| From: | Adam J adamj@*********.html.com |
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| Subject: | Shadowrun on Slashdot.org |
| Date: | Thu, 08 Jun 2000 14:27:14 -0600 |
>It kind of makes me chuckle in a way. I seem to recall a year or two ago at
>Gencon one of the people from TSR/WotC's marketing department(s) making a
>statement however though "Shadowrun" wasn't the immediate competitor to
>their number one product(s), they did consider it an "immediate threat".
>
>Well it looks like that threat just gained a considerable amount of ground.
I don't really think so. Slashdot is "News for Nerds, Stuff that Matters".
The nerds that are already interested in roleplaying probably already have
some sort of knowledge about SR or already play it.
The nerds that aren't interested in roleplaying probably aren't going to
pick up a game just because Jon Katz thinks that it's Oh So Relevant.
Moreso, the people who do pick up SR because of this article are probably
not going to play it, only read it. Now I don't think this is a bad thing,
per se - a sale is a sale, but unless the person goes "Whoah! This is f'ing
cool!" and continues to buy SR books for the metaplot and themes contained
within, I doubt that many will continue to purchase SR books.
And let's not forget that a lot of tech savvy readers will hit FASA.com and
go "Ewwww!", then run away. <sigh>
Adam
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