| From: | "Dylan Norhtup (PHY)" <norhtup@*****.CAS.USF.EDU> |
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| Subject: | Re: Frames, the Matrix, Cyberware. . . |
| Date: | Wed, 14 Jul 1993 02:22:11 -0400 |
> Is simsense a cyberware hookup job or not? The guide book to Tir Tira...(sp)
> makes reference to the problem of keep simsense stuff out, evidently it
> is a problem in Seattle, and there are atleast two modules that center
> on them!!! If they require a datajack to use them, then I think that
> datajacks would be pretty common to cause such a fuss.
To quote from _Shadowbeat_ (Yes I bought it. Don't hate me ;) ) page 98:
"Most sense decks [playback units] can interface with the user through
standard datajacks or induction 'trodes. The signal through a 'trodeset
is diffuser and less intense: a real simhead will get a jack implanted if
he can possibly afford it."
If you are of the assumption that cyberware is relatively rare then one
could conclude that the primary demographic group for simsense addiction
is that of mid to upper-level corporate employees, and deckers.
Also, I have a hard time believing that anyone would go out and plop down
1700 =Y= for invasive surgery for something that they are not addicted to
yet! Shadowbeat states that simsense is diffuse through 'trodesets and if
large numbers of people can become addicted to simsense via 'trodes then A)
the government and corporations want the masses docile and dependent on
their MTV or B) the 'trodes don't diffuse the signal very much (being a
very paranoid sort I would place more than even money on A).
If you are running a very cyber-rich campaign then the point is pretty
much moot.
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