Just posting an idea that I think would really help alot of SR Newbs... I don't know if they are doable or even if the admins would bother implementing them, but here goes... I'm bored

1) Have a way for admins to highlight a post as "The accepted answer" to the question.

OR

2) Archive the posted question and only the answer to the question in some other forum.

OR

3) Highlight the Gods of Dumpshock. In other words when "Ourteam" or "Doctor Funkenstein" or "Kagetenshi", or even of the other amazing posters (sorry if I forgot anyone.. running to a meeting), posts make their posts standout. Its so easy to lose the correct response in chitter chatter.

Thoughts... Comments... Nuyen?

Feonyx

Doesn't this belong in the "Bug Reports & Feature Requests" section?

1) A forum made for discussion should remain open to discussion. I've seen every frequent topic under the light, but every now and then someone brings something very interesting and new on the table. So no, I disagree.

3) Frequent posters, even those that are Limitless Light, do not necessarely have a more valid opinion than a newbie, or even a less frequent but regular poster. Let people make their own judgement on who they want to listen to.

True true Backgammon... I guess that's the difference between Shadowrun and almost any other RPG. The rules are not as set in stone as some like, but that frees up the GM to fudge the rules here and there with little opposition from the players.

Feonyx

1) Pretty much ditto what Backgammon said. Even when topics come up on a weekly basis, each discussion around it usually revolves around a different aspect or a new-found rule or situation.

2) That would just create clutter and would require constant maintenance on a board that's already apparently falling apart in the background.

3) This is just a horrible suggestion. 'Nuff said.

Not to mention create dissent amongst all the "lower denziens" of the forum that don't get special recognition.

Hence the “would not only be unfair to everyone else”

But yeah, dividing into the haves and have-nots based on extremely vague and ephemeral criteria is bad.

~J

Aside from popularity contests.

As far as I'm concerned.
Dumpshock is completely NOT the place for the FINAL WORD on anything.
It's a great place to discuss book rules for clarification, interpretation, and a great place to pose house rules for the same reasons, but final words on rules?
hmm...that is probably best left to FanPro and your opinion of their rules.

*Lower denizen grumbling* How come us DS peasants don't get highlighted, eh?

I still say we need to get rid of this whole blue/grey motiff and setup the Ork Catholic Schoolgirl background I wanted.

I love this place for talking shadowrun and getting better insight into runnig a good game, my advice to the real experts out there is to try to keep clear what version they are referencing! Occasionally I get REAL confused when an old rule gets discussed!

I actually like Dumpshock more for discussing background and GM helping that the way rules come. I have my view on them, and mostly will stick to it even if it's blatantly wrong. Still, knowing details and things about background, or improving my skills as a Master is invaluable.

Haven't perused Target: Matrix lately, have you?

Wasn't it a Troll, though?

~J

That and the official site does say to come here and ask questions, because not only do you get rulings on answers, you gain the benefit of hundreds of hours of combined know-how in application to the issue. They can only offer so much opinion from the answer thing, where here you get book references tempered with opinion and other insite.

... all of which assists the GM in making a decision based on the needs of his or her game. If it's a player asking the question, they can then point their GM to the appropriate Thread and let the GM for the game in question take it from there.

Everyone has something to contribute ... sometimes the wildest ideas might in turn lead to gems of canon that might be up-till-now undiscovered (or even just indisclosed ).