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	{{Topquote\|Cyberspace. A consensual hallucination experienced daily by billions of legitimate operators, in every nation, by children being taught mathematical concepts.\|William Gibson, ''Neuromancer''}}		{{Topquote\|Cyberspace. A consensual hallucination experienced daily by billions of legitimate operators, in every nation, by children being taught mathematical concepts.\|William Gibson, ''Neuromancer''}}
	{{Topquote\|The grid. A digital frontier. I tried to picture clusters of information as they moved through the computer. What did they look like? Ships? motorcycles? Were the circuits like freeways? I kept dreaming of a world I thought I'd never see. And then, one day... I got in.\|Kevin Flynn, ''Tron Legacy''}}		{{Topquote\|The grid. A digital frontier. I tried to picture clusters of information as they moved through the computer. What did they look like? Ships? motorcycles? Were the circuits like freeways? I kept dreaming of a world I thought I'd never see. And then, one day... I got in.\|Kevin Flynn, ''Tron Legacy''}}

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	{{Topquote\|Cyberspace. A consensual hallucination experienced daily by billions of legitimate operators, in every nation, by children being taught mathematical concepts.\|William Gibson}}		{{Topquote\|Cyberspace. A consensual hallucination experienced daily by billions of legitimate operators, in every nation, by children being taught mathematical concepts.\|William Gibson, ''Neuromancer''}}
	{{Topquote\|The grid. A digital frontier. I tried to picture clusters of information as they moved through the computer. What did they look like? Ships? motorcycles? Were the circuits like freeways? I kept dreaming of a world I thought I'd never see. And then, one day... I got in.\|Kevin Flynn, ''Tron Legacy''}}		{{Topquote\|The grid. A digital frontier. I tried to picture clusters of information as they moved through the computer. What did they look like? Ships? motorcycles? Were the circuits like freeways? I kept dreaming of a world I thought I'd never see. And then, one day... I got in.\|Kevin Flynn, ''Tron Legacy''}}

1d4chan>LongFangLongshot: /* The Myriad Discord Channels */

2023-03-01T21:27:44Z

The Myriad Discord Channels

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	Where organization fails, the Adepts do tend to congregate together in different groups called "Alts" to perform their hackerman wizardry. It should be noted that unlike a lot of other traditions, most Alts actively encourage working together as they swing either towards the Kibo or the Hacker side of their Tradition		Where organization fails, the Adepts do tend to congregate together in different groups called "Alts" to perform their hackerman wizardry. It should be noted that unlike a lot of other traditions, most Alts actively encourage working together as they swing either towards the Kibo or the Hacker side of their Tradition
	* '''Cyberpunks:''' Wake up, Samurai. We have a Technocracy to burn. These guys are hardcore collectivist frontliners against the Technocracy and probably the first thing you think of when you think of the Virtual Adepts; script kiddies fighting the man using technomagic and giving each other pats on the ass for doing so. Unfortunately, they're also far and away the least concerned with the Sleeping World, and so Cyberpunks unfortunately end up known to them as domestic/international terrorists due to their disregard for "buildings needing to stay up" or "fires set in houses tend to burn the whole place down"		* '''Cyberpunks:''' Wake up, Samurai. We have a Technocracy to burn. These guys are hardcore collectivist frontliners against the Technocracy and probably the first thing you think of when you think of the Virtual Adepts; script kiddies fighting the man using technomagic and giving each other pats on the ass for doing so. Unfortunately, they're also far and away the least concerned with the Sleeping World, and so Cyberpunks unfortunately end up known to them as domestic/international terrorists due to their disregard for "buildings needing to stay up" or "fires set in houses tend to burn the whole place down"
	* Cypherpunks: More hacker than man, the Cypherpunks were the ones who figured out that the Technocracy had memed on them so hard they forgot hyperphysics, and cleansed the virus from their systems, reigniting hatred in the Technocracy (as if it needed any). The Cypherpunks nowadays are now a hyper-powered wikileaks dedicated to ensuring Adepts get the info they need, and blocking the Conventions from learning of their whereabouts.		* '''Cypherpunks:''' More hacker than man, the Cypherpunks were the ones who figured out that the Technocracy had memed on them so hard they forgot hyperphysics, and cleansed the virus from their systems, reigniting hatred in the Technocracy (as if it needed any). The Cypherpunks nowadays are now a hyper-powered wikileaks dedicated to ensuring Adepts get the info they need, and blocking the Conventions from learning of their whereabouts.
	* Chaoticians: Obsessed with numbers, advanced mathematics, probabilities, and chaos systems. They are the most rigidly structured of all the Alts, but paradoxically the most confusing to the outsider's eye. The Chaoticians meet based on specific number patterns, the weather, you name it, it probably factors in, and offer a dizzying array of ways to end a meeting in seconds. Due to their precise understanding of Entropy and Time, Chaoticians act as master strategists for the entire Tradition and pretty much every planned raid or operation is encouraged to go through them first.		* '''Chaoticians:''' Obsessed with numbers, advanced mathematics, probabilities, and chaos systems. They are the most rigidly structured of all the Alts, but paradoxically the most confusing to the outsider's eye. The Chaoticians meet based on specific number patterns, the weather, you name it, it probably factors in, and offer a dizzying array of ways to end a meeting in seconds. Due to their precise understanding of Entropy and Time, Chaoticians act as master strategists for the entire Tradition and pretty much every planned raid or operation is encouraged to go through them first.
	* Reality Coder: Adepts obsessed with finding the "Source Code" of the universe and remaking it in their image as "Reality 2.0" and acclimate Sleepers to the ideas of the Adepts bit by bit, usually through surreptitious introduction via VR and video games. A small and largely Kibo-based Alt with Hackers primarily existing as the QA team for their new reality. Ambitious, but often victims of bad paradox backlashes due to the inherent Vulgarity of their craft. Work closely with the Nexplorers.		* '''Reality Coder:''' Adepts obsessed with finding the "Source Code" of the universe and remaking it in their image as "Reality 2.0" and acclimate Sleepers to the ideas of the Adepts bit by bit, usually through surreptitious introduction via VR and video games. A small and largely Kibo-based Alt with Hackers primarily existing as the QA team for their new reality. Ambitious, but often victims of bad paradox backlashes due to the inherent Vulgarity of their craft. Work closely with the Nexplorers.
	* Nexplorers: The Virtual World's denizens. They go into Virtual Reality and the Web at large to explore it's depths, understand it's secrets, protect and expand it's borders from incursion, and try to fix things when sleeper script kiddies fuck things up. They're closely working with the Reality Coders to bring the Virtual World into everyday life, but often suffer similar paradox problems, and a notorious level of Quiet that effectively just means becoming Terminally Online.		* '''Nexplorers:''' The Virtual World's denizens. They go into Virtual Reality and the Web at large to explore it's depths, understand it's secrets, protect and expand it's borders from incursion, and try to fix things when sleeper script kiddies fuck things up. They're closely working with the Reality Coders to bring the Virtual World into everyday life, but often suffer similar paradox problems, and a notorious level of Quiet that effectively just means becoming Terminally Online.

