice, despite their sheer awesomeness.

2166: My character is never allowed to dress up like a clown ever again.
Matsci
2167. Despite the vague wording of the Ignite spell, I may not set the Moon on fire.
2168. Nor may I set the Golden Gate Bridge on fire.
2169. Or anything bigger than a car, really.
Delarn
QUOTE ('Sconnie @ Feb 19 2010, 03:08 PM) *
2165: Pants that look like the ones worn by the 2010 Norwegain Olympic Curling Team do not grant me any bonus dice, despite their sheer awesomeness.

2166: My character is never allowed to dress up like a clown ever again.

For 2166 any of my npc would have shot this character on sight ! I hate clowns !
Angelone
2170: Even if I take exotic weapon proficiency (Marshmellow gun) the marshmellows will do no damage to anything.
2171: No poisoned marshmellows.
2172: No longer allowed to call orcs "The Grinch"
2173: Can't play an Emu Samurai even with all the advances in medical science.
2174: When making fake IDs for the team I cannot use Justin Cognito or Richard Noggin.
SleepIncarnate
2175) Despite the advances to science, I cannot play an uplifted Dolphin or Orca, and this is not Poseidon.
2176) I may be going to Hell, but that is not a viable run option.
2176.a) I will not propose the idea of Shadowrunning in Hell as all our old and dead characters to my GM
2177) I will not send the troll cybered street sam to seduce the person we're extracting or the person we need information from.
2177.a) I will not have the rigger record their "steamy" sex via a Fly-Spy and sell the video to the highest bidder.

Side note..... 2177 and 2177.a did happen in my first ever SR game...... it's amazing I still play.
Neraph
QUOTE (SleepIncarnate @ Mar 5 2010, 04:25 PM) *
2176) I may be going to Hell, but that is not a viable run option.
2176.a) I will not propose the idea of Shadowrunning in Hell as all our old and dead characters to my GM

I went on a metaplanar quest to the deep metaplane Hell once...
Bitten the Bug
2177. I am not allowed as a GM to take a player's contact and make him my very own private fixer.
2178. I am not allowed to make said NPC into an arabic gnome with a penchant for strong turkish coffee and kebabs made of dubious meats with plenty of chili.
2179. Then make the players roll a body check to see if they can a) stomach the coffee, b) stomach the hot hotter hottest chili kebabs.
2180. I am not allowed to make a character based on a Cadre woman named Alicia DeVries.
2181. Whether or not she is shaman, phys-ad, cybered, physical mage, aspected anything.
2182. Then call my CO Uncle Arthur.
2183. Or call my car Megarea or my voice in my head Tisiphone.
WyldKnight
2184: I may have gotten away with it once but I can never again use the rules in Running Wild and 200K in stolen triad money to create this http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VxxL2YvNkzE
2184a. Programming an agent to say Go Go Gadget *insert device here* whenever he used something was also a little over the top.
Draco18s
QUOTE (WyldKnight @ Mar 6 2010, 05:27 PM) *
2184: I may have gotten away with it once but I can never again use the rules in Running Wild and 200K in stolen triad money to create this http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VxxL2YvNkzE


I think I just lost some essence watching that.
Delarn
QUOTE (Draco18s @ Mar 6 2010, 06:18 PM) *
I think I just lost some essence watching that.


me too ! at least it wasn't honkong phooey! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CW54W9y6-eU
Draco18s
QUOTE (Delarn @ Mar 6 2010, 09:53 PM) *
me too ! at least it wasn't honkong phooey! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CW54W9y6-eU


That just made me go o.O
Angelone
2185: My centering skill cannot be dirty limericks.
2186: No longer allowed to play Tech N9ne's "Breath" at the beginning of each fight.
2187: Or anything by Ensiferhiem no matter how badass they are.
2188: I am not Bill S Preston and this is not Theodore Login Esquire and we are not Wild Stallions.
2189: Cannot blare the Kill Bill whistle theme wherever I go.
2190: The garbage pale kids aren't a type of spirit.
2191: Not allowed to shout "OMG!!! KILL IT WITH FIRE!!!" after a fellow player describes their character for the first time.
Lok1 :)
3291: I am not over 9000
3292: As a GM I am not allowed a to run a campagin with the same plot as "Strange brew"
3293: No, I may not add rocket boosters to my bike.
3294: Haveing a BP configuration that brings up stats/bp spent in a matter following the Fibonacci sequence, is not a standred goal in character creation.
Kumo
3294: None of mysterious box mentioned in Dunkelzahn's Last Will contains Winslow.

