I hadn't noticed this until now, and it seems no one else here has either, so...
They apparently had enough people asking about what edition of the rules they would use, and came up with an answer:
They apparently had enough people asking about what edition of the rules they would use, and came up with an answer:
Which version of the Shadowrun rules are you going to use?
Let's start here--Shadowrun was never about the rules. It's about the game world. If you need proof, look at the 1st Edition rules. They were. . . lacking. But the world caught on and the rules improved. So we intend to be true to the world and take our rule cues from the 2nd and 3rd Editions. They best represent the 2050 era time frame.