| From: | Angelkiller 404 angelkiller404@**********.com |
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| Subject: | Otaku questions |
| Date: | Tue, 7 Sep 1999 00:12:45 -0400 |
hacking
>> > > pool?
>> >
>> > The certainly get one, and it is calculated as normal, based
off MPCP
>and
>> > Int. That means it will be large, by hacking pool standards.
>> Actually, given the range of attributes vs. cyberdecks in a the
hands of
>a
>> regular decker, Decker's should win out here on the Hacking Pool.
>
> That depends on the decker and Otaku. You are right- the diffrence
isn't
>big (either way) as I had though. In fact a "normal" decker will
often
>have a higher hacking pool, especially if they have the (expensive)
cyber
>that specifiacally boosts it. They can also (eventually) get decks
with an
>MPCP higher than an Otakus living persona would have. Still, a good
>starting otaku character can have a hacking pool of 5 or 6, which is
>respectable, and once they can get good cyber, it (might) go higher.
>
OK, here's another question: How would cyber affect a still-growing
body? I mean, I don't see much problem with bio--that stuff grows
right along with you--but cyber? I don't think an otaku would take in
an encephalon, not when it's made to conform to his skull when he's
about 10-13 years old. Or am I just speculating here?
<SNIP>
>> And as for Size of something, if it were code, they would of course
be
>> concerned. They still don't have "Resonant Memory" per say, as
such they
>
>> have to have external/internalized memory sources just like
everyone
>else.
>
> Forms don't require memory of any sort, right? A "big" one does
take
>longer to create, but once created, it is always considered "in
active
>memory" if the Otaku so wishes it. At least, that is how I see it...
> An Otaku's chip based memory (implanted or external) is there for
>downloads (or uploads, or whatever "outside" data they have), and not
for
>forms. They don't have active / storage memory because thay do not
need
>any sort of memory for thier persona. Or am I missing something?
> Otaku also can't "store" thier forms and loan them to friends- in
fact,
>the inabilty to swap software seems a major limit on Otaku as a
group.
>Groups of deckers can become quite powerful by programming as teams
or each
>working on seperate componants of a deck and then sharing code.
Very true. Actually, I believe that Otaku have an effective unlimited
amount of active memory needed to run their complex forms, but they
still need memory to store paydata and the such. As for programming
groups, true, the Otaku can't share programs, but the older, more
experienced, otaku can still teach the younger otaku how to create
forms and the like, sort of like an older mage teaching younger mages
how to cast magic. And to the otaku, that what complex forms are.
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