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Message no. 1
From: ValeuJ@*************.navy.mil (Valeu John EMFA)
Subject: (Semi-OT) AH-HA-HA-HA!! IT'S MINE!!!!
Date: Wed, 30 Apr 2003 00:15:45 -0800
Well folks, I just got done with my first day in Perth/Freemantle.

I found a gaming store with a SERIOUS back-log of games. They had about 7
or 8 copys of VR 1.0!!! And Grimore One (4 copies)!!! And Mercuial (about
5 of those). And a copy of NAGRL, Germany Sourcebook, Elven Fire (what's
that about anyway?), and Shadowbeat.
They also had 2 copies of 1st ed. Including one Hardcover. Which I picked
up for about $54 (Aus) in near mint condition.

Of the current edition, they only had Matrix and MitS.

I now have bragging rights that I own a 1st ed hardcover.


(Sorry, just had to brag... :)

======================Chronicals of TimeKeeper, Otaku Fixer

"No! It's mine!! You can't have it!!!"
Message no. 2
From: cmd_jackryan@***.net (Phillip Gawlowski)
Subject: (Semi-OT) AH-HA-HA-HA!! IT'S MINE!!!!
Date: Tue, 29 Apr 2003 18:25:32 +0200
Am Wed, 30 Apr 2003 00:15:45 -0800 hat Valeu John EMFA
<ValeuJ@*************.navy.mil> geschrieben:

> Well folks, I just got done with my first day in Perth/Freemantle.
>
> I found a gaming store with a SERIOUS back-log of games. They had about
> 7
> or 8 copys of VR 1.0!!! And Grimore One (4 copies)!!! And Mercuial
> (about
> 5 of those). And a copy of NAGRL, Germany Sourcebook, Elven Fire (what's
> that about anyway?), and Shadowbeat.
> They also had 2 copies of 1st ed. Including one Hardcover. Which I
> picked
> up for about $54 (Aus) in near mint condition.
>
> Of the current edition, they only had Matrix and MitS.


So, they think those things fell through a hole in the time/space-
continuum, or what?

Are they still new to electicity, or do they know it is not sent by the
Anti-Christ?


So, that's what they get for not telling me they have Shadowbeat...

--
Phillip Gawlowski
GameMaster and GeneralIdiot
Message no. 3
From: davidb@****.imcprint.com (Graht)
Subject: (Semi-OT) AH-HA-HA-HA!! IT'S MINE!!!!
Date: Tue, 29 Apr 2003 10:36:06 -0600
At 12:15 AM 4/30/2003 -0800, Valeu John EMFA wrote:
>Well folks, I just got done with my first day in Perth/Freemantle.
>
>I found a gaming store with a SERIOUS back-log of games. They had about 7
>or 8 copys of VR 1.0!!! And Grimore One (4 copies)!!! And Mercuial (about
>5 of those). And a copy of NAGRL, Germany Sourcebook, Elven Fire (what's
>that about anyway?), and Shadowbeat.
>They also had 2 copies of 1st ed. Including one Hardcover. Which I picked
>up for about $54 (Aus) in near mint condition.
>
>Of the current edition, they only had Matrix and MitS.
>
>I now have bragging rights that I own a 1st ed hardcover.

Holly Crap!

>(Sorry, just had to brag... :)

I don't blame you :)

I hope you got Shadowbeat. IMHO it's one of the best supplements at
filling in the cracks of the bathroom floor that is Shadowrun...

okay, I don't get the analogy either, but I'm going to leave it as a rare
glimpse into my mind.

Grats John! :)

--
To Life,
-Graht
ShadowRN Assistant Fearless Leader II
http://www.graht.com
Message no. 4
From: ValeuJ@*************.navy.mil (Valeu John EMFA)
Subject: (Semi-OT) AH-HA-HA-HA!! IT'S MINE!!!!
Date: Wed, 30 Apr 2003 00:40:47 -0800
At 12:15 AM 4/30/2003 -0800, Valeu John EMFA wrote:
>>Well folks, I just got done with my first day in Perth/Freemantle.
>>
>>I found a gaming store with a SERIOUS back-log of games. They had about 7
>>or 8 copys of VR 1.0!!! And Grimore One (4 copies)!!! And Mercuial
(about
>>5 of those). And a copy of NAGRL, Germany Sourcebook, Elven Fire (what's
>>that about anyway?), and Shadowbeat.
>>They also had 2 copies of 1st ed. Including one Hardcover. Which I
picked
>>up for about $54 (Aus) in near mint condition.
>>
>>Of the current edition, they only had Matrix and MitS.
>>
>>I now have bragging rights that I own a 1st ed hardcover.

