| From: | Adam J <fro@***.AB.CA> |
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| Subject: | Re: FASA's On/Off Course? |
| Date: | Wed, 6 May 1998 17:17:42 -0600 |
>> But Shadowrun would still be
>> Shadowrun if it didn't have magic, it would just be different.
>
> Adam, I respect your work on this list greatly, but that has got
to be
>the most moronic phrase in the entire English Language, and likely quite a
>few others. X would still be X if it didn't have Y, it would just be
>different.
Great. Lasting impact!
This goes back to the statement that you snipped: What *is* Shadowrun? And
more specifically, what makes it Shadowrun? IMO it's a little bit of
everything -- the magic, the attitude, the cyberware, the matrix,
everything that could possibly be in the sixth world. True, if you take
the Awakening out, no meta's, no paranormals, it will be drastically
different.
Todays world would still be todays world if China went Democratic, Russia
went back Communist, France and England merged, and Canda took over the
USA. It would just be different. Way different! But it would still be
late 20th century Earth.
While I could have worded my statement alot better, I stand by it -- Magic
isn't all that makes Shadowrun Shadowrun.
-Adam J
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