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Message no. 1
From: BulletShower <nmatausc@****.CIP.FAK14.UNI-MUENCHEN.DE>
Subject: Re: Otaku knowledge (was: Arnie)
Date: Wed, 30 Oct 1996 08:43:46 +1000
Marc A Renouf wrote:

> Another bit of useless trivia brought to you by me.

Not for a RL otaku, though ;)


:)
BulletShower
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Message no. 2
From: Bull <chaos@*****.COM>
Subject: Re: Otaku knowledge (was: Arnie)
Date: Wed, 30 Oct 1996 02:58:58 -0500
> Marc A Renouf wrote:
>
>> Another bit of useless trivia brought to you by me.
>
>Not for a RL otaku, though ;)
>
Hey now, doing E-mail without a comp?? You really need to tell me this trick!

Save me a lot of money!!!:):):)

-Bull-the-wishing-he-could-deck-without-a-deck-decker-turned-GM

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Message no. 3
From: BulletShower <nmatausc@****.CIP.FAK14.UNI-MUENCHEN.DE>
Subject: Re: Otaku knowledge (was: Arnie)
Date: Wed, 30 Oct 1996 09:01:47 +1000
On 30 Oct 1996,
Bull-the-wishing-he-could-deck-without-a-deck-decker-turned-GM :)
asked me:

> > Marc A Renouf wrote:
> >> Another bit of useless trivia brought to you by me.
> >Not for a RL otaku, though ;)

> Hey now, doing E-mail without a comp?? You really need to tell me this trick!
>
> Save me a lot of money!!!:):):)

Hum ... problem is, we *still* play SRI-style, though we have lotsa
SR2-books (not the new VR). Do SR2 otakus need no deck any more? What
do they have? Cranials or something? I referred to real life,
nowadays otakus, the computer wiz kids who are completely antisocial
and isolated. They trade in information which can euphemistically be
called "trivial", while I prefer to call it plain bulldrek ("What
pants wore this and that manga character in this and that sequel",
"what bra size has this and that pop mistress", and similar things).

I know this is outa bandwidth, but I'd like to get more info on SR2
otakus? Someone out there to give me a helping hand?

:)
Bullet
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Message no. 4
From: Bull <chaos@*****.COM>
Subject: Re: Otaku knowledge (was: Arnie)
Date: Wed, 30 Oct 1996 03:14:44 -0500
>Hum ... problem is, we *still* play SRI-style, though we have lotsa
>SR2-books (not the new VR). Do SR2 otakus need no deck any more? What
>do they have? Cranials or something? I referred to real life,
>nowadays otakus, the computer wiz kids who are completely antisocial
>and isolated. They trade in information which can euphemistically be
>called "trivial", while I prefer to call it plain bulldrek ("What
>pants wore this and that manga character in this and that sequel",
>"what bra size has this and that pop mistress", and similar things).
>
>I know this is outa bandwidth, but I'd like to get more info on SR2
>otakus? Someone out there to give me a helping hand?
>
Well, I had replied to ya as a joke, but... we'll try to answer ya, but
this is off the top of my head...

They plug their brain straight in, no deck. Otaku decking works a bit like
a wizzie's astral body, as far as his Persona goes... Mental attributes
equal your Persona ratings, and programs are bought like skills. They get
some huge bonuses to start, but have some massive penalties to their real
physical bodies... I think they probably need and use Karma faster than
even Wizards, especially under the VR2.0 rules, as you need to use a _lot_
more programs to get anything done...:(

Well, that's off the top of my head, as I said. If I'm wrong, correct me
but don't hold it against me, please... I don't have the VR 2.0 here, and
never played an Otaku (although my characters son is one, which is why I
know as much as I do...:))

