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Dave
post Apr 6 2005, 11:01 AM
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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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post Apr 6 2005, 11:03 AM
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His has Protagonist Power, a 1MP utility that means you don't have to follow any rules, ever.
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post Apr 6 2005, 11:11 AM
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[Edit]Sorry, you meant 'Deck'... :D[/Edit]

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post Apr 6 2005, 10:27 AM
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*sigh* Is nothing sacred here? LOL
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post Apr 6 2005, 11:38 AM
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It looks like california redwood but it's actually pressure treated pine.
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post Apr 6 2005, 11:59 AM
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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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post Apr 6 2005, 11:08 AM
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So, it might not be a deck, it might be an artifact... magic and technology together... *drumroll*
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post Apr 6 2005, 03:08 PM
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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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post Apr 6 2005, 05:09 PM
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QUOTE (hahnsoo)
Granted, I think Black Madonna actually predates the Da Vinci Code.

By at least five years.
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post Apr 6 2005, 05:41 PM
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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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post Apr 6 2005, 05:42 PM
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QUOTE (hahnsoo)
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.

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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post Apr 6 2005, 07:13 PM
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Be fair. Black Madonna exceeds The Da Vinci Code in accuracy, readability, enjoyability, and literary content.
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post Apr 6 2005, 08:53 PM
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Ouch.
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post Apr 6 2005, 09:23 PM
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Wow, on Dumpshock, we hate EVERYTHING.
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post Apr 6 2005, 09:06 PM
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that is not true. At dumpshock we love Ares and FastJack.
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post Apr 6 2005, 09:15 PM
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And Pie.
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post Apr 6 2005, 09:30 PM
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QUOTE (Ancient History @ Apr 6 2005, 02:13 PM)
Be fair. Black Madonna exceeds The Da Vinci Code in accuracy, readability, enjoyability, and literary content.

You're absolutely correct. :) "Strike that, reverse it" -Willy Wonka
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post Apr 6 2005, 09:41 PM
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QUOTE (Snow Fox)
It looks like california redwood but it's actually pressure treated pine.

that's the funniest thing i've seen all day.
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post Apr 7 2005, 03:35 AM
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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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post Apr 7 2005, 08:25 AM
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Thanks to those who replied with constructive posts that attempted to address my original question.
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post Apr 7 2005, 08:03 AM
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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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post Apr 7 2005, 08:30 AM
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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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post Apr 7 2005, 09:46 AM
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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.
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post Apr 7 2005, 11:22 AM
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Just on that grail business...

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post Apr 7 2005, 10:43 AM
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Grail again...
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