 Something Positive, A Linkage |
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 May 25 2005, 01:44 AM
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Great Dragon  Group: Members Posts: 6,748 Joined: 5-July 02 Member No.: 2,935  |
R. K. Milholland's Something Positive, unlike other webcomics, actually contains references to Shadowrun. Whether this is a tribute to his geekiness or intelligence, I leave up to you. In particular, his current storyline (while not being exactly Shadowrun) bears merit by poking fun at a few time-honored gripings we known and love/loathe.
Anywho, I thought it worth pointing out to those of you who've never read Something Positive (both of you), mainly because I've almost never run across any other reference to Shadowrun in a webcomic. |
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May 25 2005, 02:16 AM
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Target Group: Members Posts: 68 Joined: 9-October 04 Member No.: 6,738 |
Now we see why you are limited with essence in how much cyberware you can take.
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May 25 2005, 03:05 AM
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Moving Target Group: Members Posts: 571 Joined: 9-January 05 From: In the 9th circle of hell Member No.: 6,950 |
hehehehe. :-)
The sad thing is I've had players ask if they could have something like that before..... |
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May 25 2005, 03:39 AM
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Running Target Group: Members Posts: 1,102 Joined: 23-March 04 From: The Grizzly Grunion, in a VIP room. Member No.: 6,191 |
Who remembers the Mr. Studd implant?
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May 25 2005, 03:41 AM
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Great Dragon Group: Members Posts: 6,640 Joined: 6-June 04 Member No.: 6,383 |
Wow, a mumified corpse still jacked into the system? That's hilarious. I guess the janitor never gets down there.
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May 25 2005, 03:48 AM
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Great Dragon Group: Members Posts: 6,748 Joined: 5-July 02 Member No.: 2,935 |
Smiley: The Mr. Studd™ implant is in R. Talsorian's Cyberpunk 2020 game. ;)
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May 25 2005, 05:37 AM
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Running Target Group: Members Posts: 1,088 Joined: 8-October 04 From: Dallas, TX Member No.: 6,734 |
And considering that I think S*P's current story thread takes place in Cyberpunk, not Shadowrun...it's appropriate. :) Using the terms "nethacking" kinda gives that impression.
I still die with laughter over the Redneck tree tho - and I have the Munchkin Redneck Tree card. *evil laugh* |
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May 25 2005, 05:51 AM
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Great Dragon Group: Members Posts: 6,748 Joined: 5-July 02 Member No.: 2,935 |
DOn't be a pill. He's done SR before, and many of the subjects brought up are relevant.
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May 25 2005, 09:19 AM
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Moving Target Group: Members Posts: 142 Joined: 29-November 02 Member No.: 3,660 |
I read that comic every day .
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May 25 2005, 12:26 PM
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The King In Yellow Group: Dumpshocked Posts: 6,922 Joined: 26-February 05 From: JWD Member No.: 7,121 |
AH: but there're conversion tables for CP2020 gear on Plastic Warriors, IIRC. So he *could* if he clears that with his GM.
Anyway, "it's kinda like people buying really expensive trash cans for protecting their garbage" mad my day. :grinbig: :rotfl: |
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May 25 2005, 12:47 PM
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Neophyte Runner Group: Members Posts: 2,453 Joined: 17-September 04 From: St. Paul Member No.: 6,675 |
RKM definitely has an acid wit. And he's brief!
He has done Shadowrun LARP comics (aka Redneck Tree Series), and I think one reference to the PnP game in passing. I practically got fired for reading that comic at work. |
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May 25 2005, 07:18 PM
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Running Target Group: Members Posts: 1,088 Joined: 8-October 04 From: Dallas, TX Member No.: 6,734 |
Oh I'm not saying that the plot line isn't relevant! Shadowrun is a cyberpunk genre, after all. Just being nitpicky. I'm well aware of the SR LARP game (hence the mention of the recurring Redneck Tree) and it strikes me that RKM knows the various gaming systems well enough to use the correct jargon for the game he is depicting.
