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Author Topic: SR4, AKA: Beam Me Up a New Editor, Mr. Scott.  (Read 8051 times)

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Re:SR4, AKA: Beam Me Up a New Editor, Mr. Scott.
« Reply #30 on: January 11, 2006, 11:43:48 AM »
I just tell them to call me 'Mr. Anderson.'

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Re:SR4, AKA: Beam Me Up a New Editor, Mr. Scott.
« Reply #31 on: January 11, 2006, 01:47:58 PM »
hahahaha... speaking of which, that game Sara got me, "Matrix: The Path of Neo" is awesome!

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Re:SR4, AKA: Beam Me Up a New Editor, Mr. Scott.
« Reply #32 on: January 11, 2006, 02:45:12 PM »
Names, while interesting, are perhaps a tad off topic yes?
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Re:SR4, AKA: Beam Me Up a New Editor, Mr. Scott.
« Reply #33 on: January 11, 2006, 03:02:32 PM »
The topic is a loose subject to begin with; and mispronounciation of names could be construed as editing errors, but I don't want to push the point.

any other complaints about the editing errors in the SR4 book?

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Re:SR4, AKA: Beam Me Up a New Editor, Mr. Scott.
« Reply #34 on: February 01, 2006, 07:59:45 AM »
Maybe they should get a Beta reader instead of an editor?  Not only would they point out grammatical errors, a beta reader would point out sections that don't make sense.
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Re:SR4, AKA: Beam Me Up a New Editor, Mr. Scott.
« Reply #35 on: February 01, 2006, 08:36:51 AM »
They have gamer test groups, but that's more to playtest the thing, not so much to fix gramatical errors.

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Re:SR4, AKA: Beam Me Up a New Editor, Mr. Scott.
« Reply #36 on: February 01, 2006, 09:02:36 AM »
In the fanfic realm, a beta reader looks at both the story/plot/characters and grammatical structure.
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Re:SR4, AKA: Beam Me Up a New Editor, Mr. Scott.
« Reply #37 on: February 01, 2006, 09:18:14 AM »
well, if its someone other than the developer's mother, they'll probibly want money to do that sorta thing.

and if you are working on a budget... that's space hard to find.

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Re:SR4, AKA: Beam Me Up a New Editor, Mr. Scott.
« Reply #38 on: February 01, 2006, 12:14:11 PM »
I think they playtested and beta read thier own work, which is a little sloppy, but from what I've read of the developers, they were trying to keep rumors on it down, so they kept it in-house.

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Re:SR4, AKA: Beam Me Up a New Editor, Mr. Scott.
« Reply #39 on: February 01, 2006, 12:16:23 PM »
Well, they were getting a lot of flack for the rumors that were getting out, so I can understand why.

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Re:SR4, AKA: Beam Me Up a New Editor, Mr. Scott.
« Reply #40 on: February 01, 2006, 12:20:06 PM »
Well, they did change the basic rules, eliminated one of the archetypes, and put thier own spin on the universe. I can see any one of those rumors getting out and making people angry, because...

I still don't understand why they're called Hackers now, rather than Deckers. Or why they started using real swearwords.

But hey, I'm not a developer- I don't know anything.

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Re:SR4, AKA: Beam Me Up a New Editor, Mr. Scott.
« Reply #41 on: February 01, 2006, 12:22:06 PM »
Well, their target demographic didn't aparently really care about swearwords for the most part.

and 'hacker' was 'decker' for every sense of the word, so making it easyer for new people (with money, who'd buy their books) to relate to it is an understandable move.

for fun, make a new hacker, and name him decker.
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Re:SR4, AKA: Beam Me Up a New Editor, Mr. Scott.
« Reply #42 on: February 01, 2006, 01:59:20 PM »
And then give him a flaw that makes him think people around him are really androids and it's his job to hunt them down ;)
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Re:SR4, AKA: Beam Me Up a New Editor, Mr. Scott.
« Reply #43 on: February 01, 2006, 02:11:56 PM »
Are they androids? it's getting so hard to tell... there's a test, of sorts. but it's not something you can just fire off on the fly. it's more of an interview style...

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Re:SR4, AKA: Beam Me Up a New Editor, Mr. Scott.
« Reply #44 on: February 01, 2006, 02:16:11 PM »
Well, if you really think about the nature of that sort of thing, how long does it really take to make someone change from using the word "decker" and suddenly using the word "hacker"seems like it would take more than five years for everyone to suddenly using it. So maybe you make an old-school decker who still calls it "decking." You could always just say "frag it" and substitute your own plotline if you're that hardcore about it.
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