-Bull-the-'splaining-decker-turned-GM
Message no. 5
From: olafur gunnarsson <olafurg@******.IS>
Subject: Re: Otaku knowledge (was: Arnie)
Date: Wed, 30 Oct 1996 08:13:06 GMT
>On 30 Oct 1996,
>Bull-the-wishing-he-could-deck-without-a-deck-decker-turned-GM :)
>asked me:
>
>> > Marc A Renouf wrote:
>> >> Another bit of useless trivia brought to you by me.
>> >Not for a RL otaku, though ;)
>
>> Hey now, doing E-mail without a comp?? You really need to tell me this
trick!
>>
>> Save me a lot of money!!!:):):)
>
>Hum ... problem is, we *still* play SRI-style, though we have lotsa
>SR2-books (not the new VR). Do SR2 otakus need no deck any more? What
>do they have? Cranials or something? I referred to real life,
>nowadays otakus, the computer wiz kids who are completely antisocial
>and isolated. They trade in information which can euphemistically be
>called "trivial", while I prefer to call it plain bulldrek ("What
>pants wore this and that manga character in this and that sequel",
>"what bra size has this and that pop mistress", and similar things).
>
>I know this is outa bandwidth, but I'd like to get more info on SR2
>otakus? Someone out there to give me a helping hand?
>
Otakus In VR2 are sort of Magic deckers they are born to the matrix and dont
need computers only a datajack and some have headware they then use thier
minds to warp the matrix to do things that a decker cannot do.The rules are
ok with thier great edge in the matrix balanced with a number of minuses in
real life and such. Hope this helps.
-Olafur G
Message no. 6
From: BulletShower <nmatausc@****.CIP.FAK14.UNI-MUENCHEN.DE>
Subject: Re: Otaku knowledge (was: Arnie)
Date: Wed, 30 Oct 1996 09:15:31 +1000
On Wed, 30 Oct 1996 Bull came up with the answer:

> >I know this is outa bandwidth, but I'd like to get more info on SR2
> >otakus? Someone out there to give me a helping hand?
> >
> Well, I had replied to ya as a joke, but...

Hey, just because I'm Bavarian doesn't necessarily mean I'm dumb
(does it?) ;)

> They plug their brain straight in, no deck. Otaku decking works a bit like
> a wizzie's astral body, as far as his Persona goes... Mental attributes
> equal your Persona ratings, and programs are bought like skills.

Bwahaha, nothin' new for old-timers! [Insert proud grin] In SR1, this
was called "running naked".

> They get
> some huge bonuses to start,

Like what?

> but have some massive penalties to their real
> physical bodies... I think they probably need and use Karma faster than
> even Wizards, especially under the VR2.0 rules, as you need to use a _lot_
> more programs to get anything done...:(

What programs?


:)
Bullet
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Message no. 7
From: BulletShower <nmatausc@****.CIP.FAK14.UNI-MUENCHEN.DE>
Subject: Re: Otaku knowledge (was: Arnie)
Date: Wed, 30 Oct 1996 09:18:14 +1000
Hey, thanks for the quick answers!

On Wed, 30 Oct 1996,olafur gunnarsson said:

> Otakus In VR2 are sort of Magic deckers they are born to the matrix and dont
> need computers only a datajack and some have headware they then use thier
> minds to warp the matrix to do things that a decker cannot do.

What can they perform what a decker can't? Doi you have any examples?

:)
BulletShower

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Message no. 8
From: David Buehrer <dbuehrer@****.ORG>
Subject: Re: Otaku knowledge (was: Arnie)
Date: Wed, 30 Oct 1996 08:14:28 -0700
Bull wrote:
|
|They plug their brain straight in, no deck. Otaku decking works a bit like
|a wizzie's astral body, as far as his Persona goes...

How would FAB IC affect an Otaku ;)

-David

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Message no. 9
From: Justin Pinnow <jpinnow@*****.EDU>
Subject: Re: Otaku knowledge (was: Arnie)
Date: Wed, 30 Oct 1996 10:36:19 -0500
David Buehrer wrote:

> Bull wrote:

> |They plug their brain straight in, no deck. Otaku decking works a bit like
> |a wizzie's astral body, as far as his Persona goes...

