maybe it's totally nitpicky of
me but i was wondering how ppl conceptualised (in terms of
RP/storyline) RSI death. the sense of the explanation i got for
emergency jackout was that when u "died" in the matrix, yr
hovercraft/hoverbarge jackin system automatically jacked u out... so
why is it that when we die in the matrix our RSI corpses are just
sitting there, with our consciousness still presumably attached to the
RSI, since we can still see wot's going on around us and in some
unfortunate cases whine about being killed.
the only reason i could imagine would be that the system only *semi*
auto jacks us out, like it disrupts the illusion of the matrix enough
to let our minds realise that we haven't actually died, but then leaves
our consciousness associated with our RSI bodies. of course this might
lead to cumbersome cartesian dualism questions about where exactly the
"mind" is located in terms of the "physical" rsi body, since our RSI
brain certainly is dead... but that's the best i can do. or just sort
of shrug and realise it's an unavoidable game mechanics thing that's
best overlooked...
of course, they could just change it so that whenever u did die u were automatically sent back to the loading area lol. that would make pvp more interesting :robottongue: i'm sure patchers would love that.
me but i was wondering how ppl conceptualised (in terms of
RP/storyline) RSI death. the sense of the explanation i got for
emergency jackout was that when u "died" in the matrix, yr
hovercraft/hoverbarge jackin system automatically jacked u out... so
why is it that when we die in the matrix our RSI corpses are just
sitting there, with our consciousness still presumably attached to the
RSI, since we can still see wot's going on around us and in some
unfortunate cases whine about being killed.
the only reason i could imagine would be that the system only *semi*
auto jacks us out, like it disrupts the illusion of the matrix enough
to let our minds realise that we haven't actually died, but then leaves
our consciousness associated with our RSI bodies. of course this might
lead to cumbersome cartesian dualism questions about where exactly the
"mind" is located in terms of the "physical" rsi body, since our RSI
brain certainly is dead... but that's the best i can do. or just sort
of shrug and realise it's an unavoidable game mechanics thing that's
best overlooked...
of course, they could just change it so that whenever u did die u were automatically sent back to the loading area lol. that would make pvp more interesting :robottongue: i'm sure patchers would love that.