[CanRay]

So, heads up folks, Bull, the Best Ork Decker You Never Met, has offered his character up to Harebrained Schemes as an NPC, but only one thing is holding them back from having him as part of the Shadowrun video game:  The $1000-Tier Kickstarter requirement.  I mean, if they just let ANYONE in without going through the legit channels, then they'd have to let us all in, now, wouldn't they?  And, well, you don't want to see my face in a Shadowrun game any time soon.

Maybe if I was a dwarf.  I can get the beard for that.

So, with Stretch Goals needing to be hit, and a variety of other completely legitimate and awesome reasons, let us try and figure out how to get the Shadowrun Bull into 2056, when he was young, eager, and not the cranky bastard he is in the 2070s!

That's right folks, let us get the hat passed around in order to get the Panther Assault Cannon wielding Decker into Shadowrun:  Hong Kong!  Who is with me???

[Herr Brackhaus]

Make it an add-on; I'd put forth 5 nuyen for that, easy.

[Marzhin]

I'm not sure I get what exactly you have in mind, CanRay. What is your actual plan to get Bull into SR: Hong Kong?

[Namikaze]

I'd contribute $10 to see that. 

[CanRay]

I'm not sure I get what exactly you have in mind, CanRay. What is your actual plan to get Bull into SR: Hong Kong?

Chloroform, a rag, and air freight? 

Get a proper collection going to get Bull The Ork Decker (as opposed to Bull the Shadowrun Author And Missions Guy) into Shadowrun:  Hong Kong.  The tier to get an NPC into the game is $1000.  It'll help bridge the gap between the video game and the tabletop game, despite there being 20-years between them.    And, considering that The Greatest Ork Decker You Never Met is already alive and well in the universe of Shadowrun back then (and was in quite a few books during the FASA days, before the writer got hired on at CGL), we're not even messing with any kind of canon!

Out of the price range of most people (Bull and myself included), but, if we work together, we can do this, and add even more awesome into Shadowrun:  Hong Kong!

[DeathStrobe]

Ask Harebrain to make that a stretch goal. I'd bump up my pledge for that. And they should add an experimental laser weapon called the Can-ray.

[AJCarrington]

Ask Harebrain to make that a stretch goal. I'd bump up my pledge for that. And they should add an experimental laser weapon called the Can-ray.

I'd toss a couple of extra bucks along for this as well (even though I'm spending too much as it is )

[Sendaz]

Can chip in on this so what is the plan? 

Do we pledge here and then if we make the goal Canray/Bull contacts us to arrange transfer of funds or will it be a mini KS.

Plus if we make 2k we get Bull and someone else in, like Mungo?

Though a CanRay being chased down the street by tazer hobos is also a good second choice.

[Imveros]

I've already given till it hurts ~_~

I am rooting for you though. It would be pretty wiz to see bull in the game. Even if it is just shadownet banter like we had in dragonfall

[CanRay]

I'm working on the way we're going to do this.  Currently, RL stuff has been eating a lot of my time, and I have no experience.

But, yeah, crowdsourcing is looking like the option of choice.

[Sendaz]

Any update on this as far as how it is going to go? 

I don't think they will be able to put this as a separate stretch goal on the Hong Kong KS (but you never know) so we need to organize a bit.

I do not know if CanRay/Bull have a webpage with a paypal button they want to use for simplicity sake or set up a proper KS page.

Could we also suggest starting a new page in general Discussion (with FastJack's Permission of course--don't think it would be an issue but never hurts to ask) as many people who may well want to contribute to the cause may or may not come down to this section.  Even if it's just $1 to $5 each it can add up fast if presented in the right section.

Namikaze already said they would throw in $10

In the spirit to help kick this off I will pledge $100 to the cause for putting Bull's mug on the game.
(Paypal preferred as easy and being abroad bank transfers to the US are not cheap, but will if that's what it takes.  )

So this already puts us at just over 10% of the way to goal. 

So what does everyone say?

[Marzhin]

I'd be willing to donate a few bucks to the cause. I only need a proper place where to do it

[AJCarrington]

I'd be willing to donate a few bucks to the cause. I only need a proper place where to do it

What he said

[Sendaz]

Well hopefully something can be organized. Maybe just need a bigger stick to poke Canray with.

Opti is almost three quarters of the way on his so it can be done.

[Opti]

I will officially say here that if we reach our $1000 goal, anything additional will go to the Bull fund. In addition, if there isn't any place to donate, anyone can donate on my page and put "Bull" in the notes, and I'll keep track of donations for him. Or however else I can help. I'm in.