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Moving Target ![]() ![]() Group: Members Posts: 858 Joined: 25-August 03 From: Braunschweig, North German League, Allied German States Member No.: 5,537 ![]() |
The current FanPro D newsletter can be found here (in German, of course).
It talks about the new SR4 matrix and gives excerpts from the SR4 core book. Interesting information: Not only hackers manipulate the wireless matrix - the "children of the matrix" (Otaku) still exist. But now they are adults and are called "Technomancers"! |
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Chrome to the Core ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Group: Dumpshocked Posts: 3,152 Joined: 14-October 03 From: ::1 Member No.: 5,715 ![]() |
Odd. Technomancer screams to me of d20 Modern. Maybe because it's a class in it. Meh.
But, seriously, they're changing definitions. I can see why. In the 80s, a hacker was a very heavily used word that meant somebody who broke into secure systems illegally to commit (oftentimes) criminal acts. Now, a hacker is the same, though most people don't have the fear of a "hacker" that they did in the 80s. Now a hacker is just another "punk kid" that got his hands on some neato toys and poked at a few open ports. Then there's the switch from otaku to technomancer. Nowadays, an otaku is generally seen as some fat kid still living in his parents' basement watching subbed anime and eating nothing but pizza and chips, occasionally going outside to get to his friend's house to play D&D. When you say "decker" referring to one who uses a portable computer (laptop, anyone?) to compromise secure systems, people get confused. Now you say hacker and everybody gets it. When you say "otaku" referring to one who uses their mind to compromise secure systems, they think you're batshit crazy since everybody knows fat anime/dnd geeks don't do anything illegal. Now when you say technomancer, people ask what you mean and then they get it. I can see how the new terms will draw in new players, but that doesn't mean I won't miss them and occasionally find myself backtracking after using old terminology to explain something to somebody who has only played 4th edition. |
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