 Your Favourite Npc Decker, And Why? |
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 Dec 3 2003, 04:29 AM
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Shooting Target  Group: Members Posts: 1,512 Joined: 16-August 03 From: Northampton Member No.: 5,499  |
Well i would do a poll but i can't find the option, so here goes.
I've not got all from the books, So if i've missed your favourite feel free to add. Fast jack. Cos he is that good Dodger. The "Lost" knight Slamm-O. The little puke Smilling Bandit. The genetically engineered vat grow Scientist Slivery K. Your key to the Nexus Grid Reaper. "Can you pass me a leg from the fridge please?" Red Wraith. "I can see clearly now my brain has gone" Pax. "If you pick her there's something wrong with you and you should get yourself checked" Captain Chaos. "What happen to those 20 mins of my life?" Rache Bartmoss. "The complete Psyhco" Spider murphy. The above's side kick For me it's Fast jack, Though Slamm-O has a place in my heart, So i can beat him unconcious with my complexes froms. [EDIT] If you feel my discriptions are off or lacking, again feel free to add your own[/EDIT] |
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Dec 3 2003, 04:36 AM
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Immoral Elf Group: Members Posts: 15,247 Joined: 29-March 02 From: Grimy Pete's Bar & Laundromat Member No.: 2,486 |
Slamm-O, closely followed by the one-and-only Dodger. :)
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Dec 3 2003, 04:37 AM
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Chrome to the Core Group: Dumpshocked Posts: 3,152 Joined: 14-October 03 From: ::1 Member No.: 5,715 |
FastJack, FastJack, FastJack. He just owns.
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Dec 3 2003, 05:08 AM
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Manus Celer Dei Group: Dumpshocked Posts: 17,006 Joined: 30-December 02 From: Boston Member No.: 3,802 |
FastJack, because he is your God on the Matrix.
My second choice would have to be Pax. ~J |
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Dec 3 2003, 05:33 AM
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Moving Target Group: Members Posts: 262 Joined: 26-February 02 From: A wreched hive of scum and villany. Member No.: 1,479 |
Dodger - The flowery tongue, the spiteful wit, the fact he has the ear of Sam Verner, Sally Tsung and Sean Laverty.
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Dec 3 2003, 07:05 AM
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Immortal Elf Group: Members Posts: 11,410 Joined: 1-October 03 From: Pittsburgh Member No.: 5,670 |
i like ronin, mainly because our street sam pasted him against the wall during Brainscan. ah, the good ol' days...
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Dec 3 2003, 07:07 AM
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Moving Target Group: Members Posts: 291 Joined: 26-February 02 Member No.: 806 |
Nyuh nyuh nyuh :D I prolly like Pyramid Watcher the best, dungeoncrawling Azzie LTGs for secrets and information, but FastJack gets the "coolest persona" reward. |
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Dec 3 2003, 07:11 AM
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Immortal Elf Group: Validating Posts: 7,999 Joined: 26-February 02 Member No.: 1,890 |
I like the Grid Reaper just because he has style, a cool name, and an interesting background.
The one I hate the most is Fastjack, and only partially because he has one of the stupidest names I've ever heard of for a decker. |
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Dec 3 2003, 07:15 AM
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Manus Celer Dei Group: Dumpshocked Posts: 17,006 Joined: 30-December 02 From: Boston Member No.: 3,802 |
I'm betting on his real name being John or Jack, myself.
~J |
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Dec 3 2003, 07:17 AM
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Target Group: Members Posts: 47 Joined: 26-June 03 From: Salt Lake City: Ute Nation Member No.: 4,811 |
Fastjack, Captain Chaos and Dodger need to be retired from canon. They have been around too long to maintain an edge. Age penalties for Reaction anyone?
Slamm-O shows the most promise currently, as Ronin, and Red Wraith are afflicted by munchkinnyness. Pax is an otaku and they are not deckers. |
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Dec 3 2003, 07:23 AM
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Manus Celer Dei Group: Dumpshocked Posts: 17,006 Joined: 30-December 02 From: Boston Member No.: 3,802 |
FastJack and Captain Chaos don't need an edge. They've programmed their way to invulnerability. It doesn't matter how much faster you are than someone if they hit you with a rating 14+ Black Hammer and you can't touch them.
As for Dodger, as stated previously he's a good but not great decker whose girlfriend is an AI. No more edge is needed; that'll last him until his death, even if there's a long period of senility there. ~J |
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Dec 3 2003, 07:28 AM
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Target Group: Members Posts: 47 Joined: 26-June 03 From: Salt Lake City: Ute Nation Member No.: 4,811 |
Well we could argue about this until the orbital cows come home so I'll offer another gripe: I'm tired of Fastjack and bored to tears by the once anarchist now boring elder-lecturer Captain Chaos. High time for some new blood IMO. |
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Dec 3 2003, 07:30 AM
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Immortal Elf Group: Members Posts: 11,410 Joined: 1-October 03 From: Pittsburgh Member No.: 5,670 |
what kage said. you're never going to hit Fastjack or the Cap'n, because you're never going to see Fastjack or the Cap'n. the TN for Locate Decker is Masking plus Sleaze, fer chrissake!
