From:	Bruce <gyro@********.CO.ZA>
Subject:	Re: Hacking
Date:	Tue, 15 Jul 1997 10:33:39 +0200

At 02:33 AM 15-07-97 +0100, you wrote:
>. Same as cash really, credsticks may be cool for some, but
>what do the sinless or poverty stricken do. Welfare is likely to
>continue in Shadowrun, for the simple expedient of making sure the
>populace have something in their pockets rather than nothing and
>plotting rebellion. I use money in my game in much the same way as
>newsprint, it's a handy way of keeping the lower classes, in their
>place. Not everybody is going to be able to use a credstick, or even
>have access to one. Also, having a newspaper, gives the players
>something to hide behind when they see a police officer they recognise.


>>>>>>>Someone who supports a mixed cash/electronic currency system!
I feel
that electronic money alone is vastly impractical. As was mentioned above
what about the poor and homeless? Are they going to be given credsticks?
No. They would sell them to stick sharks for almost nothing.
Having some cash around is also great for illegal deals and illicit
activities. Of course higher class establishment wont accept cash due to
risk/counterfeiting/image/exclusivity but thats why we have credsticks,
no?<<<<<<<<

Thats me Thanks

Bruce

PS What in the 6th world are "underworld markers" ? or just plain
"markers"
for that matter (i refer to a scenario in Sprawl Sites)