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 Aug 18 2005, 06:19 AM
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Moving Target  Group: Members Posts: 338 Joined: 17-September 04 From: Pueblo Sector of Denver Member No.: 6,672  |
Ok, so it's time for wild insomnia induced speculation.
We have a weapons specalist with a Renkru Ichi OS (Ichi means one (AKA OS 1)) We have a combat mage with Megadyne Deva OS (No clue) In the TOC commlink construction is listed in the Matrix section, and the ID section. Speculations: 1) Absolutly everyone, including mages, use computers now 2) Everyone is required to have as part of ID? 3) Everyone is running around with a host? (Hackers dream?) Of course these are just speculations. Anyone got analysis or refutation, or just mocking? P.S Adam & playtesters are alloud to yell at me if I said something stupid. EDIT: I found out Deva is Latin for "Radiant ones" comes from the plural of Deus, Waaay more speculation! |
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Aug 18 2005, 06:24 AM
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Shadowrun Setting Nerd Group: Banned Posts: 3,632 Joined: 28-June 05 From: Pissing on pedestrians from my electronic ivory tower. Member No.: 7,473 |
I'm curious how Mangadyne, a company specializing in Matrix iconography, got into the OS biz.
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Aug 18 2005, 06:26 AM
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Moving Target Group: Members Posts: 134 Joined: 26-February 02 From: Seattle Member No.: 1,525 |
Form over function.
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Aug 18 2005, 06:29 AM
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Target Group: Members Posts: 14 Joined: 16-August 05 From: Bug city Member No.: 7,557 |
Sure, I'll play along. I suppose iconography could be linked with the new Augmented Reality. Maybe that's more connected with the wired world than I thought.
I haven't seen Minority Report, but from what I've heard this line of questioning leads vaguely in that direction. Namely: (1) no privacy (2) intrusive walking ads that address you by name (3) gargoyles (those people in Snow Crash who had nothing better to do than cruise around in public places, scanning as much of people's personal info as they could get their gloves on.) It's interesting that the Combat Mage has a Novatech Airware Commlink. And here I was thinking that Novatech had bought it. |
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Aug 18 2005, 06:35 AM
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Moving Target Group: Members Posts: 338 Joined: 17-September 04 From: Pueblo Sector of Denver Member No.: 6,672 |
Maybe Megadyne is the new AAA corp? Maybe the made it big because Deus' distributed brain (Threats) helped them gain new technology? |
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Aug 18 2005, 06:36 AM
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Shadowrun Setting Nerd Group: Banned Posts: 3,632 Joined: 28-June 05 From: Pissing on pedestrians from my electronic ivory tower. Member No.: 7,473 |
System Failure's description said, "a struggling megacorp makes a drastic decision to stem off impending doom", and Rob said a third of the book was about Novatech, so... Apparently Novatech succeeded.
But how!?! It's Mangadyne, BTW. Emphasis on the Manga part since it's the basis for the iconography of its products. This post has been edited by SL James: Aug 18 2005, 06:36 AM |
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Aug 18 2005, 06:39 AM
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Moving Target Group: Members Posts: 338 Joined: 17-September 04 From: Pueblo Sector of Denver Member No.: 6,672 |
Well maybe their drastic descision was siding with an AI that hates it's father, and also happens to be the largest computer company out there? I didn't know they did the Manga thing, and Appologies for the spelling? |
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Aug 18 2005, 06:42 AM
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Shadowrun Setting Nerd Group: Banned Posts: 3,632 Joined: 28-June 05 From: Pissing on pedestrians from my electronic ivory tower. Member No.: 7,473 |
Oh. No biggie. I just didn't want it to become a false meme.
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Aug 18 2005, 07:08 AM
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Moving Target Group: Members Posts: 297 Joined: 26-February 02 Member No.: 248 |
Sounds feasible. Things like that were hinted at in the Sprawl Survival Guide as they introduced the Credstick Beacon (which was used for personalized ADs in some places). Now, with a wireless Matrix (and everything being connected), those are likely to pop up everywhere. Mmh. Like the Internet today... only even more annoying to the people... ^^ I like it, and my players will hate every ad i throw at them. |
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Aug 18 2005, 07:16 AM
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Moving Target Group: Members Posts: 338 Joined: 17-September 04 From: Pueblo Sector of Denver Member No.: 6,672 |
The Ads addressing the heroine in Diamond Age, the Gap store talking to the guy with the stolen eyes in Minority report, Those evil real life ads the gas pump at King Soopers plays after you slot your consumer sheep card (Guilty as it realy does saave me a measureable amount on gas). Man those ads at the gas station are annoying, Full motion video, and they only let you mute/skip some of them. So does this mean ID matters way more than it use to? |
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Aug 18 2005, 07:17 AM
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Target Group: Members Posts: 14 Joined: 16-August 05 From: Bug city Member No.: 7,557 |
But what would make Deus like them? I don't think normal bribery would work. Plus we have the new crash to wonder about (AI death?) Regardless, the thought of him/it having potential control over the architecture of Augmented Reality is scary, even though I can see it happening.
