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Title: Attitude PDF now on sale! Print version on its way!
Post by: JM_Hardy on <03-15-11/1829:16>
So--you want to know which music acts are hot right now in the Sixth World? Which BTLs are burning holes into people's brains? How about the different organizations looking to sign up runners as members? Maybe you want an update on the sports of the Sixth World, along with some of the hottest teams and players? Do you want all that, with a nice helping of avant-garde fashion? Then you want Attitude, which is out now in PDF form. You can buy the PDF, pre-order the print book, or buy the print/PDF combo on the Battleshop (http://www.battlecorps.com/catalog/advanced_search_result.php?keywords=attitude&x=0&y=0), or buy the PDF on Drivethrurpg (http://rpg.drivethrustuff.com/product_info.php?products_id=89433). Want more info? Here's some back cover copy for you:

Eat 'Em Up, Spit 'Em Out!

They can have their offices, their paychecks, their 2.2 kids and their robot-trimmed lawns. Screw ‘em. They trudge through life, doing what other people tell them to do, never having an original thought, burying themselves so deep down inside they might never come out.

You’re not them. The world’s not giving you anything, so you’re going to take what you can get. You’re on the streets, on your own. Maybe you’re helping an orxploitation band shoot to the top, maybe you’re climbing up the street brawl ladder, or maybe you’re getting famous just for being you. Whatever you do, you’ll do it your way, because dying always beats selling out.

Attitude helps shadowrunners live the untethered life by giving them the lowdown on music, entertainment, sports, and other scenes where they can make their mark without selling their soul. A repository of Sixth World culture along with a treasury of new ways to run in the shadows, Attitude is an indispensable resource for all Shadowrun players.


Jason H.
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Post by: FastJack on <03-15-11/1837:39>
Delicious. More to digest this evening. ;D
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Post by: hobgoblin on <03-15-11/1838:29>
The preview looks really promising :D

edit: oh, and did Fastjack just spoof the cover comments in the introduction text?!
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Post by: Critias on <03-15-11/1905:17>
*steeples his fingers*

Excellent, Smithers.
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Post by: Pathica on <03-15-11/2104:33>
*Giddy*  ;D
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Post by: FastJack on <03-15-11/2131:38>
BWAH-HAHAHAHAHAHA!

Attitude, p. 31.

Errata corrected, sirs! (http://forums.shadowrun4.com/index.php?topic=1936.msg19634#msg19634)
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Post by: EmperorPenguin on <03-15-11/2135:38>
I can really see this one setting off the imagination.  Anything that helps draw a clearer picture in the mind of what the 2070s are like is definitely worth a read.

In fact, I want to read it right now but I will be patient and wait for the print copy.
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Post by: JM_Hardy on <03-15-11/2204:37>
BWAH-HAHAHAHAHAHA!

Attitude, p. 31.

Errata corrected, sirs! (http://forums.shadowrun4.com/index.php?topic=1936.msg19634#msg19634)

It wasn't errata--this is a long-term plan spooling its way out. Note FastJack's comments on the login pages of both War! and Attitude …

Jason H.
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Post by: CanRay on <03-15-11/2211:32>
NetCat and Slamm-0s Baby grew up so fast, already hacking FastJack!

And I think I was just insulted on page 20.
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Post by: Crimsondude on <03-15-11/2255:05>
I had so much fun helping to proof this book it is a delight that it is finally out for everyone else to enjoy.

It figures that this article (http://"http://www.deathvalleymag.com/2011/03/15/electronic-gear-nokia-%e2%80%93-the-ak-47-of-phones/") ("ELECTRONIC GEAR: Nokia – The AK-47 of Cell Phones") was posted the same day Attitude hits the web since it's pretty much in the same vein as Attitude -- helping operators get the job done and then surviving their downtime. I actually made some recommendations to drafts based on material I read on DVM and talking to the folks who pointed me towards it.
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Post by: FastJack on <03-15-11/2344:32>
BWAH-HAHAHAHAHAHA!

Attitude, p. 31.

Errata corrected, sirs! (http://forums.shadowrun4.com/index.php?topic=1936.msg19634#msg19634)

It wasn't errata--this is a long-term plan spooling its way out. Note FastJack's comments on the login pages of both War! and Attitude …

Jason H.
I figured as much, just giving out kudos for not "ruining" the surprise when we were thinking it was a mistake. ;)
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Post by: Ryo on <03-16-11/0112:02>
Nice, this is a pretty sweet book. I'm gonna spend the next few days reading this puppy from cover to cover!
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Post by: CanRay on <03-16-11/0159:53>
Slowly working my way through it, and realized that we don't see much written BY FastJack himself.  (And worried about his Daughter, eh?  Hm, I wonder where that idea came from.).

