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Message no. 1
From: Bull <chaos@*****.COM>
Subject: What good are decker? (Was Re: The Stock Market?)
Date: Tue, 18 Feb 1997 20:55:39 -0500
At 12:18 PM 2/19/97 +1100, Lady Jestyr wrote these timeless words:

>Anyway, what are deckers for?! :)
>
Ummm... Let's see...

Driving the van... Shooting the big guns... Distraction for the insect
spirits... 10 extra boxes of damage...

Oh, and I occasionally play around with computers...:)

Bull
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Message no. 2
From: "M. Gotthard" <s457033@*******.GU.EDU.AU>
Subject: Re: What good are decker? (Was Re: The Stock Market?)
Date: Wed, 19 Feb 1997 12:00:52 +1000
> >Anyway, what are deckers for?! :)
> >
> Ummm... Let's see...
>
> Driving the van... Shooting the big guns... Distraction for the insect
> spirits... 10 extra boxes of damage...
>
> Oh, and I occasionally play around with computers...:)
>

*grin* You'd like HeadKase, the decker in our game. He's tougher than
the rest of the party put together.... He recently went in for surgery to
get his wires downgraded so he gives the rest of the players something to
do when combat happens.

Bleach
Message no. 3
From: Bull <chaos@*****.COM>
Subject: What good are decker? (Was Re: The Stock Market?)
Date: Tue, 18 Feb 1997 21:05:41 -0500
At 12:18 PM 2/19/97 +1100, Lady Jestyr wrote these timeless words:

>Anyway, what are deckers for?! :)
>
Ummm... Let's see...

Driving the van... Shooting the big guns... Distraction for the insect
spirits... 10 extra boxes of damage...

Oh, and I occasionally play around with computers...:)

Bull
Message no. 4
From: Lady Jestyr <jestyr@*******.DIALIX.COM.AU>
Subject: Re: What good are decker? (Was Re: The Stock Market?)
Date: Wed, 19 Feb 1997 13:04:13 +1100
> >Anyway, what are deckers for?! :)
> >
> Ummm... Let's see...
>
> Driving the van... Shooting the big guns... Distraction for the insect
> spirits... 10 extra boxes of damage...
>
> Oh, and I occasionally play around with computers...:)

Funny that sounds like our decker, and he's not even an ork... (his
Quickness and Strength are as high as his Intelligence, and that's
HIGH.)

Lady Jestyr

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A titanic intellect in a world full of icebergs
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Elle Holmes jestyr@*******.dialix.com.au
http://www.geocities.com/TimesSquare/1503/
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Remember, no matter what they say, you can
never have enough sugar. - Michael
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Message no. 5
From: Tim Cooper <tpcooper@***.CSUPOMONA.EDU>
Subject: Re: What good are decker? (Was Re: The Stock Market?)
Date: Tue, 18 Feb 1997 18:12:59 -0800
On Tue, 18 Feb 1997, Bull wrote:

> At 12:18 PM 2/19/97 +1100, Lady Jestyr wrote these timeless words:
>
> >Anyway, what are deckers for?! :)
> >
> Ummm... Let's see...
>
> Driving the van... Shooting the big guns... Distraction for the insect
> spirits... 10 extra boxes of damage...
>
> Oh, and I occasionally play around with computers...:)
>
> Bull
>

Is it just me or did I read this very same post, a few minutes ago?

I think that's the 3rd time tonight that I've seen duplicate posts (and
I think they're all from Bull ????)

