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Dumpshock Forums _ Shadowrun _ Real life proof of physads: Pistols 6 (12)

Posted by: Wounded Ronin Jan 23 2008, 11:13 PM

On YouTube there's a video of a physad, a veritable SR3 character in the flesh, demonstrating Pistols 6 (12) with a heavy pistol that has a 9M damage code.

Look at that outfit. Exactly what SR characters are likely to wear, given the concept art.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aTz_oHtyMrs

Posted by: Kyoto Kid Jan 23 2008, 11:23 PM

...yeah, that would be about how well my Matrix Specialist Violet would handle firing a Desert Eagle .50 (2 Str & that's with 1 point of muscle augmentation) which is why she uses a Fubuki and Hammerli instead. Though she does at least wear a lined coat.

Posted by: Kagetenshi Jan 23 2008, 11:40 PM

BRILLIANT.

See how fast she shifts her aim to take that bird out of the sky, and without even taking her eyes off of the first target!

~J

Posted by: Kyoto Kid Jan 24 2008, 02:37 AM

...yeah just like the scene in True Lies where Jamie Lee throws the Uzi down the steps & it shoots a bunch of the bad guys as it tumbles down.

...yeah she planned that all along.

Posted by: Zhan Shi Jan 24 2008, 03:56 AM

Ouch! I'm just glad she was not firing a .454 Casull....

Posted by: FlakJacket Jan 25 2008, 04:09 PM

Oww! A classic example of either very low skill rating/defaulting or Incompetent: Pistols.

Posted by: Nikoli Jan 25 2008, 07:04 PM

Not so much, I'd call that why we should have Str min's for weapon classes. I mean, really, she couldn't have weighed more than 85 LBs. soaking wet. What a toothpick.

Posted by: mmu1 Jan 25 2008, 11:27 PM

Strength has little to do with it, since pretty much any healthy adult is strong enough to fire a Desert Eagle .50 without hurting themselves (yeah, it fires a powerful round, but it's also very heavy, so the recoil is really nothing special) - this looks more like a great example of what happens when someone is afraid of the gun they're holding. Pretty much the same thing happens when someone is told to hold some small animal they're afraid of, and then freaks out when the critter starts squirming. If they just stayed calm and kept a firm grip...

Although the fact the DE .50 is an unwieldy piece of shit with a grip so wide and broad an adult male with average-sized hands will barely be able to wrap his fingers around it probably didn't help.

Posted by: kzt Jan 26 2008, 12:48 AM

The one time I shot one I found it to be really not fun. Part of that might have been that every hot ejected case bounced off my face...

However, it shot the tightest groups I remember ever shooting with a pistol.

Posted by: Hocus Pocus Jan 30 2008, 05:07 AM

nice. but ifn ya wanna see a babe that knew how to use firearms check out http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XN85Nj_bfQo

gun adept ftw!