Charon:
Hey!
I,m a 30 years old gamer who played Shadowrun 2nd edition in high school, skipped the 3rd edition (except for the fluff, wich I really like) and stumbled upon the 4th about a year ago. I played 3-4 sessions and liked what I saw.
My gaming experience is mostly centered around Vampire: The Mascarade/Dark Age. I mostly Gmed political/occult investigation games. My other setting/systems are M&M, In Nomine, 3.5, Paranoia, a heavily houseruled bastardisation of Scion/40k and Over The Edge.
I'm a firm believer in making characters togheter as a group, both to make sure all the bases are covered and to make sure we can actualy work togheter for a logical reason. In political games, I'm the first to stab my fellow players in the back. In any other games, I'm all for cooperation and won't pull stupid crap like stealing from my team. I like to give my character contacts with some human flaws. Being unlucky with dices, I like to roleplay botches (it was either learn to like it or curse at my luck). I like to make plans and do legwork before a run. I find it makes it easy for the GM to toss some little background crumbs that make the whole run seems more real, more anchored in the reality of the setting.
In general, I do not like making characters, finding it long and tedious. not so with Shadowrun, where I really love shopping for cyberwares and gear. My characters tend to be generalists with one speciality or two. Basically, I prefer for my character to have options instead of being the world's best at one thing and pretty much in sleep mode the rest of the time.
As a GM, I hate rules-lawyers. I'll tolerate any questions, and usually give the player 2 minutes (120 seconds) to state his case. I then rule for the game. The player can contact me after the game to talk about it further, but I do not do take backs. As a player, I use the same system. If I disagree with a GM's call, I'm going to ask him, but any discution of more than 2 minutes are detrimental to the game and will not happen.
I can play either in french or english, though my spoken english is workable, if a bit rusty. If you play in english, I'll probably do a fake accent for my character to represent that he's not perfectly fluent in the language (and excuse some prononciation mistakes
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If you got other questions, email me at brocoli_cuit@hotmail.com
Happy New Year!