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Message no. 1
From: Ubiquitous <weberm@*******.net>
Subject: Re: [SR2] GI JOE in SR
Date: Sat, 21 Sep 1996 09:48:19 -0400 (EDT)
At 02:21 AM 9/21/96 -0500, Steve wrote:

>Hey, what do you guys think of a shadowrun group (a fairly large and well
>organized one) based roughly on the GI Joe toys of the early 80's? The
>ones before they got weird...

I don't recall when they weren't weird. *grin*
Was this before they introduced the gay sailor who talked like Long John
Silver and had a parrot on his shoulder?

--
"I dyde shyte thre grete toordes." Fables of Aesop,
Caxton translation,
V15 1484
Message no. 2
From: chaos@*****.com (Steven Ratkovich)
Subject: Re: [SR2] GI JOE in SR
Date: Sat, 21 Sep 1996 14:56:09 -0500 (EST)
>At 02:21 AM 9/21/96 -0500, Steve wrote:
>
>>Hey, what do you guys think of a shadowrun group (a fairly large and well
>>organized one) based roughly on the GI Joe toys of the early 80's? The
>>ones before they got weird...
>
>I don't recall when they weren't weird. *grin*
>Was this before they introduced the gay sailor who talked like Long John
>Silver and had a parrot on his shoulder?
>
>
Well, it wasn't long after, actually. By wierd, I was referring to when
they starting having mutant monsters and toxoc fighters and such nonsense.
I would probablyu have to use the origanal batch of figures from the 3"
line... Duke, Flash, Clutch, Scarrlett, Snake Eyes...:) Those ones...:)
And of coourse, the original GI Joe...:)

Ah well, just some inane thoughts...

Boy, it'sw been 12-14 years since I had those as a kid.... Geez, I feel
old...;-)


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"You do more damage out of simple irritation than most
men can do in a towering rage."
-David Eddings, "Demon Lord of Karanda
Message no. 3
From: bluewizard@*****.com (Steven A. Tinner)
Subject: Re: [SR2] GI JOE in SR
Date: Sat, 21 Sep 1996 22:42:38 -0500 (EST)
>>>Hey, what do you guys think of a shadowrun group (a fairly large and well
>>>organized one) based roughly on the GI Joe toys of the early 80's? The
>>>ones before they got weird...
>>
>>I don't recall when they weren't weird. *grin*
>>Was this before they introduced the gay sailor who talked like Long John
>>Silver and had a parrot on his shoulder?

Actually, if you read any of the first 40 or so issues of the Marvel G.I.
Joe comic - they were fairly "normal".

Some of the characters would make decent shadowrunners.
Snake Eyes would be a great physad/martial artist, and Clutch could be a techie.

When you get right down to it, the GI Joe team really was nothing but a
large SR team anyway I suppose.


FAMOUS LAST WORDS
"You mean it really is a bag full of guns? Cool!"
Message no. 4
From: chaos@*****.com (Steven Ratkovich)
Subject: Re: [SR2] GI JOE in SR
Date: Sat, 21 Sep 1996 22:50:30 -0500 (EST)
>>>>Hey, what do you guys think of a shadowrun group (a fairly large and well
>>>>organized one) based roughly on the GI Joe toys of the early 80's? The
>>>>ones before they got weird...
>>>
>>>I don't recall when they weren't weird. *grin*
>>>Was this before they introduced the gay sailor who talked like Long John
>>>Silver and had a parrot on his shoulder?
>
>Actually, if you read any of the first 40 or so issues of the Marvel G.I.
>Joe comic - they were fairly "normal".
>
>Some of the characters would make decent shadowrunners.
>Snake Eyes would be a great physad/martial artist, and Clutch could be a
techie.
>
>When you get right down to it, the GI Joe team really was nothing but a
>large SR team anyway I suppose.
>
>
I'll work on this idea a bit and let ya know what I come up with, once I
finish up my Paranormals stuff, that is...:)


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# -Bull, aka Chaos, aka Rak, aka Steven Ratkovich #
# chaos@*****.com #
# Order is Illusion! Chaos is Bliss! Got any fours? #
#######################################################

