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Message no. 1
From: mbroadwa@*******.glenayre.com (Mike Broadwater)
Subject: Virtual Seattle
Date: Tue, 28 May 1996 13:20:54 -0500
Has anyone on this list ever heard of or played RPGA Virtual Seattle? I had
never heard about it until Gencon last year, and until recently, didn't no
anything about it other than that you had to be an RPGA member to play
(which really chaffs when you want to play but can't fit a slot into your
schedule). Well, I just got assigned the job of running Virtual Seattle at
a local convention, and if anyone has any helpful info about it, (other than
it's a huge campaign with characters that can be used at any con) I would
really appreciated it.

On another note, Threats will be out any day. I was at Eclipsecon '96 and
Tom Dowd was there running a couple slots of SR, and the prizes were an
advance copy of _Threats_ and _Preying_For_Keeps_. So those should be out
Real Soon Now(tm).

Mike Broadwater
"An object at rest cannot be stopped! Yeah, baby, yeah!" - The Evil
Midnight Bomber What Bombs at Midnight
http://www.olemiss.edu/~neon
Message no. 2
From: Joel Nesbitt <joel.nesbitt@******.oxford.ac.uk>
Subject: Re: Virtual Seattle
Date: Tue, 28 May 1996 19:44:57 +0100 (BST)
On Tue, 28 May 1996, Mike Broadwater wrote:

> On another note, Threats will be out any day. I was at Eclipsecon '96 and
> Tom Dowd was there running a couple slots of SR, and the prizes were an
> advance copy of _Threats_ and _Preying_For_Keeps_. So those should be out
> Real Soon Now(tm).

Anyone know if Threats is GMs-only or will it be the standard e-doc
found on Shadowland?


* Joel Nesbitt, Exeter College, Oxford *
* "I hummed this tune to all the girls I'd known, *
* Should I care about the chances I've blown?" *
Message no. 3
From: Fro <fro@***.ab.ca>
Subject: Re: Virtual Seattle
Date: Tue, 28 May 1996 12:53:04 -0600
At 13:20 28/05/96 -0500, you wrote:

>
>On another note, Threats will be out any day. I was at Eclipsecon '96 and
>Tom Dowd was there running a couple slots of SR, and the prizes were an
>advance copy of _Threats_ and _Preying_For_Keeps_. So those should be out
>Real Soon Now(tm).

Preying for Keeps? Novel? Module? ack! I'm behind!!!
Message no. 4
From: James Meiers <polbdm@***.unm.EDU>
Subject: Re: Virtual Seattle
Date: Tue, 28 May 1996 14:58:11 -0600 (MDT)
On Tue, 28 May 1996, Joel Nesbitt wrote:

> On Tue, 28 May 1996, Mike Broadwater wrote:
>
> > On another note, Threats will be out any day. I was at Eclipsecon '96 and
> > Tom Dowd was there running a couple slots of SR, and the prizes were an
> > advance copy of _Threats_ and _Preying_For_Keeps_. So those should be out
> > Real Soon Now(tm).
>
> Anyone know if Threats is GMs-only or will it be the standard e-doc
> found on Shadowland?
It's based around a set of e-docs posted to Shadowland. It's a really
good book, and something that would bring a smile to most sadistic GMs.
>
> * Joel Nesbitt, Exeter College, Oxford *
> * "I hummed this tune to all the girls I'd known, *
> * Should I care about the chances I've blown?" *
>

Later,
James

"I have just the prescription for you, Doctor. A hot beef injection"
- Homer Simpson
Visit me at: http://www.arc.unm.edu/~polbdm
Message no. 5
From: "Randy Nickel (General)" <a-randyn@*********.com>
Subject: RE: Virtual Seattle
Date: Tue, 28 May 1996 11:47:45 -0700
>Anyone know if Threats is GMs-only or will it be the standard e-doc
>found on Shadowland?

So what is Threats?

- Otter




* Joel Nesbitt, Exeter College, Oxford *
* "I hummed this tune to all the girls I'd known, *
* Should I care about the chances I've blown?" *
Message no. 6
From: James Meiers <polbdm@***.unm.EDU>
Subject: RE: Virtual Seattle
Date: Tue, 28 May 1996 20:54:36 -0600 (MDT)
On Tue, 28 May 1996, Randy Nickel (General) wrote:

> >Anyone know if Threats is GMs-only or will it be the standard e-doc
> >found on Shadowland?
>
> So what is Threats?
Threats is the newest Shadowrun sourcebook that deals with all (or most
of anyway), the major powers in the Sixth Power that have a poosible
capability of either taking over the world or seriously affecting it.
It's actually an interesting book that describes Lofwyr, Insect Spirits,
Alamos 20K, and several magical threats.
^^^^^^^
> - Otter

Later,
James

"I have just the prescription for you, Doctor. A hot beef injection"
- Homer Simpson
Visit me at: http://www.arc.unm.edu/~polbdm
Message no. 7
From: "'Spaceman' WD Lee" <spaced@*.washington.edu>
Subject: Re: Virtual Seattle
Date: Tue, 28 May 1996 21:48:20 -0700 (PDT)
On Tue, 28 May 1996, Mike Broadwater wrote:

> Has anyone on this list ever heard of or played RPGA Virtual Seattle? I had

Not I, but as a Seattle resident, I'd love to. What's it all
about?