We could always trade cards and mess with the dataminers... |
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Aug 18 2005, 07:19 AM
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Moving Target Group: Members Posts: 338 Joined: 17-September 04 From: Pueblo Sector of Denver Member No.: 6,672 |
Revenge? Maybe he saw the crash coming, maybe he went into distributed hibernate mode on his cluster of meat processors? |
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Aug 18 2005, 07:20 AM
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Moving Target Group: Members Posts: 297 Joined: 26-February 02 Member No.: 248 |
I would bet on it. This makes Hackers even more valuable. /Edit: damned typos. |
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Aug 18 2005, 07:23 AM
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Moving Target Group: Members Posts: 265 Joined: 26-February 02 From: Bangkok (sometimes Paris) Member No.: 332 |
You mean, like the way you spelled it in you very first post in this thread?
Sorry :D that was way too tempting :D Mike |
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Aug 18 2005, 07:36 AM
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Moving Target Group: Members Posts: 338 Joined: 17-September 04 From: Pueblo Sector of Denver Member No.: 6,672 |
So think they are mandatory?
Or is the SIN wifi, and everyone just wants to be able to see the AR? Will Hackers/Deckers/Riggers be able to do more than just deface in AR? |
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Aug 18 2005, 08:43 AM
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Shadowrun Setting Nerd Group: Banned Posts: 3,632 Joined: 28-June 05 From: Pissing on pedestrians from my electronic ivory tower. Member No.: 7,473 |
Oh, no! A typo! The world's coming to an END!!! So sad... So very sad... |
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Aug 18 2005, 08:45 AM
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Moving Target Group: Members Posts: 223 Joined: 26-February 02 Member No.: 1,067 |
Realistically, this is why I'm putting off buying a true BBB for a few months. SR has a habit of running through printings quickly, and I wanna wait until at least some of the spelling bugs are caught and fixed. I can live vicariously through others in the meantime. =) |
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Aug 18 2005, 08:50 AM
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Shadowrun Setting Nerd Group: Banned Posts: 3,632 Joined: 28-June 05 From: Pissing on pedestrians from my electronic ivory tower. Member No.: 7,473 |
Well, it's not the spelling that's a problem. It's the rules and grammar which need to be fixed in errata. That's a problem, and one that is virtually assured to occur.
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Aug 18 2005, 11:36 AM
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Running Target Group: Members Posts: 1,283 Joined: 17-May 05 Member No.: 7,398 |
And then the group's mage flips out and powerbolts one into fried circuits. :P |
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Aug 18 2005, 01:09 PM
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Neophyte Runner Group: Members Posts: 2,453 Joined: 17-September 04 From: St. Paul Member No.: 6,675 |
Reminds me of the AOL ads on TV where the spammer is walking behind the characters scereaming his spam.
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Aug 18 2005, 02:34 PM
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Moving Target Group: Members Posts: 293 Joined: 27-January 03 From: Kentucky, USA Member No.: 3,958 |
Man, and folks didn't believe me when I talked about this sort of stuff the first time it was mentioned the new Matrix was wireless. :D
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Aug 18 2005, 03:08 PM
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Just an FYI. If Mangadyne specializes in Japanese comic-animation themed iconography...
Deva is the pink haired sexy queen of the bugroms from El-Hazard. Give it a google. |
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Aug 18 2005, 03:19 PM
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Moving Target Group: Members Posts: 223 Joined: 26-February 02 Member No.: 1,067 |
Ohh, let's play 6 degrees of seperation!
Lesse.. Adam Jury helped work on the layout... WHile he also works at Guardians of Order... Who produced the El-Hazard RPG system.... ... wait, was that too fast? =P (Seriously, Deva's kinda a common word, I wouldn't read anything much into it, beyond it being kind of a luxury augmented reality.) |
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Aug 18 2005, 03:38 PM
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The Common word is Diva... Deva is something else entirely.
Interesting tid-bit about Adam doing the El-Hazard RPG. I'd say that clinches it. |
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Aug 18 2005, 04:17 PM
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Shooting Target Group: Members Posts: 1,512 Joined: 26-February 02 Member No.: 392 |
Plus as someone already mentioned Deva is plural for Deus...
Also CAT had a penchant for angelic/heavenly pseudonyms, could some corporate buyout or merger (CAT got caught by the crash, Mangadyne got lots of their talent pool)? |
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