[OOC] General Discussion

Mmm, I thought than since they were incompatible with other init dice buff, that they would be incompatible with the VR init dice buff...

Now I have to decide between a Control Rig rating 3 or lowering to get extra init...

Um....*has totally watched all of those*

Not really matrix...Ghost in the shell was good (the movie remake)...

The Matrix is, in my book, not a cyberpunk movie. Ghost in the Shell and Blade Runner, and especially Johnny Mnemonic is very shadowrun/cyperpunk.

Ghost in the Shell, Blade Runner, Johnny Mnemonic, Sin City, all kind of blended together with a splash of maybe even Virtual Revolution. A feel that the Shadowrun World would be as diverse as they describe it, as I have read several Shadowrun stories that add another view to the mix as well.

What I like about Virtual Revolution is that it brings into the mix a truer aspect of human nature and that is escapism something that I feel a good amount of the population just might buy into.

I believe Shadowrun have (and should have) many different tone depending on social strata, the cause you help and the groups you oppose.

As Shadowrunners, I think its a unique position to explore how those level interact for good and for bad. Like the unintended consequences of corporates/magic groups fighting on normal people. Like when you realize that the criminal group that does human trafficking is the main source of security and order in a neighbourhood and stopping them would like to many innocents deaths.

No matter the tone, I want to see how my character adapt to it as an outsider and how he grows and changes through to experience.

Johnny Mnemonic and Blade Runner are the top 2 movies I can see being in shadowrun. There are others, but those two are the best for me.

It will be interesting being outsiders in Neo-Tokyo especially with the xenophobic nature of Japan

If I had to match up shadowrun to something, it'd have to be a Ghost in the Shell/Black Lagoon mix.

What is Black Lagoon? I did a google on that and can only find The Creature from the Black Lagoon?

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Black_Lagoon

Ah not a movie okay makes sense thanks @Melanqolia

Here's Clint Westwood, aka Jericho, in his cowboy themed full body armor...

....shit !! just realised I haven't put any contacts yet... You want me to put them now, or fill them during gameplay ?

I've got my contacts in there already. They're basically most of my backstory too.

Backstory: Eunbyeol is a Asset Recovery Specialist for a club downtown called Z3r0 (in whatever city we're in). Essentially what that means is that she gets the club's money back from people who don't seem to understand that you need to pay for the drinks and drugs you get while you're there. Mostly, this involves pickpocketing or a quick roofie. Sometimes it involves trailing them and relocating their more expensive possessions. She gets a percentage of what she recovers. The club would rather get 85% of their cash back than none at all, so it works for everyone. She's been doing this for a while now, but word's been getting around, and so less people are stiffing the club, and that means less work for her. Now she's scrimping to make it through every month, and she's going to have to find something better before she's out on the streets. Not that they'd be worse than where she is, but at least her bathroom currently has a door.