[Ninjacop]

Yo, UK based shadow runner looking for group. I know 4th (mostly) and 5th edition (cover to cover) but am willing to play any edition. As implied I want to play on UK times and am looking for any group that does so (even if they're not in UK).

If your group needs a +1 (or if you just wanna say hi) gimme a shout :-D

[Csjarrat]

hey mate, where abouts you at? i'm up in yorkshire but run a PBP (4th ed) on here too. will need a decker for the next chapter I think!

[Ninjacop]

hey mate, where abouts you at? i'm up in yorkshire but run a PBP (4th ed) on here too. will need a decker for the next chapter I think!

I'm down in London but if you're running a PBP or an online game I'd like to join in. What are the game details?

[Csjarrat]

It's the old smoke on the PBP forum. Could really do with a decker or pure mage for chapter 4, will be a while before that comes up though

[Ninjacop]

I'll get started on a hacker then. What char gen rules?

[Csjarrat]

Standard 4th ed chargen, 400bp. I'll top you up with a bit of extra karma to keep you on par with the team as well. How you fixed for daily posting? Is it gonna be an issue?

[Ninjacop]

It won't be an issue, once I've crunched the numbers I'll let you know and we can work on background and stuff. Is myth-weavers okay?

[Csjarrat]

Not sure what myth weavers is tbh mate!

[Ninjacop]

It's basically an online character sheet database. You can make sheets and store them on the site. Here's a link to it http://www.myth-weavers.com/sheetindex.php

[Csjarrat]

ah cool! cheers. ah forgot to say, only rulebook metas are allowed, and all weapons with BF/FA mode are forbidden.
all firearms + explosives automatically have a +6 avail modifier to represent our lack of a gun culture here. non-burst/fa shotguns and sports rifles are exempt from this and can be licensed with a decent rating SiN.
melee will feature more strongly to compensate and tasers are absolutely fine.

gun heaven is allowed as are all the usual core books minus WAR (i dont have it)

[Ninjacop]

Is the game taking place in London?

[Csjarrat]

mainly, they're over in paris laying low at the moment. jobs will take you into europe though

[Tenlaar]

all firearms + explosives automatically have a +6 avail modifier to represent our lack of a gun culture here

Does that still hold true in the current(ish) SR universe?  Having missed a couple of editions my knowledge of places outside the "main" areas is pretty shaky.  Did Europe develop into Clockwork Orange style gangs running around with beating sticks?

[Csjarrat]

yeah, shadows over europe still tout how hard it is to run and be armed up. one of the commentators quips about keeping a low profile with weapons stating how different it is to the states.
i'm not hardcore on lore but it wouldn't make sense for everyone in the uk to start owning firearms. 
stuff like holdouts and light pistols are still available in the underworld, but you'll find because of the low prevalance of firearms, the police and gangers won't be geared up for it. t
they'll favour impact armour over ballistic and tend to carry non-lethal weapons (police) or melee weapons (gangs). there is obviously the firearms division of the met, but they've got a response time that varies on where you are in the city. lieutenants of gangs may well carry a gun, but it wont be an ares alpha!

eastern europe is a different kettle of fish. if you end up in their, the police are armed and the gangs will be, but i can't promise you'll be over there anytime soon so i wouldn't build for it.

[Tenlaar]

That's pretty awesome.  I guess I just assumed that with the general state of the SR world, and the corp takeovers, Europe would have descended to a US level in regards to weapon use.  The fact that it didn't actually makes we want to play a game set over there one day, heavy weaponry has never really been my style.

Thanks for the info, I didn't mean to jump in here and hijack heh.