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« Reply #165 on: <10-13-12/1953:29> »
I think all of you have misinterpreted what's going on.  On the other hand, the people who are most likely to know aren't talking.  ;)
It's still fun watching.


/drops a knife called "Lofwyr" and runs back behind the glass.
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« Reply #166 on: <10-14-12/0052:22> »
Well, I've been doing some reading, and I'm pretty sure I know what the arguments up in the Lake Louise lair, what with the meetings between Ryan, Ghostwalker, and Dupree were about.  Curiously enough, they - and Ryan's designs with the drakes - do still fit in with my proposal.

So yeah, James, I'm pretty sure I pulled yet another White IC on this one.
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« Reply #167 on: <10-14-12/2211:04> »
I think all of you have misinterpreted what's going on.  On the other hand, the people who are most likely to know aren't talking.  ;)
It's still fun watching.


/drops a knife called "Lofwyr" and runs back behind the glass.

"Oh we know what's really going on, just checking that you guys knew..."

Con Roll: (2: 0,1)  Failed

Ahem. I don't suppose a hint or three somewhere to the right direction would be possible?

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« Reply #168 on: <10-15-12/0012:44> »
No.

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« Reply #169 on: <10-15-12/0056:11> »
They probably have non-disclosure issues to keep them from spilling the beans. On top of the fact that they like to tease things worse than Laughing Man and Big D chatting on Shadowland.
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« Reply #170 on: <10-15-12/0128:16> »
Yup, NDA signings keep people from blabbing.

That said, I'd love to have a "Director's Commentary" thing for books. Like, a year after it was published, a thing where the writers could post thing sto the forums, and go, "Okay, this thing here was a reference to this plot. This thing was a plotline for any GM to pick up on. This guy here was named after my cousin, while this other one was a girl I used to date. Oh! This part! Yeah, I love dthis part! I'd been doing a lot of reading about Thing the past month, and this happened to come up *right* when I was filled with useful info. Perfect timing!"

Stuff like that.

Until it hits shelves, though, saying anything can get pink slips, and nobody wants that. Heck, even when it hits shelves, there's some stuff that we shouldn't say. "Oh good, Awesome Book is out? Check out page blankity-blank! That's where I kick off this AWESOME plot that'll be running for the next three years. Cool huh?" D'oh. Fired.

The older something is, the safer it is to talk about. As time goes by and I learn more about what's going on, you might notice that my speculation has slowed down. Pretty soon, I won't be able to do it at all because, well, I chat people up all the time to try and stay current. Mixing up what's being written and what's been released is a quick way to blurt something and get your head whapped.

And I have a tender skull.

 

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« Reply #171 on: <10-15-12/0158:26> »
They probably have non-disclosure issues to keep them from spilling the beans. On top of the fact that they like to tease things worse than Laughing Man and Big D chatting on Shadowland.

Funny you should specifically pick those two ... look into who Aina had been talking to, and when.  I strongly suspect Aina knew ahead of time exactly what was going to happen, what she was doing, what she was getting into.  Chuckles and the White Boy may have issues over this whole thing - and events up in AMC will become interesting - but I think Chuckles is going to get smacked by the Clue-By-Four before things can devolve into top-end deaths.

And then they'll have the inside knife and get to tear into what's going wrong down in the Heart of Darkness.  With backup.  And I suspect OQ will be standing there with Mike Rowe's expression, holding the shovel and realizing how deep a sewer hole she dug herself into...
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« Reply #172 on: <10-15-12/0940:18> »
No.

Yeah, thought so. And I was not totally serious in asking by the by, I know about NDAs.  ;)

Okay then, back to rampant mis-speculating!

And yes, Wak, that'd be awesome. I think it's been said that there's no "Shadowrun Bible" that keeps track of all the stuff that's been done or will be done. It'd be great to see a book that wraps up just what happens. But then, that kinda robs you of the experience as well.
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« Reply #173 on: <10-15-12/1008:12> »
Until it hits shelves, though, saying anything can get pink slips, and nobody wants that. Heck, even when it hits shelves, there's some stuff that we shouldn't say. "Oh good, Awesome Book is out? Check out page blankity-blank! That's where I kick off this AWESOME plot that'll be running for the next three years. Cool huh?" D'oh. Fired.
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« Reply #174 on: <10-15-12/1049:27> »
Actually, there is a Shadowrun Bible. It was released publicly to coincide with the Shadowrun Returns Kickstarter, which is where you should be able to find it.

It's incomplete because it was originally written more than ten years ago, but it was updated for SRR, and it's still better than nothing.
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« Reply #175 on: <10-15-12/1327:00> »
Actually, there is a Shadowrun Bible. It was released publicly to coincide with the Shadowrun Returns Kickstarter, which is where you should be able to find it.

It's incomplete because it was originally written more than ten years ago, but it was updated for SRR, and it's still better than nothing.

Thanks much for this. Can't believe I missed that.

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« Reply #176 on: <10-15-12/1327:25> »
Actually, there is a Shadowrun Bible. It was released publicly to coincide with the Shadowrun Returns Kickstarter, which is where you should be able to find it.

It's incomplete because it was originally written more than ten years ago, but it was updated for SRR, and it's still better than nothing.

Where does one find it? Link or is it in print?

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« Reply #178 on: <10-15-12/1338:09> »
Actually, there is a Shadowrun Bible. It was released publicly to coincide with the Shadowrun Returns Kickstarter, which is where you should be able to find it.

It's incomplete because it was originally written more than ten years ago, but it was updated for SRR, and it's still better than nothing.

Where does one find it? Link or is it in print?

....

Here ya go, chummer: http://harebrained-schemes.com/shadowrun/primer/

damn you beat me on that :)

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« Reply #179 on: <10-16-12/1024:18> »
I think it's been said that there's no "Shadowrun Bible" that keeps track of all the stuff that's been done or will be done.
There's nothing for what will be done, but we do have notes and documentation on what was done, and when we start plots we generally have an idea of where we think they should go, and some of us even write that down. There are several wikis for SR, too, which helps us a lot. One of these days in my copious unstructured free time, I need to get online and update several dozen entries....
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