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Message no. 1
From: Lady Jestyr <jestyr@*******.DIALIX.COM.AU>
Subject: Decking and Deck Modes, was Re: Book Review!!!
Date: Tue, 1 Apr 1997 12:46:47 +1000
> Yeah! Damn Elves!!!!! okay, on a more relevant note, I have a
> question to ask of everyone.! It concerns VR2.0, which since i hear
> very little about it i assume most people dont know very much about it

I think it's partly that, partly that many people don't want to take the
time to do decking runs "on camera" since it bores everyone else
stupid...

> (and about decking in general) it concerns the ratings of
> bod/sensor/mask/evade in relation to the MPCP say the MPCP is 8, and i
> have a masking of 8. when i go into masking mode, increasing my
> masking to 1.5X, does the new rating of 12 break the
> max-persona-rating rule or is it allowable..? i believe it is

I'd say it's allowable, for the same reasons you do, and one other: if
it's not allowable, the optional deck modes rule is useless. Who's going
to carry around an MPCP 12 deck *just to use an optional deck mode*???


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Message no. 2
From: Shawn Baumgartner <deosyne@*******.COM>
Subject: Decking and Deck Modes, was Re: Book Review!!!
Date: Tue, 1 Apr 1997 19:29:11 -0800
>Date: Tue, 1 Apr 1997 12:46:47 +1000
>From: Lady Jestyr

>> Yeah! Damn Elves!!!!! okay, on a more relevant
note, I have a
>> question to ask of everyone.! It concerns VR2.0,
which since i hear
>> very little about it i assume most people dont
know very much about it
>
>I think it's partly that, partly that many people
don't want to take the
>time to do decking runs "on camera" since it bores
everyone else
>stupid...
>

Actually, an effective GM can make a foray into the
matrix one of the most interesting parts of a run if
the GM and the decker have a firm grip on the rules.
They can be very tense situations.
"BLAM!"
"Oh shit, OPEN THE DOOR, ALREADY!"
"<mumble>i'm tryin'"
"BLAM, BLAM!"
"Whoosh!<door opens>"
"C'mon!" Team grabs decker and yanks him through
door with cable trailing from datajack.
Just imagine if the decker's taking on a fortfied
datastore as his security tally goes up a touch too
high and calls in the guards. :)

>> (and about decking in general) it concerns the
ratings of
>> bod/sensor/mask/evade in relation to the MPCP say
the MPCP is 8, and i
>> have a masking of 8. when i go into masking mode,
increasing my
>> masking to 1.5X, does the new rating of 12 break
the
>> max-persona-rating rule or is it allowable..? i
believe it is
>
>I'd say it's allowable, for the same reasons you do,
and one other: if
>it's not allowable, the optional deck modes rule is
useless. Who's going
>to carry around an MPCP 12 deck *just to use an
optional deck mode*???
>
>
>Lady Jestyr
>

With an MPCP-12, who cares? :) Of course, let's say
its a 12/9/9/9/9 deck. Put it in bod mode for a scrap
with some IC and it goes to 12/14!/5/5/5(bandwidth/2
as well for Bod & Evasion). Gonna kicka some ayass!

Shawn



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Message no. 3
From: "MARTIN E. GOTTHARD" <s457033@*******.GU.EDU.AU>
Subject: Re: Decking and Deck Modes, was Re: Book Review!!!
Date: Wed, 2 Apr 1997 18:06:23 +1000
> Actually, an effective GM can make a foray into the
> matrix one of the most interesting parts of a run if
> the GM and the decker have a firm grip on the rules.
> They can be very tense situations.
> "BLAM!"
> "Oh shit, OPEN THE DOOR, ALREADY!"
> "<mumble>i'm tryin'"
> "BLAM, BLAM!"
> "Whoosh!<door opens>"
> "C'mon!" Team grabs decker and yanks him through
> door with cable trailing from datajack.
> Just imagine if the decker's taking on a fortfied
> datastore as his security tally goes up a touch too
> high and calls in the guards. :)
>

Depends on the ability of the GM.... as it is when I GM I've got to be in
a *really* good, almost pyschotic mood before I can handle doing a
simultaneous decking run at the same time as a combat, and if it's not in
a combat situation then the decker's going to be finsihed by the time the
players have walked 300m and said two sentences.

> >I'd say it's allowable, for the same reasons you do,
> and one other: if
> >it's not allowable, the optional deck modes rule is
> useless. Who's going
> >to carry around an MPCP 12 deck *just to use an
> optional deck mode*???
> >
> With an MPCP-12, who cares? :) Of course, let's say
> its a 12/9/9/9/9 deck. Put it in bod mode for a scrap
> with some IC and it goes to 12/14!/5/5/5(bandwidth/2
> as well for Bod & Evasion). Gonna kicka some ayass!
>
As if any halfway sane GM would allow a player to get an MPCP 12
deck....... The God of 'Almigthy Fairlight', so to speak.

I think deck modes are a good idea for times when the decker needs to
fight, or hide, to the exclusion of all else.

And I should say that if I ever play a decker, his masking attribute is
going to be through the roof, with sensors not far behind.... If I need
the other two I'll change deck modes. In VR2.0 you really don't want to
get successes aquired against you, which implies a shit-hot Detection
Factor, and consequently a shit-hot masking persona.
Message no. 4
From: Cyberspunk <Toaster@************.COM>
Subject: Re: Decking and Deck Modes, was Re: Book Review!!!
Date: Fri, 4 Apr 1997 10:55:15 -0800
> And I should say that if I ever play a decker, his masking attribute is
> going to be through the roof, with sensors not far behind.... If I need
> the other two I'll change deck modes. In VR2.0 you really don't want to
> get successes aquired against you, which implies a shit-hot Detection
> Factor, and consequently a shit-hot masking persona.
i agree. if the system can't get a success against you, then "you the
man".
mpcp-8 is a good rating for a starting decker (unless he's a meta and
you're not
using the more meta's). Maxing your masking to 8 and running a big
sleaze-8 will
give you a very highly respectable 8 det.fact., which jumps to 10 when
in masking
mode. "He the man".
anway
cyberspunk

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