"You do more damage out of simple irritation than most
men can do in a towering rage."
-David Eddings, "Demon Lord of Karanda
Message no. 5
From: Mike and Jill Johnson <shadow@*****.com>
Subject: Re: [SR2] GI JOE in SR
Date: Sun, 22 Sep 1996 09:12:19 -0700
At 01:05 PM 9/21/96 -0500, you wrote:
>Well, it wasn't long after, actually. By wierd, I was referring to when
>they starting having mutant monsters and toxoc fighters and such nonsense.
>I would probablyu have to use the origanal batch of figures from the 3"
>line... Duke, Flash, Clutch, Scarrlett, Snake Eyes...:) Those ones...:)
>And of coourse, the original GI Joe...:)
>
>Ah well, just some inane thoughts...
>
>Boy, it'sw been 12-14 years since I had those as a kid.... Geez, I feel
>old...;-)
>
>
Makes you feel old? Heck the GI-joes that I played with as a kid where 8"
tall and were the "male" equivilent <sp> to Barbie... That must have been
20 or 22 years ago... Damn with what they are worth now I really wish I
hadn't gotten rid of all of them...

Doc
Message no. 6
From: chaos@*****.com (Steven Ratkovich)
Subject: Re: [SR2] GI JOE in SR
Date: Sun, 22 Sep 1996 13:04:28 -0500 (EST)
>At 01:05 PM 9/21/96 -0500, you wrote:
>>Well, it wasn't long after, actually. By wierd, I was referring to when
>>they starting having mutant monsters and toxoc fighters and such nonsense.
>>I would probablyu have to use the origanal batch of figures from the 3"
>>line... Duke, Flash, Clutch, Scarrlett, Snake Eyes...:) Those ones...:)
>>And of coourse, the original GI Joe...:)
>>
>>Ah well, just some inane thoughts...
>>
>>Boy, it'sw been 12-14 years since I had those as a kid.... Geez, I feel
>>old...;-)
>>
>>
>Makes you feel old? Heck the GI-joes that I played with as a kid where 8"
>tall and were the "male" equivilent <sp> to Barbie... That must have
been
>20 or 22 years ago... Damn with what they are worth now I really wish I
>hadn't gotten rid of all of them...
>
>Doc
>
>
>
Wow, Doc... You ARE old...:)


#######################################################
# -Bull, aka Chaos, aka Rak, aka Steven Ratkovich #
# chaos@*****.com #
# Order is Illusion! Chaos is Bliss! Got any fours? #
#######################################################

"You do more damage out of simple irritation than most
men can do in a towering rage."
-David Eddings, "Demon Lord of Karanda
Message no. 7
From: steve hayes <flatline@***.com>
Subject: Re: [SR2] GI JOE in SR
Date: Sun, 22 Sep 1996 16:48:33 -0500
Steven Ratkovich wrote:
>
> Boy, it'sw been 12-14 years since I had those as a kid.... Geez, I feel
> old...;-)
>
Don't want to hear talk like that here...I had the large 12" GI JOE
in the early 70's as a kid
--
Remember never underestimate a elf street sam
and
a red dot on the body is not a natural occurance
......flatline---a dark elf sammie http://miso.wwa.com/~flatline
Message no. 8
From: dbuehrer@****.org (David Buehrer)
Subject: Re: [SR2] GI JOE in SR
Date: Sun, 22 Sep 1996 18:41:31 -0600 (MDT)
Mike and Jill Johnson wrote:
|
|Makes you feel old? Heck the GI-joes that I played with as a kid where 8"
|tall and were the "male" equivilent <sp> to Barbie... That must have
been
|20 or 22 years ago... Damn with what they are worth now I really wish I
|hadn't gotten rid of all of them...

