 Will CitySpeak make a comeback in SR4?, And being multilingual... |
 Apr 6 2005, 01:45 AM
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I know its trival compared to the "No Dice Pools, WTF?" and "Hackers, WTF?" threads but I'm curious. In SR1 CitySpeak was a pre req for anyone that worked the streets (much like the film Bladerunner) but it seemed to fall by the wayside in SR2 and even moreso in SR3.
Having CitySpeak as a language pretty much made you "Street" or at least a "Street Poser." It also helped with the pervasive "gritty" feel, IMO. It was a defining factor to the "have" vs. the "have nots." Additionaly, will there be a chance for a character to speak more languages? I'm an American so I pretty much only speak English but I know our European SR friends speak speak several languages fluently IRL. In currant SR its all but impossible to speak more than two languages without a genuis level intelligence. So, can anyone talk about this or will that violate a NDA? Is this a non-issue? Thanks! |
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kevyn668 Will CitySpeak make a comeback in SR4? Apr 6 2005, 01:45 AM
Toa QUOTE (kevyn668)In currant SR its all but impossib... Apr 6 2005, 02:14 AM Kagetenshi …And karma.
~J Apr 6 2005, 03:24 AM kevyn668 Erm...Yeah, I do.
edit: But I shouldn't have... Apr 6 2005, 03:24 AM Vuron Personally I'd have preferred a system where c... Apr 6 2005, 03:50 AM Arethusa I don't know what you guys are talking about, ... Apr 6 2005, 02:53 AM Vuron Well some people would like for linguistic special... Apr 6 2005, 02:57 AM Critias Right, because learning a language is so easy that... Apr 6 2005, 05:10 AM Arethusa Except it doesn't work like that. Skills cost... Apr 6 2005, 05:17 AM mfb QUOTE (kevyn668)Europeans have as wide a (RL) know... Apr 6 2005, 05:19 AM Critias The cost of learning a language is inflated? They... Apr 6 2005, 05:25 AM Bull QUOTE (Arethusa) Except it doesn't work like t... Apr 6 2005, 05:50 AM Lucyfersam I'd say if you want to have bilingual or multi... Apr 6 2005, 07:14 AM Hasagwan Actually there's a difference between that tro... Apr 6 2005, 06:18 AM hermit QUOTE As for Language Skills... Yeah, I don't ... Apr 6 2005, 09:03 AM RunnerPaul Now if they were to throw in taxilingua from Neal ... Apr 6 2005, 09:36 AM hermit Eh? I'm not familiar with that book, I'm a... Apr 6 2005, 08:34 AM Demosthenes QUOTE As for Language Skills... Yeah, I don't ... Apr 6 2005, 10:29 AM Backgammon QUOTE (Demosthenes) QUOTE As for Language Skills..... Apr 6 2005, 11:22 AM Critias The average person in Shadowrun does know more tha... Apr 6 2005, 11:44 AM Demosthenes I'm just being a 'language snob' and w... Apr 6 2005, 12:56 PM RunnerPaul QUOTE (hermit) Eh? I'm not familiar with that ... Apr 6 2005, 12:03 PM hermit Heh. Well, I don't see that Problem in Germany... Apr 6 2005, 12:50 PM Austere Emancipator QUOTE (hermit)[...] [Low] German (spoken in the [.... Apr 6 2005, 01:00 PM Demosthenes QUOTE (Austere Emancipator) QUOTE (hermit)[...] [L... Apr 6 2005, 02:37 PM Austere Emancipator Hey, correcting people about guns isn't being ... Apr 6 2005, 01:32 PM hermit Bah, it was a 100% translation from German (Plattd... Apr 6 2005, 02:46 PM Demosthenes QUOTE (Austere Emancipator) Hey, correcting people... Apr 6 2005, 02:47 PM DrJest My German teacher was a kind of small cake - er, I... Apr 6 2005, 03:10 PM MYST1C QUOTE (hermit)Flat German (spoken in the far north... Apr 6 2005, 02:19 PM MYST1C QUOTE (DrJest)Guess who got chewed out for his acc... Apr 6 2005, 02:20 PM mfb QUOTE (Demosthenes)I'm just being a 'langu... Apr 6 2005, 03:02 PM hermit QUOTE Take it with pride! You're speaking ... Apr 6 2005, 04:12 PM Demosthenes QUOTE (mfb @ Apr 6 2005, 03:02 PM) no. you... Apr 6 2005, 04:28 PM hermit My group has house ruled every character gets one ... Apr 6 2005, 03:22 PM Penta QUOTE (Backgammon) Second that. EVERYONE I know sp... Apr 6 2005, 06:39 PM Penta A more interesting question, one that would be wel... Apr 6 2005, 05:35 PM mfb QUOTE (Demosthenes)mfb, what exactly are you so pi... Apr 6 2005, 06:18 PM Garland QUOTE (Penta) What level is 'fluency' in S... Apr 6 2005, 06:24 PM Fortune QUOTE (mfb) if i were going to fix it, i guess i... Apr 6 2005, 07:35 PM mfb that's the problem with the world. if i killed... Apr 6 2005, 07:36 PM Demosthenes QUOTE (mfb) QUOTE (Demosthenes)mfb, what exactly a... Apr 7 2005, 09:49 AM Nikoli Heh, I've actually seen and thumbed through a ... Apr 7 2005, 01:44 PM Jérémie QUOTE (kevyn668) Having CitySpeak as a language pr... Apr 7 2005, 04:14 PM Vuron City Speak is obviously a variant on Bladerunner e... Apr 7 2005, 04:25 PM Deacon QUOTE (Bull) Computer, Stealth, Negotiation, and C... Apr 7 2005, 04:50 PM KnightRunner About the language thing.
I can only speak one la... Apr 7 2005, 06:51 PM Vuron QUOTE (KnightRunner) About the language thing.
I ... Apr 7 2005, 07:02 PM Jérémie That's a US centric point of view. A lot of pe... Apr 7 2005, 08:47 PM Dexy QUOTE (Nikoli) Heh, I've actually seen and thu... Apr 7 2005, 09:37 PM Grinder QUOTE (Nikoli) Heh, I've actually seen and thu... Apr 8 2005, 09:53 AM hermit Or just politely walk away when they're called... Apr 8 2005, 10:51 AM Grinder Maybe the pacifistic vegan snake shamans would do ... Apr 8 2005, 11:16 AM hermit A friend of mine played a pacifist hippie dove sha... Apr 8 2005, 11:28 AM Crimsondude 2.0 QUOTE (Vuron)If population growth rates etc remain... Apr 8 2005, 03:44 PM Grinder QUOTE (hermit) A friend of mine played a pacifist ... Apr 9 2005, 05:31 PM Toshiaki QUOTE (Fortune)QUOTE (mfb @ Apr 7 2005, 04:18... Apr 12 2005, 02:01 AM mfb that's because sometimes, if you don't thi... Apr 12 2005, 08:44 AM Vuron Note I didn't say that ESL people would be the... Apr 12 2005, 01:55 PM
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