 What do you reckon NERPS are?, NERPS! |
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 May 30 2014, 06:36 AM
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Horror  Group: Members Posts: 5,322 Joined: 15-June 05 From: BumFuck, New Jersey Member No.: 7,445  |
Nerps.
Nerps, nerps, NERPS! Nerps? What are NERPS? That's the question that's on my mind. Out-of-game, they were Net Enhancements for Role-Playing Shadowrun. Quasi in-character, at least according to the Shadowrun wiki, they are New Exciting Retail ProductS. And of course, all veteran Shadowrun players know them to be Non-Essential RolePlaying Stuff. But... What.... Are they? In-character, I mean? Well, in Shadowrun Returns, we see vivid artwork depicting that NERPS are advertised in all sorts of places, from city streets to inside bars. They seem to have a massive, cross-sectional appeal, as evidenced by the dealer-of-stuff in SRR who was out of NERPS. He had Novacoke and Jazz, but not NERPS. What, then, could they be? Obviously something small enough and desirable enough for a drug dealer working a Maria Mercurial concert to bring some, rather than more novacoke. But they're also advertised openly, too. My theory is that NERPS are incredibly alcoholic hard candies, Everlasting Gobstopper style. Pop one in your mouth and it lasts for ages, and as the different fruity flavored layers dissolve, you're getting a buzz. [e]Typo fixed. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/nyahnyah.gif) |
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May 30 2014, 07:02 AM
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Canon Companion Group: Members Posts: 8,021 Joined: 2-March 03 From: The Morgue, Singapore LTG Member No.: 4,187 |
QUOTE (ShadowDragon8685 @ May 30 2014, 02:36 PM)  Quasi in-character, at least according to the Shadowrun wiki, they are New Exiting Retail ProductS. So they exit the scene so fast they are new? |
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May 30 2014, 11:36 AM
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Moving Target Group: Members Posts: 107 Joined: 18-March 14 Member No.: 188,262 |
Dead Man's Switch had a pic of a girl holding a coke bottle in an advertisement for NERPS. I had assumed it was a drink of some kind.
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May 30 2014, 11:56 AM
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Shooting Target Group: Members Posts: 1,647 Joined: 22-April 12 From: somewhere far beyond sanity Member No.: 51,886 |
Next Exciting Retail Product. A placeholder of the advertisement industry. They can be everything,
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May 30 2014, 03:00 PM
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Old Man Jones Group: Dumpshocked Posts: 4,415 Joined: 26-February 02 From: New York Member No.: 1,699 |
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