	{{WoD-Traditions}}		{{WoD-Traditions}}

1d4chan>LongFangLongshot: /* "Organization" */

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"Organization"

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	== "Organization" ==		== "Organization" ==
	The Adepts~~? Having Organization~~? Don't make me laugh.		The Adepts? Don't make me laugh.

	The Adepts don't really have that, only really having two separate kinds of Virtual Adept: Kibos, and Hackers. The Kibos are the information brokers and cyphers of the Adepts; filtering terabytes of information and keeping the best stuff for themselves, particularly when it comes to Technocratic tactical info or secrets. The Hackers are those who act on the Kibo's information, attempting to do the impossible with nothing more than a little extra code.		The Adepts don't really have that, only really having two separate kinds of Virtual Adept: Kibos, and Hackers. The Kibos are the information brokers and cyphers of the Adepts; filtering terabytes of information and keeping the best stuff for themselves, particularly when it comes to Technocratic tactical info or secrets. The Hackers are those who act on the Kibo's information, attempting to do the impossible with nothing more than a little extra code.
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	* '''Elites:''' The base-level awakened Adepts, but also a challenge. If you're an Elite, you gotta prove you're Elite or otherwise you might get called Lame and then you'll probably have a heated Mage moment. They begrudgingly admit that some members of other Traditions are in fact capable of getting here, and respect the hell out of them if they do. It takes a lot of work to do that, however.		* '''Elites:''' The base-level awakened Adepts, but also a challenge. If you're an Elite, you gotta prove you're Elite or otherwise you might get called Lame and then you'll probably have a heated Mage moment. They begrudgingly admit that some members of other Traditions are in fact capable of getting here, and respect the hell out of them if they do. It takes a lot of work to do that, however.
	* '''Adepts:''' Purely a ceremonial title taken from the game's ranking system because they thought it was funny.		* '''Adepts:''' Purely a ceremonial title taken from the game's ranking system because they thought it was funny.
	* '''Wired:''' The Mods. You're a master of ~~Correspondance~~ here.		* '''Wired:''' The Mods. You're a master of Correspondence here, but also the person usually tasked with cleaning up the user's bullshit.
	* '''Jobes:''' You have permanently connected yourself to the Net and therefor the entire world, and can do the craziest possible stuff. If they show up, do whatever they ask. Anybody who can send your ass to space in seconds without you realizing it is not someone you should be fucking with.		* '''Jobes:''' You have permanently connected yourself to the Net and therefor the entire world, and can do the craziest possible stuff. If they show up, do whatever they ask. Anybody who can send your ass to space in seconds without you realizing it is not someone you should be fucking with.

