Hello all,
My name is Dashifen, and I've been running Shadowrun now for close to a decade non-stop and fourth edition since it came out. If you've any questions that you'd like me to answer, I'm more than happy to do so!
Someone above asked about hackers and why an old term is suddenly popular again in 2070. From what I understand, the concept was to try and create and edition of the game that would satisfy existing fans of the previous editions while also being approachable and easily understandable by new players. Since "decker" was a genre-specific term to SR, it may have been confusing for some new players. Plus, the shadow-slang (drek, frag, hoop, omae, etc.) probably falls into the same category.
Also, remember that cyberdecks went out with the second world-wide matrix crash in 2064 and the new matrix-technology is referred to simply as a commlink. Thus, the term "decker" being one who uses a cyberdeck is somewhat obsolete.
Anyway, I didn't mean to come across so pedantic, but I think I did anyway.
If there's any other questions, ask away and I'll see what I can do.
- Dash -
Edit: And I should mention to that play-by-post shadowrun does work rather well. There's a whole forum set aside for pbp games at the Dumpshock Forums (DSF) (http://forums.dumpshock.com). Registration for the DSF is somewhat broken at the moment, but there are instructions for getting an account if you're interested.
Probably the hardest part for breaking into SR4 for pbp games is character generation which can be rather complex.