From:	David Cordy DCordy@****.com
Subject:	Starting equipment [was: Value and so on]
Date:	Mon, 19 Jul 1999 09:40:24 -0700

> If you don't plan to use them as a PC option all you need to know is that
> they're mysterious hip young kids who can run the Matrix with little more
> than a modified simsense hookup. Play them mysterious and spooky. Like AIs
> with bodies.
>
While I like the general description given (especially the last line), I
have to strongly disagree with 'hip'. The Otaku in general are described as
under developed and socially inept. They originally had very little contact
with the 'real' world, and to say that they are 'hip' implies that they are
on the cutting edge of society. IMHO, I don't think so. To take an example
from a recent movie, it seems that you are implying that Keanu is a
representation of an Otaku. A mysterious hip young man. I would argue that
Mouse is a better example. Small, frail, excited more about the virtual
world then the real one, a real nerd. This also moves them away from the
whole White Wolf youth is beautiful, "We should all be models if we weren't
(vampires, werewolves, or whatever the beastie of the week is), alas. Woe
is us" Again, IMHO. And sorry for the rant.

DavidC