 Otaku, Technoshamans -- what are they? |
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 Sep 4 2005, 03:32 AM
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Target  Group: Members Posts: 3 Joined: 26-February 02 Member No.: 1,649  |
Hi.
I was just wondering if the true nature and origins of the otaku, now technoshamans, had ever been explained in any Shadowrun book or supplement. I own most of the 2e and 3e stuff, including Virtual Realities 2.0, Matrix, Renraku Arcology Shutdown, and Target: Matrix, and it didn't have what I was looking for, and I was wondering what supplement did, or if it was explained in one of the tie-in novels, or it was never explained at all. |
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Sep 4 2005, 03:48 AM
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Moving Target Group: Members Posts: 807 Joined: 9-October 04 Member No.: 6,741 |
It's mostly GM fiat.
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Sep 4 2005, 04:00 AM
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Immortal Elf Group: Members Posts: 11,410 Joined: 1-October 03 From: Pittsburgh Member No.: 5,670 |
otaku are first mentioned in the Denver boxed set. nobody knows their true nature, nor their origins.
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Sep 4 2005, 04:05 AM
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Great Dragon Group: Members Posts: 6,748 Joined: 5-July 02 Member No.: 2,935 |
Psychotrope suggested that otaku were created by the AI known alternately as Psychotrope and Mirage, but this doesn't seem to cover all otaku, much less technomancers.
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Sep 4 2005, 04:10 AM
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Mr. Johnson Group: Dumpshocked Posts: 2,587 Joined: 25-January 05 From: Berkeley, CA Member No.: 7,014 |
It's technomancers, not technoshamans (who were a subset of Otaku). The indications are that Technomancers are either Otaku who didn't die during the Crash (many of them did) or folks who were transformed when they survived the Crash 2.0 (jacked in while the Matrix was going down). Could be the residual actions of the AIs, the Crash Dissonant worm, JackBNimble, etc. Or it could be an unintended consequence of the Dissonance and Resonance joining together, just like Pax planned. Who knows?
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Sep 4 2005, 05:12 AM
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Shooting Target Group: Members Posts: 1,507 Joined: 27-January 05 From: ...and I'm all out of bubblegum Member No.: 7,021 |
As an aside to this:
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Sep 4 2005, 05:23 AM
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Neophyte Runner Group: Members Posts: 2,078 Joined: 26-February 02 Member No.: 67 |
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Sep 4 2005, 05:34 AM
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Mr. Johnson Group: Dumpshocked Posts: 2,587 Joined: 25-January 05 From: Berkeley, CA Member No.: 7,014 |
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Sep 4 2005, 05:40 AM
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Uncle Fisty Group: Admin Posts: 13,891 Joined: 3-January 05 From: Next To Her Member No.: 6,928 |
The Matrix book lists them , doesn't it?
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Sep 4 2005, 05:42 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 two competing theories are:
Otaku are magic (bad) Otaku are the next evolution of humans (Good) I think I'm very biased on this one, so I might not be the person to ask. |
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Sep 4 2005, 05:50 AM
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Great Dragon Group: Members Posts: 6,748 Joined: 5-July 02 Member No.: 2,935 |
That was System Failure (oh, sure, Matrix implied as much, but SF said it). Your brain is curdling. :P |
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Sep 4 2005, 06:37 AM
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Mr. Johnson Group: Dumpshocked Posts: 2,587 Joined: 25-January 05 From: Berkeley, CA Member No.: 7,014 |
Erm, I just double-checked Matrix, on p150. It says:
There you have it.
Not that I disagree with your assessment that my brain is curdling. That sort of thing happens when you leave it out in the sun too long. :) |
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Sep 4 2005, 07:06 AM
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Moving Target Group: Members Posts: 338 Joined: 17-September 04 From: Pueblo Sector of Denver Member No.: 6,672 |
Lets see, there is Dues, Mirage, Magera
What about M-16 or whatever that has the tribe of pet otaku that must always have exatly 16 members? |
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Sep 4 2005, 07:35 AM
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Immortal Elf Group: Members Posts: 11,410 Joined: 1-October 03 From: Pittsburgh Member No.: 5,670 |
Isis-9. that's unconfirmed and highly suspect, as the only people who support the claim are the tribe's own otaku.
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Sep 4 2005, 07:39 AM
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Moving Target Group: Members Posts: 338 Joined: 17-September 04 From: Pueblo Sector of Denver Member No.: 6,672 |
Isis-9 that's it. So the tribe is officaly crazy as of System faiulre? My group is gonna be surpised, a kid representing a ficticious entity gave them a lot of cred for a job. |
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Sep 4 2005, 07:54 AM
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Moving Target Group: Members Posts: 807 Joined: 9-October 04 Member No.: 6,741 |
Okay, here's something scary: Vampire technomancers.
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Sep 4 2005, 08:38 AM
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Uncle Fisty Group: Admin Posts: 13,891 Joined: 3-January 05 From: Next To Her Member No.: 6,928 |
what, they suck your bank account dry? Isn't that called the IRS?
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Sep 4 2005, 09:11 AM
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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 |
Or a wife! |
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Sep 4 2005, 10:14 AM
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Uncle Fisty Group: Admin Posts: 13,891 Joined: 3-January 05 From: Next To Her Member No.: 6,928 |
I dunno, my wife isn't that good at computers.
dreading when she reads this thread and turns her death lasers/glaring eyes on me. Good thing she generally stays away from the SR4 thread |
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Sep 4 2005, 11:27 AM
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Moving Target Group: Members Posts: 152 Joined: 26-February 02 Member No.: 2,074 |
Always remember, kids, if she's unhappy, you're unhappy. If she's unhappy long enough, you're unhappy - with half your stuff. :D Okay, now let's get back on topic... |
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Sep 4 2005, 07:21 PM
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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 |
Nothing a prenup or a bullet couldn't solve.
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Sep 4 2005, 07:34 PM
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panda! Group: Members Posts: 10,331 Joined: 8-March 02 From: north of central europe Member No.: 2,242 |
or not getting married in the first place...
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Sep 4 2005, 07:50 PM
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Midnight Toker Group: Members Posts: 7,686 Joined: 4-July 04 From: Zombie Drop Bear Santa's Workshop Member No.: 6,456 |
Prenup, bullet, and not getting married, are good but you shouldn't forget about personafix chips.
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Sep 4 2005, 08:13 PM
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Moving Target Group: Members Posts: 214 Joined: 7-January 03 From: Wilton NH Member No.: 3,872 |
Personafix Chips.... ahh the ol' slot the latest Starlet chip in the wifes datasocket while she's sleeping gig.... they easy way to your 20th Anniversary. |
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Sep 4 2005, 10:45 PM
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panda! Group: Members Posts: 10,331 Joined: 8-March 02 From: north of central europe Member No.: 2,242 |
starlet? no flippin way!
if anyone is for a 24h marriage its those. |
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