One of the best runs I ever did was about 10 years ago playing SR2. We had a mage (me), a street sam, and a troll rigger(no kidding). Op was easy, break into a warehouse to steal a hardcopy of some blueprints, get out. We did it by making the riggers van into a "roach coach" (ie a snackwagon), parked it in the parking lot, had yours truely cast an improved invisibility spell on Sammy, concentrated in the back of the van while Sammy got in and out without a hitch.
Three hours of stealth, concentration, and social checks and we got a NICE fat 10K yen payday.
Not a single shot fired. To this day I use it as an example of a perfect run to new players.
But as for the "edition war", eh, to each is their own. I may not know a good game, but I know what I like. And what I dont like, I give my opinion why, but ultimately let others make up their minds and that is all I ask in return. Its one thing to express and articulate in a mature, adult way the reasons for said dislike, another to whine like a baby and denounce another game because you all of the sudden cant be da-uber you once were because of rules changes.
Ah well, such is the life of a gamer.