> How would FAB IC affect an Otaku ;)

For that, you should be killed slow and painfully. ;)

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Message no. 10
From: Bull <chaos@*****.COM>
Subject: Re: Otaku knowledge (was: Arnie)
Date: Wed, 30 Oct 1996 14:02:40 -0500
>Bull wrote:
>|
>|They plug their brain straight in, no deck. Otaku decking works a bit like
>|a wizzie's astral body, as far as his Persona goes...
>
>How would FAB IC affect an Otaku ;)
>
<groans and mances Davis with the big Carp...>

<grin>

-Bull-the-don't=have-anything-to-put-in-here-decker-turned-GM

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Message no. 11
From: olafur gunnarsson <olafurg@******.IS>
Subject: Re: Otaku knowledge (was: Arnie)
Date: Wed, 30 Oct 1996 19:33:42 GMT
>>Bull wrote:
>>|
>>|They plug their brain straight in, no deck. Otaku decking works a bit like
>>|a wizzie's astral body, as far as his Persona goes...
>>
>>How would FAB IC affect an Otaku ;)
>>
><groans and mances Davis with the big Carp...>
>
><grin>
>
>-Bull-the-don't=have-anything-to-put-in-here-decker-turned-GM
>
>"It slices, it dices! It makes .sig files 40 different ways!"
>

Maybe The Otaku would finaly meet something as fussy logic as itself:)
-Olafur G I dont like Otaku....Becuse (fill in blank space:))
Message no. 12
From: IEngelmann@***.COM
Subject: Re: Otaku knowledge (was: Arnie)
Date: Wed, 30 Oct 1996 18:53:19 -0500
>> >I know this is outa bandwidth, but I'd like to get more info on SR2
>> >otakus? Someone out there to give me a helping hand?
>> >
>> Well, I had replied to ya as a joke, but...
>
>Hey, just because I'm Bavarian doesn't necessarily mean I'm dumb
>(does it?) ;)

Yes it does, but that's ok. :) :) :)
Message no. 13
From: Elfman & Danita <elf-dani@******.COM>
Subject: Re: Otaku knowledge (was: Arnie)
Date: Wed, 30 Oct 1996 17:11:51 -0700
> > They plug their brain straight in, no deck. Otaku decking works
a bit like
> > a wizzie's astral body, as far as his Persona goes... Mental
attributes
> > equal your Persona ratings, and programs are bought like skills.
>
> Bwahaha, nothin' new for old-timers! [Insert proud grin] In SR1,
this
> was called "running naked".
>
Well, not quite. As I understand it, they are jacked straight into
the matrix at birth, never to see Real Life. The theory goes that
since the matrix is their real world, they are much more adapted to
it and can do things normal deckers cant. Since my books are packed
away in the basement and cant find them, cant give you much more than
that.

Sgt Pepper
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Message no. 14
From: Bull <chaos@*****.COM>
Subject: Re: Otaku knowledge (was: Arnie)
Date: Wed, 30 Oct 1996 19:18:19 -0500
>>> They plug their brain straight in, no deck. Otaku decking works a bit like
>> a wizzie's astral body, as far as his Persona goes... Mental attributes
>> equal your Persona ratings, and programs are bought like skills.
>
>Bwahaha, nothin' new for old-timers! [Insert proud grin] In SR1, this
>was called "running naked".
>
Right, but they aren't considered naked. For all intents and purposes,
they're considered to be using a deck, but it's really just their brain.
Does this make sense??

>> They get
>> some huge bonuses to start,
>
>Like what?
>
If tehy take reduced racial maximums for physical stats, they get an
increases mental attributes. Also, tehy get a hugs mental bonus if tehy
take their starting Physical stats all at 1.

>> but have some massive penalties to their real
>> physical bodies... I think they probably need and use Karma faster than
>> even Wizards, especially under the VR2.0 rules, as you need to use a _lot_
>> more programs to get anything done...:(
>
>What programs?
>
Hmm, you had to ask silly questions like that. Ok, let's see if I can give
a few examples:

Deception: (let's you log off without taking dump shock. Just logging off
hurts a lot now.)

Disinfect, Crash, Comlink, Scanner, Spoof, Camoflage, Defuse, Read/Write,
Validate...

And in all honesty, I can't tell you exactly what these things do (VR 2.0 is
cool, but they changed too damn much...)...

These are on top of the normal Sleaze, attack, etc...

