From:	Twist0059@***.com Twist0059@***.com
Subject:	Crater Lake
Date:	Thu, 29 Jul 1999 04:32:30 EDT

In a message dated 7/28/99 9:15:18 PM Eastern Daylight Time,
darrell@******.dhr.state.nc.us writes:

> > If anything, not knowing the ED mythology makes SR a scarier place. ED
> > had the tendancy to feel like silly fantasy, even if it was a good game
> > system by itself.
>
> Silly Fantasy??? Now why on earth would you say that? It's
> not any sillier than spell slinging elves with cybereyes in 2060?
>

Shadowrun has fantasy elements, but they never become the kind of Willow/D&D
nonsense that ED tried to incorporate. Cyberpunk and fantasy and a kind of
magical realism blending together is an incredible vision, and I appreciate
that from FASA. ED was silly because it took the generic fantasy route and
lost most of the potential it could have had.






-Twist