>Holly Crap!

Yeah, that's what I said too. That and "I could spend a fortune in here..."

>(Sorry, just had to brag... :)

>I don't blame you :)

>I hope you got Shadowbeat. IMHO it's one of the best supplements at
>filling in the cracks of the bathroom floor that is Shadowrun...

Of course, that was the main book I was looking for. The 1stHC was a bonus.
If it wasn't for the fact that VR 1.0 and Grimore 1.0 were REALLY outdated,
I would have picked those up too.

>okay, I don't get the analogy either, but I'm going to leave it as a rare
>glimpse into my mind.

>Grats John! :)

I guess this would be a Karmic reward from The Exchange...
Message no. 5
From: grimjack@******.com (Martin Little)
Subject: (Semi-OT) AH-HA-HA-HA!! IT'S MINE!!!!
Date: Tue, 29 Apr 2003 12:50:54 -0400 (EDT)
On Wed, 30 Apr 2003, Valeu John EMFA wrote:

> >>I now have bragging rights that I own a 1st ed hardcover.
>

What's funny is I originally sold my 1st Ed book to a friend when I bought
the second edition and then had to go back years later and buy another
copy :)

> >I hope you got Shadowbeat. IMHO it's one of the best supplements at
> >filling in the cracks of the bathroom floor that is Shadowrun...
>
> Of course, that was the main book I was looking for. The 1stHC was a bonus.
> If it wasn't for the fact that VR 1.0 and Grimore 1.0 were REALLY outdated,
> I would have picked those up too.

But they have such a classic look to them,
and (I at least think...) the story in VR1 is a great view of the
mechanics behind the matrix.
Message no. 6
From: Billt@*********.com (Bill Thompson)
Subject: (Semi-OT) AH-HA-HA-HA!! IT'S MINE!!!!
Date: Tue, 29 Apr 2003 10:00:21 -0700
On Wed, 30 Apr 2003 00:40:47 -0800
Valeu John EMFA <ValeuJ@*************.navy.mil> wrote:

>
> Of course, that was the main book I was looking for. The 1stHC was a
> bonus. If it wasn't for the fact that VR 1.0 and Grimore 1.0 were REALLY
> outdated, I would have picked those up too.
>

Man, if you go back you MUST pick up a copy of VR 1.0. The novella that
takes up half the book is one of the best SR stories ever told. Well worth
having in your collection.

--
BillT@*********.com - PGP KeyID#: 0xFB966670
Message no. 7
From: maxnoel_fr@*****.fr (Max Noel)
Subject: (Semi-OT) AH-HA-HA-HA!! IT'S MINE!!!!
Date: Tue, 29 Apr 2003 20:01:29 +0200
Valeu John EMFA wrote :

> I now have bragging rights that I own a 1st ed hardcover.

I have one too -- well, the French version. Does that give me the
right to brag? :p
Anyway, congratulations John, that's an impressive number of rare, old
and cool books you just got. The others are right -- you should have
bought VR 1.0 too. Haven't read it, but the fact that it contains the
short story "The Matrix" is based on makes it worth reading IMHO.

-- Wild_Cat
"Look at you hacker... A pathetic creature of meat and bone, panting
and sweating as you run through my corridors... How can you challenge a
perfect, immortal machine?"
Message no. 8
From: gurth@******.nl (Gurth)
Subject: (Semi-OT) AH-HA-HA-HA!! IT'S MINE!!!!
Date: Tue, 29 Apr 2003 19:49:09 +0200
According to Valeu John EMFA, on Wednesday 30 April 2003 10:15 the word on
the street was...

> Elven Fire (what's that about anyway?)

http://www.xs4all.nl/~gurth/shadowrun/7300.html#10

> I now have bragging rights that I own a 1st ed hardcover.
>
> (Sorry, just had to brag... :)

But can you brag that you have four SR hardcovers, of three different
editions? ;) (Now if only I could find a first-printing SR1 hardcover...)

