| From: | Shaun E. Gilroy shaung@**********.net |
|---|---|
| Subject: | SR Books Online |
| Date: | Tue, 16 Feb 1999 12:24:03 -0500 |
>In a message dated 99-02-16 05:41:38 EST, you write:
>
>> BTW, if Shadowbeat is made out to be the "holy grail" so often on this
>> list, how come it only got rated 6.9 in the survey? :)
>>
>> > Maybe we could help, or, as one list subscriber put it, even do it for
>> > them, almost?
>>
>> Like I said in another post, I certainly wouldn't mind doing something
>> like this. It's very unlikely to ever happen, but still...
>>
>
>Probobly because so few of us have it. I for one, am surprised at just how
>many questions I have had have been refered to text in Shadowbeat. I
mean, it
>really sounds like it should have been the hot product, since it covered so
>much of the incidentals that make a setting real... the little things, like
>how much does your music chip hold, what are professional sports like in 20x,
>etc.
>
>Personally, I'm surprised it got such a low rating too.
>
>
My theory on that is because ShadowBeat is about nothing in particular...
Just stuff (mostly media-related). It has no major story elements or
tie-ins; it has no new guns or hot tech; and It has very, -very- bad artwork.
At first glance sitting on the shelf, it looks like a watered down version
of NAGRL. You have to actually sit down and start reading it before you
realize: "Hey, this book has a -lot- of good information in it.
The guy who got me into Shadowrun used to sit around and talk about how
cool that book was or I would have never given it a second glance.
Shaun Gilroy [shaung@**********.net]
Online Technologies Corp.
