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otomik
post Sep 7 2004, 04:41 PM
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It has been known as historical fact that some human beings are gifted with eyesight that seems almost supernatural to the average man. Ted Williams, it was said, could read the label off a phonograph record spun through the air. General Chuck Yeager could see fighter planes coming 50 miles away. Bryce one day confessed to FBI agent Bob Oswalt that he could see the bullet leave the gun and his eyes could follow its trajectory to the target. That, he said, was why he could do the things he did. Before dismissing it out of hand, it must be remembered that Bryce could hit a Mexican peso thrown through the air with a .22 and he never, ever missed. Not only that but ten years after his retirement his niece says that he had long since quit shooting for fun but that, when called upon, he would demonstrate exactly the same level of skill as the day he retired. Like an aging Samurai in cowboy hat, he had transcended the need for practice of any kind.

Just an interesting story of an amazing life. kinda pissed me off that adepts always sucked as gunfighters compared to street sams, adepts always cast as the luddite type with alergies or essence loss from cordite (early mage stereotypes, sometimes encouraged by the sourcebooks and rules themselves).
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- otomik   Jelly Bryce   Sep 7 2004, 04:41 PM
- - Edward   Unless am mistaken an adept can be a far superior ...   Sep 7 2004, 05:13 PM
- - Kagetenshi   I sincerely doubt his claim as to seeing the bulle...   Sep 7 2004, 06:06 PM
- - mfb   adepts are luddites...? sheesh, nobody told me...   Sep 7 2004, 06:07 PM
- - Siege   Short of dissecting the man, it's impossible t...   Sep 7 2004, 06:18 PM
- - mrobviousjosh   QUOTE (Edward) Unless am mistaken an adept can be ...   Sep 7 2004, 07:33 PM
- - Edward   It has previously been proposed that the world is ...   Sep 7 2004, 07:38 PM
- - Kagetenshi   QUOTE (mrobviousjosh) You could only have a smartl...   Sep 7 2004, 07:48 PM
- - mfb   nor does using a smartlink-2 require cyberware. yo...   Sep 7 2004, 11:02 PM
- - lokugh   Ted Williams could tell what seam on a baseball he...   Sep 8 2004, 12:15 AM
- - mrobviousjosh   QUOTE (mfb @ Sep 7 2004, 06:02 PM) nor does u...   Sep 8 2004, 12:30 AM
- - Kagetenshi   Twelve dice, TN 2: 10 sucesses. Eighteen dice, TN ...   Sep 8 2004, 12:48 AM
- - mrobviousjosh   QUOTE (Kagetenshi) Twelve dice, TN 2: 10 sucesses....   Sep 8 2004, 01:28 AM
- - Siege   Don't forget the geas possibilities - the adep...   Sep 8 2004, 02:36 AM
- - BitBasher   QUOTE (Siege) Don't forget the geas possibilit...   Sep 8 2004, 02:55 AM
- - Siege   Snicker. Geas the magic loss from "Smartlink...   Sep 8 2004, 02:57 AM
- - Smiley   Meh. One initiation and you're good again. Def...   Sep 8 2004, 03:11 AM
- - Wounded Ronin   Geas, +12 dice, smartlink.....that's all you n...   Sep 8 2004, 03:15 AM
- - Crimsondude 2.0   QUOTE (lokugh) Ted Williams could tell what seam o...   Sep 8 2004, 03:18 AM
- - Siege   QUOTE (Wounded Ronin) Geas, +12 dice, smartlink......   Sep 8 2004, 04:45 AM
- - Siege   QUOTE (Crimsondude 2.0) QUOTE (lokugh @ Sep 7...   Sep 8 2004, 04:46 AM
- - Kagetenshi   QUOTE (Siege) QUOTE (Wounded Ronin @ Sep 8 20...   Sep 8 2004, 05:09 AM
- - Siege   Sure Kage - but that's no longer cheesy and br...   Sep 8 2004, 05:12 AM
