From:	"Steven A. Tinner" <bluewizard@*****.COM>
Subject:	Timing whiners
Date:	Sat, 13 Sep 1997 01:42:54 -0400

I'm not looking to flmae anyone here, but I have a couple concerns.

After wading through the recent batch of FASA Q&A's I DO agree that the
timing of play needs to be better addressed.
However, all of us need to realize that just because Skuzzy hasn't emailed
us a 10 page document detailing "How many Runners can Ever go on a Single
Shadowrun," or "When GAQ's May and May Not be played during a run" does NOT
mean that these breif answers are the final say on these matters!

I imagine that Skuzzy has a LOT of questions to get to in email, and if the
best he can do today is to say "No more than 6 runners may go on a
shadowrun" than just hold tight.
FASA has a history of eventually fixing these matters, as anyone who's been
playing the SR RPG for a while would know.

On the same topic, I know a lot of us on this list are "MtG graduates" and
we'd like to see this game as well fleshed out an running a the same speed
as Magic.

Three words - Not Gonna Happen.

At least not for a while.
Anyone remember how Magic played when Alpha came out?
It sucked ass!
No one knew wether blocker tapped, or how spells were timed.
IMO the game was close to unplayable until the Pocket Player's Guide came
out, and even AFTER that, it was and still IS full of vague rules and
inconcistencies.
It's frustrating, but that's what happens when you take a game with
essentially a different rule for every card, spread it around the world, and
try to call it "complete"

I have yet to see a card game that has managed to solve EVERY problem with
nothing more than the basic Starter Deck rulebook, and LESS THAN TWO MONTHS
in the public!

To all those people complaining about how this game is gonna suck if FASA
doesn't "fix" GAQ's, or if they don't make timing work one way, all the
time.

Hold your friggin' pants on.

This game is a mere baby.
Let is grow, and maybe someday if it survives it's infancy, we'll have a
tortured adolescent on our hands! ;-)

Steven A. "I-Never-Use-GAQ's-Cause-It's-Not-Worth-It" Tinner
bluewizard@*****.com
http://www.ncweb.com/users/bluewizard
"Just exactly where are the OATS located on the human body?"