			=== The Myriad Discord Channels ===
			Where organization fails, the Adepts do tend to congregate together in different groups called "Alts" to perform their hackerman wizardry. It should be noted that unlike a lot of other traditions, most Alts actively encourage working together as they swing either towards the Kibo or the Hacker side of their Tradition
			* '''Cyberpunks:''' Wake up, Samurai. We have a Technocracy to burn. These guys are hardcore collectivist frontliners against the Technocracy and probably the first thing you think of when you think of the Virtual Adepts; script kiddies fighting the man using technomagic and giving each other pats on the ass for doing so. Unfortunately, they're also far and away the least concerned with the Sleeping World, and so Cyberpunks unfortunately end up known to them as domestic/international terrorists due to their disregard for "buildings needing to stay up" or "fires set in houses tend to burn the whole place down"
			* Cypherpunks: More hacker than man, the Cypherpunks were the ones who figured out that the Technocracy had memed on them so hard they forgot hyperphysics, and cleansed the virus from their systems, reigniting hatred in the Technocracy (as if it needed any). The Cypherpunks nowadays are now a hyper-powered wikileaks dedicated to ensuring Adepts get the info they need, and blocking the Conventions from learning of their whereabouts.
			* Chaoticians: Obsessed with numbers, advanced mathematics, probabilities, and chaos systems. They are the most rigidly structured of all the Alts, but paradoxically the most confusing to the outsider's eye. The Chaoticians meet based on specific number patterns, the weather, you name it, it probably factors in, and offer a dizzying array of ways to end a meeting in seconds. Due to their precise understanding of Entropy and Time, Chaoticians act as master strategists for the entire Tradition and pretty much every planned raid or operation is encouraged to go through them first.
			* Reality Coder: Adepts obsessed with finding the "Source Code" of the universe and remaking it in their image as "Reality 2.0" and acclimate Sleepers to the ideas of the Adepts bit by bit, usually through surreptitious introduction via VR and video games. A small and largely Kibo-based Alt with Hackers primarily existing as the QA team for their new reality. Ambitious, but often victims of bad paradox backlashes due to the inherent Vulgarity of their craft. Work closely with the Nexplorers.
			* Nexplorers: The Virtual World's denizens. They go into Virtual Reality and the Web at large to explore it's depths, understand it's secrets, protect and expand it's borders from incursion, and try to fix things when sleeper script kiddies fuck things up. They're closely working with the Reality Coders to bring the Virtual World into everyday life, but often suffer similar paradox problems, and a notorious level of Quiet that effectively just means becoming Terminally Online.

	{{WoD-Traditions}}		{{WoD-Traditions}}

1d4chan>LongFangLongshot: /* Cyberpunks of Darkness */

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Cyberpunks of Darkness

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	The Adepts are also the most open about their distrust and active work against the Technocracy; spending the most effort in fighting them through information warfare, cyber-wizardry, and of course some good old fashioned trolling. They do this because they see the Technocratic understanding of information as being inherently bad for everyone and understand from first-hand experience that the Technocracy will usually go way overboard in trying to establish their New World Order. As such, they tend to be the hacktivists and cyberterrorists of Mages.		The Adepts are also the most open about their distrust and active work against the Technocracy; spending the most effort in fighting them through information warfare, cyber-wizardry, and of course some good old fashioned trolling. They do this because they see the Technocratic understanding of information as being inherently bad for everyone and understand from first-hand experience that the Technocracy will usually go way overboard in trying to establish their New World Order. As such, they tend to be the hacktivists and cyberterrorists of Mages.

	Within the Traditions, they really only get along with the Cult of Ecstasy (for obvious reasons) and the Sons of Ether due to their shared hobby of building computers that do way more than the average computer should be able to, the rest they are either looked down on as brats who understand nothing of their centuries old suffering, or as blasphemers of an order that's otherwise kept a fragile balance.		Within the Traditions, they really only get along with the Cult of Ecstasy (for obvious reasons) and the Sons of Ether due to their shared hobby of building computers that do way more than the average computer should be able to, the rest they are either looked down on as brats who understand nothing of their centuries old suffering, or as blasphemers of an order that's otherwise kept a fragile balance. In fairness, they're a VERY difficult bunch to deal with off the bat, being every bit fueled by 80's and 90's-era "stick it to the MAN" personalities that can put Sleepers and the Awakened off, even if they have nothing but humanity's best interests at heart.

	Virtual Adepts with Pattern avatars are moderates of [[Stasis]], whereas their extremist analogues are the [[Threat Null]] Technocrats.		Virtual Adepts with Pattern avatars are moderates of [[Stasis]], whereas their extremist analogues are the [[Threat Null]] Technocrats.