Yeah <sigh>, I all but destroyed mine when he got in a
fight with the six-million dollar man who tore his head off
and burned a hole in his chest with his eye laser... (that
was probably far more information than you wanted to know
:)

-David

/^\/^\/^\/^\/^\/^\/^\ dbuehrer@****.org /^\/^\/^\/^\/^\/^\/^\
"His thoughts tumbled in his head, making and breaking
alliances like underpants in a dryer without Cling Free."
~~~http://www.geocities.com/TimesSquare/1068/homepage.htm~~~~
Message no. 9
From: Ubiquitous <weberm@*******.net>
Subject: Re: [SR2] GI JOE in SR
Date: Sun, 22 Sep 1996 22:39:02 -0400 (EDT)
At 02:56 PM 9/21/96 -0500, you wrote:

>Well, it wasn't long after, actually. By weird, I was referring to when
>they starting having mutant monsters and toxic fighters and such nonsense.
>I would probably have to use the original batch of figures from the 3"
>line... Duke, Flash, Clutch, Scarlet, Snake Eyes...:) Those ones...:)
>And of coors, the original GI Joe...:)

Sorry, not familiar with the characters, etc., but it all seemed weird to me.

>Boy, it's been 12-14 years since I had those as a kid.... Geez, I feel
>old...;-)

Speaking of old, I recall people in my dorm watching that and a the dolls
being about a foot tall and came with all sorts of sets of gear when I was
little.

--
"I dyde shyte thre grete toordes." Fables of Aesop,
Caxton translation,
V15 1484
Message no. 10
From: Ubiquitous <weberm@*******.net>
Subject: Re: [SR2] GI JOE in SR
Date: Sun, 22 Sep 1996 22:56:11 -0400 (EDT)
At 06:41 PM 9/22/96 -0600, you wrote:

>Yeah <sigh>, I all but destroyed mine when he got in a
>fight with the six-million dollar man who tore his head off
>and burned a hole in his chest with his eye laser... (that
>was probably far more information than you wanted to know

Damn, I never got that version of the 6 million dollar man; mine
just had kung-fu grip [TM].

--
"I dyde shyte thre grete toordes." Fables of Aesop,
Caxton translation,
V15 1484
Message no. 11
From: Joker <s1057948@*******.gu.edu.au>
Subject: Re: [SR2] GI JOE in SR
Date: Mon, 23 Sep 1996 14:23:27 +1000 (EST)
On Sat, 21 Sep 1996, Steven Ratkovich wrote:
> I would probablyu have to use the origanal batch of figures from the 3"
> line... Duke, Flash, Clutch, Scarrlett, Snake Eyes...:) Those ones...:)
> And of coourse, the original GI Joe...:)
>
> Ah well, just some inane thoughts...
>
Sounds Like a Cool NPC Group idea. I thank you.


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Message no. 12
From: bluewizard@*****.com (Steven A. Tinner)
Subject: Re: [SR2] GI JOE in SR
Date: Mon, 23 Sep 1996 00:57:36 -0500 (EST)
>Mike and Jill Johnson wrote:
>|
>|Makes you feel old? Heck the GI-joes that I played with as a kid where 8"
>|tall and were the "male" equivilent <sp> to Barbie... That must have
been
>|20 or 22 years ago... Damn with what they are worth now I really wish I
>|hadn't gotten rid of all of them...
>
>Yeah <sigh>, I all but destroyed mine when he got in a
>fight with the six-million dollar man who tore his head off
>and burned a hole in his chest with his eye laser... (that
>was probably far more information than you wanted to know

All my 8" GI JOE's had serious run ins with M-80 firecrackers :-)

Good old Joe, always ready to fall on that land mine to save his comrades .
. . <sniff, sniff, whimper>


FAMOUS LAST WORDS
"We're from the Government. We're here to help."
Message no. 13
From: chaos@*****.com (Steven Ratkovich)
Subject: Re: [SR2] GI JOE in SR
Date: Mon, 23 Sep 1996 01:45:26 -0500 (EST)
>On Sat, 21 Sep 1996, Steven Ratkovich wrote:
>> I would probablyu have to use the origanal batch of figures from the 3"
>> line... Duke, Flash, Clutch, Scarrlett, Snake Eyes...:) Those ones...:)
>> And of coourse, the original GI Joe...:)
>>
>> Ah well, just some inane thoughts...
>>
>Sounds Like a Cool NPC Group idea. I thank you.
>
>
>
So ka.

Glad to see someone likes my ideas, on occasion...:) I obviously have too
much time on my hands lately...:)


#######################################################
