Message no. 1

From:	Tzeentch tzeentch666@*********.net
Subject:	Tortoises (was Re: Virtual Realities 3.0)
Date:	Thu, 27 Jul 2000 00:06:56 -0700

From: "Andrew Gryphon" <webmaster@*********.com>
> Of note, Mac OS X will have a command line available if you really want
it,
> but it'll be hidden from the average user. Could the matrix have command
> line access? If so, what would the game mechanics effects be, given that
you
> could "type" at the speed of thought, as mentioned earlier?

In Shadowrun if you're not using some kind of DNI with simsense you're SOL
and running as a tortoise. Sorry, thanks for playing, come again ;)~ Even a
'trode connection still has you in the dumps of tortoises (with their insane
penalties).

Seriously, its just a way to make the whole thing a little more exciting.
Although given how most groups (from what I understand) don't bother to use
the Matrix much because it essentially adds an entire layer to the game, I
don't think it had quite the intended effect. The Marix may help in this
regard but who knows.

Kenneth
"On two occasions I have been asked, 'Pray, Mr. Babbage, if you put into the
machine wrong figures, will the right answers come out?' I am not able to
apprehend the kind of confusion of ideas that could provoke such a
question."
-- Charles Babbage