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s.r.clarkstone@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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> Draco18s wrote:
> > In article <RY6dnXkW29U1CF3anZ2dnUVZ8hednZ2d@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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> > s.r.clarkstone@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
says...
> >> Draco18s wrote:
> >>> In article <fLGdnccBCsbT4l3anZ2dnUVZ8tWvnZ2d@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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> >>> 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.
> >
> > 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).
>
> [snip interesting stuff]
>
> The fantasy and cyberpunk sides seem stuck together is a rather odd way,
> though I can't describe why. And the cyberspace is the usual cyberpunk
> stuff (i.e. implausible), but what else is cyberpunk for?
ShadowRun was supposed to be a combined Magic + Cyberpunk. And it fits
together AMAZINGLY well, you have no idea. Flavor wise, it does seem odd,
but
keep in mind that technology was developing quickly and then "magic came
back" as it were. When it did so it fell into a different niche that
technology didn't occupy (and thus, are mutually exlusive: the more
cyberware
you have, the lower your "magic rating," the more cyberware someone else
has,
the harder it is to hit them with benificial magic (healing and the like)
as
they aren't "all there" (losing a limb /technically/ doesn't effect your
essence, but getting an artifical limb will lower it), but tech can one-up
because anyone can use it and certain spell effects don't work "through"
technology (i.e. illusions and other mind effecting spells don't work
through
video cameras)).
> Well, I was really thinking more of Accelerando:
> http://www.accelerando.org/
I'll have to take a peek later.
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