Big Eyes Small Mouth. It's an Anime-based game. Adam could probably describe it best however, having worked for quite a while with the company that produces it, Guardians of Order.

Oh thanks, that's enough. A friend of mine is deeply into anmies and he ourchased the game a while back. I don't like the whole japanese manga/anime style, so i didn't like the game either.

Wow, you learn something new every day.

So, Adam... d20 BESM - WHY?!?!!?!

And no, I have nothing against anime catgirls - just, as the man says, in their proper place. And folks, Shadowrun just ain't their proper place

You havbe to reroll when hitting the 6, don't you?

TANGENT

Um, there's something I feel should be noted.


Non-serious Threat of Personal Violence to People Who Know You RL -- funny. Or at least it can be. Depends on your delivery or the situation, but benefit of the doubt usually gives it a bit of humor.

Threat of Personal Violence to People Online Who Don't Know You -- not funny and possibly disturbing, at least in part because there's no good way to tell if it's not serious. Especially when it's not obvious you're joking around, and instead discussing something that actually does have some people upset.

I don't really think anyone intends to crucify Adam. Nor do I really think anyone intends to show up to the con to slap anyone else over SR4. Still, there's a lot of people who are really upset about this, and it becomes hard to weed out who might mean it and who doesn't. Remember these are real people on the other end of things who (by and large) Don't Know You Terribly Well, if at all. Keeping the threats of or allusions to physical violence over game stuff to a minimum is just generally a good idea.

Thanks.

/TANGENT

Keep in mind that SURGE happened, but doesn't happen as much anymore (not that it happened much to begin with). I expect phenotype genetech will allow one to buy SURGE effects, such as gills or some that were never mentioned.

I guess that says something about your standards of intelligence.

Probably being sarcastic, Fortune, or maybe ironic.

At least I hope.

You probably should note that my 'inane' comment was neither negative nor positive, since I wasn't sure whether you were serious or not. That way you could take it however you wanted.

I mean it seems like the demise of the "decker" is keeping SR but doing away with all the things that made it feel like SR (at least to me). Hopefully this isn't a harbringer of other changes.

Are they going to call riggers "combat extraction chaufers"?

Vehicle Hackers, Drone Hackers, Building Hackers (CCSS), Social Hackers (Face), Thaumaturgical Hachers (mages), Thanatological Hackers (street sams )... that's one thing I actually like about the term; it's generic enough that you can use it for a very versatile profession without sounding stupid. Substitute "Decker" in for any of those and it just sounds dumb.

Hackers are the new Adepts?

What's the military calling drone soliders? Remote pilots?

I just reilized something.... the new Matrix may work a lot like a CCSS system... Maybe riggers arn't becoming deckers, but deckers become riggers...

i thought the piercings were more rob's thing?

Gotta start sometime.

You all have impeccable timing.

Support the removal of anime catgirls! Make tomorrow better today!

Catgirl pornstar? In Shadowrun? How did I miss that one?? j/k

Actually, here's a shocking admission: the thing I really liked about Shadowrun... were all the wires!

You know, in the wireless age, there's something romantic about a wire sticking out of your temple, running into your collar, down your sleeve, and into the gun holster at the hip. Inconvenient, but cool-looking.

I figure that with all this remote control and jamming, you really can't trust a wireless smartgun. Wires = no jamming, no hacking, no electronic warfare right? Hence, all the wires.

Wireless = static. And a radio transmitter under one's skin isn't the smartest idea, especially if it's in the cranium. But those are just excuses to make all the wires look cool on posters and artwork in the sourcebooks.

If Shadowrun goes wireless, it'll be a sad loss indeed.

Bring back the wires! Before it's too late.

Strictly speaking, enough jamming will mess with wires too. Then again, most people call that an EMP.

~J

Actually I think it would be safe to assume that some things will remain "wired". For one thing things like the smart gun are not going to just go away after the crash and will need rules. Also I think it would make sense if hackers/riggers still pluged to cars and such, after all one good ECM device and you get dumped. If rigging isn't "plugged in" anymore then I'm making a rigger and using the old cyber because that and a good ECM means I'm unstopable !

Hell, it's only five years in the future. There's no reason for all the old tech and cybered-to-the-gills sammies to drop off the face of the Earth.