Try this with me, feel free to add, edit or delete ONLY one at a time.  Maybe we can come up with a somewhat consensus of how the average Shadowrun should play.  Everyone seems to have a different opinion on what is a cheap tactic or what you should not do in the game.  By no means is this religious in any way or meant as the way you’re supposed to play.  We all love and play Shadowrun in our own ways.  This is intended for humor and a way of better understanding the community as a whole…

1. Thou shall not score the artifact when your team has 5 wins already.

2. Thou shall not buy Smartlink unless you’re new.

3. Remember to buy rez in the early rounds and especially if you’re an elf or dwarf.

4. Honor thy rezzer by protecting him and not running off.

5. Thou shall not buy EV or SL in the first round.

6. Remember not to buy weapons in round 1.

7. Thou shall not commit team killing.

8. …

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8. Thou shall not tbag your opponent if you had 1 or more other players assist you.

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9.  Thou shalt not clear except onto others who hath cleared you.

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 HoRNS456 wrote:

1. Thou shall not score the artifact when your team has 5 wins already. Unless the other team is hiding and running the clock or not trying at all.

2. Thou shall not buy Smartlink unless you’re new. Or unless you're a troll with a minigun or you can't aim to save your life.

3. Remember to buy rez in the early rounds and especially if you’re an elf or dwarf. If you don't your cries for rez will be ignored.

4. Honor thy rezzer by protecting him and not running off. Unless said rezzer runs off without you or he is a fool and runs into certain death.

5. Thou shall not buy EV or SL in the first round.

6. Remember not to buy weapons until you have the techs/magics that you want/need.

7. Thou shall not commit team killing, unless it is for a good reason(killing a team killer, someone being verbally abusive or players who refuse to play).

8. Thou shall not tbag your opponent if you had 1 or more other players assist you, unless you're new and need the achievement.

9. Thou shalt not complain when your body is cleared, it is an important part of good strategy regardless of what others may tell you. There is no honor in putting your team at risk by allowing enemies to rise again.

10. If you ask for money do not expect any. No one has any obligation to support your build.

Bolded parts mine. Italics part SirFlibble. Italics and Bold mine as well.

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(Also, I will stop using smartlink as a troll when elves stop using laggy Katana, fair??)

 HoRNS456 wrote:

Try this with me, feel free to add, edit or delete ONLY one at a time.  Maybe we can come up with a somewhat consensus of how the average Shadowrun should play.  Everyone seems to have a different opinion on what is a cheap tactic or what you should not do in the game.  By no means is this religious in any way or meant as the way you’re supposed to play.  We all love and play Shadowrun in our own ways.  This is intended for humor and a way of better understanding the community as a whole…

1. Thou shall not score the artifact when your team has 5 wins already.

2. Thou shall not buy Smartlink unless you’re new.

3. Remember to buy rez in the early rounds and especially if you’re an elf or dwarf.

4. Honor thy rezzer by protecting him and not running off.

5. Thou shall not buy EV or SL in the first round.

6. Remember not to buy weapons in round 1.

7. Thou shall not commit team killing.

8. …

n+1. Thou shalt not take the name of Noob in vain!

n+2. Thou shalt not worship any build before me.

n+3. Six days thou shalt play Shadowrun, but on the seventh day thou shalt chill!

Nuff said,
RJ

Thou shall not glitch and wait till every team member is dead before joining the
fight and getting killed yourself.

Thou shall not be an Elf with Smg shooting a Troll from point blank range.

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I only agree with number 4 & 7 and storms post . 5 & 6 are terrible rules

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 Sir Jonno wrote:

I only agree with number 4 & 7 and storms post . 5 & 6 are terrible rules

5. Thou shall not buy EV or SL in the first round.

6. Remember not to buy weapons in round 1.

Those may not apply to you but for most players it's great advice. I think 5 is less important since both EV and SL at least give the player a good skill they won't lose but 6 should be a rule for at least 99% of the playerbase.

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 TheGrimMerc wrote:

I'm going to hell!!!!