--
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We'll all take turns. I'll get mine, too.
-> Probably NAGEE Editor * ShadowRN GridSec * Triangle Virtuoso <-
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Message no. 9
From: arclight@*********.de (Arclight)
Subject: (Semi-OT) AH-HA-HA-HA!! IT'S MINE!!!!
Date: Tue, 29 Apr 2003 20:28:28 +0200
At 19:49 29.04.2003 +0200, Gurth wrote:

<snip>

>But can you brag that you have four SR hardcovers, of three different
>editions? ;) (Now if only I could find a first-printing SR1 hardcover...)

Sure ;) I have 1st and 3rd ed HCs, both german and english and a (pretty
much damaged) german 2nd ed HC. Now all I need is a mint condition english
and german 2nd ed ...

Arclight
Message no. 10
From: Jconstable@*****.com (Jconstable@*****.com)
Subject: (Semi-OT) AH-HA-HA-HA!! IT'S MINE!!!!
Date: Tue, 29 Apr 2003 23:08:28 +0100 (BST)
On Tue, 29 Apr 2003, Gurth wrote:

>
> But can you brag that you have four SR hardcovers, of three different
> editions? ;) (Now if only I could find a first-printing SR1 hardcover...)

How can you tell? I have a 1st ed hardback..

--
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Message no. 11
From: ianvs@**********.com (IANVS)
Subject: (Semi-OT) AH-HA-HA-HA!! IT'S MINE!!!!
Date: Tue, 29 Apr 2003 20:13:33 -0400
>(Now if only I could find a first-printing SR1 hardcover...)

I've got that and the flyers for Shadowrun before the game came out.
And that video I still have to make for Adam... Maybe I should be
bragging.
Message no. 12
From: ianvs@**********.com (IANVS)
Subject: (Semi-OT) AH-HA-HA-HA!! IT'S MINE!!!!
Date: Tue, 29 Apr 2003 20:14:28 -0400
>How can you tell? I have a 1st ed hardback..

Some interior art changed as well as some errata.
Message no. 13
From: mc23@**********.com (MC23)
Subject: (Semi-OT) AH-HA-HA-HA!! IT'S MINE!!!!
Date: Tue, 29 Apr 2003 20:15:42 -0400
>>(Now if only I could find a first-printing SR1 hardcover...)
>
> I've got that and the flyers for Shadowrun before the game came out.
>And that video I still have to make for Adam... Maybe I should be
>bragging.

And using my main email address.

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Message no. 14
From: ValeuJ@*************.navy.mil (Valeu John EMFA)
Subject: (Semi-OT) AH-HA-HA-HA!! IT'S MINE!!!!
Date: Wed, 30 Apr 2003 11:39:17 -0800
>>(Now if only I could find a first-printing SR1 hardcover...)

> I've got that and the flyers for Shadowrun before the game came out.
>And that video I still have to make for Adam... Maybe I should be
>bragging.

Ohhhhh.... I just remembered. The place also had a single copy of NAN
(volume 1) AND a Copy of UB (no boxed set. Just the book.) Talk about
temptation.
Message no. 15
From: shiva@*********.net (Shiva Khan)
Subject: (Semi-OT) AH-HA-HA-HA!! IT'S MINE!!!!
Date: Tue, 29 Apr 2003 23:19:07 -0700
> But can you brag that you have four SR hardcovers, of three different
> editions? ;) (Now if only I could find a first-printing SR1
hardcover...)

I can't claim about having four hard covers, but I do have a 1st print
run of both the 1st and second edition hardcovers and I do have one of
the numbered 3rd edition hardcovers. Those along with special edition
books for other games ... Oh well, still missing a few of the early
books for SR but that is what I get for not really getting into the game
until the 2nd edition came out.

S.K.

Memory, like fire, is radiant and immutable. While history serves only
those who seek to control it. Those who would douse the flame of memory
in order to put out the dangerous fire of truth. Beware these men! For
they are dangerous and unwise. Their false history is written in the
blood of those who might remember and of those who seek the truth.
Message no. 16
From: gurth@******.nl (Gurth)
Subject: (Semi-OT) AH-HA-HA-HA!! IT'S MINE!!!!
Date: Wed, 30 Apr 2003 11:16:37 +0200
According to Jconstable@*****.com, on Wednesday 30 April 2003 00:08 the
word on the street was...