Steve
Message no. 15
From: Bull <chaos@*****.COM>
Subject: Re: Otaku knowledge (was: Arnie)
Date: Wed, 30 Oct 1996 19:30:04 -0500
>Well, not quite. As I understand it, they are jacked straight into
>the matrix at birth, never to see Real Life. The theory goes that
>since the matrix is their real world, they are much more adapted to
>it and can do things normal deckers cant. Since my books are packed
>away in the basement and cant find them, cant give you much more than
>that.
>
Those were actually Dr. haversham's babies, from VR 1.0 and Threats...

The Otaku are actually decking adepts, in a sense. They don't need a deck
to deck (hmmm, what do tehy call decking then, with no deck?? :)) They
manipulate the matrix the way mages manipulate magic, and "cast" programs
like spells.

Steve
Message no. 16
From: Mike Alex <mra0118@******.SDSMT.EDU>
Subject: Re: Otaku knowledge (was: Arnie)
Date: Thu, 31 Oct 1996 09:40:56 -0700
> Well, not quite. As I understand it, they are jacked straight into
> the matrix at birth, never to see Real Life. The theory goes that
> since the matrix is their real world, they are much more adapted to
> it and can do things normal deckers cant. Since my books are packed
> away in the basement and cant find them, cant give you much more than
> that.
>

I think you are thinking of "Project: Matrix Born", the story in
the original VR sourcebook. IIRC, they still used decks but due to the
fact that they spent 24/7/365 in the matrix they became highly skilled.

Mike Alex, mra0118@******.sdsmt.edu
"Resistance is futile, (if < 1 ohm)."
Message no. 17
From: "(Theron Bretz)" <TBretz@***.COM>
Subject: Re: Otaku knowledge (was: Arnie)
Date: Thu, 31 Oct 1996 12:12:57 -0500
In a message dated 96-10-30 03:06:02 EST, you write:

> referred to real life,
>nowadays otakus, the computer wiz kids who are completely antisocial
>and isolated. They trade in information which can euphemistically be
>called "trivial", while I prefer to call it plain bulldrek ("What
>pants wore this and that manga character in this and that sequel",
>"what bra size has this and that pop mistress", and similar things).

In Japanese, Otaku means Geek.

Approximately

Kind of trivial isn't it...

<*sigh*>

Theron "Otaku" Bretz
Houston, TX
Message no. 18
From: Gurth <gurth@******.NL>
Subject: Re: Otaku knowledge (was: Arnie)
Date: Fri, 1 Nov 1996 12:19:52 +0100
(Theron Bretz) said on 12:12/31 Oct 96...

> In Japanese, Otaku means Geek.
>
> Approximately
>
> Kind of trivial isn't it...

But it's real handy to know when someone wants to play one in your
campaign :)

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Message no. 19
From: The Digital Mage <mn3rge@****.AC.UK>
Subject: Re: Otaku knowledge (was: Arnie)
Date: Fri, 1 Nov 1996 14:47:42 +0000
On Wed, 30 Oct 1996, Bull wrote:

> >What programs?
> >
> Hmm, you had to ask silly questions like that. Ok, let's see if I can give
> a few examples:
>
> Deception: (let's you log off without taking dump shock. Just logging off
> hurts a lot now.)
>
> Disinfect, Crash, Comlink, Scanner, Spoof, Camoflage, Defuse, Read/Write,
> Validate...
The above programs aren't obligatory they are just very useful. ALL system
operations can be attempted without the use of a program, and yes this
does mean that even Decoy can be attempted without the Mirrors program
(though I limit it to using another Frame or decker as the decoy ala
Renny and Brutus in VR1.0, being unable to 'create' a decoy without
Mirrors).

The Digital Mage : mn3rge@****.ac.uk
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Message no. 20
From: The Digital Mage <mn3rge@****.AC.UK>
Subject: Re: Otaku knowledge (was: Arnie)
Date: Fri, 1 Nov 1996 14:44:47 +0000
On Wed, 30 Oct 1996, Elfman & Danita wrote:

> Well, not quite. As I understand it, they are jacked straight into
> the matrix at birth, never to see Real Life. The theory goes that
You're thinking of Renny and the other Halberstam's Babies (see Threats).
Otaku grow up like 'normal' kids and only truly become technshamans when
they have a datajack implanted and experience the Deep Resonance.

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