[MoM] IC CONTACT POST

[microbrobotics]

"Hey, you've reached Hiro Hamada. Text me like a normal person and not a weirdo."

Comments

[microbrobotics]

[ That is incredibly freaking cool. When the first file comes over, Hiro's kind of mystified - what's this for again? - but as soon as he realizes that these are schematics, and that they match what he and Ruka talked about ... That sure gets the ideas going. Hiro's no stranger to making modular tech like this. The tricky part will be combining the cameras and making the microbots smaller, but he's familiar enough with the rest of it that he's certain he can do this.

More importantly, he wants to do it. Because a stadium full of huge holographic dragons fighting each other sounds like the best idea ever. ]

dude. TOTALLY worth it. you didn't tell me you used this for holographic dragon battles!

you okay though? did something happen?

[dragony]

Not always dragons. The monsters depended on the fighting style of the racers, so there was a lot of variety. Dragons were popular, but so were beasts, demons, robots, those sorts of things. Lots of people ran themes.

[ She keeps typing and erasing "duelist" from the message. ]

As for me, it's nothing I can't handle.

[microbrobotics]

even better. i'd totally play a robot-themed team if that's available.

well ... i mean i figured that, you seemed like a tough person.

hi steve..........

[dragony]

I can't say I'm too surprised. It's a popular archetype; my brother ran one.

But thanks. I wouldn't call myself tough, but I'll survive.

SHHHH YOU SAW NOTHING

[microbrobotics]

yeah? how do you do it anyway? is it like some kind of collectible thing?

okay, so ... what happened?

oh of course

[dragony]

My head's been all over the place, that's all. I'll be fine, really.

[ Or: she got struck by lightning, is having a hell of a time trying to keep her identify straight, but doesn't want to talk about it. You know. Like an idiot. ]

The game is card-based. The disks read the information embedded in the cards to render the correct holograms.

[microbrobotics]

okay, okay ... i mean there's people here who can help with that kind of thing.

huhhh. cool. deckbuilding AND holograms.

[dragony]

You're familiar with that? Deckbuilding?

[ She would tell him he doesn't need to worry about her, but she's more distracted by his seeming understanding. ]

[microbrobotics]

well yeah. that kind of japanese card game was big when i was growing up. i mean yeah i like robots BEST and i don't really play any more but i used to love it.

[ In short, he's played some genericized version of Yu-Gi-Oh. ]

[dragony]

Huh. People usually make fun of me, the second I even imply it.

We've had Solid Vision hologram technology since the 1990's, so Duel Mobsters has been huge since then. It was already popular, but if you have a choice between a game on your computer with monsters on the screen, or seeing them in real space, it's pretty obvious which one is more entertaining. The racing component has only been around for a decade or two, I think.

[ Nerrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrds. ]

[microbrobotics]

[ Completely and utterly. ]

since the 90s? jeez i'm jealous. we DEFINITELY do not have that. god it sounds so cool. i'd probably have never given it up if we had that much.

[dragony]

It's too bad. In the previous world, the guy who invented that tech was ImPorted and reinvented it from scratch. I worked for him for a while, doing monster design. I still have my cards, but I don't have anything that would render the holograms themselves.

[ Well, that at least explains why even her roughs looked really good. ]

[microbrobotics]

let me try then. i won't be as good as the guy who INVENTED the tech but like i said i've made similar tech. just a matter of combining them.

[dragony]

If you want to, there's nothing to stop you. You've got the advantage of better hardware, anyway.

[ Because really... 1990's... they barely had cell phones... ]