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I have some thoughts on your post, Superfly, but it'll have to wait until morning. Time for bed for me.

Sure thing, dude, goodnight.

I mean, when it got to the point that (despite the "megapulse" handwaviness) I could go out and buy better, more compact technology today than much of the everyday tech in SR3's 2063, the fluff was waaaaaay overdue for some updating.

The Crash of '29 set technology back in a big way in SR lore, which is why everything retained that 80's wired feel. One of the things that bothers _me_ most about SR4 was that although the 2nd Matrix crash was as disruptful and society-altering as the 1st, technology suddenly took a giant LEAP forward into the wireless age. It is a thin veil for the storytellers and current IP holders to bring SR's tech more in line of what 'could' be based of today's world, rather than what could have happened based on the tech in the 1980's -- nothing more.

Despite that, I have come to have a grudging appreciation for the new world, because it is much more accessible -- even to an old SR1/2 player and SR3 purist (until recently) like myself.

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Personally, I have every english-language Shadowrun novel written, as well as almost all the sourcebooks except a few choice ones I'm lacking. Some of them I wouldn't buy regardless (pretty much anything SURGE or YotC-related) because I don't like the idea of trying to canonize furries in a dystopic cyber-future.

In SR4, the game has definately lost its 80's cyberpunk flair, but this new 'cybertech' style is nice, too. I'm even starting to play it after hating on the changes for a good 2 years. My campaign (Chronicles of the A-Team) will remain SR3 until it ends...But the sequel will be SR4.