In Shadowrun 2nd Edition. You had 5 prioroties, A to E if you took A ( the best) for your Stats. you'd have to take a worse one for your Skills and a still worse for cash, etc.
One guy made the mistake of leaving his character sheet behind we discovered to get his character he'd have to have taken Priority A in ALL his options plus added 200 Karma ( average 4-5 Karma a session). Not to mention gaining a first class Fixer to get hold of some of the gear.
Also his magical group only allowed Metahuman, gator shamans in but still had 50 members, which meant every metahuman in the city was a Gator shaman and had joined his group !