yeah, basically they were still using the old chronology progression of 1 year in real life = 1 year in game time not realizing/not having been informed that it had been changed to 1 year in real life = 6 month in game time.
Which caused the German timeline to be in early 2084 instead of early 2083 as per the later supplement (Wild life and Falling point).
Considering how fast some aspect of the Shadowrun timeline can move that can be quite significant.
Wait, what? When did that change happen? For that matter, WHY did that change happen?
I do understand that the pace of a game in play will almost never keep up with the game calendar at a 1-to-1 ratio, but a) lagging behind is not the worst thing, b) it makes the timekeeping really easy, and c) it has over 30 years of tradition to it.
Was this announced somewhere, or just put together with the jackpoint dates of books? (I haven't paid much attention to those dates, and have just been assuming things were ticking along like they always have).