# -Bull, aka Chaos, aka Rak, aka Steven Ratkovich #
# chaos@*****.com #
# Order is Illusion! Chaos is Bliss! Got any fours? #
#######################################################

"You do more damage out of simple irritation than most
men can do in a towering rage."
-David Eddings, "Demon Lord of Karanda
Message no. 14
From: Tim Kerby <tkerby@***.net>
Subject: RE: [SR2] GI JOE in SR
Date: Mon, 23 Sep 1996 23:12:18 -0400
>>Yeah <sigh>, I all but destroyed mine when he got in a
>>fight with the six-million dollar man who tore his head off
>>and burned a hole in his chest with his eye laser... (that
>>was probably far more information than you wanted to know

Hehe. I destroyed Steve Austin and Oscar Goldman when a burning Barbie =
dream house got out of control. I think my sister is still is mad about =
that.... :)


Tim Kerby
--tkerby@***.net--drekhead@***.com--drekhead@*******.com--
Message no. 15
From: Loki <loki@*******.com>
Subject: Re: [SR2] GI JOE in SR
Date: Tue, 24 Sep 1996 00:14:14 -0700
steve hayes wrote:
> Remember never underestimate a elf street sam
> and
> a red dot on the body is not a natural occurance
> ......flatline---a dark elf sammie http://miso.wwa.com/~flatline

Bless You! Bless You!

I followed your link and found the US Letter size conversions of the
Plastic Warrior Books!

Bless You Again!

@>-,--'--- Loki

CLARKE'S THIRD LAW:
Any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic.

*********************************************
Poisoned Elves
http://www.netzone.com/~loki/
*********************************************
Message no. 16
From: GRANITE <granite@**.net>
Subject: Re: [SR2] GI JOE in SR
Date: Tue, 24 Sep 1996 01:58:40 -0700
> Mike and Jill Johnson wrote:
> |Makes you feel old? Heck the GI-joes that I played with as a kid where 8"
> |tall and were the "male" equivilent <sp> to Barbie... That must
have been
> |20 or 22 years ago... Damn with what they are worth now I really wish I
> |hadn't gotten rid of all of them...

> David Buehrer wrote:
> Yeah <sigh>, I all but destroyed mine when he got in a
> fight with the six-million dollar man who tore his head off
> and burned a hole in his chest with his eye laser... (that
> was probably far more information than you wanted to know
> :)

And then Eval Kaneval ran over both of them on his rocket bike that
didn't quite make to Grand Canyon jump...

> Ubiquitous wrote:
> Damn, I never got that version of the 6 million dollar man; mine
> just had kung-fu grip [TM].


My Steve Austin was the one with a hole through his head so you could
look through and see in infra-red through his bionic/cyber-eye
--
-------------------------------GRANITE
=================================================================
Lord, Grant Me The Serinity To Accept The Things I Cannot Change,
The Courage To Change The Things I Can,
And The Wisdom To Hide The Bodies Of Those People I Had To Kill
Because They Pissed Me Off.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ShadowRunner's Serinity Prayer
Message no. 17
From: GRANITE <granite@**.net>
Subject: Re: [SR2] GI JOE in SR
Date: Tue, 24 Sep 1996 01:58:21 -0700
Steven Ratkovich wrote:
> >>Boy, it'sw been 12-14 years since I had those as a kid.... Geez, I feel
> >>old...;-)
> >>
> >Makes you feel old? Heck the GI-joes that I played with as a kid where 8"
> >tall and were the "male" equivilent <sp> to Barbie... That must
have been
> >20 or 22 years ago... Damn with what they are worth now I really wish I
> >hadn't gotten rid of all of them...
> >
> Wow, Doc... You ARE old...:)
> Where is my cane..Oh yea..I threw it at that whippper snapper
before..Well take this..[struggle..struggle]..whizz..[sound of orthapedic
shoe flying through the air aimed at Steven Ratkovich's head]..He is not
old!
--
-------------------------------GRANITE
=================================================================
Lord, Grant Me The Serinity To Accept The Things I Cannot Change,
The Courage To Change The Things I Can,
And The Wisdom To Hide The Bodies Of Those People I Had To Kill
