From:	Arcady arcady@***.net
Subject:	SR Narrowing of focus
Date:	Sat, 14 Aug 1999 13:49:15 -0700

Ok. Even it's not a narrowing. If it's just a focus. The question is still
there.
The awakened world of 2060 has so much potential, even for non criminals.
But there is a definite focus on the criminal in most products.

And even Shadowrunners don't need to be criminals. There are other types.
There are outlaws like the Robin Hood motif or Bubble Gum Crisis.
Technically criminals, but heroic ones.
There are the legal options. I'm surprised Companion didn't cover running a
detective agency...

And so on.

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> [mailto:shadowrn-admin@*********.org]On Behalf Of Scott W
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> Subject: Re: SR Narrowing of focus
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> "And now, a Channel 6 editorial reply to Arcady."
> ] Straw poll time here.
> ]
> ] Is anyone out there satisfied with the narrowing of focus down
> to criminals
> ] only?
>
> Maybe I missed something, but apart from the rather silly Rocker and
> Reporter archetypes in Shadowbeat, hasn't every edition of Shadowrun
> focused on the character as criminal (heck, even the Rocker and
> Reporter had their criminal side, otherwise they wouldn't be very
> useful characters). Granted, some adventures/novels had runners
> portrayed as do-gooders, but it all boiled down to the same gruel:
> runners are criminals. How is Mike's involvement a change?
>
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