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Message no. 8
From: Stephen Delear <shadow@***.com>
Subject: Re: Virtual Seattle
Date: Wed, 29 May 1996 00:04:35 -0500 (CDT)
On Tue, 28 May 1996, Fro wrote:

> At 13:20 28/05/96 -0500, you wrote:
>
> >
> >On another note, Threats will be out any day. I was at Eclipsecon '96 and
> >Tom Dowd was there running a couple slots of SR, and the prizes were an
> >advance copy of _Threats_ and _Preying_For_Keeps_. So those should be out
> >Real Soon Now(tm).
>
> Preying for Keeps? Novel? Module? ack! I'm behind!!!
>
>
I thought the secrets of Dunzaklain (SP?) was coming out after threats.


Stephen
Message no. 9
From: Stephen Delear <shadow@***.com>
Subject: Re: Virtual Seattle
Date: Wed, 29 May 1996 00:16:41 -0500 (CDT)
On Tue, 28 May 1996, James Meiers wrote:

> On Tue, 28 May 1996, Joel Nesbitt wrote:
>
> > On Tue, 28 May 1996, Mike Broadwater wrote:
> >
> > > On another note, Threats will be out any day. I was at Eclipsecon '96 and
> > > Tom Dowd was there running a couple slots of SR, and the prizes were an
> > > advance copy of _Threats_ and _Preying_For_Keeps_. So those should be out
> > > Real Soon Now(tm).
> >
> > Anyone know if Threats is GMs-only or will it be the standard e-doc
> > found on Shadowland?
> It's based around a set of e-docs posted to Shadowland. It's a really
> good book, and something that would bring a smile to most sadistic GMs.

I'm all ready running a bug city game there's something more sadistic
then that out there?

Stephen

> >
> > * Joel Nesbitt, Exeter College, Oxford *
> > * "I hummed this tune to all the girls I'd known, *
> > * Should I care about the chances I've blown?" *
> >
>
> Later,
> James
>
> "I have just the prescription for you, Doctor. A hot beef injection"
> - Homer Simpson
> Visit me at: http://www.arc.unm.edu/~polbdm
>
>
Message no. 10
From: Stephen Delear <shadow@***.com>
Subject: RE: Virtual Seattle
Date: Wed, 29 May 1996 00:36:13 -0500 (CDT)
On Tue, 28 May 1996, James Meiers wrote:

> On Tue, 28 May 1996, Randy Nickel (General) wrote:
>
> > >Anyone know if Threats is GMs-only or will it be the standard e-doc
> > >found on Shadowland?
> >
> > So what is Threats?
> Threats is the newest Shadowrun sourcebook that deals with all (or most
> of anyway), the major powers in the Sixth Power that have a poosible
> capability of either taking over the world or seriously affecting it.
> It's actually an interesting book that describes Lofwyr, Insect Spirits,
> Alamos 20K, and several magical threats.
> ^^^^^^^

Since so many people seem to know so much about this should I assume that
it's out? So is this the book with the Earthdawn horrors in it?

Stephen

> > - Otter
>
> Later,
> James
>
> "I have just the prescription for you, Doctor. A hot beef injection"
> - Homer Simpson
> Visit me at: http://www.arc.unm.edu/~polbdm
>
>
Message no. 11
From: "Gurth" <gurth@******.nl>
Subject: Re: Virtual Seattle
Date: Wed, 29 May 1996 10:53:24 +0100
Mike Broadwater said on 13:20/28 May 96...

> On another note, Threats will be out any day. I was at Eclipsecon '96 and
> Tom Dowd was there running a couple slots of SR, and the prizes were an
> advance copy of _Threats_ and _Preying_For_Keeps_. So those should be out
> Real Soon Now(tm).

FASA's ad in Shadowland #3 says Threats is supposed to be out in May --
IOW: now.

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Message no. 12
From: "Gurth" <gurth@******.nl>
Subject: Re: Virtual Seattle
Date: Wed, 29 May 1996 10:53:24 +0100
Fro said on 12:53/28 May 96...

> Preying for Keeps? Novel? Module? ack! I'm behind!!!

A novel, set in Japan I believe.

