It would be a helluva commute, but yes, you'd be welcome. Of course, I've got to get my table back in operation here PDQ....

And some of us really don't want to see those changes.

Great question, and it matches the original intent of the thread! I second this one. Any information on how mobile the new matrix makes deckers/hackers or how much easier it may or may not be to run/play them would be appreciated. I know you can't give us the whole loaf of bread, but I'll take crumbs.

To quote from the announcement: "An all-new level of wireless “augmented reality” overlays the real world, unleashing hackers to be mobile digital wizards."

Think: wireless.

heh... okay, I wanted bigger crumbs.

You mean almost like, "everyone become Otaku?"

You think perhaps the Dissonance might actually help them out to become more "normal?"

Nah... I don't either.

3 for 3, baby. I'm hoping for 3/3.

Crimsondude, I'm not trying to get rid of them. Just move them south where they belong. I want them to stay around, I just want them to lose some real estate. My intentions are frequently misconstrued.

It's kind of hard to stutter online, but apparently I did so.

I know what you WANT. And I don't want it.

Just to be clear, and not be intentionally vague to be cute: I think the Texas/Aztlan border should stay exactly where it is.

I don't doubt your conviction, or your intent not to flamebait. I have no intention of flaming you.

My first thought is timing. I know Jon described the border, specifically Austin, like the Berlin Wall which makes no sense when AFAIK Korea is a far more appropriate comparison (complete with a "peace bridge"). But I look at Korea, and I see a war that has never officially ended continuing to simmer for a half-century, and I don't see a war occuring any time soon.

My second impression is that this is Texas' problem, and theirs to deal with. I can see this, but it galls me to think of a Virginia Senator telling the constituents back home to send their sons and daughters to die reclaiming land Texas lost in Texas's dispute with Aztlan when Texas reverted back a republic. But now Texas wants Virginia's, and the Carolinas', Georgia's, Florida's, Alabama's, Mississippi's, Louisiana's, Arkansas', Oklahoma's (ha! That's rich), Missouri's, and Tennessee's children to fight Aztlan on behalf of a state that is only a part of the CAS because it had its ass handed to them by the Azzies.

My third reason is that, AFAIK, there is nothing actually worth going to war anymore other than pride. The two countries, or rather to be honest, Texas and Aztlan have been facing each other down in detente for decades. The people who had the most to gain from reclaiming southern Texas are old or dead. A whole generation of Texans grew up with southern Texas in Aztlan's hands. While that may be a rallying cry for Texas nationalism to reclaim southern Texas, for them to deserve to reclaim their land because of Line Developer's fiat does nothing but instigate the decades of peace which have reigned over the rest of North America. If texas were allowed to reclaim southern Texas without the conflict devolving into a nuclear conflict between CAS and Aztlan, the last 50 years (as of 2070) of relative peace will have been for naught, because the moment that a Texas flag is planted in southern Austin, people in the UCAS are going to call for the return of the CAS, the NAN lands, and Quebec for good measure. Oh, and California. Let's not forget Cali. It is a counterproductive move that will lead to nothing but continued bloodshed.

It is likely predicated on the assumption that the Aztechnology/Aztlan forces are bogged down in the Yucatan, which first of all does not justify an invasion on Texas' part. Hitting someone while they're in a fight because ten years ago they hit you isn't exactly reasonable, and you never know when the fight will end and the guy you just hit will turn around and chokeslam you.

Oh, but what about it's "allies?" What about those allies? What does Amazonia have to gain in furthering Texas' interests that couldn't have been taken care of years ago before the forces along the Thin Ocre Line had established a strong defensive position. Well, perhaps Pueblo can assist. After all, they only have their SecForces thinly stretched across the Aztlan border and through the Mojave into occupied Los Angeles, a metroplex with a population of 17 million, water shortages, rampant violence, and now something Pueblo has a vested interest in holding. For them to join in any invasion, perhaps to reclaim the old Guadalupe Hidalgo land that was taken from them by the Azzies, and San Diego while we're at it, would be the strategic equivalent of Oman invading Iran to wrest control of Bandar Abbas while the U.S. invades it from the Iraqi border.

Moreover, PCC has too much power at stake in the NAN and STC to become a political pariah for engaging in aggression that most people have acquiesced to already. Meanwhile, the CAS has become the SR equivalent to the U.S. And one of the things that the CAS may want to do to continue to foster that image is to maintain the moral superiority that they are better than their enemies, and would not be the aggressor in a conflict. But looking more at the political aspect, I return to my second point: How are you going to justify the cost of reclaiming Texas to Virginia or Tennessee?

Short of a deus ex machina that makes Ghostwalker's appearance seem reasonable and logical, I cannot foresee the circumstances necessary to reclaim Texas.

There is only one way to do it that isn't insane: For Aztlan to invade Texas. But then the question remains, why would they? I have yet to see any reason mentioned or even suggested as to why they would all of the sudden invade Texas and provoke the full military response of not just Texas, but the entire CAS.

Give me one good reason, and I'll let it go. Until then, I'm not buying it.

Moreover, I suggest we move this to another thread or PM. This is not the place.

Well because He wrote it, is my guess. Pat's afree lancer, and while I wouldn't be able to quote line and verse of what he's wrote, I can vouch for its quality.

I'd say that's pretty much a given. The tech level is getting an update to reflect how internet tech has developed today. It also seems logical that a big part of recreating the Matrix system will be to elimanate the tendancy for heavy decking to be a seperate adventure from the rest of the run, one that will sideline most of the PCs for its duration.

I am guessing this has been the plan since the Big D put the bequest in his will about integrating magic and technology. I would love to see it as long as it isn't forced down our throats by FanPro fiat. Unfortunately I can' t think of a way to do it without forcing it down our throats.

I guess that is why they develop and I read....

Apologies beforehand, the following contains references to a certain movie that has been discussed to death...

I got (instant) impression of new wireless Matrix being like, well, the Matrix. As in the movie. So dec...hackers can shift perceptions (as Astral Perception) to the Matrix and see the data flows as Neo does at the end of the first flick, except it's overlaid on top of the real world. "Seen" dataflows can be manipulate while percepting. If following a flow, one must leave meatbod behind (as Astral Projection) and work their mojo.

That's my opinion also - no plausible reason not to use wired networks to handle more sensitive data and systems since majority of Matrix activity is done wirelessly.

- Humer

Think of personal electronic countermeasures. "Drek! I keep getting a no lock. I'm getting jammed!"

The 1st edition of Cybergeneration was published in 1993. A second edition came out a couple of years later. I don't know what happened to it after that.

It and it's creators disappeared back in to the abyss from which they came.

Or in a financial since, they took a bad risk and didn't have the money to recover from it. The second edition was a attempt to fix the rules, but it failed because they changed the mood of the game mostly. (yes the rules had trouble too)