1d4chan>Gilten at 06:39, 7 February 2023

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	{{Topquote\|Cyberspace. A consensual hallucination experienced daily by billions of legitimate operators, in every nation, by children being taught mathematical concepts.\|William Gibson}}		{{Topquote\|Cyberspace. A consensual hallucination experienced daily by billions of legitimate operators, in every nation, by children being taught mathematical concepts.\|William Gibson}}
			{{Topquote\|The grid. A digital frontier. I tried to picture clusters of information as they moved through the computer. What did they look like? Ships? motorcycles? Were the circuits like freeways? I kept dreaming of a world I thought I'd never see. And then, one day... I got in.\|Kevin Flynn, ''Tron Legacy''}}

	The [[Mage: The Ascension]] equivalent of [[Anonymous]]. The '''Virtual Adepts''' are breakaways from the Technocrats that see Magic as coding for reality. Plants, trees, trains, that lamp in the corner of the room; find the code behind it, and you can alter and bend reality however you wish. As such, they spend a large amount of time in the virtual world doing their techno-magic hackery.		The [[Mage: The Ascension]] equivalent of [[Anonymous]]. The '''Virtual Adepts''' are breakaways from the Technocrats that see Magic as coding for reality. Plants, trees, trains, that lamp in the corner of the room; find the code behind it, and you can alter and bend reality however you wish. As such, they spend a large amount of time in the virtual world doing their techno-magic hackery.

1d4chan>LongFangLongshot at 06:33, 7 February 2023

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	{{Topquote\|Cyberspace. A consensual hallucination experienced daily by billions of legitimate operators, in every nation, by children being taught mathematical concepts.\|William Gibson}}		{{Topquote\|Cyberspace. A consensual hallucination experienced daily by billions of legitimate operators, in every nation, by children being taught mathematical concepts.\|William Gibson}}
	The [[Mage: The Ascension]] equivalent of [[Anonymous]]. The '''Virtual Adepts''' are breakaways from the Technocrats that see Magic as coding for reality. Plants, trees, trains, that lamp in the corner of the room; find the code behind it, and you can alter and bend reality however you wish. As such, they spend a large amount of time in the virtual world doing their techno-magic hackery.		The [[Mage: The Ascension]] equivalent of [[Anonymous]]. The '''Virtual Adepts''' are breakaways from the Technocrats that see Magic as coding for reality. Plants, trees, trains, that lamp in the corner of the room; find the code behind it, and you can alter and bend reality however you wish. As such, they spend a large amount of time in the virtual world doing their techno-magic hackery.


	== History ==		== History ==

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 {{Topquote|Cyberspace. A consensual hallucination experienced daily by billions of legitimate operators, in every nation, by children being taught mathematical concepts.|William Gibson}}
-The [[Mage: The Ascension]] equivalent of [[Anonymous]]. The '''Virtual Adepts''' are breakaways from the Technocrats that see Magic as coding for reality. Plants, trees, trains, that lamp in the corner of the room; find the code behind it, and you can alter and bend reality however you wish. As such, they spend a large amount of time in the virtual world doing their techno-magic hackery. They look down on their fellow traditions, whilst they're seen as too radical by the technocrats, meaning nobody really likes them all that much.
+The [[Mage: The Ascension]] equivalent of [[Anonymous]]. The '''Virtual Adepts''' are breakaways from the Technocrats that see Magic as coding for reality. Plants, trees, trains, that lamp in the corner of the room; find the code behind it, and you can alter and bend reality however you wish. As such, they spend a large amount of time in the virtual world doing their techno-magic hackery.
 Virtual Adepts with Pattern avatars are moderates of [[Stasis]], whereas their extremist analogues are the [[Threat Null]] Technocrats.
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	{{Topquote\|Cyberspace. A consensual hallucination experienced daily by billions of legitimate operators, in every nation, by children being taught mathematical concepts.\|William Gibson, ''Neuromancer''}}		{{Topquote\|Cyberspace. A consensual hallucination experienced daily by billions of legitimate operators, in every nation, by children being taught mathematical concepts.\|William Gibson, ''Neuromancer''}}
	{{Topquote\|The grid. A digital frontier. I tried to picture clusters of information as they moved through the computer. What did they look like? Ships? motorcycles? Were the circuits like freeways? I kept dreaming of a world I thought I'd never see. And then, one day... I got in.\|Kevin Flynn, ''Tron Legacy''}}		{{Topquote\|The grid. A digital frontier. I tried to picture clusters of information as they moved through the computer. What did they look like? Ships? motorcycles? Were the circuits like freeways? I kept dreaming of a world I thought I'd never see. And then, one day... I got in.\|Kevin Flynn, ''Tron Legacy''}}