Heh...I can hardly wait for tonights! |
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May 25 2005, 07:59 PM
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Avatar of Mediocrity Group: Dumpshocked Posts: 725 Joined: 26-February 02 From: Seattle, WA (err, UCAS) Member No.: 277 |
Heh, heh, heh. You bleed all sexy.
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May 25 2005, 08:09 PM
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Moving Target Group: Members Posts: 142 Joined: 29-November 02 Member No.: 3,660 |
Sweet Jesus!!!!
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May 25 2005, 08:09 PM
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Moving Target Group: Members Posts: 470 Joined: 2-January 05 From: Quebec Member No.: 6,924 |
I believe it was actually "Sweet Nipples of Christ".
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May 25 2005, 08:12 PM
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Moving Target Group: Members Posts: 142 Joined: 29-November 02 Member No.: 3,660 |
Yea , but that would be sacrilegious . ;) |
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May 25 2005, 08:47 PM
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Incertum est quo loco te mors expectet; Group: Dumpshocked Posts: 6,546 Joined: 24-October 03 From: DeeCee, U.S. Member No.: 5,760 |
Why? How do you know Jesus' nipples aren't sweet? He's in heaven now, and it occurs to me that just about everything is sweet in heaven.
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May 25 2005, 08:59 PM
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Runner Group: Members Posts: 2,901 Joined: 19-June 03 Member No.: 4,775 |
Mm. Sacrilicious.
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May 25 2005, 10:35 PM
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Neophyte Runner Group: Members Posts: 2,453 Joined: 17-September 04 From: St. Paul Member No.: 6,675 |
Mmmmmm. Heavenly sweet.
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May 25 2005, 11:08 PM
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Neophyte Runner Group: Members Posts: 2,156 Joined: 15-March 03 From: Fresno, CalFree Member No.: 4,252 |
Thats not God. Thats just a waffle that Bart tossed up there.
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May 26 2005, 02:10 AM
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Running Target Group: Members Posts: 1,311 Joined: 26-February 02 From: Calgary, Alberta Member No.: 2,062 |
Okay, okay, enough of this tomfoolery. You in your corner and you in your corner. Just chill. 'cause if you don't, they'll shut the thread down. |
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May 26 2005, 06:57 AM
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Running Target Group: Members Posts: 1,088 Joined: 8-October 04 From: Dallas, TX Member No.: 6,734 |
That reminds me - with the newest comic - is it possible to do that in SR? Create cybered versions of zombies without magic (cybermancy OR voodoo) where the technology takes over the body?
I know doing the personafix + data shunt can cause the body to be controlled by a chip, but can that be done via virus? And why hasn't Deus done this yet? ;) |
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May 26 2005, 01:05 PM
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Neophyte Runner Group: Members Posts: 2,453 Joined: 17-September 04 From: St. Paul Member No.: 6,675 |
I could see the "Why no robots?" thread getting a second life here very easily. What would the motive force be, reflex trigger, a sophisticated if then loop? Also, the muscles would need to be total replacement for it to be at all viable for any length of time. |
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May 26 2005, 06:40 PM
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Running Target Group: Members Posts: 1,088 Joined: 8-October 04 From: Dallas, TX Member No.: 6,734 |
Well if it was a virus, the virus really wouldn't be caring if the body was "viable"...and wouldn't that add to the whole horror aspect? Heck...if the personality is still screaming in the background as more and more injuries are done to it...And shooting it in the heart doesn't stop it....just causes it to go gray and falter, then keep going.
Evil, evil concept. I can see a run where a certain shadow clinic which has a doc that either is experimenting or is a data shunted zombie already is doing surgery for 1/2 the cost...and adds in a data shunt to whoever gets surgery from him. Then at a certain time the virus activates... And one member of the group (pick one that had surgery recently and is gone from the group that day) turns zombie, so the group had to track down what happened...and undo the damage. |
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May 31 2005, 10:26 PM
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Moving Target Group: Members Posts: 944 Joined: 19-February 03 Member No.: 4,128 |
As long as the creator is willing to re-make them every few weeks, could you not use the skeleton of a corpse as the frame of a anthro drone? The drone parts would be inside the body.
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