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Message no. 1
From: Dennis Steinmeijer dv8@********.nl
Subject: Sad-Gits-R-Us
Date: Sun, 29 Aug 1999 00:48:11 +0200
So I just bought Cybertechnology today although I know it will be obsolete
in a few months when Man & Machine arrives. Am I an addict now?

"Uhm...my name is Dennis,...and...erm,...I'm a SR-addict."

"Abashed the Devil stood,...and felt how awful Goodness is..."
Message no. 2
From: Schizi@***.com Schizi@***.com
Subject: Sad-Gits-R-Us
Date: Sat, 28 Aug 1999 19:22:42 EDT
In a message dated 8/28/99 6:49:37 PM Eastern Daylight Time, dv8@********.nl
writes:

>
> So I just bought Cybertechnology today although I know it will be obsolete
> in a few months when Man & Machine arrives. Am I an addict now?
>
> "Uhm...my name is Dennis,...and...erm,...I'm a SR-addict."
NO NO NO you are NOT an addict.
If you had bought cybertechnology after M&M came out, then maybe...
if you had bought it by auction a year after M&M came out and paid triple
price for it, then yes, you would be an addict.

Right now, you're just a "die-hard fan" (not to be confused with a DieHard
fan, though why anyone would like car batteries..., oh forget it)
Message no. 3
From: Gorbi gbmaill@***.de
Subject: Sad-Gits-R-Us
Date: Sun, 29 Aug 1999 01:41:49 +0200
> So I just bought Cybertechnology today although I know it will be obsolete
> in a few months when Man & Machine arrives. Am I an addict now?

Maybe you just bought a valuable collectible.
Since I didn't read the list for three months can anybody tell me:
Will M&M have
-cybermancy rules and shadow talk about it?
-Hatchetmans story?

If not, you made a good deal. It's not only the rules and tables. Its the
setting the atmosphere. Hope M&M will have it.

Gorbi, Shadowrun addict


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Message no. 4
From: stefan casanova@***.passagen.se
Subject: Sad-Gits-R-Us
Date: Sun, 29 Aug 1999 01:46:22 +0000
> So I just bought Cybertechnology today although I know it will be obsolete
> in a few months when Man & Machine arrives. Am I an addict now?

Yep dude your hooked and let me be the first one to welcome you
to the club :)

I bought a copy of the 1st Edition rulebook when i already had the
2nd and 3rd ... gah :) I really didn't need it I just saw it and
bought it.

> "Uhm...my name is Dennis,...and...erm,...I'm a SR-addict."

Hi Dennis :)

.stefan


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Message no. 5
From: Zebulin Magby zebulingod@*****.com
Subject: Sad-Gits-R-Us
Date: Sat, 28 Aug 1999 17:13:51 -0700 (PDT)
On the topic of addiction to our favorite roleplaying game, I have only one thing to
add, and then a question.

I spent $165 on a tattoo of the Shadowrun 'S' on my right leg.

Does that make me an addict?

Zebulin

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Message no. 6
From: stefan casanova@***.passagen.se
Subject: Sad-Gits-R-Us
Date: Sun, 29 Aug 1999 02:23:38 +0000
> On the topic of addiction to our favorite roleplaying game, I have only one thing to
> add, and then a question.
>
> I spent $165 on a tattoo of the Shadowrun 'S' on my right leg.
>
> Does that make me an addict?

Nah it makes you the president of the organisation that is for sure
... hardcore addict .... it is kinda cool thou ... got any pics of it
to show the world ?

.stefan


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Message no. 7
From: Ereskanti@***.com Ereskanti@***.com
Subject: Sad-Gits-R-Us
Date: Sat, 28 Aug 1999 21:56:52 EDT
In a message dated 8/28/1999 7:13:40 PM US Eastern Standard Time,
zebulingod@*****.com writes:

> On the topic of addiction to our favorite roleplaying game, I have only one
> thing to
> add, and then a question.
>
> I spent $165 on a tattoo of the Shadowrun 'S' on my right leg.
>
> Does that make me an addict?

