CYBERPUNK WEBSITE CHANGES ARCHIVE

Updated: 09/13/01

• Posted Game Date 09/12/01 information
• Posted Joss' Flashbacks...
• Posted the lyrics to "Into the Shadows" by Pieces of Fate

Not a bad start for the new Wednesday games!

Joss finally lost it, and everybody has a pretty good understanding why.
Kasper is now out of the picture. However, Dark Eagle and Trina T. are now IN the picture. I'll post bios as soon as I get them (HINT, HINT).

We also had some heated rules discussions (after the game - thank you), and we'll see how they affect the game in the future.

Best wishes go out to the victims, survivors, and rescuers of the disasters in New York and D.C.

Updated: 09/08/01

• Posted Game Date 08/12/01 information
• Game date has changed...

The last game was pretty straightforward. The team decided to go to the last known location of the cylinder that Joss delivered to Ripley. Unfortunately, by the time they got there, a small battle was going on between some streetpunks and some dark-skinned men wearing shades, earbud radios, and very nice suits. Blue decided to come around the backside while the rest of the team joined the fray. Blue put his CQB skills to test while Hazzard mowed down the suits with the machine gun in the back of T-Bone's van.
After everything was said and done, all the suits laid dead, only one streetpunk survived, and the cylinder was absent. However, Kasper got some information...

MAJOR CHANGES have occurred.

I had some discussion with some of the regulars, and it was decided to move games around. The Thursday night game is still cycling GMs. Marty is now running D&D EVERY Sunday. And CyberPunk is now officially every Wednesday at 5:30. The results are good and bad.
First the bad.
We lose some players.
It makes me sad that it had to happen, but hopefully the good outweighs the bad.
The good news is four-fold:

• Games will be regular. I won't have to compete with other games or weird work schedules and players will have better plot retention from week-to-week as opposed to between loose months.
• Several players have COMMITTED to playing. This was a big problem. Now we can foster team unity.
• As much as I hate losing players, a smaller committed group is easier to manage.
• We actually gained a couple of new players!

I'm lookin forward to the new game.

One last thing: props to Pete and Jeremy for offering their help and assistance with game stuff. You guys rock!

Updated: 07/19/01

• Posted Game Date 07/15/01 information
• Posted Game Date 05/20/01 information
• Posted the VERA HACK
• Updated the picture of T-Bone's van
• Posted Kasper Ramius' background.

Another tense game!

We picked up where we left off with T-Bone's van meeting up with Mr. Johnson and company in an underground parking garage. Blue felt that the mission was in jeopardy with Kasper witnessing the whole thing, so he knocked Kasper out after a quick scuffle. Dash made some command decisions and decided to keep Kasper in custody until things simmered down. Kasper, of course, was opposed to this and tried fighting it every step of the way. Meanwhile, Mr. Johnson still wanted the cylinder Joss delivered to Ripley. Ripley didn't make it through surgery, so their best bet was to go back to Ripley's shop and hope to find it. No such luck. At this point, Kasper was definitely chomping at the bit and Dash decided to let him go, pretty confident that they could find him again if they needed to. Eventually everybody, Kasper included, meets up with Mercury back at a safe house. Mercury, knowing that Kasper's supplier Ripley was deceased, offered Kasper a deal he couldn't refuse...

I apologize that the website hasn't been formally updated in a while. Here's what I recently put up:

• The VERA HACK
• An updated picture of T-Bone's van
• Kasper Ramius' background.
• The rules online in PDF format. E-mail me if you need the file location.

• ScreamSheet No. 13
• Maybe Hazzard's NTPD termination papers?
• Maybe Dash's team meeting dialog?
• Add a location or two
• Should I post all the screamsheets as PDFs?
• And I was thinking of revamping the appearance and layout a bit.

Game Date 05/20/01:

Any game you blow stuff up in is a good game!!!

Quick synopsis: The Screamsheet reported that the "Blank Plague" has a weakness. Mr. Johnson, knowing that a delivery was made to the Combat Zone, wanted the delivered package and the recipient. Hazzard remembered Joss made the delivery to the ripper doc Ripley. Mr. Johnson then charged the team with retrieving Ripley and the delivered item. The team went to Ripley's and walked in on Ripley and Kasper Ramius finishing a deal. Mercury spoke with Ripley and was about to drag him out when everyone heard a whining in the distance. Everybody leapt to action, Mercury tranqed Ripley, Law grabed the limp body, and everybody headed to the van (T-Bone's) as an AV droped into view and deployed four black ops. Everything erupted in a hail of gunfire. Blue got both feet tapped and Mercury danced through the rain of bullets. Dash backed the van up enough to get everyone else into the van fairly safely and then screeched off with the AV in hot pursuit. The chase lasted a while with T-Bone's van taking some heavy damage. The chase came to a exciting conclusion when Blue took aim and placed a .357 round into the AV's electrical system. It's lights flicked out and it dropped from the sky, cartwheeling through a row of parked cars, and bursting into a fiery plume.