3295: As a GM, I am not allowed to use "upgraded" (heh, heh...) version of Crazy Eye from Blackjack's Guide to Bitter Gamemastering more than once per team.
3295a: Double if playing "Nightmare Avenue" as background.
ravensmuse
QUOTE (Angelone @ Mar 7 2010, 12:55 PM) *
2188: I am not Bill S Preston and this is not Theodore Login Esquire and we are not Wild Stallions.


2188a: However, wicked air guitar solos are another matter entirely.

QUOTE
2189: Cannot blare the Kill Bill whistle theme wherever I go.

2189a: I can, however, have "Battle Without Honor or Mercy" set to play when I pull out my katana.
ker'ion
QUOTE (ravensmuse @ Mar 11 2010, 08:27 AM) *
2189a: I can, however, have "Battle Without Honor or Mercy" set to play when I pull out my katana.
Do you mean "Battle Without Honor or Humanity"?
Olaf Eisengeist Magnusson
2190: I'm no longer allowed to claim "Player Fiat" in game anymore.
2191: Listening to another player argue with a spirit kitten level 12 is just embarrassing.
Delarn
QUOTE (Lok1 :) @ Mar 7 2010, 04:09 PM) *
3291: I am not over 9000
3292: As a GM I am not allowed a to run a campagin with the same plot as "Strange brew"
3293: No, I may not add rocket boosters to my bike.
3294: Haveing a BP configuration that brings up stats/bp spent in a matter following the Fibonacci sequence, is not a standred goal in character creation.


32xx ??? We are at 22xx ;P
Delarn
2193 : I am no longer allowed to use the Snes Soundtrack to put ambiance to a game.
Kumo
QUOTE (Delarn @ Mar 12 2010, 03:01 AM) *
2193 : I am no longer allowed to use the Snes Soundtrack to put ambiance to a game.


eek.gif I'd call it sadism. It must not be allowed!
ravensmuse
QUOTE (ker'ion @ Mar 11 2010, 01:47 PM) *

That would be the one, yes.
Bitten the Bug
2194. Never ever under any circumstances play japanese pop during a session. Never, ever again...
2195. I am not allowed to play Morricone (Dollars trilogy) as a theme music for one of my shadow ops.
2196. Never ever have a few of my girlfriends on as NPCs. The boys can't take it. Oh, did I have fun!!! biggrin.gif biggrin.gif
2197. Not allowed to place a safehouse in a joyclub. And then use the magic backcount to disguise my mantis "lodge".

