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Message no. 1
From: Jeremiah Myerscough therpgmaster@*******.com
Subject: Your Corvettes are rather slow
Date: Fri, 05 Mar 1999 17:56:21 PST
Your ideas about Decker's are inhuman. For the most part Deckers are
hard to play and not usfull in every campaign, but you couldn't have
Shadowrun without them. If you have read the main books (I'm talking
about the storyline parts, not the rules, and also what is happening in
the world right now) you would have realized that the world became
dependant on technology during the late 20th century and in the
beginning of the early 21st century. Although that reliance crumbled
with the beginning of black IC and the other problems information still
controls a number of all the world's finances etc. Without Deckers you
would not be able to hack into security systems and take out the money.
To do otherwise it takes hours of work(not seconds) a lot of Pc's get
Fragged (not having slight damage because of dumpshock) and there are
many consiquences if you get seen, caught etc. (Deckers erase all
evidence that they were there. If this is not enough info on why Deckers
are an essential part of Shadowrun than you need to get your head out of
your hoop and go back to playing nice games where everyone wins.
Jack in Now -- Myth

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Message no. 2
From: Dave Post caelric@****.com
Subject: Your Corvettes are rather slow
Date: Fri, 05 Mar 1999 18:10:06 -0800
At 05:56 PM 3/5/99 PST, you wrote:
>Your ideas about Decker's are inhuman. For the most part Deckers are
>hard to play and not usfull in every campaign, but you couldn't have
>Shadowrun without them. If you have read the main books (I'm talking
>about the storyline parts, not the rules, and also what is happening in
>the world right now) you would have realized that the world became
>dependant on technology during the late 20th century and in the
>beginning of the early 21st century. Although that reliance crumbled
>with the beginning of black IC and the other problems information still
>controls a number of all the world's finances etc. Without Deckers you
>would not be able to hack into security systems and take out the money.
>To do otherwise it takes hours of work(not seconds) a lot of Pc's get
>Fragged (not having slight damage because of dumpshock) and there are
>many consiquences if you get seen, caught etc. (Deckers erase all
>evidence that they were there. If this is not enough info on why Deckers
>are an essential part of Shadowrun than you need to get your head out of
>your hoop and go back to playing nice games where everyone wins.
>Jack in Now -- Myth
>


Last time I checked, this was supposed to be a friendly board. So, lets
all play nice, okay?

Dave

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