 Dog Days, Captain Obvious points to new SR Fiction |
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 Apr 18 2006, 04:42 AM
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Man In The Machine  Group: Dumpshocked Posts: 2,264 Joined: 26-February 02 From: I-495 S Member No.: 1,105  |
Hey, it could have been worse. He could have harvested the dead animal for its ware. THAT would have been disturbing.
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Apr 18 2006, 05:05 AM
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Moving Target Group: Members Posts: 684 Joined: 8-April 06 From: My dorm room Member No.: 8,438 |
You're exactly right: I was going for what is known as "black humor," and I'm especially proud of the "old people bones" line. :D |
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Apr 18 2006, 05:28 AM
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Dragon Group: Members Posts: 4,589 Joined: 28-November 05 Member No.: 8,019 |
The ending just seemed very "OMG SR HAS TO BE STREET LEVEL DURRRR!!!"
I mean, yes, you got that across with the cancerous dog that had blood in its pee and the shelter employees who shot them in the head instead of euthanizing them. Chester surviving would have been the perfect ending to the story, with the main character having a rational reason to be able to rise above the horror that surrounds him. But he had to Rebar the dog in the eye, just because it would be shocking and sad. |
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Apr 18 2006, 05:50 AM
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Shooting Target Group: Members Posts: 1,590 Joined: 11-September 04 Member No.: 6,650 |
oh come on
seriously people The GM would have laid a serious smackdown on the runner had he tried to keep the dog, as that would be powergaming. The end wasn't crap writing, it was metagaming. |
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Apr 18 2006, 06:00 AM
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Horror Group: Members Posts: 5,322 Joined: 15-June 05 From: BumFuck, New Jersey Member No.: 7,445 |
Kremlin wins the thread.
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Apr 18 2006, 06:15 AM
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Shooting Target Group: Members Posts: 1,590 Joined: 11-September 04 Member No.: 6,650 |
*dances the cabbage patch*
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Apr 18 2006, 06:33 AM
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Great Dragon Group: Members Posts: 5,430 Joined: 10-January 05 From: Fort Worth, Texas Member No.: 6,957 |
It isn't powergaming to reach for resources the GM puts in your grasp. If it isn't something they should have, the runners should never get near it.
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Apr 18 2006, 07:26 AM
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Shooting Target Group: Members Posts: 1,590 Joined: 11-September 04 Member No.: 6,650 |
but if ya know the GM will punnish you for taking it...
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Apr 18 2006, 07:43 AM
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Manus Celer Dei Group: Dumpshocked Posts: 17,008 Joined: 30-December 02 From: Boston Member No.: 3,802 |
Then you get a new GM, because this one is clearly broken.
~J |
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Apr 18 2006, 07:46 AM
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Horror Group: Members Posts: 5,322 Joined: 15-June 05 From: BumFuck, New Jersey Member No.: 7,445 |
Nah, not broken. Nor defective.
Broken implies that it did at one time work, and no longer does. Defective implies that it would in theory work, but this one was @*%^@ed at the factory. No, I'd call this one faulty, as in "design flaws". |
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Apr 18 2006, 03:12 PM
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Shooting Target Group: Members Posts: 1,590 Joined: 11-September 04 Member No.: 6,650 |
hehehehe
sadly though, far too many GMs end up using anything the PCs take or any 'loot' as an excuse for a plot device that screws the players over |
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Apr 18 2006, 03:49 PM
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Great Dragon Group: Members Posts: 5,430 Joined: 10-January 05 From: Fort Worth, Texas Member No.: 6,957 |
Most games need plot devices or things don't happen.
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Apr 18 2006, 03:56 PM
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Shooting Target Group: Members Posts: 1,590 Joined: 11-September 04 Member No.: 6,650 |
yes but what percentage of plot devices should include "Player characher X gets fragged on and loses everything"
not sure what you consider the right number But I feel the most wrong number is 100% |
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Apr 18 2006, 05:07 PM
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Great Dragon Group: Members Posts: 5,430 Joined: 10-January 05 From: Fort Worth, Texas Member No.: 6,957 |
100% is almost assuredly the wrong number (unless the player likes it). 0% is also probably the wrong number.
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Apr 18 2006, 05:17 PM
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Shooting Target Group: Members Posts: 1,590 Joined: 11-September 04 Member No.: 6,650 |
true
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Apr 18 2006, 06:07 PM
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Dragon Group: Members Posts: 4,589 Joined: 28-November 05 Member No.: 8,019 |
They have to have a reason for their ability to track him down, though. They can't just be "LOL OMG YOU JUST STOLE A GUN YOU'RE MARKED FOR LIFE HURRR!" RFID tags should be easy to block. Spirits need to be relatively close for search to work; remember that each kilometer adds 1 to the threshold.
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Apr 18 2006, 06:38 PM
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Running Target Group: Members Posts: 1,028 Joined: 9-November 02 From: The Republic of Vermont Member No.: 3,581 |
I thought it was the old woman I hit on the head. |
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Apr 18 2006, 08:05 PM
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Moving Target Group: Members Posts: 527 Joined: 26-February 02 Member No.: 1,118 |
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Apr 18 2006, 08:09 PM
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Dragon Group: Members Posts: 4,589 Joined: 28-November 05 Member No.: 8,019 |
Stick is Timothy Roberts? Well, they do share a lack of computer skills...
And holy shit. :nuyen: 2 for public toilets? |
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Apr 19 2006, 02:22 AM
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Great Dragon Group: Members Posts: 6,640 Joined: 6-June 04 Member No.: 6,383 |
Heh, Fan-Pro-owned! |
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Apr 19 2006, 02:29 AM
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Dragon Group: Members Posts: 4,589 Joined: 28-November 05 Member No.: 8,019 |
Huh? |
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Apr 19 2006, 02:55 AM
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Manus Celer Dei Group: Dumpshocked Posts: 17,008 Joined: 30-December 02 From: Boston Member No.: 3,802 |
It flows better if you just say Fanpr0wned!
Alternately, Fanpwned could work, though I think that one should be saved for the times when the fans have a better grasp of rules interactions than the writers. ~J |
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Apr 19 2006, 02:56 AM
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Beetle Eater Group: Dumpshocked Posts: 4,797 Joined: 3-June 02 From: Oblivion City Member No.: 2,826 |
Nice short story if a bit light on logic. Some clever discriptions and good contact examples.
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Apr 23 2006, 07:15 AM
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Moving Target Group: Members Posts: 190 Joined: 24-October 04 Member No.: 6,787 |
just before the KE show up, Sticks has for some reason decided to keep the dog. In his mind, it is HIS dog now. After Chester tears apart two people, it's not his dog, it's his monster.
All right, it's a bit of a stretch, but it does seem to hold together |
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Apr 23 2006, 11:04 PM
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Target Group: Members Posts: 43 Joined: 18-April 06 From: midwest Member No.: 8,478 |
is a cyberpets brain completely rewired? (yeah never been something i've really read up on...)
i would just like to be satisfied knowing why Hutchison's death -in full view of Chester the Maul-ester- didnt garner our story's hero the new monicker of "Kindling"?... as for the abrupt end.. "woof. hi, i'm your new best fr" *SPLORT* rrawww rhat rucks. killing Chester in cold blood... meh, its obviously not out of the scope of the character, having just previously slain Hutchison w/o significant provocation. having stated early on the need for a monatary influx, making his way back to Soon's suggests -to me- he's about to bodylaunder the uberpooch by one means or another. i dunno.. as readers we are less left hanging and more subjected to a .50cal "Fin" to the head. |
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