| From: | Adam J adamj@*********.com |
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| Subject: | Undernet #Shadowrun (Was: Re: Um, anyone heard of Shadowrun?) |
| Date: | Wed, 01 Nov 2000 12:59:04 -0600 |
>While I'm at it, that's why I'm sporadic on the IRC channel. It's all
>full of Wuffles and such, most times it has nothing to do with Shadowrun.
>Occasionally Shadowrun shows up in a discussion, but it's more like
>people hanging out and a random topic comes up.
Very true. One of the problems with Undernet #Shadowrun is that it's very
much so a community inside a community now - even more accurate, several
communities inside of a larger community. I can think of a few ways for
this to get "fixed", and in truth I'm already working on implementing them.
On the other hand, most of the time I'd rather see people hanging out and
chatting about music or movies (Even though I hate movies) or PSX games or
School or other RPGs than sitting there doing nothing in #Shadowrun...
assuming that they're willing to shove that aside for a few minutes if
someone tries to spark a SR discussion or ask a quetion.
>While we're on teh topic of "elitism" though, I must bring up that
>certain people DO use their position of FASAForeKnowledge to take on an
>"I know something you don't know" tone. Dropping enigmatic little
>snippets, such as "oh, if I could only comment here..."
>It's not helpful.
I agree; I try to refrain from this as much as possible, especially on the
list. (I don't even think I had mentioned that I had finally gotten the
chance to actually write for SR until earlier this week on the list..)
>I daresay though, that even though there ARE problems with the List, that
>SR discussion as a whole also seems to be in a slump. (in the places that
>I frequent on the internet)
I've said this to a few people and on the list lately, but I think you're
very right. Rulebooks and Adventures and Year and a Half Old Rumours aren't
really all that interesting and discussion of them isn't near as
interesting as it will be once YoTC and some of the other upcoming books
make it out.
Adam
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