Because They Pissed Me Off.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ShadowRunner's Serinity Prayer
Message no. 18
From: chaos@*****.com (Steven Ratkovich)
Subject: Re: [SR2] GI JOE in SR
Date: Tue, 24 Sep 1996 05:18:49 -0500 (EST)
>Steven Ratkovich wrote:
>> >>Boy, it'sw been 12-14 years since I had those as a kid.... Geez, I feel
>> >>old...;-)
>> >>
>> >Makes you feel old? Heck the GI-joes that I played with as a kid where
8"
>> >tall and were the "male" equivilent <sp> to Barbie... That
must have been
>> >20 or 22 years ago... Damn with what they are worth now I really wish I
>> >hadn't gotten rid of all of them...
>> >
>> Wow, Doc... You ARE old...:)
>> Where is my cane..Oh yea..I threw it at that whippper snapper
>before..Well take this..[struggle..struggle]..whizz..[sound of orthapedic
>shoe flying through the air aimed at Steven Ratkovich's head]..He is not
>old!

Steve ducks, but not in time...

OUCH! :)

All right, you asked for it!

FOOD FIGHT!!!!!

<sound of hundred of kids standing up and throwing their pudding at each
other...>


#######################################################
# -Bull, aka Chaos, aka Rak, aka Steven Ratkovich #
# chaos@*****.com #
# Order is Illusion! Chaos is Bliss! Got any fours? #
#######################################################

"You do more damage out of simple irritation than most
men can do in a towering rage."
-David Eddings, "Demon Lord of Karanda
Message no. 19
From: GRANITE <granite@**.net>
Subject: Re: [SR2] GI JOE in SR
Date: Tue, 24 Sep 1996 17:02:50 -0700
Steven Ratkovich wrote:
>
> >Steven Ratkovich wrote:
> >> >>Boy, it'sw been 12-14 years since I had those as a kid.... Geez, I
feel
> >> >>old...;-)
> >> >>
> >> >Makes you feel old? Heck the GI-joes that I played with as a kid where
8"
> >> >tall and were the "male" equivilent <sp> to Barbie...
That must have been
> >> >20 or 22 years ago... Damn with what they are worth now I really wish I
> >> >hadn't gotten rid of all of them...
> >> >
> >> Wow, Doc... You ARE old...:)
> >> Where is my cane..Oh yea..I threw it at that whippper snapper
> >before..Well take this..[struggle..struggle]..whizz..[sound of orthapedic
> >shoe flying through the air aimed at Steven Ratkovich's head]..He is not
> >old!
>
> Steve ducks, but not in time...
>
> OUCH! :)
>
> All right, you asked for it!
>
> FOOD FIGHT!!!!!
>
> <sound of hundred of kids standing up and throwing their pudding at each
> other...>
>

STOP THAT..STOP THAT RIGHT NOW..How can you have any pudding if you don't eat
your meat?!
--
-------------------------------GRANITE
=================================================================
Lord, Grant Me The Serinity To Accept The Things I Cannot Change,
The Courage To Change The Things I Can,
And The Wisdom To Hide The Bodies Of Those People I Had To Kill
Because They Pissed Me Off.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ShadowRunner's Serinity Prayer
Message no. 20
From: chaos@*****.com (Steven Ratkovich)
Subject: Re: [SR2] GI JOE in SR
Date: Tue, 24 Sep 1996 20:42:41 -0500 (EST)
GRANITE wrote-
>> >> Where is my cane..Oh yea..I threw it at that whippper snapper
>> >before..Well take this..[struggle..struggle]..whizz..[sound of orthapedic
>> >shoe flying through the air aimed at Steven Ratkovich's head]..He is not
>> >old!
>>
>> Steve ducks, but not in time...
>>
>> OUCH! :)
>>
>> All right, you asked for it!
>>
>> FOOD FIGHT!!!!!
>>
>> <sound of hundred of kids standing up and throwing their pudding at each
>> other...>
>>
>
>STOP THAT..STOP THAT RIGHT NOW..How can you have any pudding if you don't eat
>your meat?!
>

<thwap! A large T-Bone hits Granite right in the face.>



#######################################################
# -Bull, aka Chaos, aka Rak, aka Steven Ratkovich #
# chaos@*****.com #
# Order is Illusion! Chaos is Bliss! Got any fours? #
#######################################################

"You do more damage out of simple irritation than most
men can do in a towering rage."
-David Eddings, "Demon Lord of Karanda

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