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te gaan zitten zwaaien in een programma als De Vakantieman. Gezellig he!
-> NERPS Project Leader & Unofficial Shadowrun Guru <-
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Message no. 13
From: James Meiers <polbdm@***.unm.EDU>
Subject: Re: Virtual Seattle
Date: Wed, 29 May 1996 09:21:11 -0600 (MDT)
On Wed, 29 May 1996, Gurth wrote:

> Fro said on 12:53/28 May 96...
>
> > Preying for Keeps? Novel? Module? ack! I'm behind!!!
>
> A novel, set in Japan I believe.
No it isn't. It's set in Seattle, but involves the Yaks and Tir Tairnigre.
> --
> Gurth@******.nl - http://www.xs4all.nl/~gurth/index.html
> Hele volksstammen laten zich verleiden om als een idioot met een vlaggetje
> te gaan zitten zwaaien in een programma als De Vakantieman. Gezellig he!
> -> NERPS Project Leader & Unofficial Shadowrun Guru <-
> -> The Character Mortuary: http://huizen.dds.nl/~mortuary/mortuary.html <-
>
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Later,
James

"I have just the prescription for you, Doctor. A hot beef injection"
- Homer Simpson
Visit me at: http://www.arc.unm.edu/~polbdm
Message no. 14
From: Peter Sims <Pete@********.demon.co.uk>
Subject: Re: Virtual Seattle
Date: Wed, 29 May 1996 02:19:14 +0100
In message <c=US%a=_%p=msft%l=RED-11-MSG-960528184745Z-
1922@******.microsoft.com>, "Randy Nickel (General)" <a-
randyn@*********.com> writes
>>Anyone know if Threats is GMs-only or will it be the standard e-doc
>>found on Shadowland?
>
>So what is Threats?
>

Visit Fasa at http://www.fasa.com/Shadowrun/SRHOME.html
It will tell you all about Threats, and the other
sourcebooks/modules/novels due for imminent release.

TTYL
Pete


--
Peter Sims
Message no. 15
From: mbroadwa@*******.glenayre.com (Mike Broadwater)
Subject: Re: Virtual Seattle
Date: Wed, 29 May 1996 10:53:34 -0500
Well, to try and bring this kind of back to the topic (and not my aside)
does anyone have some info on Virtual Seattle? I know the basics of it
1). It's an RPGA event
2). You make a character that can be used at any RPGA VS event at any con
3). It's basically one big campaign run by the RPGA but with a lot of
different gm's influence.
4). It's Shadowrun based (otherwise, why would I mention it?)

If anyone has anymore info on it, I'd like to hear it. If you don't think
the list would like to see it, just private e-mail me.

Mike Broadwater
"An object at rest cannot be stopped! Yeah, baby, yeah!" - The Evil
Midnight Bomber What Bombs at Midnight
http://www.olemiss.edu/~neon
Message no. 16
From: "Gurth" <gurth@******.nl>
Subject: Re: Virtual Seattle
Date: Thu, 30 May 1996 10:17:50 +0100
James Meiers said on 9:21/29 May 96...

> > A novel, set in Japan I believe.
> No it isn't. It's set in Seattle, but involves the Yaks and Tir Tairnigre.

I stand corrected. From what I thought I remembered from the FASA ad I
saw, I believed it to be in Japan :/

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Message no. 17
From: Geoff Skellams <geoff.skellams@*********.COM.AU>
Subject: Re: Virtual Seattle
Date: Fri, 7 Aug 1998 12:13:22 +1000
On Shadowrun Discussion, Bai Shen[SMTP:baishen@**********.COM] wrote:
> > She (Claudia, the team's fixer/sometimes decker) is in a wheelchair,
so there is
> Huh. I don't remember that.

It is in one of the games, or was it the background. I am sure
that is the way Uncle Wes runs things. Next time I talk to him, I'll
ask him. I'm pretty sure she is though.

> > I know this for a fact - I wrote one of the VS tournaments.
> Oh? Which one?

I wrote "A Late Night's Shopping" which ran as the VS session at
Gencon a couple of years ago. I had plans to write another one but the
direction of SR changed and kindof made the concept of the game
obsolete. Now Dark Conspiracy is about to be released. The new game
works better in that system, so I'll go and convert it (not really that
hard, as the original idea for the game came from DC in the first
place). "A Late Night's Shopping" originally started as a Dark
Conspiracy game as well.

cheers
G

--
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Email Address: geoff.skellams@*********.com.au
Homepage: http://www.towersoft.com.au/staff/geoff/
ICQ Number: 2815165

"That rates about a 9.5 on my weird-shit-o-meter"
- Will Smith in "Men in Black"
Message no. 18
From: Bai Shen <baishen@**********.COM>
Subject: Re: Virtual Seattle
Date: Thu, 6 Aug 1998 22:24:09 -0400
> > > She (Claudia, the team's fixer/sometimes decker) is in a wheelchair, so
there is
> > Huh. I don't remember that.
> It is in one of the games, or was it the background. I am sure
> that is the way Uncle Wes runs things. Next time I talk to him, I'll
> ask him. I'm pretty sure she is though.

