Having run a few games before, I find that the non-hacking players don’t seem interested in the matrix unless I force it upon them. I figure they either don’t care about the game, or the just don’t see any content in it for them.

I am going to remove the fixer as an element in my next game, and instead have the players communicate with potential employers through the matrix. They would then have a meeting in person with the Johnson to iron out details, but I believe this would create an interest in having a matrix presence for my group.

I have decided to put a great deal of content online in a forum similar to the ones in the Shadowrun Sourcebooks, Jackpoint.

Demonwipe.com/darknet is the result.

A great deal of the content is from adventure seeds and fromtheshadows.blogspot.com (and I have mentioned author names wherever possible, if anyone has any issue with me using this content please tell me.)
I invite everyone to sign up and post in character, create discussions about stuff in shadowrun, seattle and elsewhere. In fact if you post as a Johnson or Fixer character I would be happy for you to post an adventure seed in the work category.

I am also looking for input about the site. It is still very much in development. Any comments or criticisms about the site or its content are most welcome.

As it is i have so far been overwhelmed by the the response. There is now a Wiki component for GM's who want to collaborate and post adventure seeds as johnsons on the forum, and two more forums are on their way, an OOC for players and an OOC for GM's.

Cheers,

Looks pretty cool - i've posted a few comments on there already

I think any resource that allows some interaction to the fluff of the game world is a great idea.

I can't get to the site.

try http://demonwipe.com/darknet

if that doesn't work, what browser are you using?

From what i can tell, the site is very favorable towards firefox.

the URL changed in the description... try http://Demonwipe.com/darknet

.com works. Thanks guys!

Small update.

These are the satellite pages.

demonwipe.com/GMWiki

Content is slowly being updated to here as a reference for GMS

OOC: demonwipe.com/darknetooc

OOC chat for the forums, unused as of yet

GM Chat: demonwipe.com/DarknetGM

Chat just for GM's.

Updates:

Menu linking the important sites.

Internal chat system (under development)

Looking for Spam and News articles to provide background universe info. There is a reputation system in the works, if you submit anything throw it on the OOC board, please provide your IC forum username, there will be some kind of rep bump for anyone who supplies material.

There have been several people ask me about running an IRC game based around the site. I don't have the time personally, however a friend has agreed to run one.

Please send any enquiries on that matter to protocolture@gmail.com or PM cache on the site and i will forward those on to him

Sweet! Maybe I can get in some playtime I will hit you up on the Darknet site.

Just signed up. This seems like a great resource for gaming groups. Especially ones run by people who work 12-hour shifts on the night side and whose groups include their 14-year old brothers!

Is this limited to Seattle or would you be interested in some LA-centric posters?
(if you agree - I should warn you I'll use a couple of different accounts)

My group is in seattle, so that is where my focus has been. I would be glad to have content on the site from anywhere in universe. Multiple user accounts are also welcome, on the main darknet site.



I am in a similar situation, working full weeks and having my weekends eaten by family commitments.

Why do I need different accounts for each part of the site? :/

Also, I can't add a new topic on the main page, it says that the captcha was wrong, but - there's no captcha in the first place.

Vanilla forums are a very sexy newish forum with alot of helpful addons that allow me to do things well, as well as having their code laid out well also.

However, the way they organize their discussions (while looking good for the main page) sucks. The default view shows every discussion, rather than segregating things into categories. Their category system is more like tagging in a twitter feed or similar. So i had all this extra hosting space and i decided to simply build a seperate forum with a seperate database for OOC issues, seems like the only good way to keep the ooc posts seperate from everything else.

I will add a message box to the OOC forum telling people to make a new account.




Havent been able to recreate this error, could you give me the full URL and username where it occurred.

Cheers

Haven't been able to recreate this error at home, apparently my proxy/firewall/whatever at work is as retarded as the folks servicing it.

Thats cool, keep me informed if you have any other issues, the site is very much a work in progress.

the problem with 'non-hacking' players is that under the older ysstems hacker/deckers were really limited. try having the players watch a couple episodes of GitS and tell them that's hacking.

I also added a short bio of my team (Seriously Mike, Kes, Nicks and Leila) and explanation what the job I posted is about. Check the GM Wiki.

yeah we have been watching alot of that, it does take a good tone with hacking i think.

Just noticed that, fantastic contribution.

Looks like I'm the only contributor to the GM Wiki, others post work ads but don't explain what they are in the GM Wiki.
And I'm having massive fun writing in-character. Mike is somewhat of a "combat hacker" - he's as good with a pistol as he is with a commlink.

I only recently put up the link to the wiki in the menu, so i expect some more contributions to trickle in as time goes on.

And writing IC is definitely a great deal of fun.

...is it dead? Nobody posted in a week!

Sorry dude, i have been away for christmas, and i believe a lot of the other posters are in the same boat. I will be adding some more content tonight, and hopefully it will return to its former glory by the end of the week.

Some more content up on the site, hopefully i have enough for every night this week.

Your Shadowrun experiment. I haz borked it.

Noticing that it's Ares gear, and Knight Errant is the company that keeps Seattle "safe", I quickly figured that one out.

People apparently didn't notice it, but then...

Annnnd, just about now...
Come on, at least tell me I was indeed right about this one!

I've just signed up and made a few comments. LOVE the idea, and as such wanna keep this thread near the top to encourage others.

Good idea, will sign up.
As for the matrix thing:
The whole world is layered with matrix its like another dimension which overlaps and interacts with the meatspace and should be threated as such In this manner it works very much like astral space in shadowrun expect that only awakeneds have access to it, matrix is for EVERYONE only thing you need is a link.
Dont shove it away, the corps present you a world full of anmenities at your orders for just as little as thinkable possible!

Today: Mike's lecture about real coffee. Seriously, I have to write a more complete backstory for this guy, he has that Eastern European "can do" attitude that allows him to do awesome things with improvisation and blatant disregard to regulations, procedures, safety and sanity.

I've recently been telling people that Hacking in shadowrun is like being the guy with techskills in Mass Effect. Including glowey mind-holograms for your commlink.

Seems to work.

Thats where i was going with that, sort of a test for me to make a few seperate posts and have them link together. If you figured it out, then it worked. In my game Knight Errant will be blasting gangers, and some of them will be blind. I have a few more of these up my sleeves, lets see if you can stay on top of it

Hey,

Sorry if this is thread ressurection, but i just wanted to mention that darknet is back. My work life went crazy and i havent had time to update, however my game started last week and i have hit the ground running. Again use the tool as you see fit, however pleae feel free to join in.

I have built some new things unique to my world, new gangs and corps, which will be explained in SeaNN "where are they now" style special reports.

And as always questions comments and criticism very much welcome.

Cheers,

Spas, Darknet's wiki is being assaulted by spambots, and not of that "SpamBotPro" kind. They routinely erase the main page to replace it with a link farm. I restored it for the third time today.

I haven't read darknet yet, but your original issue was no one gets involved in the Matrix? It happened on my team.

Found out that one of the best ways to involve them is the metaphors and reality filter. Set up so it's their cup-o-tea. Just make sure they use the same metaphor: easy, since non-hackers seem to "borrow" the hackers reality filter constantly. But talking about a complex with patrolling guards engages more than speaking about firewalls, nodes, and admin logons.

Jesus Christ, the Darknet wiki is a mess again. We need to stop the spambots from devastating it and purge all spam pages. Any idea how to?