▲ 860 ▼ The Water Fountain [Shadowrun] (lemmy.blahaj.zone) submitted 3 months ago by tgirlschierke@lemmy.blahaj.zone to c/rpgmemes@ttrpg.network 58 comments fedilink hide all child comments
[–] Mouselemming@sh.itjust.works 101 points 3 months ago (1 child) Phil's not wrong that it's fucking stupid. permalink fedilink source hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] ICastFist@programming.dev 46 points 3 months ago (1 child) Phil was wrong in thinking that corps wouldn't make such blatantly stupid choices and products permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Voroxpete@sh.itjust.works 13 points 3 months ago* (2 children) I remember there was this whole period where tech savvy Shadowrun GMs on Dumpshock were grappling endlessly with the "unrealistic" gameplay concessions that riddled the hacking rules and trying to come up with solutions that allowed for a balance of good gameplay and believable IT design. And then reality just YOLO'd itself off a cliff of utter insanity and it turned out the rules were right all along. The one thing none of us had accounted for was how incredibly stupid businesses are capable of being. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] runner_g@piefed.blahaj.zone 6 points 3 months ago this article came out just after I started GMing shadowrun. I let our decker do damn near anything he wanted after reading it: https://www.forbes.com/sites/leemathews/2017/07/27/criminals-hacked-a-fish-tank-to-steal-data-from-a-casino/ permalink fedilink source parent [–] Derpykat5@lemmy.world 4 points 3 months ago Art imitates life, and sometimes, life looks at art and says "hold my beer" permalink fedilink source parent
[–] ICastFist@programming.dev 46 points 3 months ago (1 child) Phil was wrong in thinking that corps wouldn't make such blatantly stupid choices and products permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Voroxpete@sh.itjust.works 13 points 3 months ago* (2 children) I remember there was this whole period where tech savvy Shadowrun GMs on Dumpshock were grappling endlessly with the "unrealistic" gameplay concessions that riddled the hacking rules and trying to come up with solutions that allowed for a balance of good gameplay and believable IT design. And then reality just YOLO'd itself off a cliff of utter insanity and it turned out the rules were right all along. The one thing none of us had accounted for was how incredibly stupid businesses are capable of being. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] runner_g@piefed.blahaj.zone 6 points 3 months ago this article came out just after I started GMing shadowrun. I let our decker do damn near anything he wanted after reading it: https://www.forbes.com/sites/leemathews/2017/07/27/criminals-hacked-a-fish-tank-to-steal-data-from-a-casino/ permalink fedilink source parent [–] Derpykat5@lemmy.world 4 points 3 months ago Art imitates life, and sometimes, life looks at art and says "hold my beer" permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Voroxpete@sh.itjust.works 13 points 3 months ago* (2 children) I remember there was this whole period where tech savvy Shadowrun GMs on Dumpshock were grappling endlessly with the "unrealistic" gameplay concessions that riddled the hacking rules and trying to come up with solutions that allowed for a balance of good gameplay and believable IT design. And then reality just YOLO'd itself off a cliff of utter insanity and it turned out the rules were right all along. The one thing none of us had accounted for was how incredibly stupid businesses are capable of being. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] runner_g@piefed.blahaj.zone 6 points 3 months ago this article came out just after I started GMing shadowrun. I let our decker do damn near anything he wanted after reading it: https://www.forbes.com/sites/leemathews/2017/07/27/criminals-hacked-a-fish-tank-to-steal-data-from-a-casino/ permalink fedilink source parent [–] Derpykat5@lemmy.world 4 points 3 months ago Art imitates life, and sometimes, life looks at art and says "hold my beer" permalink fedilink source parent
[–] runner_g@piefed.blahaj.zone 6 points 3 months ago this article came out just after I started GMing shadowrun. I let our decker do damn near anything he wanted after reading it: https://www.forbes.com/sites/leemathews/2017/07/27/criminals-hacked-a-fish-tank-to-steal-data-from-a-casino/ permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Derpykat5@lemmy.world 4 points 3 months ago Art imitates life, and sometimes, life looks at art and says "hold my beer" permalink fedilink source parent