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WCDT Strips 3036 - 3040 (31 August to 4 September 2015)
Truec:
--- Quote from: BenRG on 01 Sep 2015, 23:30 ---Okay, I'm out of my knowledge zone here. Give me a second...
*Looks up Shadowrun on DeviantArt*
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I'm not the judgmental sort, but whose first reaction when they hear of something new is to look it up on Deviantart? As opposed to Googling it, or Wikipediaing it, or doing something involving improper use of a proper noun as a verbing it?
Huh, I guess I am the judgmental sort.
BenRG:
--- Quote from: Truec on 02 Sep 2015, 00:32 ---
--- Quote from: BenRG on 01 Sep 2015, 23:30 ---Okay, I'm out of my knowledge zone here. Give me a second...
*Looks up Shadowrun on DeviantArt*
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I'm not the judgmental sort, but whose first reaction when they hear of something new is to look it up on Deviantart? As opposed to Googling it, or Wikipediaing it, or doing something involving improper use of a proper noun as a verbing it?
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Think about it - I'm looking for clues about an appearance aesthetic.
--- Quote from: Rghfrgl on 02 Sep 2015, 00:08 ---It's a cyberpunk tabletop game.
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As I said to Truec, it's more the visual aesthetic that was an important factor in my research here. I tend to think visual anyway so I get a better handle on things if I have plenty of pictures. :-P
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Anyway - Decker Librarian. Is there any hint whatsoever that brain/Internet direct connection 'jacks' exist in the QC universe? It occurs to me that, as Gordon could scan Marten's brainwave patterns remotely, there might be Cyberjack helmets at least. Remember also that Station wanted Hannelore to have a Wi-Fi communications implant so that they could interact physically in a virtual space.
I'm laying down my marker here that the technology exists but is hellishly classified and restricted to specialised military, industrial, scientific and intelligence applications. Ordinary men and women in the street can't have one and, if you've got one and get fired, it's cut out of your head. Marten and Claire are probably not aware of these facts due to said classified nature. Oddly enough, I've got a feeling that all the AIs know about it either directly or indirectly but don't talk about it. Maybe they don't like the idea of too many Squishies being able to access The Grid?
Method of Madness:
--- Quote from: Lubricus on 01 Sep 2015, 22:43 ---
--- Quote from: Method of Madness on 01 Sep 2015, 11:44 ---My ears were pierced for about six months, and were stretched out a bit. Shortly after I took them out they basically disappeared.
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Wow! Your ears DISAPPEARED? :claireface:
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What? I can't hear you :wow:
(Alternate joke: I can't 'ear you :clairedoge:)
Neko_Ali:
As far as Shadowrun goes, it's a sci-fi cyberpunk game with strong high fantasy elements that first came out in the 90s. Basically the world history started off as your standard near future distopian setting, then magic happened. Remember a few years back when there was a middle-big fuss being maid about the Mayan calendar ending? Well, in the Shadowrun universe that was actually a thing. Except instead of the world ending it was the sign of the changing of an Age and the return of magic. People first figured this out when a dragon flew bye a Japanese airliner. The long story short, spells and rituals passed down for thousands of years started actually working. Monsterous creatures out of legends began reappearing and big portion of the human population started changing into elves, trolls and the like. All this set alongside super powerful megacorporations, huge divides between the haves and have nots and technology run wild. All set through a 90's filter, since that's when the game was released. A Shadowrun look would mix punk-like elements with super high tech and cyberwear with tattoos of ancient runes and mystical symbols. Native American culture is strongly on the rise, as well as fakey 'elf' and 'ork' stuff. And never, ever cut a deal with a dragon.
As far as the existence of cyberwear in the QC verse... of course it does. I mean we technically have cyberwear in our world, what with artificial hearts and such things. Those sorts of things are probably more advanced generally in the QCverse. We haven't seen any signs of wired man/machine interface yet, or optional/cosmetic enhancements. So not to cyberpunk standards of advancement yet. So no data jacks or anything. You probably could get some sort of bluetooth enabled audio implant working with today's technology. Visual aspects like Station was suggesting would be more advanced, meaning a splice into the optical nerve or something similar, rather than just what amounts to a speaker and subvocal mic implanted into the ear and throat.
I'm not sure Gordon is a brainwave scanner in the sense of being able to pick up thoughts. I always figured he was something like an advanced EKG/Polygraph machine that didn't require him to be wired to sensors on his subject's body. Then the assistant administered a Voight-Kampff like test and Gordon analyzed the subject's emotional responses via electrical changes and such.
Somnus Eternus:
To be fair, The Crash isn't that far off.
We could be looking at Shadowrun's prequel right now.
:psyduck: :psyduck: :psyduck:
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