I forgot the numbers... Whoops!
Ego Mcmahon
2198 I am no longer allowed to cast expelliarmus to disarm enemies
2199 I am no longer allowed to build a killer robot driving instructor who travelled back in time for some reason
2199a said character is not allowed a talking pie for a freind
2200 I am not allowed to play a mage with a masturbation geas
2201 I am not allowed to create a giant weapon spec with shiva arms and wielding 2 claymores
2201a the above character is not allowed 2 miniguns, rocket launchers or other heavy weapons
2201b I may not set the team a mission to kill the above character especially if they are armed with the weapons mentioned in 2201 and 2201a
2202 I may not roll 40 dice to pimp slap a rival gang member
2203 I may not use a pistol to the face to make the dwarf shut the fuck up when on a smuggler flight to japan
2203a i may not throw the body of said dwarf out of the plane whilst over a major city
2204 My charachter does not have knowledge of a karma point and should not use said knowledge to plan
2204a even if said plan is to stuff myself with c12 and blow myself up at the entrance to horizon hq, taking out the security point and allowing the team to bass jump over the back wall
2204b if rule 2204 is violated as per 2204a the burning of said karma point will result in me being in front of the security terminal with abelly full of c12
2205 I may not cast orgy on a helicopter full of knight errant to allow the team to make an escape
2206 i should not bas jump into sadur krupp HQ with bright yellow parachutes, it has leathal consequences
2207 K-10 and Viagra should not be combined for angry sex
MatrixJargon
2208: Just because I go through the entire campaign using only a gun I called the "Plasma Cutter" does not mean I should get the "One Gun" trophy/achievement.
Ego Mcmahon
2209 I am not allowed a naga for a pet
2210 I am not allowed to let the mage and hacker work alone, nothing is ever acomplished....
2211 I must protect the mage, he dies far too often for an ork ganger
2212 I am not alowed to test whether a fence is electrified by pushing team members into them
2213 according to switch no knives are useless
2214 wedgies are not an acceptable greeting according to correct social conventions
2215 the elf coverts will never understand football (soccer)
2216 I am no longer allowed to take inspiration from the bible for npc street names.
2217 mojojojo is not an apropriate bbebg for any campaign, nor is a dog with shifty eyes
2218 as a gm i should not pick on a pc because the player is anoying me out of game..... so much.....
Method
2219 If a man toucheth the BBB as he hath thouchethed the Cheetos, he shall be stoned. His blood is upon him.
Angelone
2220: Cannot use flesh to goo and petrify to turn the opposition into "art" and sell them to the highest bidder.
2221: No longer allowed to use a combination of alkezelter and any type of birds as a distraction.
2222: No exploding animals at all really.
2223: Cannot use levitate to simulate Blackjack's Bovine bombardment.
2224: No longer allowed to genesplice anything or graft things to other things.
Headshot_Joe
2225: Contrary to all logic, it is actually safer to keep the squishy NPCs we've been trusted to guard with us at all times, rather than leave them behind with only the Bear Shaman to protect them. It is easier to heal their bullet wounds than to un-kidnap them all.

2226: Don't try to make the rigger physically accompany you into anyplace, because, even though he has five body, and should be capable of sustaining damage, he will inevitably try to play with any drones/vehicles he comes across, and, being a dwarf, will want to ride them in order to make himself feel taller. While this can be comical, zipping around at "honk-honk WHEEEEE!!!" speed on a very top-heavy forklift drone often leads to "honk-honk CRAAASSH!!" accidents. It is safer to let him be all otaku in his van/back at the base.

2227: There is no such thing as a "nice" toy factory in Shadowrun. They are all actually full of toy-looking combat drones.

2228: Staplers are barely capable of being used as an improvised club weapon, and cannot be taken as an "Exotic Ranged Weapon" skill.
2228a: However, they could be an "Exotic Throwing Weapon"...

2229: Bucket of hamsters plus a touch pool full of rays and sharks does not equal a cheap alternative form of entertaining myself while the rest of the team is doing things that require tact and subtlety.
AWOL
QUOTE (Hartbaine @ Sep 13 2009, 05:32 PM) *
613. When the PCs are low on supplies I'm no longer permitted to have a creepy guy in a blue longcoat, standing next to a blue torch flag them over and offer to sell them supplies by repeating "Whad're ya buyin'?" "Whad're ya sellin?" and consistently refer to them all as 'Stranger'. (Kudos to anyone who gets the reference, I had the table floored with a brief intermission while we waited for pizza one evening.)



613a. If I violate rule 613 he may not sell the street sam a revolver called the broken butterfly.
ker'ion
2230: I am not allowed to ever create a Surged Troll and beat people with my love club. Again.
2230a: I am not allowed to create any other large or giant race and try to do this either.
Tachi
QUOTE (Matsci @ Jan 24 2010, 02:10 AM) *
2130: They did it on Leverage is never an acceptable reason for an action.

QUOTE (ker'ion @ Jan 24 2010, 02:36 AM) *
2130a They did it on Mythbusters is not a viable option either.

QUOTE (Fezig @ Jan 24 2010, 03:43 AM) *
2130b - I saw it on an episode of Burn Notice also does not suffice.

QUOTE (Nightfalke @ Jan 24 2010, 08:44 AM) *
2130c - Ditto with Knight Rider, Airwolf, or A-Team.

2130d - Anything from MacGuyver, however, is perfectly acceptable.
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Headshot_Joe
QUOTE (Tachi @ Mar 23 2010, 12:20 AM) *
2130d - Anything from MacGuyver, however, is perfectly acceptable.
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2030d.i - Provided it does not involve rubber bands, paperclips, chewing gum, gunpowder, or shoelaces.
Tachi
2130d.i (Addendum) Or plastic drinking straws.
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