~Tim (who's starting to doubt his own sanity)
Message no. 6
From: Zanphier <zanphier@*****.CSRA.NET>
Subject: Re: What good are decker? (Was Re: The Stock Market?)
Date: Tue, 18 Feb 1997 22:22:51 -0500
At 12:00 PM 2/19/97 +1000, you wrote:
>> >Anyway, what are deckers for?! :)
>> >
>> Ummm... Let's see...
>>
>> Driving the van... Shooting the big guns... Distraction for the insect
>> spirits... 10 extra boxes of damage...
>>
>> Oh, and I occasionally play around with computers...:)
>>
>
>*grin* You'd like HeadKase, the decker in our game. He's tougher than
>the rest of the party put together.... He recently went in for surgery to
>get his wires downgraded so he gives the rest of the players something to
>do when combat happens.
>
>Bleach
>
Well from the sounds of that it sounds like a Sammie who got a datajack
shoved in his head and took some night classes on computer mechanics.
Geez..The decker in our game (along with the rigger) is always the last to
go..if their is even something left standing after Sammie's get done with
the ppl's...Our Decker only fired his gun *once* at a dead body just to make
sure it worked..that is how a decker should be..at least how I have seen them..
And this decker is an OLD char. also he has been running with a team for
about 3yrs(at least 6-7 in the game)
Zan
Message no. 7
From: Lady Jestyr <jestyr@*******.DIALIX.COM.AU>
Subject: Re: What good are decker? (Was Re: The Stock Market?)
Date: Wed, 19 Feb 1997 14:32:01 +1100
> Well from the sounds of that it sounds like a Sammie who got a datajack
> shoved in his head and took some night classes on computer mechanics.

Sort of. Out of game, it was done that way to a) make sure the decker
has something to do, since in so many games they don't and b) keep the
"heavy" level down. The decker is the only real sam in the party.

> And this decker is an OLD char. also he has been running with a team for
> about 3yrs(at least 6-7 in the game)

Fair enough. There's a decent character background for HeadKase - he
worked as a nightclub bouncer; while recuperating from more
cyber/bioware surgery he started getting into programming because the
Matrix was infinitely more interesting than the hospital ward... and the
rest is history.

Lady Jestyr

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A titanic intellect in a world full of icebergs
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Elle Holmes jestyr@*******.dialix.com.au
http://www.geocities.com/TimesSquare/1503/
-----------------------------------------------
Remember, no matter what they say, you can
never have enough sugar. - Michael
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Message no. 8
From: Zanphier <zanphier@*****.CSRA.NET>
Subject: Re: What good are decker? (Was Re: The Stock Market?)
Date: Tue, 18 Feb 1997 22:37:24 -0500
At 02:32 PM 2/19/97 +1100, you wrote:
>> Well from the sounds of that it sounds like a Sammie who got a datajack
>> shoved in his head and took some night classes on computer mechanics.
>
>Sort of. Out of game, it was done that way to a) make sure the decker
>has something to do, since in so many games they don't and b) keep the
>"heavy" level down. The decker is the only real sam in the party.
>
>> And this decker is an OLD char. also he has been running with a team for
>> about 3yrs(at least 6-7 in the game)
>
>Fair enough. There's a decent character background for HeadKase - he
>worked as a nightclub bouncer; while recuperating from more
>cyber/bioware surgery he started getting into programming because the
>Matrix was infinitely more interesting than the hospital ward... and the
>rest is history.
>
>Lady Jestyr
If the Background suits it..it makes sense:) It does make even more sense
now though.
Zan
Message no. 9
From: John Chesser <shaggy68@*******.COM>
Subject: Re: What good are decker? (Was Re: The Stock Market?)
Date: Tue, 18 Feb 1997 23:59:18 -0600
> From: Bull <chaos@*****.COM>
> To: SHADOWRN@********.ITRIBE.NET
> Subject: What good are decker? (Was Re: The Stock Market?)
> Date: Tuesday, February 18, 1997 8:05 PM
>
> At 12:18 PM 2/19/97 +1100, Lady Jestyr wrote these timeless words:
>
> >Anyway, what are deckers for?! :)
> >
> Ummm... Let's see...
>
> Driving the van... Shooting the big guns... Distraction for the insect
> spirits... 10 extra boxes of damage...
>
> Oh, and I occasionally play around with computers...:)
>
> Bull

Yep, Distraction for the insect spirits.

John
Message no. 10
From: Spike <u5a77@*****.CS.KEELE.AC.UK>
Subject: Re: What good are decker? (Was Re: The Stock Market?)
Date: Wed, 19 Feb 1997 11:04:41 +0000
|Is it just me or did I read this very same post, a few minutes ago?

