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« Reply #150 on: <05-07-14/0547:02> »
@Celtibero Sorry am I misunderstanding? You asked for the hosts rating, meaning the device rating of the host at the Boat Ramp? I believe you can use matrix perception to determine the device rating of an object, are you wanting to move that to the top of your priority list on your matrix perception check?

Edit: If I am way off just let me know what it is you're ACTUALLY looking to know :)
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« Reply #151 on: <05-07-14/0556:40> »
gotcha, move it to the top on the perception check (host rating), but never mind my last 2 posts, post is up ;)
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« Reply #152 on: <05-07-14/0608:12> »
ok, thats it, not touching the post any more :D just added the final information i needed to knwo from the perception test. its all on the edited post.
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« Reply #153 on: <05-07-14/0635:29> »
@Celtibero Is there anytihng stopping someone from making more than one matrix perception roll in a row? I can see that you've done 3, I'd have thought you did one and found info for each success. The source book also says if you're more than 100m away from the target you use one success to spot the taget then the rest to answer the questions you have. I assume  that's from meatspace?

Hate to hold you up again :( I'll be awake a little longer, I have something written for you, just wanted to clarify the rolls first.
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« Reply #154 on: <05-07-14/0903:35> »
np at all m8 :)

the rolls and the multiple rolls on PbP, sometimes its used as an expedient to speed up the game process, also on page 49 of the sourcebook there is the "trying again" entry, it allows to make another roll on a failed test a --2 penalty to the pool or a brand new test after a certain (GM discretion i think) amount of time, IMO that was not a failed test, as the objective we to spot information (she did not glitch and she got information, just not as much as she wanted)

Generally if i think (as a GM) the case deserves a penalty (during combat) and the player forgets to apply the penalty i just disconsider the last 2 rolls on the orokos site.

On non combat situation, i was assuming (assuming is bad and i should have cleared is with you, my bad again :D ) that after getting some info and wanting more info you would use the information at your discretion (number of rolls, situation where the rolls where made,time lapse, etc etc) and give the feedback (post) taking all those considerations on your side thus decreasing the number os posts made (back and forth for "small" actions)

don't know if i am making myself clear... but whatever you decide ill abide by it, there is GOD up above (pun intended for Grid Overwatch Division) and above him there is the GM ;)

PS:all of those rolls are for matrix perception to gather information on the host.

PPS: on the meat side intel, there was something i needed to clear with you, aside from the matrix perception roll near the meat, do you think possible to admit that she can have a video feed (real time) of what happens in front of her eyes? i know its actually not described in the rules (i think) and i dont know if this subject has been discussed, the question can also be, does one close the eyes when you go into VR? if not, is it possible to stream the eye feed through the DNI and have a pop screen in the persona visual display? its your pick m8, i will be ok with whatever call you want to make on these and the former issues.

PPPS: just noticed one thing, after editing i did not shut down the silent mode, so i have a 9d6 for the perception roll  -2 from noise(-4 noise +2 noise scrubber) and before the edit it was assuming +2 from hot-sim VR and -2 from running silent, giving it a 7d6 pool, the roll assumed i had shutdown the silent mode (which i didn't after the edit) , i can do one of these 2:

1 - reroll again

2 - you disconsider the last 2 dice on the roll, none of them are hits on all 3 rolls.

PPPPS: about spotting, that particular entry is referring to icons, if i recall hosts can be seen from anywhere, eyesore ftw :D
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« Reply #155 on: <05-07-14/0930:06> »
@reyjinn Sorry don't mean to mess up your post :(, I hoping to get a post up before you got that, I'm still writing. You wouldn't have received that message from where you are currently.

Edit: You will get it eventually, can repost the last bit when I manage to finish my post.
No problem, I'll edit it out of my original post and have some reaction to it along with the introduction to Andy.

Edit:
Got it out there, Slim is trying to make sure the meet goes right so he's making an effort to smooth the conversation along.  Also, the way too good Judge Intentions roll was mostly Slim wondering how/if Joe and Andy were connected.
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« Reply #156 on: <05-07-14/1246:28> »
I almost glitched that social test. One die away. The dice are out for blood!

And I think that if Trance were any more obviously green, she'd photosynthesize :P
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« Reply #157 on: <05-07-14/1838:28> »
you must remember to pick up a CD later.

somehow, i just noticed this in the IC OP.
CDs?!
Shit, hardly anybody i know TODAY sells CDs anymore. But then that got me thinking...

How DO smalltime bands sell their music nowadays?
straight digital DL from a commlink?
Oldschool chips like BTL dealers use?

I'm kinda stumped.
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« Reply #158 on: <05-07-14/1842:26> »
IMO i would say you could run either way, although BTL sounds more like mega production type of thing. a small band selling through direct DL would be be a nice touch (like today where you have a small merchandise stand on small time bands concerts). maybe a couple ARO's etc etc
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« Reply #159 on: <05-07-14/1847:01> »
you must remember to pick up a CD later.

somehow, i just noticed this in the IC OP.
CDs?!
Shit, hardly anybody i know TODAY sells CDs anymore. But then that got me thinking...

How DO smalltime bands sell their music nowadays?
straight digital DL from a commlink?
Oldschool chips like BTL dealers use?

I'm kinda stumped.

Haha that's a very good point! I'll think about it, possibly update the post.

Today isn't fun, works' full on :( I'm going to try and get a reply up for Kitty at lunch, then something tonight for the rest of you guys.
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« Reply #160 on: <05-07-14/1854:06> »
I'm having the opposite problem.
Work is deader today than i've seen it in months.
Sooner you can get me in a room with another PC, the better for me.

DIALOGUE!!!

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« Reply #161 on: <05-07-14/1900:50> »
I think small-time bands would sell them as simsense trids or as Matrix downloads. Probably not much in Nuyen a pop. Matrix would make the bottom fall out of the music industry, much like the real-life internet is doing to the writing industry.
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« Reply #162 on: <05-07-14/1910:07> »
@Poindexter We're getting there. Should be able to tie you in shortly... Once you guys are all together it should take some of the load off for me. I'm still setting the scene, getting things ready. Will send some time over the weekend doing more prep, should hopefully help a lot.

@Celtibero That makes sense! I just wanted to make sure I wasn't missing anything, I'll get something up for you on my lunch break, I have most of it written already.

Are you asking if you can have something like a picture in picture while in VR, showing your surroundings while jacked in?

I can adjust the rolls accordingly, thanks for letting me know though!

I wish I had the time to move things along faster :(
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« Reply #163 on: <05-07-14/1914:22> »
don't rush on my account.
I'm having fun. Rarely get to flesh out the "average life" bits of a character this much.

diggin it.
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« Reply #164 on: <05-07-14/1918:24> »
I wish I had the time to move things along faster :(

Don't worry about it. We all know you have to give this thing 5x as much thought as we do.  Everyone has gotten screen time and it's moving along nicely.  Slow and steady wins the race and all that crap.
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