Hello,

In an effort to reduce the number of "How do I get off probation?" threads I'm going to start this here thread so new members can introduce themselves, chat with other noobs, make some friends and get a few posts under their belts. If you're especially well behaved and dont appear to be selling Viagra, a mod might wander through periodically and bump you up to Member status.

Remember: Conserve ammo, shoot straight and read the Terms of Service before posting.

Welcome to Dumpshock.

And remember that if you are selling viagra, any discount smaller than 70% is not competitive.

This is a good idea, I like it.

Also, I never buy viagra at less than a 95% discount.

Or, they could just write the limitations into the registration form and people sign up knowing it and start posting untill they can do stuff?
And write it into the page where people can't du stuff untill they have reached the 10 needed postings too?

Screw that! I want my Viagra free.

Hey guys, great resource!

I found hot source of Russian NERPS at 105% discount price! Check it out.

Psst... Method; posts here are not counted in post numbers, or most of the mods would be much higher in count

so...anyone wanna buy some viagra?

What's the discount?

Caine: I think the idea is that someone can post in here, and the mods will "unlock" their account, so they can get off probation early.

Glad to see Method's great idea has already FREE CREDIT REPORTS been de-railed and turned into a Viagra depot.

I'll start!

I am Dr. Maheer Najeera. I am from Nigeria. I am requesting the assistance of your good person with a matter of importance financial.

You tried to rent a house to me, you bastard.

If it wasn't for the 'petroleum land in West Africa', I would've been out some serious moneys.

I'm looking forward to being off double secret probation... having a profile and such. Never thought 10 posts (or whatever it is) would be hard to reach.

Haven't played Shadowrun since second edition 15+ years ago. Soon to run a 4A game.

I absolutely felt the same way. The concept of getting 10 posts seemed very hard to reach--it was like being at a party where you only know one person. You don't really want to "butt in" on any of the conversations...
But now look. Been here less than a month and over 100 comments. None of them actually advance any of the conversations, mind you... But don't worry. You'll get there.

*coughs*

You and I joined the same day, and it seems I have a lot more nothing to say than you do.

Damn! Out-irrelevanted! (Irrelevancied? Irrelev...ant.. irrelevantasted?)

Welcome to Dumpshock Endroren and rstehwien. I hope you enjoyed your sanity, you'll soon lose it here

You can taste Irrelevancy?! Shwaeeet.

Now, allow me to introduce you to my new product, the Sham-Wow. Watch how it soaks up enough water to douse FOUR flame wars at once! Even through a carpet!

Here is the official first post of Azmo.

He is neither a technocritter or a member of the hacker elite.

He was a lurker, and will now stop referring to himself in the third person.

Howdy folks.

I like to follow what other people are doing. It makes me feel safe.
I'm Jay Mitsuru, currently in South Korea and separated from my homies in #s-run over on Undernet. I get excited about silly things like soy-cakes that mimic the texture of chicken and circuitry built into contact lenses and cats with prosthetic paws.
I've been jonesing for some SR4 for nearly a year, but so far all I've managed to do is find a GM for Classic D&D.

Welcome Jay and Azmo...You will waste much time here...so say goodbye to your loved ones now...

I play with the mean dogs at the Frontier, but I like watching the histrionics going on with the CGL situation.

A friend of mine has a question. What's the best "size enhancing" pill out there? Are they all about the same, or has someone found larger results with a particular one?

Thanks (for my friend)!

Mesh

Well, clinical studies on rats have clearly shown that, far and away, the best "enhancements" come from one pill: Nerps.

Hello everyone, I am BloodCarver and my favorate character archetype is the rigger. I have played SR since SR1ed but culminated in SR3ed. I am even now trying to wrap my squash around the new Wireless World of SR4ed and the combining of riggers and deckers = hackers/technomancers. Not really succeding in conversion of my Sr3ed characters or know where to start with a SR4ed character... I am drone orientated(to quote "DGIF") ever since my meat bod got chewed up pretty bad on a run(It is bad when the mage and rigger on Overwatch is dragging your Combat monsters' hoops out of the fire. LOL)- we had a very Evil GM(is there any other?)- well we reaped what we sowed on that run. I had a group of "challenged" players. Some didn't quite get the whole professionalism/ethics thing. I don't mind Pink Mohawk style of gaming, but these guys were not even trying.(too much D&D -hack n slash mindsets). But hey I got to play SR and they weren't always at the extreme end of things.