I'd assume it's in one of the games, 'cuase I don't remember it in the
background sheet.

> > > I know this for a fact - I wrote one of the VS tournaments.
> > Oh? Which one?
> I wrote "A Late Night's Shopping" which ran as the VS session at
> Gencon a couple of years ago. I had plans to write another one but the
> direction of SR changed and kindof made the concept of the game
> obsolete. Now Dark Conspiracy is about to be released. The new game
> works better in that system, so I'll go and convert it (not really that
> hard, as the original idea for the game came from DC in the first
> place). "A Late Night's Shopping" originally started as a Dark
> Conspiracy game as well.

IIRC, I almost got to play that one. However, I arrived too late the
first day to play(it'd been filled up), and there weren't enough people
interested for a second go round. :(
--
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Nemo Me Impune Lacessit
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UIN 3543257 (Don't ask to join if you aren't going to send me anything.)
Message no. 19
From: Quicksilver <qwksilvr@*****.COM>
Subject: Re: Virtual Seattle
Date: Thu, 6 Aug 1998 22:27:09 -0500
At 12:13 PM 8/7/98 +1000, you wrote:
>> > I know this for a fact - I wrote one of the VS tournaments.
>> Oh? Which one?
>
> I wrote "A Late Night's Shopping" which ran as the VS session at
>Gencon a couple of years ago. I had plans to write another one but the
>direction of SR changed and kindof made the concept of the game
>obsolete. Now Dark Conspiracy is about to be released. The new game
>works better in that system, so I'll go and convert it (not really that
>hard, as the original idea for the game came from DC in the first
>place). "A Late Night's Shopping" originally started as a Dark
>Conspiracy game as well.

That last sentence explains a lot :). I played that one at GenCon - not
your typical shadowrun. Entertaining tho.

Hg

....an analog person, stuck, in a digital world
Message no. 20
From: Geoff Skellams <geoff.skellams@*********.COM.AU>
Subject: Re: Virtual Seattle
Date: Fri, 7 Aug 1998 13:31:58 +1000
On Shadowrun Discussion, Quicksilver[SMTP:qwksilvr@*****.COM] wrote:
> At 12:13 PM 8/7/98 +1000, you wrote:
> > I wrote "A Late Night's Shopping" which ran as the VS session
at
> >Gencon a couple of years ago.
<<<SNIP>>>
> >"A Late Night's Shopping" originally started as a Dark
> >Conspiracy game as well.
>
> That last sentence explains a lot :). I played that one at
GenCon - not
> your typical shadowrun. Entertaining tho.

It was never meant to be a typical shadowrun :) I thought I'd
leave that to someone else to write :)

I am glad you liked it though.

cheers
G

--
Geoff Skellams R&D - Tower Software
Email Address: geoff.skellams@*********.com.au
Homepage: http://www.towersoft.com.au/staff/geoff/
ICQ Number: 2815165

"That rates about a 9.5 on my weird-shit-o-meter"
- Will Smith in "Men in Black"
Message no. 21
From: pgrosse@********.com (Paul Grosse)
Subject: Virtual Seattle?
Date: Tue, 1 Jul 2003 14:55:54 -0500
Hmm, I was just going through some old emails and saw back in Feb,
about RPGA dropping any games that weren't going d20 i.e. Virtual
Seattle and Living Rogukan.

At that time Chris Beilby said that the VS people were working with
WizKids and Fanpro on what the future would be. Has anyone heard any
word on the street about it?

Paul "Yes that Paul" Grosse
PCGen OGL Gibbon
ICQ: 14397299
AO: Nylan
Various forums: Nylan (or Nylanfs)

"The Earth is just too small and fragile a basket for the human race
to keep all it's eggs in." - Robert Heinlein
Message no. 22
From: bull@*********.com (Bull)
Subject: Virtual Seattle?
Date: Wed, 02 Jul 2003 00:30:53 -0400
At 02:55 PM 7/1/2003 -0500, Paul Grosse wrote:
>Hmm, I was just going through some old emails and saw back in Feb,
>about RPGA dropping any games that weren't going d20 i.e. Virtual
>Seattle and Living Rogukan.
>
>At that time Chris Beilby said that the VS people were working with
>WizKids and Fanpro on what the future would be. Has anyone heard any
>word on the street about it?

Honestly, no clue. Rumor has it that Rich Osterhaut, the guy who ended up
running VS right before WotC gave it the axe, was going to be at Origins,
but if so I didn;t see him. I'll probably talk to him a bit at Gen Con
though if he's there, so I may know more next month.

Bull

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