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« on: <12-29-16/1856:16> »
(I found this saved on an old CD Rom.  It's old.  Probably older than some of you. Wonder how many of you this will make a lick of sense to? :))

... you understand what the term BABY really means.
... you have searched Ebay for a BABY to call your own.
... you have a BABY of your own.
... you've named your BABY.
… your BABY has more signatures in it than your High School Yearbook.
... you're like a parent with your BABY in that if anyone goes to touch it without express, often written, permission from yourself you have threatened them with significant acts of violence.
... you know what the following terms or acronyms all mean ... "DRF, FASA, Plastic Warriors, BKK, HHH, TSS, BadKarma, SR, Bulldrek."
... you knew the web site address of all of the previous by heart.
... you knew the names of the coordinating staff of each of those web sites.
... you can name all the DLOH in order and give the dates when they changed hands accordingly.
… the DLOH knows who you are.
… you’ve met a DLOH.
… you’ve met more than one DLOH.
… you knw what ShadowRN, Plot-D, and ShadowTK, NERPS and SRCreate were.
… you were a member of any of those lists.
… you were a member of ALL of those lists.
… including ShadowGM.
… you remember when the ShadowRN lists were on jackpoint.org.
… you remember when the ShadowRN lists were on itribe.
… you remember when the ShadowRN lists were on Haern.
... you understand what the terms "Old Timer, Carp, Gurth's Stairs, Dumpshock, etc..." all refer to and where they are used most.
… you know what the Tickle-Me-Dunkie and Dinky Dunky is.
... you've ever made a stuffed Great Dragon doll.
… you’ve spent time on #Shadowrun on Undernet IRC.
… you know who Fro is.
… you know who WildAngle is.
… you know what CaptChaos, Mostafavi, and Fastjack were.
… you visited Shadowland.org when it was still in it’s first incarnation.
… you know what TopCat’s Manifesto is.
… you have a copy of TopCat’s Manifesto.
… You remember "name the quote, win a prize"
… you know what the term THWAP means.
… you've been THWAPed.
… you have the big THWAP Carp ASCII graphic on your hard drive.
… you know MC23, Barbie, Gurth, or Dvixen’s real name.
… you remember Invasion Force.
… you were a part of Invasion Force.
… you weren’t part of IF, you were defending TK from IF.
… you know who Bob is.
… you know what the FCotSB is.
… you’ve been incubated into the FCotSB.
… you’re a member of the Anti-boB Liberation Front.
… you spell it w**dch**k to avoid mail filters.
… you know WHY it’s spelled that way.
… you remember why w**ch**k’s, Tea, FAB Bats, Peanut Butter, and Vegemite are all forbidden topics.

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« Reply #1 on: <12-29-16/1946:40> »
Damn, I'm old...
Where am I going? And why am I in a hand basket ???

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« Reply #2 on: <12-29-16/2030:26> »
I think I put this together back in...  98?  Maybe 99 at the latest.

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« Reply #3 on: <12-30-16/0549:47> »
I'm a Thrice Incubated Acolyte of the FCotSB and I'd kill for a BABY ...




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« Reply #4 on: <12-30-16/0757:32> »
I think I put this together back in...  98?  Maybe 99 at the latest.

I didn't even have Internet back then ^^
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« Reply #5 on: <12-30-16/1127:50> »
Excellent find/post Bull, thanks!

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« Reply #6 on: <12-30-16/1455:49> »
I'm old by proxy.
It is better to be crazy and know it, than to be sane and have one's doubts.

"Nothing is wrong if no one can stop you."

Remember, you're only a genius when they need you. The rest of the time you're just an asshole.

Well, drek. Looks like Timmy fell into the Dissonance Well again.

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« Reply #7 on: <12-30-16/1621:33> »
Pfft. Says the guy who was never on GEnie. And there was only one DLOH.
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« Reply #8 on: <01-04-17/1104:39> »
Those were the days.  I still remember getting temporarily banned from RN after an argument that the color paradigm for the astral world was backwards, since magically active things were draining mana from the astral world into the physical so their ambient mana should be lower (and darker) rather than higher (and brighter).

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« Reply #9 on: <01-04-17/1623:36> »
It's only fair because that's so incredibly wrong. :P

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« Reply #10 on: <01-14-17/0229:48> »
And I thought I had forgotten all that.... SIGH!

Tho, Bull, ya missed one...

You remember the screaming that ensued when trying to get to any of these places.
Spooky, what do you do this pass? Shoot him with my thunderstruck gauss rifle. (Rolls)  8 hits. Does that blow his head off?

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« Reply #11 on: <01-16-17/1547:20> »
Heh.  Kids with their BABYs.

You know you're a hardcore old SR player/GM if you ...
... have a SR1e1p.
... can say where it is.
... can SEE where it is.
... went gonzo over the 'new stuff' in the Street Samurai Sourcebook the first time it came out.
... thought that the ork street samurai was the coolest way to get things done.
... you own all the NAGEEs.
... you're a contributor to the NAGEEs.


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« Reply #12 on: <01-16-17/1710:43> »
I think most of things were either online, or after my time ... (I played 1st edition long enough to deal with the Universal Brotherhood, then had a 20+ year lull (mostly without any RPG activity)).

I'd throw in:  "If you still expect that the 'detective'archetype (with no magic or cyberware) to be a core character archetype.

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« Reply #13 on: <01-18-17/1323:38> »
These newfangled message board thingamabobs! =) I'm just an old gamer: if it says DiTillio, Findley, or Achilli it's probably XFRWTVworth the read!

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« Reply #14 on: <01-18-17/2146:05> »
I think most of things were either online, or after my time ... (I played 1st edition long enough to deal with the Universal Brotherhood, then had a 20+ year lull (mostly without any RPG activity)).
For some, I'm thinking back to Queen Euphoria.
Dunno why.

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I'd throw in:  "If you still expect that the 'detective'archetype (with no magic or cyberware) to be a core character archetype.

I loved that archetype! Street beater detective, living on grit and skill alone. Terrible meta pick, hella fun to play.
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