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From: Bull Bull22@***********.com
Subject: You Might Be An Online Shadowrun Gamer If...
Date: Mon, 26 Jun 2000 16:19:54 -0700
Ok, after donig some compiling, I realized a LOT of the comments were (of
course) very specific to online Shadowrun, so... I made this list, and
added a few...

Anything I missed, you old timers?

You Might Be an Online Shadowrun Gamer If…

.. you understand what the term BABY really means.
.. you have searched Ebay for a BABY to call your own.
.. you have a BABY of your own.
.. you've named your BABY.
… your BABY has more signatures in it than your High School Yearbook.
.. you're like a parent with your BABY in that if anyone goes to touch it
without express, often written, permission from yourself you have
threatened them with significant acts of violence.
.. you know what the following terms or anacronyms all mean ... "DRF,
FASA, Plastic Warriors, BKK, HHH, TSS, BadKarma, SR, Bulldrek."
.. you know the web site address of all of the previous by heart.
.. you know the names of the coordinating staff of each of those web
sites.
.. you can name all the DLOH in order and give the dates when they
changed hands accordingly.
… the DLOH knows who you are.
… you know what ShadowRN, Plot-D, and ShadowTK is, and what NERPS and
SRCreate were.
… you are (or were) a member of any of those lists.
… you are (and were) a member of ALL of those lists.
… including ShadowGM.
… you remember when the ShadowRN lists were on jackpoint.org.
… you remember when the ShadowRN lists were on itribe.
… you remember when the ShadowRN lists were on Haern.
.. you understand what the terms "Old Timer, Carp, Gurth's Stairs,
Dumpshock, etc..." all refer to and where they are used most.
… you know what the Tickle-Me-Dunkie and Dinky Dunky is.
.. you've ever made a stuffed Great Dragon doll.
… you’ve spent time on #Shadowrun on Undernet IRC.
… you know who Fro is.
… you know who WildAngle is.
… you remember CaptChaos, Mostafavi, and Fastjack.
… you visited Shadowland.org when it was still in it’s first incarnation.
… you have a copy of TopCat’s Manifesto.
… you know what TopCat’s Manifesto is.
… You remember “name the quote, win a prize”
… you know what the term THWAP means.
… you've been THWAPed.
… you have the big THWAP Carp ASCII graphic on your hard drive.
… you know MC23 or Dvixen’s real name.
… you remember Invasion Force.
… you were a part of Invasion Force.
… you weren’t part of IF, you were defending TK from IF.

Bull

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