"Draco18s" <draco18s2_NO_@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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> In article <RY6dnXkW29U1CF3anZ2dnUVZ8hednZ2d@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>,
> s.r.clarkstone@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
says...
>> Draco18s wrote:
>> > In article <fLGdnccBCsbT4l3anZ2dnUVZ8tWvnZ2d@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>,
>> > s.r.clarkstone@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
says...
>> >> Dafydd Edward Dragon wrote:
>> >>> Humm.. seems even the non-otherkin can experience phantom limbs in
>> >>> their
>> >>> own unique way O.o' Though I'd post this as I found it so funny to
>> >>> read
>> >>> when the paper happened to be sitting in front of my face. Humm..
>> >>> nothing like cell phone phantom limbs.
>> >>>
>> >>>
http://www.winnipegfreepress.com/subscriber/detour/story/4106017p-4703680c.html
>> >> Humanity is turning into a race of cyborgs it seems.
>> >
>> > Never read ShadowRun have you?
>>
>> No. Explain the relevant bits.
>
> Fictional universe, originally written to take place 60 years in the
> future,
> as they've updated the ruleset (there's both novels and an RPG game)
> they've
> moved the "current date" forward to keep in line with this, although the
> current present is today + 70 years.
>
> Anyway, as the SR history goes, in 2010 there's a virus that kills a
> quater of
> the world's population. In 2011 there was a great awakening, magic came
> back,
> dragons woke up, and soon teenagers went through puperty didn't always
> come
> out human (Dwarves, Elves, Orcs, and Trolls emerged). Nations as
nations
> collapsed and reformed, most of the western US is a multitude of
countries
> now
> (I believe Texas split off, California split off, northern CA, Oregan
and
> most
> of Wa****ngton was claimed by the elves and split off, Seattle remained
US,
> or
> rather UCAS: United Canadian and American States, another large ****tion
> goes
> to the native americans) and the rise of the megacorps started.
> Cor****ations
> run territory in SR more so than any other entity.
>
> Lone Star (a Texas vigulantee company) rented itself out to megacorps
and
> have
> replaced the police.
>
> Advances in technology (around...2025 I think) allowed for the
cybernetic
> replatement of limbs. There's also biotechnology: why do weightlifting
> when
> you can grow better muscles and have them surgically implanted? Oh, I
was
> close: 2025 is when cyberware enters professional s****ts.
<<snip>>
Ah, Shadowrun. Fun stuff. Love the storyline, read a few books (all of
which have been good so far); kinda wanted to get into the RPG side of it,
but haven't gotten around to it yet. Played a bit of the recent
"Shadowrun"
game for Xbox 360, which is a fairly good game, but is by no means what a
Shadowrun video game should have been.
> Several major things come to pass from Dunkelzahn's Will in 2057 (see
> http://wiki.dumpshock.com/index.php/Dunkelzahn%27s_Will
for the whole
> thing).
>
> First was the creation of the Draco Foundation, which would carry out
the
> will. Second was the granting of SINs (Social ID Numbers) to 1000
SINless
> people. Many other strange requests permeate the will.
>
> My favorite:
> "To Art Dankwalther (a homeless drunk at the time), I leave the sum
of
> 34,586,224,739.58 in UCAS dollars. According to my calculations and
> accounting
> for conversion of the original currency, inflation, and 1 percent
interest
> per
> annum, this settles my debt to your ancestor for the gold piece he
kindly
> lent
> me for the last meal we shared."
Hehehe...My favorite line from Big D's will is this:
"For a period of ten days beginning on 14 February 2057, Lars J.
Matthews will cease to possess any legal status. He will be stripped of
all
evidence of legal existence, including SIN, credsticks, DocWagon contract,
bank accounts and so on. To the individual or group who ends Lars J.
Matthews' physical existence during those ten days, I leave all of
Matthews'
assets and 1 million nuyen for a job well done. If Mr. Matthews survives
and
can prove his identity, his legal status and all possessions will be
restored to him. Haven't you heard? Never deal with a dragon, Lars."
....partly because this is the *first time* Lars J. Matthews was EVER
mentioned in any Shadowrun material. Makes one wonder what he might have
done to earn such an...*enticing* bounty...
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