> > But can you brag that you have four SR hardcovers, of three different
> > editions? ;) (Now if only I could find a first-printing SR1
> > hardcover...)
>
> How can you tell? I have a 1st ed hardback..

There are two ways. One is that the second printing has "Corrected second
printing" in the lower left corner of page 5, but the most obvious one is
that the map of Seattle on the front and back inside cover is upside-down
in the first printing. An illustration in the equipment list (I think) was
also removed after the first printing, IIRC.

--
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We'll all take turns. I'll get mine, too.
-> Probably NAGEE Editor * ShadowRN GridSec * Triangle Virtuoso <-
-> The Plastic Warriors Page: http://plastic.dumpshock.com <-

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Message no. 17
From: gurth@******.nl (Gurth)
Subject: (Semi-OT) AH-HA-HA-HA!! IT'S MINE!!!!
Date: Wed, 30 Apr 2003 11:17:51 +0200
According to Valeu John EMFA, on Wednesday 30 April 2003 21:39 the word on
the street was...

> Ohhhhh.... I just remembered. The place also had a single copy of NAN
> (volume 1) AND a Copy of UB (no boxed set. Just the book.) Talk about
> temptation.

UB is not a box set; it's two books in a thick paper sleeve. If that is
what they had, and you're still in a position to go back to that store,
you might consider going to buy it :)

--
Gurth@******.nl - http://www.xs4all.nl/~gurth/index.html
We'll all take turns. I'll get mine, too.
-> Probably NAGEE Editor * ShadowRN GridSec * Triangle Virtuoso <-
-> The Plastic Warriors Page: http://plastic.dumpshock.com <-

GC3.12: GAT/! d- s:- !a>? C++(---) UL+ P(+) L++ E W--(++) N o? K w(--)
O V? PS+ PE@ Y PGP- t- 5++ X(+) R+++$ tv+(++) b++@ DI- D+ G+ e h! !r y?
Incubated into the First Church of the Sqooshy Ball, 21-05-1998
Message no. 18
From: ValeuJ@*************.navy.mil (Valeu John EMFA)
Subject: (Semi-OT) AH-HA-HA-HA!! IT'S MINE!!!!
Date: Thu, 1 May 2003 19:03:35 -0800
>> > But can you brag that you have four SR hardcovers, of three different
>> > editions? ;) (Now if only I could find a first-printing SR1
>> > hardcover...)
>>
>> How can you tell? I have a 1st ed hardback..

>There are two ways. One is that the second printing has "Corrected second
>printing" in the lower left corner of page 5, but the most obvious one is
>that the map of Seattle on the front and back inside cover is upside-down
>in the first printing. An illustration in the equipment list (I think) was
>also removed after the first printing, IIRC.

If that's true, then I have a First Printing.... Heh-Heh-Heh...
Message no. 19
From: gurth@******.nl (Gurth)
Subject: (Semi-OT) AH-HA-HA-HA!! IT'S MINE!!!!
Date: Thu, 1 May 2003 19:22:13 +0200
According to Valeu John EMFA, on Friday 02 May 2003 05:03 the word on the
street was...

> If that's true, then I have a First Printing.... Heh-Heh-Heh...

That shop _really_ must have never sold a single SR book before :)

--
Gurth@******.nl - http://www.xs4all.nl/~gurth/index.html
We'll all take turns. I'll get mine, too.
-> Probably NAGEE Editor * ShadowRN GridSec * Triangle Virtuoso <-
-> The Plastic Warriors Page: http://plastic.dumpshock.com <-

GC3.12: GAT/! d- s:- !a>? C++(---) UL+ P(+) L++ E W--(++) N o? K w(--)
O V? PS+ PE@ Y PGP- t- 5++ X(+) R+++$ tv+(++) b++@ DI- D+ G+ e h! !r y?
Incubated into the First Church of the Sqooshy Ball, 21-05-1998
Message no. 20
From: ValeuJ@*************.navy.mil (Valeu John EMFA)
Subject: (Semi-OT) AH-HA-HA-HA!! IT'S MINE!!!!
Date: Fri, 2 May 2003 01:43:35 -0800
> >> If that's true, then I have a First Printing.... Heh-Heh-Heh...
>
>That shop _really_ must have never sold a single SR book before :)

No, it's a used copy. Near Mint (corners a little worns and someone
wrote "power | | staging" in one of the margins.)

Going back soon for UB, MM, and VR1

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