| From: | "Mark Steedman" <M.J.Steedman@***.rgu.ac.uk> |
|---|---|
| Subject: | Re: Shadowrun - what's happening in the world (was: Bug cit |
| Date: | Wed, 17 Apr 1996 16:27:41 GMT |
> (yes I know we already knew about
> >the election some time, but lots of players aren't in the rumour mill,
> >especially people not on the net, and even we didn't get the info at the
> >moment the supposed rigged election should've been).
>
> (sorry(almost) to be making two posts about one article, but I just noticed
> what was said here)
>
It would have been somewhat useful to have know a bit further in
advance but the warning about 'campain 2057' in the sourcebooks was
good enough that you can leave the rigged election as 'sure there was
an election in 2056 but i didn't mention it as it didn't really
affect your characters at the time' now we know it was rigged and
there might be a lot of shadow work thats a different story, GM's do
similar tricks often enough though they do tend to know to drop the
hints.
> "We" may have found out about it earlier, but it was mentioned in the other
> sourcebooks for quite some time. No one knew about Bug City in August 94
> (when it would have happened SR time) but thats because of publishing dates.
Yes which made this one a disaster for dates. It would have been most
helpful if FASA had just block added '+ x months' to all dates in Bug
City once they realised how late it was going to be, i still had to
tell players 'oh something happened in Chicago five days ago' when
they got back from a night (3 months real time) waltzing the
metaplanes with Harlequin due to time lag on the actual bug city
dates.
> I've been on this list for about 3 months, and played for 5 years before
> that, and never have I had trouble finding out whats happening or what might
> happen in the SR world. I read the sourcebooks. I find out what they have
> to say, and then I either see the effect in the novels or other sourcebooks.
> If its not mentioned, it was significant or I can do what I want with it.
> Why do you _need_ to know every little detail that's happening in the SR
> world?
Its generally ok, Bug city was the real 'timeline problem'. To those
that don't know FASA do actually say you can change the city as a GM
they just picked their hometown.
> FASA does an adequate job of keeping the consumer informed, and
> thats more than they're required to do. I wouldn't mind a little bit of
> info on every country in the world, but I don't want FASA to say "this is
> whats happening here and here and here. No, you don't need imagination, we
> will supply that for you."
Agreed and it is working a lot better now the dates are back though i
suspect a lot of the lag early last year was matters beyond thier
control with folks leaving and the loss of Nigle Findley.
> Make up your own stuff, and if FASA says
> otherwise, ignore it, or be subtle and explain how what FASA says really
> does fit with your world ("No guys, that just a continous typo. Actually,
> it _was_ D/FW that was hit by the bugs.")
>
Mark
