The Gaming Den

I hope to god knasser was referring to Randall or Jason there and not lil' ol' me. My inaction isn't really making a difference here. I can't go on a Shadowrun to Snohomish to steal back the money.

Lago, I think you missed my point. Stuff like the character builder, "easier setup", and social networking are all stuff that are intended to appeal to the WoW crowd. The problem is, the WoW crowd is simply not attracted to the tabletop gaming experience. At all. I have actually met peopl...

5. Considering how long I’ve been involved, and how much blood, sweat and tears I’ve given for Catalyst, I’ve seen a lot of “How can Randall continue to work wi th Loren?” I’ve obviously known the Colemans for a very, very long time and been involved intimately with the company from the day the ide...

You have rolled a critical failure in your Search Skill Test. Indeed I have. So he's still....on there and everything. Welp. Edit: Okay, done reading the memo. While the decision to leave Loren Coleman at the helm of the company without any kind of reprimand or sanction seems inexplicable (and bord...

I am reading that now. As a comment, his name appears to have been removed from Catalyst's website.

For the record I am not defending CGL.

Has any action of any kind been taken against Loren Coleman?

Was he at least fired?

In before Godwin? Not that I'm forcing you to take a side, it's just that "I was not there" is a terrible reason to not take a side. I don't think that not knowing the facts is a terrible reason not to take a side. Ironically you can "Godwin" either side of the argument because ...

Would it break people's hearts to hear that Shadowrun somehow managed to be the 4th bestselling RPG of Q2 2010 (according to ICV2 - coming behind D&D, Pathfinder, and Warhammer FRPG?) http://www.icv2.com/articles/news/18045.html I have to say that I am rooting for the Shadowrun brand, no matter...

Do you mind if I ask who you are? I know Robert and Frank's names but not yours. It seems from your post like you work(ed) for CGL.

Make a case then. What has Jason done well? One thing I've learned around here is there isn't always just one right answer. Many times there's conflicting positions that can both be supported. So if you can support your position, go for it. And I say this as someone who's never played a game of Sha...

Being a game designer is clearly not the way into the public's heart.

Just checked in over at the official forums and I'm happy to see that Dumpshock has nothing to worry about. It looks like Jason is about as good with code as he is with the SR source material. And as long as he's spending time on forum skins he isn't writing SR books, so more power to him. Sometime...

I don't actually understand the point of the official forums. This is the forum that hates CGL. Dumpshock is the forum that likes CGL. There is yin and yang in balance and everything is in equilibrium, right? But now you introduce these new official forums. Or is it now meant to be a tripartite syst...

OK, you can read part of the "Trees" discussion Here. That was the master plan and end game for the "Trees." Here's what it was: * Way back in Year of the Comet, they introduced some awakened carnivorous trees, which if they got large enough could be a threat to metahumans who d...

G'damnit Stahlseele. In the "DOTA is retarded/leaked documents" discussion maybe five to ten pages back, I think Ancient History or Frank or somebody mentioned that part of the reason that the creative direction that CGL is taking Shadowrun in is FUBAR because of the "Trees" thin...

I think some of my points are getting lost so I'll try to have fewer points per post. The nanite paste datajack replacements have a range of like 3 meters. My interpretation of that (and this might be another case of me subconsciously altering RAW) has always been that the Signal rating represents t...

In other news...could someone please explain the 'Trees' thing?

Basically, I've only skimmed Ends so far but the only thing I've encountered so far that I really have a PROBLEM with is that the NO PAN = VULERNABILITY as opposed to NO PAN = IMMUNITY trope switch. But... why would "you" be holding the control switch? Indeed, if you are just a lonely nake...

Yeah, I guess you're right! Shouldn't the bond requested be in close proportion to the actual projected legal fees, however? I don't really know.

I just find litigiousness as a whole very unpleasant and I hope to avoid it where possible.

But does a commlink really realistically contain the hardware for phreaking and overwriting the human brain? And if it did, wouldn't it have an availability of LOLFU, even in a world where you're carrying an Ares Predator to the local Stuffer Shack? In so many ways Ends seems to make the Matrix MORE...

Well, regardless, 5th edition is coming. CGL plans to release 5th edition in 2012, subject to being able to hold together financially until then. That is really interesting to know. How you can continue to have inside information on CGL while publically campaigning for their dissolution is pretty w...

Actually I use the Matrix Rules and am fairly satisfied with them. If I was using my own jury-rigged homebrew type deal, I would definitely upgrade to this. I love the associated fluff and explanations, and also the streamlining to Programs = Spells is pretty sweet. Although the one thing I question...

Or to Arclight in Japan. Their pro-Nazi semi-pornographic card game is apparently actually really cool. From a mechanics standpoint, the historicity of a game where you play Nazi school girls who show their panties off while trying to take Moscow for the Third Reich from Stalin (who is a wizard) pr...

It doesn't effect CGL's chances of winning but it does seem to effect the chance that the (plaintiffs?) creditors will drop the (suit?) involuntary bankruptcy petition. Depends on what the fraction of the principal is, probably.

If CGL DOES go bankrupt, what does that mean for SR?