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[Zone]

I've been trying to remember the last time I played as opposed to writing the genre -- it has to be 6 or 7 years ago, so all the little technicalities are way gone from my brain, since when I write I don't have to listen to dice...

I'll keep reading 

[Ruski]

best way to learn is by doing... go download one of the generators and make a PC. jump into 'back to the shack', and stumble through a short firefight with the rest of us.

[Ingo Monk]

I've run a bunch of SR4 games, but the last time I did one was in 2006.

[kv]

I've been trying to keep a Shadowrun game going over on Mythweavers, but it turns out being depressed and unemployed is fantastic* (*-when it comes to amount of time devoted to planning/writing/running a game- and nothing else).

If you want to read over it, you can do so here: http://www.myth-weavers.com/forumdisplay.php?f=16428

I'm L0g41n over there. It was the name of my hamster (who was named after Logain Ablar from Wheel of Time, and also in 13375p34k to irritate my then-girlfriend). If you want to make an account (free), and apply for the game, I'll add you. But, uh... don't read the 'back to the shack' thread, because some of this is going to seem very familiar otherwise.

  - kv

[Ingo Monk]

Sooo... does that mean we're not doing Denver here? 

On a side note, came across this site today: http://www.obsidianportal.com/

It's a collaboration site for role playing.  You can make a campaign site and invite people to be a part of the group.  You can have that campaign be public or private.  The site allows you to create a wiki, and pretty much each page has a hidden "GM section" so as GM you can leave notes only you can see.

[kv]

On Obsidian Portal, I'm Malveris:

http://www.obsidianportal.com/profile/Malveris

  - kv

[Ruski]

okay; so, for a point of clarification: why would we use obsidian portal or mythweavers when the really important part of a play by post adventure is the BBS portion to post stuff?
Are we going to be 'recruiting' other players or just running with the three of us?
I'll sign up for whatever site y'all want to host this on, but I don't see a real advantage of going out of ingo's little haven here.

[Ingo Monk]

Oh no, I wasn't recommending we use that.  Just thought it was interesting and it was related to what we're doing so I felt I should share.

In our situation the only useful thing I can think of is keeping info together, like shared contacts and a log of events and such.  The wiki thing is kind of cool too.  I think it's more useful to GMs as a gaming aid, since it allows them to keep all their notes together in one place.  You can also hide info and reveal it when it's necessary.

I created an account and a test campaign to try out the tools.  It could be useful to me if I were to GM a game, however it would be most useful if all your players had accounts as well.  If you're looking just to post info for them to view there are other options that are more or less involved.  You can make a Google Site or for something less robust you can do a DropPages site via DropBox which is what I'm currently playing around with.

[kv]

I already have both sites, too.

I use mythweavers for Play by Post games (as you well know, Ruski), which I did a lot when I was out of work and more than a little depressed. I don't have as much time for it now that I'm working full time again.

I use Obsidian Portal to coordinate for real life games (like my local games here in Phoenix), to answer questions, put up all my notes, and to keep player's information current. It's a good site, and I'm going to try and run a maptools/ventrillo hybrid game here, coordinated through Obsidian Portal. We'll see how that goes.

Mostly, I'm really looking forward to playing here on the Shadowrun Pub, and especially doing it with people that I've known on here for a long time. I like you people.

Zone has a character (Sundance, elven weapon hoarder), Ingo has a character, and Ruski is a character. I think that means we're good to go for Back to the Shack!

  - kv

[kv]

Also, posted the introductory post for Back to the Shack. This is the same general thread for trash-talking, witty observations, and general nonsense. If there's anything we need to keep record of, please include it in your personal character threads.

Have fun, play Shadowrun!

  -kv

[Ruski]

Re-posted my intro (2 seconds after kid did it for me apparently) I was adding a little bit of color and mark-up to mine, so I just deleted kid's.
I deleted you're quote kid; hope you don't mind. it was all the same except for the OOC part at the end asking zone to post some sort of an intro for her PC.

[kv]

Nope, that's fine with me. I only posted because I noticed that you had already gone to the trouble of writing up an introductory post already, and here I had been a dumb bastard and started another thread.

Zone, I think that means it's your turn to post!

Also, I love this link, so you guys need to check it out: http://vimeo.com/8569187
That one was the first representation of Augmented Reality I'd seen, but this one is pretty awesome, too: http://vimeo.com/14294054

When I posted this game in Mythweavers, I had the main image linked to this video, but this new board doesn't like images as hypertext links. Oops.

  - kv

[Zone]

Sorry, did I miss a cue?  I'll go read the thread ...

[kv]

Just the cue that there are only three players, and the other two have posted.

No problem, welcome to the game. If you want to post your gear and stuff, I'll check the math (the pre-gen characters are all underspent, I'm not sure why), and you can fill in the cracks with spam!

  - kv

[Ruski]

I can tell you why. its so that the folks that 'make' their own PCs have a small edge over the less creative 'stock' guys.