I apologize. I felt the game was a little sloppy.
We still have some issues with the rules. I posted the rules online in PDF format. E-mail me if you need the file location.

Here's a quick survey: Based on his combat performance, what should Kasper's nickname be?

1. Misfire
2. Gremlin
3. The Unlucky Ghost
4. _____________(write in ballot)

Updated: 05/10/01

• Updated the Quotes section
• Posted Zeye's background

Updated: 05/07/01

• Posted Game Date 05/06/01 information.
• Updated Joss' background.

Good game, gang!

VERA BLUE HAS BEEN FOUND!!!
Unfortunately, she was a little crabby. You would be too if someone stole your body and replaced more than half of it with combat-grade cyberware.
Fortunately, Joss neutralized her, and Fil deactivated the nasty little thing that would have blown him, Joss, and most to the Nostromo to smithereens.

And with that, Fil is retiring.

Some post game notes:

• Jason S., if you would be so kind, write a brief Screamsheet article entitled something to the effect of, "Network 66 Reporter, Hope Rosenthal, Receives Thretening E-mail".
• If anybody wants to write up a brief Screamsheet article entitled something to the effect of, "Favorite Hangout Assaulted" or "Local Bar Under Siege", that would be MUCH appreciated.
• Joss' background has been updated.
• Next game session the players will work on a "Chain of Command" chart so that they will be more organized.

Updated: 05/02/01

• Posted Michael Law's background.

Updated: 04/24/01

• Posted Game Date 04/22/01 information.

• Great game again! Nothing too extraordinary.
  Everybody piled into T-bone's van and headed into the Combat Zone to make a delivery with Joss. On the way to the drop, they were cut off by another van. Dash swerved into them trying to force them off the road. He nipped them in the side, but the vehicles locked together, and started to slide. Dash was able to break, and the other van unlocked, hit a pothole, flipped, and burst into flames. Dash expertly avoided the mess.
  Deeper into the Combat Zone, they come across an old man and his stalled vehicle just about to be jumped by a group of gangers. A firefight ensued, and the gangers were essentially blenderized. After the smoke cleared, there was a Mexican Standoff between Michael Law and the old man both laying claim to scavenger rights on the gangers' weapons.
  It ended..... poorly.
  Everybody did end up at the drop off destination. Joss made the delivery with some fast talk and walked off with a fat envelope of cash.
  On the way out, Blue recognized a tow truck zooming by and had Dash chase it. Dash signaled, the truck slowed, and Dash and Blue got out to talk to the driver. Turns out the driver is Sean O'Connor, he recognized Blue, blamed Blue for the loss of his sister Kaitlin, and was about to beat the pulp out of Blue for it. Blue and Dash talked him out of his frenzy and have now promised to do everything in their power to find her.
• During the after-game round-table discussion, it was suggested that everybody who shows up for a game automatically gets a Fame and Fortune Point for that session. We put it to a vote and it was unanimously in favor of it. (Everybody start keeping track of how many points you earn, they're called Fame and Fortune for a reason.....)
• Marty wants to work on fleshing out the background of New Tokyo and beyond. We decided he and I will flesh it out through an e-mail dialogue. I'll post the finished work here.

Updated: 04/08/01

• Posted Game Date 04/08/01 information.

• More background information including the "Blank Plague" getting seriously out of control.
  A big brawl in the fight pits at the Sulaco. I apologize for the combat lasting as long as it did. I confused wound with bruise damage.
  We left off with Joss making a delivery to the Combat Zone and bringing some support with him.

Updated: 03/12/01

• Updated the People page.
• Posted Screamsheet No. 12

• Again..... training excercises are only fun until someone loses an eye.
  Blue, Dash, Fil, Hazzard, Joss, Law, and Mercury basically completed a "sweep-and-clear" mission.
  It's evident we have a good batch of players.
• Since today worked out, several of us have committed to gaming every other Sunday at 5:00 PM.
  

Updated: 03/07/01

• Updated the People page.

Updated: 03/04/01

• Posted visitor e-mail

     Date: Wed, 28 Feb 2001 00:20:48 +0100
     From: Pagan
     To: czechm8@ravenna.com
     Subject: From a visitor...

     Just wanted you to know...I love your site!

     Greatings,
     Pagan

Updated: 11/17/00

• Posted Game Date 11/16/00 info.

