| From: | runnerpaul@*****.com runnerpaul@*****.com |
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| Subject: | Otaku [was: Starting equiptment] |
| Date: | Sat, 17 Jul 1999 18:38:35 -0400 (EDT) |
At 03:27 PM 7/17/99 -0400, IronRaven wrote:
:>An otaku is a pervert in Japanese.
(I've mentioned this previously, but in case the list is eating posts
again, I'll repeat here: Hentai is pervert in Japanese, not Otaku).
: That is the reason I was asking. I knew it was a form of magic,
:and involved computers, but I was afraid that FASA was going White
:Wolf on us.
The Otaku aren't specifically magical. Some of the otaku do explain
their own abilities in mystical terms, but no one can say exactly
what is going on. However Otaku in Shadowrun are in no way comparable
to the Virtual Adepts of White Wolf's Mage game.
:>But in Shadowrun it's someone who can get into the matrix without a
:>cyberdeck.
:
: OK....
: Can this be explained in fifty words or less? I just need a
:generalisation.
An Otaku is someone who has been exposed to "something" on the Matrix
that gives their brains the subconcious ability to interact with the
matrix as if their brain were a cyberdeck running programs. This
happens most often to children who have run the matrix from an
unusually young age.
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