[Critias]

How low?

I (my character) personally hailed a cab, had him drive me to a street doc, then killed him and sold the parts to the doc and the cab to a chop shop.

I was low on cash that week.

Guess your GM's not big on real-time broadcasting security cameras inside cabs, huh?   

[The_Gun_Nut]

First, it was the Barrens in 2050.  Second, my illusion spells disguised my face.  Third, he never saw it coming.

[Fortinbras]

I once walked out of a restaurant without paying.

If this is in Shadowrun, I hope it wasn't an Italian restaurant. Those Mafia types can be an unforgiving bunch. Come to think of it, I hope it wasn't a noodle place(Triads) or sushi joint(Yakuza) or seafood restaurant(Seoulpa Ring.) God help you if it was The Big Rhino!

If this was in real life, seriously uncool! Some of us work in restaurants and we have Shadowrun books to buy. You steal from me, you steal from Catalyst.

First, it was the Barrens in 2050.  Second, my illusion spells disguised my face.  Third, he never saw it coming.

But you never saw that hobo hiding in the shadows and that cabbie's brother was a made guy in the O'Malley family...
In any event, I'm sure that cabbie was going to drop you off at the organ leggers while he thought you were under sedation and sell you to some ghouls. Good thing you got him before he got you!

[Rockopolis]

It was run by a werewolf, I think.  Something that shrugged off an antivehicle sniper round to the head.  I got eaten later.

[savaze]

All you need now is a kill counter display on your chest, drones to collect your kills, and three names...

[Rockopolis]

What's that from?

[savaze]

What's that from?

kill counter display Came from Cyberpunk

drones to collect your kills Came from my 9 o'clock news player, mentioned above

three names Came from the US media on how they label killers (serial and assassins), like the recent attempt on the AZ Senator (It's easier to say Senator, since she was one prior to currently being in Congress... Besides I'm not sure 'Congress-Woman' is correct terminology).  The entertainment industry also likes to use it, like in the movies: Conspiracy Theory and Assassins; and the TV shows X-Files and Dollhouse.  The list could go one for a very long time...

[Fortinbras]

Congresswoman is correct. Or Representative. As she was a sitting representative, it is more accurate and deferential to refer to her by her current title.
Though that psycho isn't technically a serial killer, as there was no significant time in between the killings. He is technically a mass murderer. Not that it matters with a bag over your head and a paralyzing agent running through your veins.

[Outsider]

Hopefully no runners have ever tried this. Because that would be pretty low.

[thalandar]

I remember a time when Shadowrun was about fighting the corps and standing up for the squatters.  Street samurai's were defined by their code of honor, not by their body count, Street Shamans defended the natural world. Shadowrunner isn't suppose to mean the same as killer and murderer..... I really miss "real" shadowrunners.....

[Loki]

I remember a time when Shadowrun was about fighting the corps and standing up for the squatters.  Street samurai's were defined by their code of honor, not by their body count, Street Shamans defended the natural world. Shadowrunner isn't suppose to mean the same as killer and murderer..... I really miss "real" shadowrunners.....

That's just the flavor of campaign you play in(me too generally). Shadowrunners are criminals tho, some only a little bad(ie, those prone to hooding) and some are very, very bad.

[savaze]

Usually it's only a single player with issues that would be better off working through them at the gym or going to the shooting range than warping the flavor of the game...  I wish I could find a gaming group that doesn't end up having one of those players!  It's no fun when you have to make new characters after a single game.  At least I've got weird stories [as I cry myself to sleep].

[thalandar]

honestly, I think it is the new generation of gamers-i've had to educate my players about what Shadowrun is about.  you are not mercenaries, although sometimes you will act like one.  You are not soldiers but sometimes you'll have to fight like one.  It's not just about nuyen, having the toughest character or the best cyberware-it's about honor and living by a code.  That's the difference between wantabes and prime runners......here endith the lesson.

[savaze]

honestly, I think it is the new generation of gamers-i've had to educate my players about what Shadowrun is about.  you are not mercenaries, although sometimes you will act like one.  You are not soldiers but sometimes you'll have to fight like one.  It's not just about nuyen, having the toughest character or the best cyberware-it's about honor and living by a code.  That's the difference between wantabes and prime runners......here endith the lesson.

I got tired of educating the local college/high school kids on what role playing actually is (vs the roll playing, MMO style gaming they were raised with).  I think that's ultimately why I took a break from gaming.

[thalandar]

Educate them the way I do, with a prime runner street samurai that hunts down dishonorable acting characters and makes examples of them.  Have contacts stop doing business with them or start charging them more for stuff.  Doing amoral things also attracts the attention of Knight Errant.