Nah, you're just getting old. Really, really old. (hehe)

Dying one day at a time,
RudeJohn

 UnyoBro wrote:

 Sir Jonno wrote:

I only agree with number 4 & 7 and storms post . 5 & 6 are terrible rules

5. Thou shall not buy EV or SL in the first round.

6. Remember not to buy weapons in round 1.

Those may not apply to you but for most players it's great advice. I think 5 is less important since both EV and SL at least give the player a good skill they won't lose but 6 should be a rule for at least 99% of the playerbase.

I'm pretty sure a $500 weapon doesn't go amiss with a human

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If you're going up against a team with all pistols splitting your team so that some pickup weapons and others upgrades can get you an easy 1st round win and a head start with extra cash for the next round so you get a good edge for the match.  If your team gets killed the whole idea can backfire and you can end up just a round behind in upgrades.  But for a human an upgrade and a weapon can be a good combo to get your team ahead.

... and the most important of them all:

THOU SHALT NOT SING INTO THE MICROPHONE

because, quite frankly thou sucketh most egregiously, and mine ears bleedeth over whenst thoust does sing unto me...

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 Sir Jonno wrote:

 UnyoBro wrote:

 Sir Jonno wrote:

I only agree with number 4 & 7 and storms post . 5 & 6 are terrible rules

5. Thou shall not buy EV or SL in the first round.

6. Remember not to buy weapons in round 1.

Those may not apply to you but for most players it's great advice. I think 5 is less important since both EV and SL at least give the player a good skill they won't lose but 6 should be a rule for at least 99% of the playerbase.

I'm pretty sure a $500 weapon doesn't go amiss with a human

Like I said this kind of thing may not apply to everyone but for the most part buying a weapon first round is a bad idea. IF you don't die then it's all good but if you die and give the other team a free SMG you've only hurt your team. Besides that the extra 500 can be saved for abilities.

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Sometimes it can work out to buy a weapon first round. I do so when the other team is not particularly good, and are mostly elves. As a troll, I can usually take out 2 or 3 players pretty quick, and sometimes get lucky and take out more. Either way, I make good money, and can buy all of my magic and tech next round. In this situation, it can be a good boost to my team, especially if I think others will have brought tree first round anyway. It's a gamble, but can pay off as a troll.

I also strongly disagree with those who say a person should not buy smartlink at all. I use it to more easily take out nooby elves who are constantly popping up, slashing me and then running away. If they do this I buy smartlink, lock on when they appear and take them out quickly. It makes people angry, but why should I not use this if they have the ability to teleport and the advantage of speed? It does not make sense to not use this advantage to counter theirs. it is illogical to do otherwise.

Just my 2 cents.

 ICptJackSparrow wrote:

... and the most important of them all:

THOU SHALT NOT SING INTO THE MICROPHONE

because, quite frankly thou sucketh most egregiously, and mine ears bleedeth over whenst thoust does sing unto me...

BUT I'VE BEEN PRACTICING!!!

Now I'll never get that gig at the Copa.

RudeJohn has left the building.

 RudeJohn wrote:

 ICptJackSparrow wrote:

... and the most important of them all:

THOU SHALT NOT SING INTO THE MICROPHONE

because, quite frankly thou sucketh most egregiously, and mine ears bleedeth over whenst thoust does sing unto me...

BUT I'VE BEEN PRACTICING!!!

Now I'll never get that gig at the Copa.

RudeJohn has left the building.

The Copa.... wow you are old !!! LOL

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lol, he's freely admitted to that on many occasions now

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I know you said this was humerous but none of these "rules" should be taken seriously.

Im sick of people telling others how to play.

I play the way i want to and expect others to do the same. Thats not to say im not polite and dont help others but im sick of others calling ANY tactic/magic/weapon/cheap

Ive heard noob come before(but not limited to) all of the following:

SMG/Katana/Rifle/Smoke/Smartlink/Gust/Body clearing/Shotgun/EV/Elf/Troll/Human/Gnome

If we took all these things out we would have a VERY BORING game.

If you are so hard core and talented why not just spend no money and buy nothing.

Stop being sore losers and dont tell others how to play.

 magic greig wrote:

Ive heard noob come before(but not limited to) all of the following:

SMG/Katana/Rifle/Smoke/Smartlink/Gust/Body clearing/Shotgun/EV/Elf/Troll/Human/Gnome

If we took all these things out we would have a VERY BORING game.