Anyhow, reading it, I can't help but picture Spider Jerusalem sitting down in his easy chair, telling the TV Wall to "Entertain Me" while stroking "That Damned Cat".

All he needs now is a Bowel Disruptor.
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Post by: Kontact on <03-16-11/0254:16>
Gotta say I like it.

'Gratz
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Post by: machineiv on <03-16-11/0640:27>
And I think I was just insulted on page 20.

Nah. It wasn't you. Promise.
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Post by: CanRay on <03-16-11/1151:11>
And I think I was just insulted on page 20.

Nah. It wasn't you. Promise.
Wasn't JUST me you meant.   :P
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Post by: FastJack on <03-16-11/1300:52>
And I think I was just insulted on page 20.

Nah. It wasn't you. Promise.
Wasn't JUST me you meant.   :P
Not an insult, but a compliment.

Means we got lots of work in the future. ;)
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Post by: Digital_Viking on <03-16-11/1427:21>
Really enjoying the give and take in Netcat and Slamm-O's posts.

Have to say this is my favorite PDF thus far, and that's coming from someone who's appreciation for violent hardware borders on the unhealthy.

*tries to imagine Hellyeah bodyguarding a popstar*

Yeah, don't see that ending well.
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Post by: JM_Hardy on <03-16-11/1443:29>
For those of you waiting on the print edition, the printer sent us digital proofs, we've reviewed them, so the presses are going to be firing up soon!

Jason H.
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Post by: CanRay on <03-16-11/1655:00>
Really enjoying the give and take in Netcat and Slamm-O's posts.
It's like they're married.

...

Oh, right.  Has she had the kid yet?
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Post by: FastJack on <03-16-11/1659:12>
Really enjoying the give and take in Netcat and Slamm-O's posts.
It's like they're married.

...

Oh, right.  Has she had the kid yet?
Since he's changing diapers...
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Post by: imperialus on <03-17-11/1118:10>
Well I'm impressed...  I'm not finding it as cool and inspirational as Neo-Anarchists Guide to Real Life was when I first read it, but that's a pretty damn tall order to fill.

The only thing that kinda made me go ??? was the end of the Street Life fiction.  I guess I just don't see why Doc-Wagon would see Shadowrunners as a lucrative market.  Doc Wagon is like an insurance company, they make money by selling premiums, not by responding to them.  They especially don't make money when they need to respond with an HTRT and pull some bullet riddled runner out of a firefight.  Still though, that's a pretty miniscule criticism.  The story itself was a good read.

And I love Sunshine's comment on P27.  "there isn’t a whole lot of good tradecraft out there anymore.  there’s no fi nesse. Runners think they can slide a contact an extra fifty bucks and she’ll spill her guts. Your contacts aren’t programs you can load up when needed. they are living breathing people who need to be handled with care."
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Post by: Bull on <03-17-11/1129:08>
DocWagon contracts are REALLY expensive, especially the Plat/SuperPlat "We'll send in HRT teams to pull your ass out" plans.  And the health care they provide isn't nearly that expensive.

Plus, consider that, like all insurance companies, they make up for the plans they do pay out on by the thousands of plans they don't.  For every Shadowrunner they pull out of the fire, there's a few dozen corporate VPs who paid their premiums and never even had a cold.  But the Shadowrunners are the ones that they can show off, to show how awesome they are when yu do need their services.

Shadowrunners are good PR for DocWagon.

Bull
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Post by: machineiv on <03-17-11/1257:17>
The only thing that kinda made me go ??? was the end of the Street Life fiction.  I guess I just don't see why Doc-Wagon would see Shadowrunners as a lucrative market.  Doc Wagon is like an insurance company, they make money by selling premiums, not by responding to them.  They especially don't make money when they need to respond with an HTRT and pull some bullet riddled runner out of a firefight.  Still though, that's a pretty miniscule criticism.  The story itself was a good read.

Sorry if this bit of subtlety wasn't expressed: That scenario wasn't supposed to be a common affair. Remember, the little baby runner was responding to a specific advertisement that Doc Wagon put out. Doc Wagon's intent was to turn that scenario into a little bit of viral advertising; to turn that kid into an urban legend of sorts. Are they losing money on him if he picks up a contract? Yes. But a story like that will put Doc Wagon on the tip of everyone's tongue when they get their hand caught in a garbage disposal.
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Post by: imperialus on <03-17-11/1311:56>
No need to apologize.  It was a really cool bit of fiction, and it does make sense in that context.  I still wonder how effective the "We rescue criminals!" PR angle would be but that's really picking at nits.
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Post by: Bull on <03-17-11/1319:33>
DocWagon Spokemodel:  "If we'll work this hard to rescue the scum of the earth...  Imagine how hard we'll work to save YOU!"