Uhhhhh....ermmm...uhmmmmm....I would say that is a Yes, with a very strongly
accented "S" in this case... ;-P

-K (who does admit, *THAT* is what he would call some diehard advertising
power)
Message no. 8
From: Dennis Steinmeijer dv8@********.nl
Subject: Sad-Gits-R-Us
Date: Sun, 29 Aug 1999 09:58:17 +0200
> On the topic of addiction to our favorite roleplaying game, I have only
one thing to
> add, and then a question.
>
> I spent $165 on a tattoo of the Shadowrun 'S' on my right leg.
>
> Does that make me an addict?
>
> Zebulin

Whoa! That's some kewl way for FASA to market Shadowrun! Do you get paid by
them to walk up and down the beach flashing that tattoo?

Dennis

"Abashed the Devil stood,...and felt how awful Goodness is..."
Message no. 9
From: Dvixen dvixen@****.com
Subject: Sad-Gits-R-Us
Date: Sun, 29 Aug 1999 01:49:46 -0700
>> On the topic of addiction to our favorite roleplaying game, I have only
>one thing to
>> add, and then a question.

>> I spent $165 on a tattoo of the Shadowrun 'S' on my right leg.

Damn someone beat me to it.

>> Does that make me an addict?

*shrug* Does having your cats named after dice pools imply anything? Or
using the game to meet the man of my dreams? *huge sappy grin*


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Message no. 10
From: Bull bull@*******.net
Subject: Sad-Gits-R-Us
Date: Sun, 29 Aug 1999 05:30:24 -0400 (EDT)
At 01:49 AM 8/29/99 -0700, Dvixen wrote these timeless words:
>>> On the topic of addiction to our favorite roleplaying game, I have only
>>one thing to
>>> add, and then a question.
>
>>> I spent $165 on a tattoo of the Shadowrun 'S' on my right leg.
>
>Damn someone beat me to it.
>
>>> Does that make me an addict?
>
>*shrug* Does having your cats named after dice pools imply anything? Or
>using the game to meet the man of my dreams? *huge sappy grin*
>
For you old timers... Rookie, one of Loki's group, has a sweet red SR "S"
on his arm. <grin> He said he was gonna have to get a blue one (like on
the SR3 HB) on his other arm after seeing SR3 :]

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Message no. 11
From: Gurth gurth@******.nl
Subject: Sad-Gits-R-Us
Date: Sun, 29 Aug 1999 12:03:15 +0200
According to Dennis Steinmeijer, at 0:48 on 29 Aug 99, the word on
the street was...

> So I just bought Cybertechnology today although I know it will be obsolete
> in a few months when Man & Machine arrives. Am I an addict now?
>
> "Uhm...my name is Dennis,...and...erm,...I'm a SR-addict."

No, I'd say you're an addict if you do things like buy Prime Runners at
full price in '99 or a first-edition Grimoire in 1997 (though it was
second-hand and at reduced cost. Uhhh... _what_ did I just admit about
myself...? :)

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Message no. 12
From: Daniel Sauve ahsdreamwalker@****.com
Subject: Sad-Gits-R-Us
Date: Sun, 29 Aug 1999 06:18:45 -0400
> No, I'd say you're an addict if you do things like buy Prime Runners
at
> full price in '99 or a first-edition Grimoire in 1997 (though it was
> second-hand and at reduced cost. Uhhh... _what_ did I just admit
about
> myself...? :)
Something we will tease you about. Mercilessly. :')
Actually, I think Plastic Warriors proves your addiction better then
any purchase, Gurth. ;')
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Message no. 13
From: Roger Ramirez chariot@*********.net
Subject: Sad-Gits-R-Us
Date: Sun, 29 Aug 1999 12:24:52 -0400
>
>> So I just bought Cybertechnology today although I know it will be obsolete
>> in a few months when Man & Machine arrives. Am I an addict now?
>
> Yep dude your hooked and let me be the first one to welcome you
> to the club :)
>
> I bought a copy of the 1st Edition rulebook when i already had the
> 2nd and 3rd ... gah :) I really didn't need it I just saw it and
> bought it.

