Leonardo's Deck, How does it differ to normal decks? |
Leonardo's Deck, How does it differ to normal decks? |
Apr 6 2005, 11:01 AM
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Target Group: Members Posts: 65 Joined: 3-April 02 Member No.: 2,507 |
I don't know the decking rules and as such know next to nothing about decks, the Matrix etc.
So I was wondering about Leonardo's deck, I know it is infinitely better than any other decks available on (and off) the market but does anyone know what makes his deck different to the normal decks? |
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Apr 6 2005, 11:03 AM
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Moving Target Group: Members Posts: 171 Joined: 5-February 05 Member No.: 7,053 |
His has Protagonist Power, a 1MP utility that means you don't have to follow any rules, ever.
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Apr 6 2005, 11:11 AM
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Moving Target Group: Members Posts: 401 Joined: 7-June 02 From: Living with the straw sheep. Member No.: 2,850 |
[ Spoiler ] [Edit]Sorry, you meant 'Deck'... :D[/Edit] This post has been edited by Demosthenes: Apr 6 2005, 11:13 AM |
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Apr 6 2005, 10:27 AM
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Moving Target Group: Members Posts: 478 Joined: 18-December 03 From: Louisville, KY Member No.: 5,918 |
*sigh* Is nothing sacred here? LOL
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Apr 6 2005, 11:38 AM
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Prime Runner Group: Members Posts: 3,577 Joined: 26-February 02 From: Gwynedd Valley PA Member No.: 1,221 |
It looks like california redwood but it's actually pressure treated pine.
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Apr 6 2005, 11:59 AM
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Great Dragon Group: Members Posts: 6,748 Joined: 5-July 02 Member No.: 2,935 |
Well, since your mean Leonardo and not QUicksilver...Leo's deck is based on weird optical properties. You deck with it, even use otaku abilities with it, just be looking at the damn thing.
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Apr 6 2005, 11:08 AM
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Moving Target Group: Members Posts: 127 Joined: 26-February 02 From: Sweden Member No.: 1,313 |
So, it might not be a deck, it might be an artifact... magic and technology together... *drumroll*
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Apr 6 2005, 03:08 PM
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Mr. Johnson Group: Dumpshocked Posts: 2,587 Joined: 25-January 05 From: Berkeley, CA Member No.: 7,014 |
It might be... a horrible plot device in a novel that reads like a bad version of the Da Vinci Code (ugh). Granted, I think Black Madonna actually predates the Da Vinci Code.
It's too bad, too. I'm quite fond of Serrin Shamandar. |
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Apr 6 2005, 05:09 PM
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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 |
By at least five years. |
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Apr 6 2005, 05:41 PM
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Moving Target Group: Members Posts: 485 Joined: 25-October 04 Member No.: 6,789 |
Leonardo's deck is construct from redwood and has a built in jacuzzi and a lovely awning..... Oh you meant his Cyberdeck wel....
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Apr 6 2005, 05:42 PM
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Running Target Group: Members Posts: 1,070 Joined: 7-February 04 From: NYC Member No.: 6,058 |
A bad version of "The Da Vinci Code"? That's sort of like saying "a bad variant of colon cancer". :P |
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Apr 6 2005, 07:13 PM
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Great Dragon Group: Members Posts: 6,748 Joined: 5-July 02 Member No.: 2,935 |
Be fair. Black Madonna exceeds The Da Vinci Code in accuracy, readability, enjoyability, and literary content.
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Apr 6 2005, 08:53 PM
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Moving Target Group: Members Posts: 527 Joined: 30-January 04 Member No.: 6,043 |
Ouch.
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Apr 6 2005, 09:23 PM
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Moving Target Group: Members Posts: 830 Joined: 3-April 04 From: Columbus, Ohio Member No.: 6,215 |
Wow, on Dumpshock, we hate EVERYTHING.
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Apr 6 2005, 09:06 PM
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Running Target Group: Members Posts: 1,032 Joined: 6-August 04 Member No.: 6,543 |
that is not true. At dumpshock we love Ares and FastJack.
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Apr 6 2005, 09:15 PM
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Neophyte Runner Group: Members Posts: 2,086 Joined: 26-February 02 Member No.: 364 |
And Pie.
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Apr 6 2005, 09:30 PM
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Mr. Johnson Group: Dumpshocked Posts: 2,587 Joined: 25-January 05 From: Berkeley, CA Member No.: 7,014 |
You're absolutely correct. :) "Strike that, reverse it" -Willy Wonka |
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Apr 6 2005, 09:41 PM
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Immortal Elf Group: Members Posts: 11,410 Joined: 1-October 03 From: Pittsburgh Member No.: 5,670 |
that's the funniest thing i've seen all day. |
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Apr 7 2005, 03:35 AM
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Target Group: Members Posts: 69 Joined: 17-March 05 Member No.: 7,183 |
Leonardo's deck is made from Orichalcum stolen from Lofwyr. It has been embibed with powerful magic made all the more potent by a Great Dragon that sacrificed himself to save the world. If not for Leonardo's deck there would be no chance the Great Work would be finished, daemons would invade the world, and there would be no System Failure or SR4.
Too bad for Leo the missing Orichalcum really pissed Lofwyr off. |
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Apr 7 2005, 08:25 AM
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Target Group: Members Posts: 65 Joined: 3-April 02 Member No.: 2,507 |
Thanks to those who replied with constructive posts that attempted to address my original question.
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Apr 7 2005, 08:03 AM
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Running Target Group: Members Posts: 1,133 Joined: 3-October 04 Member No.: 6,722 |
Leonardo's some kind of technomantic genius, so my guess is that his cyberdeck really is a technomagical construct. No PC would ever be able to grasp the fundamental concepts enough to even use the damn thing, imho.
And btw, I kind of liked the Da Vinci Code. I just wish people would realise that it's a standard adventure story - ie, the facts get bent to fit the plot. Jeez, anyone'd think you were all covert Opus Dei disinformation agents :cyber: But Angels and Demons was way better anyway :D |
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Apr 7 2005, 08:30 AM
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Immortal Elf Group: Members Posts: 11,410 Joined: 1-October 03 From: Pittsburgh Member No.: 5,670 |
without having read the book, i can guess what the problem is: many readers assume that the bent or broken facts are, in fact, factual, which makes them idiots, which generates an idiot-oriented background count around the book itself.
as i recall, leonardo's deck allowed him to project his icon in multiple locations at once, made his actions within the Matrix so fast that all other icons appeared to be standing still (even given the Matrix's brain-breaking technological crock-of-crappery, that one's got a special sore spot in my cerebrum) and was generaly omgwtflol. |
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Apr 7 2005, 09:46 AM
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Moving Target Group: Members Posts: 401 Joined: 7-June 02 From: Living with the straw sheep. Member No.: 2,850 |
Having read the book, I can confirm your guess.
A lot of the bent or broken facts are based on "Holy blood, holy grail"...which purports to be nonfiction, despite being so full of holes you could fit Lofwyr through it sideways... Spoiler to protect those who don't want to know the big, huge, so-not-obvious-it's-written-in-neon-lights-from-a-third-of-the-way-through-the-book secret ending of the Da Vinci Code. [ Spoiler ]
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Apr 7 2005, 11:22 AM
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Running Target Group: Members Posts: 1,133 Joined: 3-October 04 Member No.: 6,722 |
Just on that grail business...
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Apr 7 2005, 10:43 AM
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Moving Target Group: Members Posts: 401 Joined: 7-June 02 From: Living with the straw sheep. Member No.: 2,850 |
Grail again...
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