Bull
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Post by: hobgoblin on <03-17-11/1516:01>
No need to apologize.  It was a really cool bit of fiction, and it does make sense in that context.  I still wonder how effective the "We rescue criminals!" PR angle would be but that's really picking at nits.
Depends on how the runners are seen in shadowrun. To some extent they seem to be seen as the last "free men". A kind of fictional cowboy if you will. Sure, outlaws in the eyes of the powers that be. But free to come and go as they please (at least in fiction, if not in fact).

Humanity seems to have a love/hate relationship with this "breed" of man. On the one had we would love to be them in the stylized sense, but at the same time we hate the chaos they seem to bring with them wherever they appear in the real sense.
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Post by: imperialus on <03-17-11/1613:33>
The more I read, the more I love it, just noticed the shoutout to Dark Angel on pp50-51!  That was the first Shadowrun adventure I ever GMed, and still one of my favorites.
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Post by: Crimsondude on <03-17-11/1620:01>
We spent way more time than you might imagine compiling the list of every band and musician that appeared in Shadowrun. And since most of them were in first edition I read books I forgot I had.
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Post by: CanRay on <03-17-11/1625:24>
The more I read, the more I love it, just noticed the shoutout to Dark Angel on pp50-51!  That was the first Shadowrun adventure I ever GMed, and still one of my favorites.
I so wish I had been in a Shadowrun group in those days...

Been wanting to play it since '92.  Still waiting...
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Post by: Tycho on <03-22-11/2010:01>
Doc Wagon: "We busting our asses to save the terrorists of the world, so that you remain in fear and in our service, of cause!"

Yeah sounds like a real Win-Win Situation...  ::)

Really? There will always be some celebrity to rescue out of a dangerous situation, even if they pay runners to assault him to get good publicity out of the rescue, the money would be better spend than advertising "We save shadowrunners, hurray!"

Even if they just rescue a regular guy/girl from gang violence or a robbery, they would get better publicity.
The last Thing DW will do is publicly announce that they save shadowrunners from corporate security by force...

cya
Tycho
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Post by: CanRay on <03-22-11/2017:40>
Depends on which media the people watch...

Some Corporations villainize Shadowrunners, some have them heralded as "Heroes Of The Little Man" who are supported by a certain Corporation that's friendly to "The Little People" that's just recognizable as a "RL" Corp.

Sometimes it's the same Corporation that does the same thing, having the best of both worlds, or different divisions of media fighting over ratings to get a better corner office for their managers...  Who, ironically, probably use Shadowrunners to further their goals.

DocWagon seems to be firmly in the "Support the Shadowrunners" league.  Probably on the idea that, if Shadowrunners are using their services, they're less likely to want to perform 'Runs against DocWagon.  Actually...  That might be another reason for this:  Preemptive Defense against Shadowruns.
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Post by: Critias on <03-22-11/2034:35>
Doc Wagon: "We busting our asses to save the terrorists of the world, so that you remain in fear and in our service, of cause!"
In real life, shadowrunners are mercenary terrorists.  In Shadowrun, they're the guys folks make reality tv shows, action movies, and music videos about.  The whole game flows more smoothly if you don't get the two mixed up.
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Post by: Tycho on <03-22-11/2105:12>
In RL there are also Movies and TV Shows about "Shadowrunners": A-Team, Leverage, Oceans 11, Ronin, Heat, Nikita and so on. However nobody advertises with "We help dangerous criminals, because the look cool in the movies..." People are able to distinguish between fiction and reality, so nobody will root for DW's "We save bad people!"-Campaign

In LA Doc Wagon could use that advertisement, because there is a very specific hype about runners, but in the rest of the world runners are just terrorists, even if there are cool movies and tv shows about them...

cya
Tycho
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Post by: CanRay on <03-22-11/2105:43>
Mercenaries, sure.  Terrorists?

Some, yes...  But that's a big brush to be painting all of them with.
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Post by: Critias on <03-22-11/2132:46>
...but in the rest of the world runners are just terrorists, even if there are cool movies and tv shows about them...
No, they're not, and they've traditionally not been described as such.  If that's how you see them, fine, and obviously neither of us is going to change the other's mind -- but there's long been a light-hearted, perhaps even silly, "exception" made in Shadowrun's popular culture for, well, shadowrunners.  Does it make sense?  Not entirely, no.  But given the nature (and title) of the game, it's just been a part of the background for a long, long, time.