• Training excercises are only fun until someone loses an eye.
  Blue, Dash, Fil, and Hazzard joined up with Alpha Team again to practice CQB (Close Quarters Battle) techniques inside a warehouse. Unfortunately, the fun came to an end when the party was crashed by a psycho female cyborg thing. Before Blue took her out, she managed to take out ALL of Alpha Team. After Blue took her out, she managed to take out a quarter city block.
  All-in-all, everybody had a good time.

Updated: 10/15/00

• Posted Game Date 10/15/00 info.

• Dash, Fil, Hazzard, and T-Bone completed the mission to provide backup for "Alpha Team" in plugging a security leak without a hitch.
  Good game guys!
  
• The transcript between T-Bone and Alpha Team is posted.

Updated: 10/14/00

• Added the "JOBS" link to the main menu
• Solidified a game date

Updated: 10/08/00

• Posted Game 10/08/00 information including Chateau Hotel floorplans
• Updated the Quotes

• Fil has reinstated his Trauma Team account
• Dash and Hazzard are now volunteering for CI+YMED
• Dash, Fil, Hazzard, and T-Bone are working on a mission to provide backup for "Alpha Team" in plugging a security leak.
  I want everybody involved to check out the ground floorplans of the Chateau Hotel and formulate your own strategy.
• Happy Birthday Jason!

Updated: 09/17/00

• Posted Game 09/17/00 information
• Updated the Quotes
• Updated Game Notes

Kudos to Brian, Pete, and Tony for showing up.
They ran an actual mission; "more rock and less talk", as Jason would say (score: Home Team: 3 boats, 10+ pirates, Away Team: a handful of sailors). Dash, Hazzard, and T-Bone were contacted through the regular channels to meet with a Mr. Johnson at the Yenishehir Palas Oteli, a shesha bar on the East Side. He hired them for security detail aboard a cargo ship carrying an "important" shipment. They were airlifted to the ship and successfully repelled an assault by three pirate boats. Although the op. wasn't as "clean" as Mr. Johnson would have liked, they still earned 1000cr. each. They each also earned a Fame and Fortune point, Brian got two.
Thanks for showing up guys!

Updated: 09/09/00

• We've been rated!
• Fixed most of the pages so the fonts display correctly on PCs.

According to Datafortress 2.0.2.0, "New Tokyo - this site shows a lot of promise, lets give them a 6 as an incentive to keep it up." Seeing as Deric Bernier rates "cool" sites a 7 (out of 10), I'm pretty happy. Also, I don't know long ago we were rated, so we may have improved since then.

Updated: 09/05/00

• Posted Game 09/04/00 information
• Posted Screamsheet No. 11

First, Tom, Jan, Brian, and Jason L. played civilians in an experimental diceless role-playing session, re-enacting the Apato Slaughter reported in ScreamSheet No. 10. It was interesting and refreshing, but the general conscensus was that it was disappointing already knowing the outcome of the session. Still, we had fun and some background information was fleshed out. Pete showed up just in time to find out how Hazzard's sister died.

Then, Jason S. showed up and we picked up our regularly scheduled game. Everybody, apparently still in the spirit of the diceless session, decided to follow up on the death of Hazzard's sister. In the process, Fil managed to make a conection to a piece of data that's been haunting him from his first hardcore hack.

Also, Amy showed up with some information that put the game on hold. Generally, it's considered poor form to upstage the GM, but she'll slide this time...

[I'll make her (and her friend) play next time...]

Updated: 08/23/00

• Changed the mainbody page
• Set a game date and posted Game Notes
• Added NPCs to the PEOPLE page

Updated: 08/07/00

• Fixed some of the pages so the fonts display correctly on PCs.
• Joined the FutureShok 2020 WebRing

Updated: 08/01/00

• Updated the ARTS page
• Cleaned up some of the pages and links

Updated: 07/31/00

• More subtle GUI changes
• Updated the Sulaco page
• Changed the Copyright Information
• Finally put up some downloadable utilities
• The main page now loads ad pages randomly
• Added the ARTS page and link

Update: 05/17/00

• New Website Look.
• Removed AnimatedBinary.gif from "Stuff" page and put it on Fil's page.

Update: 05/07/00

• Posted the Oil Rig Mission Plans.

Update: 01/24/00

• Screamsheets No. 1 - 7 are posted

Update: 01/21/00

• Slightly new layout
• Started Screamsheet layout
• Screamsheet No. 1 is posted

Update: 01/09/00

• Oil Rig Mission: Complete
• Notes to players
• Updated Antoine the Fixer
• Updated "Stuff" page (seizure chances minimized)