Oh yeah, well I went out and bought a copy of the 1st Edition Hardcover
after I already had the 1st Edition Softcover the 2nd Edition Hardcover and
the third Edition Softcover. No if I can only find the 3rd Edition HC for
under $100 I would buy it.

hehe

Chariot
Message no. 14
From: Drew Curtis dcurtis@***.net
Subject: Sad-Gits-R-Us
Date: Mon, 30 Aug 1999 13:47:58 -0400 (EDT)
Well, my confession that 75% of everything I know about business I first
learned in Corporate Shadowfiles.

Drew Curtis, President, Digital Crescent, Incorporated
http://www.dcr.net (502) 226 3376 Internet and Software Design services.
Offering dial-up Access from Frankfort to Louisville and all points between.
Message no. 15
From: Manx timburke@*******.com.au
Subject: Sad-Gits-R-Us
Date: Tue, 31 Aug 1999 07:42:04 +1000
At 13:47 30/08/99 -0400 Drew Curtis wrote
>Well, my confession that 75% of everything I know about business I first
>learned in Corporate Shadowfiles.
>
>Drew Curtis, President, Digital Crescent, Incorporated

Remind me Drew, never ever to f%&k with your business.

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Message no. 16
From: Drew Curtis dcurtis@***.net
Subject: Sad-Gits-R-Us
Date: Wed, 1 Sep 1999 16:38:15 -0400 (EDT)
On Tue, 31 Aug 1999, Manx wrote:

> At 13:47 30/08/99 -0400 Drew Curtis wrote
> >Well, my confession that 75% of everything I know about business I first
> >learned in Corporate Shadowfiles.
> >
> Remind me Drew, never ever to f%&k with your business.
>
What's really scary is the options you find yourself considering. One
night I was telling a friend of mine about how we had only one competetor
in town. He said that for a small fee of $5k he'd go firebomb their
building. What's funny is how long I thought about it before saying no.
But let me tell you, it's entirely cost effective. I'd make that $5k back
in the following week.

Drew Curtis, President, Digital Crescent, Incorporated
http://www.dcr.net (502) 226 3376 Internet and Software Design services.
Offering dial-up Access from Frankfort to Louisville and all points between.
Message no. 17
From: David Yiannakos yiannako@*******.edu
Subject: Sad-Gits-R-Us
Date: Wed, 1 Sep 1999 16:57:51 -0400
Drew Curtis said:
| What's really scary is the options you find yourself considering. One
| night I was telling a friend of mine about how we had only one competetor
| in town. He said that for a small fee of $5k he'd go firebomb their
| building. What's funny is how long I thought about it before saying no.
| But let me tell you, it's entirely cost effective. I'd make that $5k back
| in the following week.

Heh. It's funny the stuff you find yourself thinking sometimes, isn't it?
The only problem is that if you stand that much to gain from it, any cop
worth his badge will think of you first when investigating. I've been in
the same situation, though. Where suddenly you snap back to reality and have
to remind yourself to say no.

---Dave ('s not here man)
Message no. 18
From: Arclight arclight@*********.de
Subject: Sad-Gits-R-Us
Date: Thu, 2 Sep 1999 00:59:59 +0200
And finally, Drew Curtis expressed himself by writing:

> What's really scary is the options you find yourself considering. One
> night I was telling a friend of mine about how we had only one competetor
> in town. He said that for a small fee of $5k he'd go firebomb their
> building. What's funny is how long I thought about it before saying no.
> But let me tell you, it's entirely cost effective. I'd make
> that $5k back
> in the following week.

As long as you said "no" because of moral issues, and not because you
thought that your friend might fail and get caught, this is ok I think :)

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