- - Kagetenshi   Well, unless you've got a skill of 12, you...   Sep 8 2004, 05:15 AM
- - Siege   If you did nothing but spend magic points on IA: h...   Sep 8 2004, 05:18 AM
- - Kagetenshi   Keep in mind that IA: Pistols only costs a half-po...   Sep 8 2004, 05:43 AM
- - Raygun   QUOTE (Kagetenshi) I sincerely doubt his claim as ...   Sep 8 2004, 06:37 AM
- - Kagetenshi   Is the lighting fluorescent where you shoot, by an...   Sep 8 2004, 02:40 PM
- - Kayne   That guy Bryce is definitely up there with, if not...   Sep 8 2004, 03:31 PM
- - Raygun   QUOTE (Kagetenshi @ Sep 8 2004, 02:40 PM) Is ...   Sep 8 2004, 06:41 PM
- - Moon-Hawk   It's not that amazing. I've seen the bull...   Sep 8 2004, 06:59 PM
- - Smiley   I'm surprised nobody brought up enhanced artwi...   Sep 8 2004, 07:26 PM
- - Kayne   They had bioware back then?   Sep 9 2004, 01:22 AM
- - Austere Emancipator   QUOTE (Smiley)I'm surprised nobody brought up ...   Sep 9 2004, 02:37 AM
- - Young Freud   I remember reading about stories, stories mind you...   Sep 9 2004, 06:12 AM
- - Raygun   QUOTE (Moon-Hawk)It's not that amazing.  ...   Sep 9 2004, 06:18 AM
- - Edward   Would eth idea not be to start with pistols 6 IA p...   Sep 9 2004, 06:49 AM
- - Austere Emancipator   QUOTE (SR3 @ p. 168)An adept cannot have mor...   Sep 9 2004, 07:40 AM
- - Kanada Ten   QUOTE (Edward)You increase your pistols skill one ...   Sep 9 2004, 03:41 PM
- - Kagetenshi   Doesn’t max level of IA: Pistols go off of the bas...   Sep 9 2004, 03:42 PM
- - Kanada Ten   Yeah, it does, page 169 SR3. I'll revise the ...   Sep 9 2004, 03:46 PM
- - The Question Man   Pistols - 6 Edge: Aptitude (Pistols) - (+4 Edge) E...   Sep 9 2004, 04:24 PM
- - Moon-Hawk   You'd better believe there's GM approval n...   Sep 9 2004, 05:49 PM
- - Wounded Ronin   QUOTE (Young Freud) I remember reading about stori...   Sep 9 2004, 05:53 PM
- - Kagetenshi   It can't, nor can it with pistols. Nor, for mo...   Sep 9 2004, 05:56 PM
- - Austere Emancipator   Assuming you're watching for the rifle muzzle ...   Sep 9 2004, 06:27 PM
- - Kagetenshi   In one second you could drop some 4.905ish meters,...   Sep 9 2004, 06:30 PM
- - Austere Emancipator   Extremely unlikely in any actual situation where s...   Sep 9 2004, 06:38 PM
- - Siege   Artwinkulation and reflex recorders are only a pos...   Sep 9 2004, 06:41 PM
- - Kagetenshi   Two dice in exchange for one potential level of IA...   Sep 9 2004, 06:51 PM
- - Siege   Correct me if I'm wrong Kage, but unless you g...   Sep 9 2004, 08:59 PM
- - Fygg Nuuton   well if your dodging bullets theres a problem, bes...   Sep 9 2004, 09:02 PM
- - Kagetenshi   QUOTE (Siege @ Sep 9 2004, 03:59 PM) Correct ...   Sep 9 2004, 09:44 PM
- - Kayne   Maybe if you were already moving by the time the g...   Sep 10 2004, 02:59 AM
- - Kagetenshi   If you have enough time before the impact and are ...   Sep 10 2004, 03:28 AM
- - TheQuestionMan   The old link is no more. Here is a new one. Jeel...   Sep 17 2005, 01:58 AM
- - The Grifter   Did anyone else think it was funny that he was des...   Sep 24 2005, 01:33 AM
- - Kagetenshi   *Shakes head sadly* Another unbeliever. ~J   Sep 24 2005, 04:29 AM
- - Vaevictis   Guys, keep in mind that a laser sight with vision ...   Sep 24 2005, 07:12 PM
- - Critias   It's amazing how almost every thread, ever man...   Sep 24 2005, 07:23 PM
- - The Grifter   there's a debate? I thought the adepts were th...   Sep 26 2005, 01:09 AM


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