It's a little goofy, sure, but it's there.  You can certainly gloss over it or dial it down in your campaign, but I think doing so takes away a little of the over-the-top fun of the setting.
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Post by: Bull on <03-22-11/2223:19>
I keep saying this lately, but it bears repeating, as it's something I think people have forgotten (and that's been lost in the fiction somewhere)...

In Shadowrun, 99.999% of the population are ignorant sheep.  They buy what the corporate media tells them to.  They eat, sleep, live, breath, do, wear, etc what the media says to.  Shadowrun is a dystopian, dark future where the corporations control everything, including how most people think.

And the corps?  They like Shadowrunners.  They're useful.

Bull
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Post by: CanRay on <03-22-11/2240:49>
Actually, the first few sentences of Attitude shows the public's view of Shadowrunners.  Back up, actually, the COVER shows what the public's view of Shadowrunners are.

There's also Karl Kombatmage, Slade the Sniper, and the rest that have been examples of Shadowrunners in popular media.  In fact, I often quote Karl Kombatmage being the primary area of knowledge that most people have about Magic.

Which is also the same about of accuracy they have about firearms and vehicles explosive capabilities.   :P
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Post by: CanRay on <03-22-11/2243:06>
I keep saying this lately, but it bears repeating, as it's something I think people have forgotten (and that's been lost in the fiction somewhere)...

In Shadowrun, 99.999% of the population are ignorant sheep.  They buy what the corporate media tells them to.  They eat, sleep, live, breath, do, wear, etc what the media says to.  Shadowrun is a dystopian, dark future where the corporations control everything, including how most people think.

And the corps?  They like Shadowrunners.  They're useful.

Bull
Good suggestion I heard recently is the movie "Demolition Man".  Before and after John Spartan is frozen.  Both are Dystopian, but differently so.

Most of the people above ground after John is unfrozen...  That's John Q. Wageslave.  Yes.  They're all that wimpy.

The novel apparently shows just how much worse it is, too!
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Post by: Bull on <03-23-11/1403:44>
Yeah.  I think modern internet and stuff has really spoiled people on their outlooks, and they find it completely unbelievable that people could be such mindless lemmings, but...  Well...  Hell, look around the world today.  Look at how the news agencies twist things around now, and (avoiding any specific politics here, lets NOT go there) how much certain groups of people completely and utterly believe things that are totally false, because their news agency of choice tells them it's true?

Reality is easy to manipulate, if enough of the media is in on it.

Bull
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Post by: EmperorPenguin on <03-23-11/1812:03>
I can't agree with the assumption that people, in general, are ignorant, and accept all information spoonfed and at face value.  I've come across this opinion a lot (it seems especially prolific on the internet) and I don't really want to speculate on whether it is cultural, subcultural, age-based or has other origins.  It is based on a very limited observation of a very large population.

In a game world like Shadowrun it is certainly easier to perceive the average person as a mindless drone.  Bull's right - the game material encourages it!  Beyond simplification, I believe the purpose is to help set the PCs apart as 'special'.  They are above the general population in something more key than even armament or skill - knowledge.

The desire to have "us" and "them" when it comes to understanding and media savvy is strong.  In SR, it is obvious.  "Us" are 'runners and "them" are corps, gov'ts, law, dragons... pretty much everyone else.  I think things are much more delineated in RL, though.

I think there's plenty of room for wageslaves who exhibit intelligence (if not shadow common sense).  That being said, you can't subvert a trope if you don't spend a lot of time building it up first!
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Post by: CanRay on <03-23-11/1957:57>
Sorry man, people are sheep and idiots.  Work tech support, and you'll find out just how true that is.

They buy what they're told to buy, and believe what they're told to believe within their own mindset.  It's a far more rare an individual that thinks for him/herself.

Think back to High School (Or Grade School if you're not a Gen-Xer like myself).  How many people actually put thought and effort into work?  A small percentage, right?  Just coasting along until they were able to get that factory/mining/fishing/whatever job that Dad and Dad-before him and so on did, right?

If you went to College/University, that number changed drastically, didn't it?  The majority were people that cared and thought and fought to get through things, with the minority coasting along.  But a lot less people in total, right?

