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Re:Cybermod Idea
« Reply #60 on: March 05, 2007, 03:15:54 PM »
Quote from: Curris on March 05, 2007, 02:02:33 PM
Star Trek is the thinking man's (or woman's) Star Wars. . .

In a way, yes, but then agin no.
They are of very different genres.

SW is more of a space opera/martial arts movie (yes, MA-movie. Don't let the rayguns fool you, there is the wise old teacher, the search for self improvement, the quest for revenge against the killer of your teacher... MA-movie. Yes, I have completely disregarded the never ones.)

Star Trek is much more hard sci-fi (though still focused on 'the human condition'). Tech is more important, because tech is relevant for what happes, it's not just scenary, but also sometime part of the storylines.
And ofcourse, some of us find it occasionally hilarious, when they utterly abuse something we happen to know something about, or just know what the words mean. Subspace (to pick an example) is a well-defined phenomenon in math, being basically a (matemathical) space wihich is part of the whole space you are considering, but only using fewer of the dimensions.
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Re:Cybermod Idea
« Reply #61 on: March 05, 2007, 07:29:48 PM »
I enjoy them both, but I am old school Star Trek...but then again I watched more of the Next Generation then the old stuff.  Kinda like Weird Al's song "Do I like Kirk or do I like Picard?"

You know I should've thought to given them a point of karma, but I see that run as more of a combat/test simulator.  Everyone knows what's gonna happen and basically you are testing out your combination of attributes/skills/weapons/magic/charm etc etc and see how well it does in a low level fight.  But now it seems they need more tactical training, so I'll have to do some research or maybe create my own.
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Re:Cybermod Idea
« Reply #62 on: March 05, 2007, 11:33:20 PM »
I try to vary the conditions of Back to the Shack, so that even runners who have done it before never really know what to expect. It's just as easy to have the seopula (or yakuza, or russians, or the mob) show up at the nightclub where the runners are supposed to meet Mr. Johnson.

I even had one run where Mr. Johnson actually hired other runners to take out the team as a 'test,' although I don't think he explained that to them.

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Re:Cybermod Idea
« Reply #63 on: March 06, 2007, 06:47:31 AM »
Talk about a nice guy. Where do I send my resume'??

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Re:Cybermod Idea
« Reply #64 on: March 06, 2007, 03:45:21 PM »
That's always the ultimate test to who's got the bigger balls...one team versus another.  I just need some popcorn and an assault cannon and I'm ready to watch!!!
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Re:Cybermod Idea
« Reply #65 on: March 06, 2007, 05:14:08 PM »
lol, yea I'm with you dude...
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Re:Cybermod Idea
« Reply #66 on: March 07, 2007, 11:11:42 AM »
Well, the funnest part about it was that these were all new characters, so they didn't know that it was coming- so they were sitting in the Stuffer Shack eating soy burritos when the other team showed up to try to smoke them.

They took some damage, but things did not go well for the attacking team.

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Re:Cybermod Idea
« Reply #67 on: March 07, 2007, 04:34:40 PM »
Nothing better the a solid victory on the field of battle, it brings a tear to my eye...
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Re:Cybermod Idea
« Reply #68 on: March 07, 2007, 07:25:09 PM »
I tought my group the basic rules of play with Back to the Shack. Unfortunately, they took it as more than rules training. Now they never enter any public store without being heavily armed and armored. Which means a lot of triggered alarms, and a large amount of scared civilians and angry coppers. Which only reinforces the idea. Nothing CLUE worthy yet, other than their stanch stalwart indifference to taking the path of least resistance. . .
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Re:Cybermod Idea
« Reply #69 on: March 08, 2007, 01:40:48 PM »
Just wait until they geek a kid or an old lady. Let that make the news on them and see how they react.

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Re:Cybermod Idea
« Reply #70 on: March 08, 2007, 06:45:25 PM »
I notice a lot of my groups have stict moral values about geekin kids, women, and old folks...I mean how can you play a mercenary and not kill women...isn't a mercenary by defination one who does the job for the money no matter what?
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Re:Cybermod Idea
« Reply #71 on: March 08, 2007, 06:47:47 PM »
Well, depends on the mercenary. Some mercenaries kill without compunction. I don't really know anyone like that, because they tend to be a little cold and have a short life expectancy.

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Re:Cybermod Idea
« Reply #72 on: March 08, 2007, 07:01:58 PM »
While others live by a street code of honor aka Street Sammy's...
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Re:Cybermod Idea
« Reply #73 on: March 09, 2007, 06:28:46 AM »
Exactly. But then you get gamers who have the "I can do anything I want because it's a game" mentality and do stupid things that make no sense for their characters to do. I really hate players like that.

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Re:Cybermod Idea
« Reply #74 on: March 12, 2007, 01:01:57 PM »
the "Im insane" characters are the ones that piss me off the most. Not the ones that are properly played, but the "Im gonna kill that guy. cause im insane" types. the ones who watch to many crappy movies with an insane guy inthem and think thats how it is.
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