ShiXinFeng

It has long been roleplayed that the sympathyzers of the causes of both the Machines and the Merovingian have established outposts outside of Zion. These outposts contain the bare essentials for sustaining human life and a hovercraft fleet...

Wow. You've got a great imagination for composition, Mantra. And "To Dream of Home" is one of your most amazing pieces. Aside from the work itself, the concept behind this picture is very real, and the composition really sucks the viewer i...

As an old pen-n-paper roleplayer, I used to get together with my friends to have gaming sessions. The DM (GM, whatever) would have the quest already planned out, and we would do our best to screw it up! lol, jk. But it would be a planned d...

I tend to think that it was a kind of denial on Morpheus' part. That he knew it was Mankind's arrogance that led up to the war, but didn't want to believe that the 'good guys' could have struck first. Or maybe that is what he and all the o...

Well, there has to be a payoff, right? I mean, what's the point? (I know what it is, just making a, well, point) For PvPers its the King-of-hill bragging rights and cq points. For partiers, it's the social interaction. So, what is the poin...

Perhaps, my dear, it would help if you clarified what you mean by "Serious Roleplaying Crews/Factions"? As for me, I am always trying to improve the roleplay in the game. But it is difficult when you have so many younger players on these d...

## Incoming Transmission ## Signal Ident: Zion +HvCft Rocinante ## TX: General Area Broadcast ## Signature Ident: Shi Xin Feng :: Decrypting . . . 99% . . . 100% . . . COMPLETED :: Message as follows... To all within the sound of my voice,...

Awesome, Harp! The mixture of story with live music was inspired, and the pace of the story invoked just the right mixture of speed and excitement.

XRontix wrote: I'd sure like to have the official novels of The Matrix storyline, so I can understand it better Well, while you are waiting for the movie adaptation novels, you can go to this movie transcript site. It has all three movies...

The Machines needed a renewable power source. Nothing on the planet was as renewable, or as powerful, as the human body. Easily reproduced, constantly working, and simply maintained, the efficiency of the Matrix would have appealed to them...

MetaLogic wrote: Illyria22 wrote: The Machines didn't do that. It's what humans tried to do to the Machines. You need to watch the Animatrix again. Illyria The machines only nuked NYC and the UN after the humans tried to wipe them out by b...

The Machines crossed the line when they all-but-obliterated the human race, and then genetically-engineered and grew slaves for the purpose of turning them into a commodity. Not only does the end not justify the means, it nullifies any 'li...

Unlimits spawn like I suppose Agents would have before the Truce. I like it. It makes the Matrix a 'dangerous' place again.

DarkRevenantW wrote: But wouldn't that defy the fact of The Architect creating The Matrix? No, he wrote the simulation. The Machines just use our brains, connected together in a vast "neural network" if you will, as the computer that runs...

Welcome, Esom! I am sure that you will prove to be worthy member of E Pluribus Neo. Congratulations!

If they roll it back, and I haven't dl'd the patch, does that mean I gotta dl both the patch and the rollback? Anybody been through this before that can tell me?

Walrus says: "Unique NPCs (Ookami, Morpheus, Argon, etc) now have consistent character levels. " Morpheus? How can a dead man( mhrip ) have a level? O.O

MetaLogic wrote: So basically, it's like an Open Source MMO? Well, more like a peer2peer network. All of our human brains networked and slaved to a massive processor.

Hmm, I have to disagree, Remag. What you're actually talking about, philosophically, is perception. No one can grasp fully another's perception of what their truth is. But, there are truths that are universal. There is no air in deep space...

Actually, I think I read somewhere, perhaps a transcript of the Animatrix or something, that we are the computer that generates the Matrix. That, not only do we supply the electrical and heat energy the Machines need, but through the parts...

*clunk-tickticktick That was the sound of my jaw dropping on my keyboard. /pokeswithastick "Is it real?" UPDATE!!! O. M. G. It works! It works! It works! /dancejiginacircle SJ, I spent almost the whole day reading Bayamos' thread (with eve...

/vote copying from ingame emails to, say, notepad should be an easy ASCII coversion (or something like that). And it would add a very good in-game-to-out-of-game element for RP.

So then, if you get drunk in the Matrix, and then you jack out, you will still be drunk? Even though there is no alcohol actually present in your system? Hmm. I suppose this is possible. If the Matrix manipulates the brain, then it does so...

I don't think he was killed. I think it's debateable, in any case. But, I think he may have survived. I think the Machines are holding him. And I think he will return to the Matrix as a blind man, probably a beggar-type. He will have no po...

Heh heh, not bad Kasyade, not bad at all. What happens is what would happen in the real world. If Badguy threw the water, then Goodguy would flinch, or duck, or HJ because he was afraid of getting burned. If the water actually hit, then Go...

"What is the Matrix to you?" I have seen a few of the answers to this, looking for the one that is profound enough to make a difference. Then, I realized that all of these answers will make a difference. So, let me add mine. To me, the Mat...

