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[kv]

Bull, I'm not really sure how to respond to that...

I mean, I think I know how I should respond, but I just want to make sure you're clear on it.

Springbok sent you an Fake SIN (Rating 3 specialized for McHughs, rating 1 for everything and everywhere else), worth between 1,000¥ and 3,000¥, plus licenses for all cyberwear (or in your case, magical status and some spells), which run about 100¥ a pop. She did all of that as a 'good faith' payment to get you to show up.

You show up, give her some lip (I understand, swagger is important to the character), and she tells you that she can flag the SIN you're using as a fake, which will bring the friendly and professional staff of McHughs over to stun-gun and sleep-gas and generally make you unconscious; and your response to that is to be rude to her face?  This may not be the best job interview tactic ever.

Springbok is a scared 16 year old girl, and I think she'd just flag your SIN and have the security (and/or your fellow runners) take care of you, but we're waiting for Ingo to post, so I'll think it over this weekend and try and come up with something that's mutually beneficial.

If you want to discuss this with your fellow runners, or edit the post, I'd be fine with that.

  - Kv

[Yogi]

Not only that but the other runners might have something to say.  Who's to say she doesn't just flag all their new fake SIN's and bring hell down on their heads getting them all arrested or worse. 

[bull30548]

Ok delete the reply the Kid I shall make a new simpler one.

[bull30548]

I tried and am unable to edit the post so I just made a new one.  Anyway here is what I am going to point out me as a player and me as a character caught maybe one word in five of what she said.  I don't know everyone else experience but I actually worked with and am friends with people from all over Africa.  I can honestly say they hardly ever mix in words from their language into english because their minds don't work that way.  I know that Shadowrun is different higher brain functions and what not but even me as the player knowing a few of those words me as the character doesn't have a clue.  My languages are clearly defined and I didn't even take specialties in street in any of them so they are straight up or down.  So Kinsey didn't have a clue about half of what she said.  When he doesn't understand he states he does not understand (a bit cruder than most other folks but again rping a lack of negotiation) he also got back to the original question of his which was what is the pay.  At that point she could of said 1,000 nuyen or 3,000 SK script and Kinsey would of been happy.  He just wanted the price tag  and that was it (which again put bluntly as he lacks grace).

[Ingo Monk]

Hmm... do you think I can make her paranoid?  Welcome to the Shadows Springbok! 

[kv]

Sorry, Bull, I know we haven't played together much before, so we're still getting used to each other.

I'm not actually from South Africa- I have a few old friends from there, but mostly I looked up a 'south african slang' list, and peppered the words in throughout. I try and use the Firefly method, and only translate words where the meaning should be clear from context. Incidentally, the same list I gave Ingo is the one I'm working from.

I don't have time for a full response right now- I'm typing this on an awkward Apple touchscreen keyboard, and I can't flip through books (as mentioned, I'm on vacation at the moment), so I probably won't be able to post until Sunday night at the earliest, most likely Monday.

  - kv

[bull30548]

I was just giving my reasoning behind how I was responding it no problem Kid.  I mean seriously I had a GM who was quite the stickler for if you didn't have a language in some way or another you were sitting there going "Huh?" so that how I continue to RP things today.  Which is why I am sitting there apologizing with one hand and still looking up all the words she just said to me with the other hand.

[Bullet Sponge]

Since neither my real life training nor my character have the slightest clue how to speak anything she said other than english I just read her speech as typed and typed my response based on what I understood. Then I went back and translated all the words so I could get the full feel of it and better imagine her expressions and tone so I could finalize my post. Sure it was double work, but I have some minor OCD tendancies (spelling is NOT one of them strangely enough) and felt it was the best way to accurately portray how the character would have perceived things.

Just sayin'

[bull30548]

I hear you bullet but see that why I decided to just get the last post deleted and am now rp'ing out the fact that Kinsey is sitting there using the Matrix to look up the words he didn't have a clue on.

[Ruski]

Slang is a good way to add 'flavor' to a NPC in play by post. In person, you can talk in funny accents, or put on a silly hat to show 'what talking to that NPC is like'. Sadly, even with an internet full of random pictures; they only do so much to give a 'voice' to an NPC that's going to get maybe a dozen posts of dialogue. Typing with an accent seems to just be a slew of bad spelling errors; throwing in slang, while occasionally confusing, is one of the few working options open to GM's.
If it's really annoying, we can start to sub-link (so that when you mouseover the slang you get the translation) the words. We did that for the 'sereniety RPG games we played in PBP. that seemed to work okay.
Up to you guys though, If you are happy not knowing and just being confused by some words; cool. if you want us to translate what we put up on here for you; we can do that too.
-Ruski

[bull30548]

No it's cool guys I don't have a problem looking up the words myself. I was just saying that me as a player am not used to it Ruski right though.  Without accents and longer string of words I am just sitting here going. "Uh....".  I actually have an ear for languages which is why a lot of my employers like me.  I can usually get the gist of what a person is saying in almost any language.  I can't speak a lick of the languages usually but have encountered a lot from all around the world.  The one I am still gray on is Sign Language cause that is reliant on sight not sound.  I think that part of my problem is not used to PBP that much I mean this is the only PBP I do anymore really.  The other ones have pretty much imploded or disappeared. 

[kv]

I'll try and get on tonight to post- the eight plus hours of driving last night took it out of me, and I was sound asleep and snoring in my wife's ear by like 8pm.

She's requested that I put in some hours on the Mass Effect multiplayer to get the galactic readiness rating up (so she can re-finish the game when the expanded ending comes out), but that's not my top priority.

Edit: Posted some questions for Bull, Bulletsponge, and Yogi, in their character threads. You have a few options, feel free to take a couple days to think it over and get back to me. I also posted an IC-post, so that we can move forward with the game. I like the level of interest, I'd like to see more interaction between the characters.

  - kv

[Ruski]

Posted my 'haggle'
Feel free to try to swing your own awesome deal, or ride my coat-tails.
"I want three ID's too!"
"If he's taking ID's, I'll take his share of the cash"
"If your share is going toward a flight, I'll get you a 'no questions asked ticket', but I want your cut of cash"
etc.

Sylvester is more the 'honest, and helpfull type' so he's not going to try to put Ms. Sprinkbok to the coals and pull over some awesome deal out of this. He would be happy with a couple of ID's and a decent 'Decker' Contact out of this.
If your own PC's have different life philosophy about the treatment of 'noob' shadow-runners. Feel free to respond IC as best fits their moods.

I guess what I'm saying is don't fall in line just because I posted first, I'm not looking to be a 'leader' so much as that's Sylvester's 0.02 cents.

-Ruski

[Ingo Monk]

BulletSponge:

I merged your 2 posts into one, putting the second into an OOC quote box.

Also, Wired Reflexes are either on or off.  So you can move at normal speed (IP=1) or Wired Reflexes 2 "speed" (IP=3).  You are not considered to have WR1 as well as WR2 so you can't move at IP=2 speed.  Since this is just flavor text in this situation I don't think it matters too much.

It takes a free action to 'Change Linked Device Mode' to turn on the WR (see SR4A pg 146), since most cyber has a DNI it's considered a linked device.

[Yogi]

I have three questions. 

1. Does the site have a SR type dice roller?

2.  If so whats the bb code for it to work?

3.  If not where am I going to get the dice rolling done. 

Thanks.