Hoi LinkDeath!
Thanks for the welcome, Chummer! That Twitch.tv feed during the Shadowrun Returns interview was crazy! I wish I could have answered more questions, but it was the middle of my work day, ya'know?
More so, I wish many who share our love for the lore and atmosphere of Shadowrun's written word, wouldn't get so hung up on the mechanics. I respect the vital work and math that so many chummers over the years have put in to Shadowrun's game system(s), but they do so to provide us a basis to run with other chummers through the awesome setting of our dreams and nightmares. Getting stuck on one element of a mechanic and not being able to let go, so everyone else at the table can enjoy how we strut, slink, wrangle or blast our way through the shadows, has killed more than one gaming group for me over the years. Then I see them doing it to so many more of us when it comes to other media with which we can engage the fixers, gangs, awakened beasts and megacorps we love to tangle with. As long as the canon, the lore and atmosphere of Shadowrun is preserved, then we have the fuel with which to ignite our imaginations, and have fun. And if the math and mechanics of the game system is your fun, I love you for it, because you're awesome to play with too, if you can let go. ^_^
Gah! Sorry, chummer! 'seems I'm feeling ranty this evening. I think I'll take a break, pour a drink, enhance 15 to 23, print a hard copy, then hop in my spinner before this sector's closed to ground traffic!
Ja Mata!
-RC