But what if I am a spambot, programmed to think I'm an ordinary poster?

Then you should get yourself tested:

http://forums.xkcd.com/viewtopic.php?f=7&t=44698

Welcome rstehwien, azmo, Jay, Terminax, BloodCarver and anyone I may have missed.

Oh, and if you want to make easy money from home, just send $50 via Paypal to method@easymoneynow.com (for a pre-employment background check) and I'll send you a link to everything you'll need!

I am almost somewhat certain that im probably not a spambot, tabun.

I may not be able to pass the Turing Test, but I can still love! Has Pulsar taught you meat-bags nothing?

Ragman and Lamhslea you should be regular members now.

Damn, don't know why I didn't see this thread sooner.

Hullo, I'm Squiddy, and I'm relatively new to Shadowrun. I play a twitchy, excessively-overcaffeinated hacker (though that's sort of typical, isn't it?).


I wish I had a good spambot joke to make here but, alas, my wit has deserted me.

So... I should post in here then?

Hi?

BobChuck and Squiddy Attack are now dumpshock members with all the privileges and responsibilities that implies.

Wait what? O.o

Members newly off probation are responsible for cooking for Meatloaf Tuesday. Didn't they tell you?

(And just between you and me, if you put too much salt in? Bam! Drop bears.)

Been wondering how to get off probation, thought the court released me years ago...

I haven't really played Shadowrun in around 15 years, since second edition. I recently started getting back into roleplaying, and did quite a bit of research into the games I used to play to see where they stood these days. I'm not going to get into the 4e D&D mess; suffice it to say that I decided on Shadowrun to break myself back in. I have many fond memories of 2E, and 4A looked pretty good. I got the SR4A book about a week ago, and have been devouring it ever since. This site has been a great reference, and I check it most days. Usually it just makes me feel lost and out of touch, thanks to how much the game has changed in 15 years. I'm about ready to find a group though, and I plan on using Dumpshock like a crutch to help get me back into the swing of things.

say, can we also request a name change in this thread?

*points at post count*
even if they did, i would probably have forgotten about it by now ^^

Heh, and of course I pick the wrong person to make the joke to.

DS is not a crutch

It's a cyberware pegleg.

No, like a hook hand you forgot you had until you scratched your nose

ah's okay, i'm not important anyway ^^

Oh! I hope so. I request that krayola red's name be changed to Robert. I like that name.

Good thread, these are always good for intros and getting off probation. I was a long term member but left for awhile and couldn't remember my password or email address.

Hi y'all. I got free viagra laced with mind control pills. When it fails to work, you won't sue because the mind control pills work! I'll get to run my own shadowrun against myself.

Ok on a more serious note. I am new to Shadowrun and new to the forums. I'll even pass the Turing Test. I hope so anyway, otherwise I am a very well-designed robot unaware of my robotness.

Sure it is, like Cherry's M16 leg from Grindhouse

shorttime shadowrun player, shorttime shadowrun GM, longtime DnD player/DM

I've started playing missions at my local store in Nebraska under Galen to get a better handle of the flow and rules before my own group gets into a serious schedule, and I am registering to supplement this knowledge with answers to my rules/settings questions from a big cuddly database of users.

My players started SR more than me. I don't care what book's in front of me I just want to run SOMETHING. Designing fun characters, scenes, and setups is very enjoyable to me, fantasy, horror, scifi, or cyberpunk. I grew up with DnD because my dad and brothers played it, but my friends didn't have that. We're all 19-20 and my peers just relate to this more. If I wasn't going to be running DnD I might as well use an entirely new system to make things exciting rather than yet another D20 ruleset. I could tell I hit gold with SR when my players fought over my first 4e book just looking at the combat rules and weapons they could be using whereas magical swords and spell effects meant little to them.