Nope.... It's not just you......

|I think that's the 3rd time tonight that I've seen duplicate posts (and
|I think they're all from Bull ????)

First one for me....
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|Andrew Halliwell | |
|Principal subjects in:- | "I think so brain, but this time, you control |
|Comp Sci & Electronics | the Encounter suit, and I'll do the voice..." |
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Message no. 11
From: Tim Coxon <Tim.Ntoo@**********.COM>
Subject: Re: What good are decker? (Was Re: The Stock Market?)
Date: Wed, 19 Feb 1997 17:38:14 -0000
At 12:18 PM 2/19/97 +1100, Lady Jestyr wrote these timeless words:

>Anyway, what are deckers for?! :)
>
Ummm... Let's see...

Driving the van... Shooting the big guns... Distraction for the insect
spirits... 10 extra boxes of damage...

Oh, and I occasionally play around with computers...:)

Bull














Sorry Tim Couldn't resist that one <gr>
And that was another thought from the black depths of my mind.
****Tim-Ntoo****
Tim.Ntoo@**********.com
Message no. 12
From: Caric <caric@*******.COM>
Subject: Re: What good are decker? (Was Re: The Stock Market?)
Date: Wed, 19 Feb 1997 10:54:44 -0700
From the desk of Bull:

> >Anyway, what are deckers for?! :)
> >
> Ummm... Let's see...
>
> Driving the van... Shooting the big guns... Distraction for the insect
> spirits... 10 extra boxes of damage...

We usually prefer a rigger to do the driving, but to each his own =P~~

~Caric

"All the world's indeed a stage, we are mearly players.
Performers and portrayers. Each anothers audience,
outside the gilded cage." -Rush
caric@*******.com
Message no. 13
From: Spike <u5a77@*****.CS.KEELE.AC.UK>
Subject: Re: What good are decker? (Was Re: The Stock Market?)
Date: Wed, 19 Feb 1997 22:19:48 +0000
|
| At 12:18 PM 2/19/97 +1100, Lady Jestyr wrote these timeless words:
|
|>Anyway, what are deckers for?! :)
|>
|Ummm... Let's see...
|
|Driving the van... Shooting the big guns... Distraction for the insect
|spirits... 10 extra boxes of damage...
|
|Oh, and I occasionally play around with computers...:)

Errrrrrm....

BULL???????

Why are you repeating yourself 3 times?
(At least....)

|Sorry Tim Couldn't resist that one <gr>

Why you!!!!!!

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|And that was another thought from the black depths of my mind.

Very dark and very deep.....

NOT!
:)
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|u5a77@*****.cs.keele.ac.uk| "Are you pondering what I'm pondering Pinky?" |
|Andrew Halliwell | |
|Principal subjects in:- | "I think so brain, but this time, you control |
|Comp Sci & Electronics | the Encounter suit, and I'll do the voice..." |
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|GCv3.1 GCS/EL>$ d---(dpu) s+/- a- C++ U N++ o+ K- w-- M+/++ PS+++ PE- Y t+ |
|5++ X+/++ R+ tv+ b+ D G e>PhD h/h+ !r! !y-|I can't say F**K either now! :( |
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Message no. 14
From: Droopy <droopy@*******.NB.NET>
Subject: Re: What good are decker? (Was Re: The Stock Market?)
Date: Thu, 20 Feb 1997 02:01:33 +0000
> From: Bull <chaos@*****.COM>
> Subject: What good are decker? (Was Re: The Stock Market?)

> >Anyway, what are deckers for?! :)
> >
> Ummm... Let's see...
>
> Driving the van... Shooting the big guns... Distraction for the insect
> spirits... 10 extra boxes of damage...
>
> Oh, and I occasionally play around with computers...:)

Ooooooh.....I thot they was jest anadder piece o' cover for when I
got shot at. Deckers make good clubs, too....


--Droopy
droopy@**.net

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