Chapter 11 "Members of the Council," Janye spoke from behind Shi Xin. Her voice showed some signs of distress. "What Shi Xin Feng has done might be construed by some as disobeying orders," Shi Xin twisted around to look at the young Counci...

zeroone506 wrote: Marginal note: I've never understood this whole love-for-humanity vs. love-for-individual thing. I mean, it's like none of the previous Ones had any sexuality or ability to love a person, and never had a relationship, whi...

Well, it's not thousands, exactly. Morpheus only says that "in the past 6 months, we have freed more minds than in the past 6 years". While this number is probably substantial, considering the big deal they seemed to make of it, it probabl...

The Anomaly Problem Woah. In writing my first response to this, I was all prepared to argue that Neo was the anomaly. Mostly because of the Agents referring to him as such. After pouring over the Architect's speech during their meeting how...

Here is another question from a geek who has too much time on his hands and is obviously obsessed. . . In the Matrix, there was much store put by Morpheus to the Prophecy whereby the One would return and save mankind by ending the war. Aft...

lol, you are half-right. But it wasn't a logical gap that I was trying to show. What I meant by everything happening for a reason was this: The Prophecy of the One was to culminate in the One returning to the Source. Hence, the necessary m...

Morph says it himself earlier in the movie: "What happened, happened for a reason, and could not have happened any other way." Consider this: if Morpheus had managed to get the door closed (by cutting the arm off, squeezing it off, stickin...

Chapter 10 After being unplugged from the jack, but before he opened his eyes, he could sense there were too many people on the ops deck of his ship. He smiled, and said, “Captain Roland, what a pleasant surprise. If you had told me you we...

Why do we search for the dead among the living? Neo - alive or dead, it makes no difference. I think he's dead; but even if he's alive, he is blind, and powerless. Once he returned to the Source (just as Prophecy said he would, mind you),...

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Chapter 9 It had been a long time since Agents had come directly at any Zion operative. There was the occasional encounter of course, but nothing as serious as this in a long time. Going toe to toe with an Agent wasn’t as bad as it used to...

Hey guys, look at it like this, we're STILL HERE!!! Despite the SOE buyout, the server moves, the forum changes, we are still here. We are showing them that no matter what they throw at us, we can take it and still stand tall. So, I say BR...

Or can it be turned off for the Next Renaissance forums? Sometimes, in order to properly portray real life, you need some curse words. Not everybody says things like "Oh gosh darn, you just shot me you dastardly beast!" Thanks for mentioni...

Code drips on the screen, like green rain on the window. Only, much deeper. Will I fly today? Only if my mind is Free, and pocket empty.

Chapter 8 Shi Xin walked out of the run-down apartment building as the sun was starting to slip below the horizon. The street lamps were just warming up and he could see lights snapping on in many of the windows of the surrounding building...

Chapter 7 The Matrix fell into place around them as they passed from the loading construct to the real simulation. It began with the room housing the hardline connection, where they now found themselves, and spread out in all directions li...

Chapter 6 Two hundred meters away, the Omerta was touching down on a rough semi-cleared shelf of rock. The two ships sat facing one another like two strange cats settling down to stare at each other, not willing to let the other one out of...

Okay, I wouldn't mind a little feedback! :smileysurprised: Hate it? Love it? Should I stick to my day job? Heh heh, like that would stop me . . .

Excellent comments, Manic. You're absolutely correct about the Neo/Smith relationship portraying Jungian philosophy. What I want to know is, when did the Machines "lose control" over Smith? At the end, Neo says "The program Smith has grown...

C'mon, Z. More, MORE! This is like candy to me. Good stuff!

Chapter 5 Shi Xin thumbed the switch again, “Go Warden! Don’t slow down for anything. Get ready to trade seats with Track.” He turned to the table and announced “All hands to battle stations. I want every aft, spine and belly gun manned un...

Chapter 4 (B) Pain in Jell-O’s side brought her back to consciousness a little at a time. As she began to wake fully, she started cataloging her sensations as part of the awareness exercises Shi Xin had taught her. The first thing she felt...

Chapter 4 (A) Lumina’s first sensation was of the tickling, tingling sensation in the middle of her head. Her medical training told her it was just a phantom feeling since there were no nerves in the brain to feel any tickling or pain. Nev...

Chapter 3 Now Lumina did jump. She spun around to see who else was in the room . . .and found Jell-O. And just like that, like a light in a dark room, Lumina felt better, felt safer. Jell-O was the quintessential kick-butt chick. Her hands...

Chapter 2 Lumina pushed open the door to room 714, ready to act the candy-striper role again if she found herself confronted by anyone other than the Courier. She was temporarily blinded by the direct rays of sunlight pouring into the room...

Chapter 1 “C’mon Lum, you know I’m right. The skipper is going too far with this insane plan, and we’re all gonna end up in the stockade for breaking the Peace.” Track’s voice scratched over the cell phone. He was always whiny when he pull...

Herein lies my story. I hope you enjoy reading it as much as I enjoy telling it. Read it, or don't, it's your choice. I'll keep posting new chapters as they are written; It's as much for my sanity as it is for your enjoyment. I also want t...