Maybe that's just my personal experience...  Of course, my personal experience included a High School English Course that had someone write a Book Report on an issue Rolling Stone Magazine and got a B, while I got a C on an actual BOOK.
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Post by: hobgoblin on <03-24-11/1341:15>
A teachers pet case? Or did someone in the magazine report writers family donate a wing or something to the place of learning?

And yea, after a work day it appears that most are happy to crash in front of the idiot-box until bed time. Tho it depends on age somewhat as well. The older one gets, the harder a habit or notion of reality is harder to break.

This on top of all kinds of biases the human brain operates with, like confirmation bias or considering the first told story about some subject more true then subsequent ones that contradicts the first one.
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Post by: CanRay on <03-24-11/1615:53>
No...  I wish it was a case of teacher's pet.  It was far from the only example I can give, for a variety of reasons and purposes.   :'(
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Post by: JM_Hardy on <04-08-11/1409:23>
We have a street date! It'll be out April 27!

Jason H.
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Post by: Pathica on <04-08-11/2316:44>
We have a street date! It'll be out April 27!

Jason H.

Sweetness, am giddy with anticipation.  ;D
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Post by: wylie on <04-10-11/1104:33>
well, hey here is my 2 nuyens worth

The good:
               The book is well done. Everything flows into the next. There is enough info to help both players & GMs branch into most areas. The Steampunk items are interesting. The writeups on some of the media darling and top bands are added spice. The bands are great, helping flesh out the music scene. Orks doing country is funny, but believable. Several plots hooks and possible mission ideas to be fleshed out later.

The Bad:
              Where are the prices for music gear? The writeups on the good and bad of using each kind are informtive. But without prices, not much help. Where is the info on being a reporter? I have seen fiction with reporters running the shadows. A part I liked in Shadowbeat. The part about any commlink can be a camera is ok, but doesn't get into the meat of being a reporter.

The Ugly:
              No rules for Combat Biker or Urban Brawl. I am a fan of Shadowbeat, enjoying having the rules handy in case anyone really wanted to know how the games were played. Also, unlike SB, no breakdown on professional teams so character know who to cheer for, or what to wear in certain locations. I could say they team is to protect "Bounce" of the SK Urban Brawl team and I got a writeup of her basic background for characters to legwork on and make plans accordingly. Now if I say I got the top rider for the Seattle Timberwolves to be detained for say 48 hours, many players won't clue in until I give them the rundown from the Johnson.

Overall: I would recommend the book to anyone as a sourcebook. it is good look into the media of 2070s. Any fans of Shadowbeat should be warned of the changes. And told to check out the Tesla Gloves.
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Post by: Malex on <04-10-11/2125:51>
Excited for the book release date, but the 27th seems so far away.  :-[
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Post by: The_Gun_Nut on <04-11-11/0950:44>
What?  NO URBAN BRAWL!?!?

I had a character who LIVED the Urban Brawl scene.  He and another PC would bet on the outcome of matches.  He even missed part of a shadowrun to watch the semi-finals!
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Post by: Crimsondude on <04-11-11/1134:13>
I raised the issue about news and reporters during the development process. All I can say is that, no, that Shadowbeat-equivalent info is not in this book.
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Post by: Critias on <04-11-11/1536:55>
What?  NO URBAN BRAWL!?!?

I had a character who LIVED the Urban Brawl scene.  He and another PC would bet on the outcome of matches.  He even missed part of a shadowrun to watch the semi-finals!
To clarify, there is some Urban Brawl in the book.  It's not the page after page of detailed information Shadowbeat offered, but it (along with Combat Biker, and an assortment of other sports) is in there.
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Post by: CanRay on <04-11-11/1911:17>
Maybe a "Sports And Entertainment" Ebook?
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Post by: The_Gun_Nut on <04-12-11/0933:14>
Please, oh please, yes.
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Post by: Longshot23 on <07-03-11/1048:24>
Okay, um, just something about the cover of Attitude . . . Caution-Tape Chick has, to my eyes, a strong resemblance to the actress Juliet Landau.  Was she in fact the model for the artwork?
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Post by: JM_Hardy on <07-03-11/2146:25>
Okay, um, just something about the cover of Attitude . . . Caution-Tape Chick has, to my eyes, a strong resemblance to the actress Juliet Landau.  Was she in fact the model for the artwork?

Interesting question. I'll have to ask Echo at GenCon!

Jason H.
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Post by: Bull on <07-03-11/2336:13>
Caution Tape girl is a model that Echo uses (She's in 3 or 4 of Echo's pieces, actually).  I'm blanking on her real name off hand, but Echo was talking about her a fair bit at Origins (ANd selling sets of prints of all the pieces she modeled for).