WOW, seriously, he couldn't be more right about this.

Whine all you want about what's noobish, but if it weren't there, this game would've never been in you console to begin with...

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 magic greig wrote:

I know you said this was humerous but none of these "rules" should be taken seriously.

Im sick of people telling others how to play.

I play the way i want to and expect others to do the same. 

That's fine but if your choice of playstyle doesn't include rez then don't expect to be rezzed, sound fair? I refuse to risk myself for people who wanna do their own thing and not think like a team. I'm not saying you're like that but just thought I'd mention it. That rule should be law, buy rez.

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First you You contradict yourself. You refuse to help people who wont play as a TEAM. A good team should be balanced, not everyone should get rez. Say im a elf and i rez a troll, i would much rather the troll helped me later that round by providing additional firepower and being a shield, if he has points tied up in rez then he wont be a very good shield!

Secondly i never "expect" to be rez'd and im always grateful when i am

I didn't contradict myself, everyone should buy rez at some point. I play troll all the time and I buy rez by round 4 or so and I usually lead my team with kills(and sometimes rezzes). Granted troll shouldn't buy rez until they get other stuff but they should still get it for emergencies. A smart player knows how to balance rez with other abilities on troll. The only exception is if your team is getting destroyed and you honestly can spare the 2k. But, imo your team is probably losing because of lack of teamwork or people not buying rez. BTW I'm not saying you personally are a problem, I've never played with you before and other than the rez disagreement I have no problem with what you said.

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What's up EVERYBODY! I am back. I finally remembered my password to both my xbox.com and email address. I missed you all so much. NOT! What's up with the 2nd commandment? How come there isn't a commandment that's the same for EV? As you all should know, EV is worse than SL. All the others seem about right. Other than that, I hope you are all happy I am back, I hope I don't see none of yall in my games.

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 yadoo95008 wrote:

What's up with the 2nd commandment? How come there isn't a commandment that's the same for EV? As you all should know, EV is worse than SL.

There's no EV commandment because most people realize it's not as overpowered as SL. That being said I don't have a problem with people using SL but it has more potential to be abused. EV can be considered cheap too but it's not helping you aim. If someone sees you through a wall you still know about it because of the obvious ping. You just have to be alert when you see it. Not much you can do when someone is locked on spraying with SL before you realize it.

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 ICptJackSparrow wrote:

... and the most important of them all:

THOU SHALT NOT SING INTO THE MICROPHONE

because, quite frankly thou sucketh most egregiously, and mine ears bleedeth over whenst thoust does sing unto me...

That should be a rule for any online game!

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 magic greig wrote:

SMG/Katana/Rifle/Smoke/Smartlink/Gust/Body clearing/Shotgun/EV/Elf/Troll/Human/Gnome

If we took all these things out we would have a VERY BORING game.

We call that game "Halo 2".  lol

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But there are always those dang noobs who spam and spam the stupid thing and most of the time EV is used, it's used to jump up behind people which just gets totally annoying if multiple people have it. SL also does get a bit more dangerous in pacts but when you have 3 people or more spamming the heck outta it, not only is the constant ping annoying but you are always having eyes watch you and track you which if you have just got ambushed, if you got away you need time to regain health to fight back and if you have a swarm of EVers on you, you really can't.

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 yadoo95008 wrote:

But there are always those dang noobs who spam and spam the stupid thing and most of the time EV is used, it's used to jump up behind people which just gets totally annoying if multiple people have it. SL also does get a bit more dangerous in pacts but when you have 3 people or more spamming the heck outta it, not only is the constant ping annoying but you are always having eyes watch you and track you which if you have just got ambushed, if you got away you need time to regain health to fight back and if you have a swarm of EVers on you, you really can't.

I think I've said this to you before but it bears repeating. If you can't accept the core parts of this game then maybe you should play/post somewhere else. EV and SL are not going anywhere. They are both common, popular choices for a lot of people. This will not change so you might as well get used to it or just quit. To some people Teleport could be considered cheap, I would say the same to them. Btw if you're team is staying together and working as a team EV is useless. What good is it to know the whole team is sticking together? Once they see you the EV is just a wasted slot. The only way to fight SL is with smoke or gust really so it's much more dangerous than EV if you play right.

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