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Message no. 1
From: Mon goose <landsquid@*******.COM>
Subject: Re: Magical Deckers/ otaku
Date: Mon, 20 Oct 1997 22:49:31 PDT
>[snip]
>> Of course, there are exceptions in the system. The Otaku and
Cybermancy
>> come to mind. IMO, I don't like those ideas much because they
(again,
>IMO)
>[snip]
>
>Um...what's "The Otaku" ? Remember, I just started playing SR....be
gentle
>:)
>
>SOOiCydE

Simply put, Otaku are a unique clique of childrenor young teens who
can "deck" just by plugging straight from thier jack into the wall-"look
ma, no cyberdeck". Except they are all orphans...
Thier BRAINS are attuned to the matrix- they are members of decker
Cliques that recruit orphaned children and teach them to start decking
on tortises as todlers, and hot decks as kids.
They first were mentioned in the Denver Box sets discusion of the
Denver Data haven, just as shadowtalk. VR2 gives optional rules for
playing them.
I don't think they are magical. They undergo what is called
"resonance" in the proces of becoming Otaku, its like an awakening in
the matrix. I think this is just thier brains learning to process
matrix data... Aided by some "outside" force, probably a sort of AI in
the matrix. Iamago also comes to mind, but I don't want any spoilers.
That clearly involved magic and technology.
They often refer to this in magical metaphors, speaking of spirits of
the matrix and calling themselves technomancers or cybershamans.
Hell, hook a kid up to a remote control deck though a jack, young
enough and long enough, and he might learn to RIG without a VCR! The
brain is a funny thing that way. I don't think its magic, at least not
of the astral juju sort.


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Message no. 2
From: adonis <adonis@******.COM>
Subject: Re: Magical Deckers/ otaku
Date: Tue, 21 Oct 1997 17:18:12 -0400
[snip]
> >Um...what's "The Otaku" ? Remember, I just started playing SR....be
> gentle
> >:)
> >
> >SOOiCydE
>
> Simply put, Otaku are a unique clique of childrenor young teens who
> can "deck" just by plugging straight from thier jack into the
wall-"look
> ma, no cyberdeck". Except they are all orphans...
> Thier BRAINS are attuned to the matrix- they are members of decker
> Cliques that recruit orphaned children and teach them to start decking
> on tortises as todlers, and hot decks as kids.
> They first were mentioned in the Denver Box sets discusion of the
> Denver Data haven, just as shadowtalk. VR2 gives optional rules for
> playing them.
> I don't think they are magical. They undergo what is called
> "resonance" in the proces of becoming Otaku, its like an awakening in
> the matrix. I think this is just thier brains learning to process
> matrix data... Aided by some "outside" force, probably a sort of AI in
> the matrix. Iamago also comes to mind, but I don't want any spoilers.
> That clearly involved magic and technology.
> They often refer to this in magical metaphors, speaking of spirits of
> the matrix and calling themselves technomancers or cybershamans.
> Hell, hook a kid up to a remote control deck though a jack, young
> enough and long enough, and he might learn to RIG without a VCR! The
> brain is a funny thing that way. I don't think its magic, at least not
> of the astral juju sort.
>
Ahhh...interesting. I can see putting them in our senario. We are
starting to do more with deckers and the matrix!

SOOiCydE
Message no. 3
From: Brett Borger <bxb121@***.EDU>
Subject: Re: Magical Deckers/ otaku
Date: Tue, 21 Oct 1997 17:51:58 EST
> Ahhh...interesting. I can see putting them in our senario. We are
> starting to do more with deckers and the matrix!

If you are starting to do more Matrix stuff, I really recommend
picking up VR2.0. The rules take a few readings to get (but then, so
does the stuff in SR2) but they make decking WORLDS easier and
quicker.

-=SwiftOne=-
Message no. 4
From: adonis <adonis@******.COM>
Subject: Re: Magical Deckers/ otaku
Date: Tue, 21 Oct 1997 19:56:57 -0400
> > Ahhh...interesting. I can see putting them in our senario. We are
> > starting to do more with deckers and the matrix!
>
> If you are starting to do more Matrix stuff, I really recommend
> picking up VR2.0. The rules take a few readings to get (but then, so
> does the stuff in SR2) but they make decking WORLDS easier and
> quicker.
>
I will do that. I'm sure my GM already has, since he has a couple of
copies of it. I'm gonna have *snatch* a copy! :)

I have skimmed thru it once, but i didn't retain anything :)

SOOiCydE

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