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Dec 3 2003, 07:31 AM
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Chrome to the Core Group: Dumpshocked Posts: 3,152 Joined: 14-October 03 From: ::1 Member No.: 5,715 |
Bring in new blood and us old-timers, who grew up with reading CC's calling everybody "child" to becoming SysOp, whine more than everybody else.
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Dec 3 2003, 07:38 AM
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Target Group: Members Posts: 47 Joined: 26-June 03 From: Salt Lake City: Ute Nation Member No.: 4,811 |
Hey, I've been reading the old coot's Shadowfiles since SR1 too. :D It's time to send him off to pasture or a tropical island somewhere and get a new sysop that doesn't sound like a middle-school teacher. Captain 'Chaos' - bah! - more like Captain Cautionary Note. As for Fastjack, why would anyone as successful as him/her remain in the biz? Then it hits me - poor Jack is truly addicted to the matrix - he can't stay out - all those years online have affected him deeply - maybe at a fundamental level - elderly otaku anyone? |
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Dec 3 2003, 07:42 AM
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Immortal Elf Group: Members Posts: 11,410 Joined: 1-October 03 From: Pittsburgh Member No.: 5,670 |
or maybe just an acquired Matrix Addiction flaw. that makes more sense, and isn't insane.
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Dec 3 2003, 07:45 AM
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Immoral Elf Group: Members Posts: 15,247 Joined: 29-March 02 From: Grimy Pete's Bar & Laundromat Member No.: 2,486 |
Since Reaction in the Matrix (when using hot assist) is based entirely on Intelligence, why would there be any age penalties? I think y'all underestimate Dodger's abilities. Fastjack definitely has the Matrix Addiction Flaw. I like Cap'n Chaos, but could do without Bash. |
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Dec 3 2003, 07:48 AM
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Moving Target Group: Members Posts: 291 Joined: 26-February 02 Member No.: 806 |
I've had this little fantasy about a sourcebook beginning with the announcement of Cap's death; He was an ork and died of old age roughly 40-50 years old. This announcement, together with some information about the good Cap and his life is brought to the reader by some highly competent, if a bit green, youngblood. This person has been Caps apprentice/assistant for a few years and now unexpectedly finds him/herself "CEO" of Shadowland.
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Dec 3 2003, 08:33 AM
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Moving Target Group: Members Posts: 156 Joined: 16-August 03 From: Santa Cruz Member No.: 5,500 |
Wasn't fast-jack the head of EM?And I know Jack's real name..It ain't Jack.If I am right you all know it and he is one mother..... Great Dragons step lightly around him.
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Dec 3 2003, 08:46 AM
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Moving Target Group: Members Posts: 262 Joined: 26-February 02 From: A wreched hive of scum and villany. Member No.: 1,479 |
Umm... Dodger is an elf, he was born in 1998(ish), that makes him 65, thats equivalent to around a human age of 25. |
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Dec 3 2003, 08:49 AM
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Immoral Elf Group: Members Posts: 15,247 Joined: 29-March 02 From: Grimy Pete's Bar & Laundromat Member No.: 2,486 |
No he wasn't involved with Echo Mirage. And he isn't Damian Knight either. |
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Dec 3 2003, 09:59 AM
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Running Target Group: Members Posts: 1,451 Joined: 21-April 03 From: Austin, TX Member No.: 4,488 |
We don't know if he was involved in Echo Mirage or not, but he is pushing 70 these days. Then again, Cap'n Crunch, Emmanuel Goldstien, and Bernie S are all still around doing the hacker thing and they're all in their 30s at least, with the good Cap'n in his 40s. Good phreaks never die, they just become crabby when l33t 5p34k3rZ r 4r0uNd.
My favorites in order are Fastjack (I've been a fan of his since before he was Billy Bad-Ass and just another decker on Shadowland) and Smiling Bandit ("Just don't breathe on me!"). Captain Chaos is cool as hell, but he is getting old. Maybe replace him as SysOp but keep him around. I see him semi-retiring but no giving up the game or getting taken out. Least favorite decker? Michael Surehand. That guy got on my last damn nerve through the entire book of Nosferatu... The Abstruse One |
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Dec 3 2003, 10:08 AM
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Moving Target Group: Members Posts: 511 Joined: 30-May 03 From: Tulsa, OK Member No.: 4,652 |
My top three are FastJack, SilveryK and Grid Reaper. Mostly because I like each of their individual styles a great deal.
Oh, and as far as FastJack's age? A little leonization probably goes a long way for him. ;-) |
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Dec 3 2003, 10:36 AM
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Immortal Elf Group: Members Posts: 11,410 Joined: 1-October 03 From: Pittsburgh Member No.: 5,670 |
no kidding. you didn't imagine he spent all the loot from his lifetime of crime on chips and wimmin?
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Dec 3 2003, 11:56 AM
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Moving Target Group: Members Posts: 108 Joined: 15-September 03 From: Worcester, MA Member No.: 5,621 |
I like Rache Bartmoss, but that's b/c of what he's like in CP2020. Due to unending paranoia, he's been frozen in a cryofreezer, not trusting anyone to come free him. He hacks with the equivelant of a 9600 baud modem, his brain is slowed down so much, and he still stands on even footing with the best netrunners in the world. That wins in my book for style, skill, and outright balls.
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