From:	NeoJudas neojudas@******************.com
Subject:	Shadowrun on Slashdot.org
Date:	Thu, 8 Jun 2000 16:47:52 -0500

From: "Adam J" <adamj@*********.html.com>
Subject: Re: Shadowrun on Slashdot.org


> >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.

Ah, but that "News for Nerds" is functionally highlighted in over 10% of the
F500 group.

> 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 I never said that they'd come running and screaming into the game, I
said they'd gain ground. Anytime newsbreaks of this scale and size, and I
think we all know the term "Scale" in this case is in proportion to the
gaming industry, not the world-wide news organization, it usually generates
interest. Interest generates sales increases, or at the very least
awareness increase.

> And let's not forget that a lot of tech savvy readers will hit FASA.com
and
> go "Ewwww!", then run away. <sigh>

You know, I could have philosophized all day with ya on an opposing
viewpoint until you got right *here*.

In some lightly positive news, something we noticed amongst ourselves on IRC
this morning was that FASA's website has had two sets of updates within a
month (mostly art-related), but at least there is some business-end traffic
there for a change.

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