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--- sunnys_decking_guide [2022/08/20 23:27] – fixed some glaring errors and honestly made it less self promotional because reading through made me cringe. The major thing I edited was explaining how the paydata market currently works... and tried to reword a reference about crashing the market to not sunny
+++ sunnys_decking_guide [2023/06/17 14:24] (current) – [PART 3 "Why do I fumble everything in the Matrix?"(A treatise on buying programs)] khai
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 I am always updating this document, so please MAIL me if you would like to contribute.
-Also, feel free to call me on 72063215.
+Also, feel free to send me mail or ask on the radio for my current commcode.
 Your friend,
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 INCLUDES hot ASIST.  YOU WON'T FIND THESE IN STORES!
-(OOC: I mostly left this in as IC flavor, don't feel pressured to reach out to me. Deck building is fun, if you're so inclined. And there there are many in-game who can potentially build for you. Also, please note, that I do not typically keep a stock of premade decks on hand.) </code>
+(OOC: I mostly left this in as IC flavor.
+Deck building is fun, if you're so inclined.
+There there are many in-game who can potentially build for you.
+Also, please note, that I do not typically keep a stock of premade decks on hand.) </code>
 ====PART 2 "Persona Chips, and YOU!"(How to Understand your Icon's Potential!)====
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 For example: 6 MPCP deck could have 6/6/6/0, or 6/4/4/4, or 5/5/5/3, etc. You need to install persona chips onto your deck, but you do not have to set them as default. These persona programs make up your icon and allow you to attempt actions in the matrix. Think of them as your vital statistics in the matrix.
-You do not need to set these to load, these are different to utility programs. All you need to do, to use these chips, is **INSTALL** them on your deck. (See [[sunnys_guide_to_programming_and_deckbuilding|Sunny's Guide to Programming and Deckbuilding]]
+You do not need to set these to load, these are different to utility programs. All you need to do, to use these chips, is **INSTALL** them on your deck. (See [[sunnys_guide_to_programming_and_deckbuilding|Sunny's Guide to Programming and Deckbuilding]])
 BOD: Protects your icon from damage. The higher, the more punishment your icon can take before getting dumped from the matrix.
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 EVASION: Talk shit get hit. This is used in matrix combat.
-**Want to buy? SUNNY's price: 20,000 nuyen each, rating as per request**
 ====PART 3 "Why do I fumble everything in the Matrix?"(A treatise on buying programs)====
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 |Evade                         |Cloak                 |Evades IC|
 |Download                      |Read/Write            |Download files, paydata|
-|Locate <host/file>            |Browse,               |If you already know the name, you can skip this.|
+|Locate <host/file>            |Browse                |If you already know the name, you can skip this.|
-|Locate <ic>                   |Browse, Analyze       | |
+|Locate <ic>                   |Analyze               |If they're hiding, find them. |
-|Locate <decker>               |Browse, Scanner       |If they're hiding, find them.|
+|Locate <decker>               |Scanner               |If they're hiding, find them.|
 |Locate paydata                |Evaluate              |If you're looking for the money shot... Evaluate Utilities decay periodically, so you'll need to keep cooking new ones.|
 |Logoff                        |Deception             |Return to meat space  without frying your brain. Can't use when fighting Black IC.|
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 OK. If you are looking for how to build a deck, see [[sunnys_guide_to_programming_and_deckbuilding|here]].
+(OOC note: [[khai_deckbuilding|Khai's Guide to the Amateur Decker]] is perhaps an easier quickguide. Thanks Khai!)
 Please review previous parts, but to summarise:
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   - Repeat steps 3-7 until there is no more paydata to be found anywhere.
-That is basically all there is to **getting** paydata. **Selling** paydata's another story. There's a dwarf out in West Tacoma named Krakerjack that buys paydata. He's on Crescent Street. The quicker you can get the data to him, the more he'll pay. He pays more for orange, red and black host data. But you can still make a tidy profit selling the easy stuff.
+That is basically all there is to **getting** paydata. **Selling** paydata's another story. There's a dwarf out in West Tacoma named Krackerjack that buys paydata. He's on Crescent Street. The quicker you can get the data to him, the more he'll pay. He pays more for orange, red and black host data. But you can still make a tidy profit selling the easy stuff.
 <code> Factors determining paydata value (in no set order):
-. Host Security code (color)
+. What security code (color) host did the paydata come from?
 (least valuable) blue < green < orange < red (most valuable)
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 (eg, how much paydata of that 'color' has been sold to Krackerjack recently)
-. How 'fresh' the data you're selling is
+. How 'fresh' the data you're selling is / how long since you downloaded it from the host
 . Your negotiation skills vs Krackerjack's negotiation skills
 . Your skills with data brokerage
-//NB: Previously I warned everyone not to crash the market, but with hindsight, I regret this as it was not my intent to scare deckers new to Seattle away from snatching a piece of the data-apple-pie.
-The market will fluctuate, and you won't always expect it. But equally, a correction usually occurs in a couple of days, and at worse you will only be receiving **less** money than you expected. There are diminishing returns on paydata. Which is good, otherwise some of you would never venture into meat space.
-OOC: Don't be afraid of crashing the market. It will occur when lots of pay data is being traded, but the market will recover eventually.
 </code>
+NB: Previously I warned everyone not to crash the market, but with hindsight, I regret this as it was not my intent to scare deckers new to Seattle away from snatching a piece of the data-apple-pie.
+The market will fluctuate, and you won't always expect it. But equally, a correction usually occurs in a couple of days, and at worse you will only be receiving **less** money than you expected. There are diminishing returns on paydata. Which is good, otherwise some of you would never venture into meat space.
+((OOC: Don't be afraid of crashing the market. It will occur when lots of pay data is traded, but the market will recover eventually.))
 ====Part 6 "Hell is Empty and the Devils are Here" (fighting ICE and corpo spiders)====
 Well! I admit, I mostly think AVOIDING IC is the way to go. You just do not get much out of destroying IC. There's no special paydata for running your attack utility, as far as I know. There's minimal karma in it. And when you destroy an IC the security level in the host ticks up!
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 ====PART 7 "The Matrix Travel Guide*"   (A List of Popular Jackpoints and their Danger Levels - Reviewed!)====
-Please see below for a work in progress list of the various hosts around Seattle and surrounds.  All paydata price guides assumes a certain level of mastery in databrokerage, and the prices listed are base prices (OOC: assumes databrokering 6 and that nobody has been selling paydata.)
+Below is a snippet of a datafile on some of the hosts in the Seattle LTG and the Tacoma LTG.
-^Location         ^Host danger level              ^Comments/paydata value^
+As you look around the LTG you will see many more obvious hosts.
+^Physical Location         ^Host danger level              ^Comments/paydata value^
 |SEATTLE LTG                                                     |
 |Library          |Nil. The milkiest of milk runs              |Everyone knows this one. Data sells for 1000-2000 nuyen|
 |Dantes'          |Danger! Iceman doesn't like it when you go looking for paydata :(|There is actually IC protection here that will shred your icon if you're an idiot and go in without being protected. I mostly use this one to jack into and the LOGON to LTG and go about my Biz elsewhere.|
 |TACOMA LTG                                                          |
-|Nybbles n Bytes  |Nil to Low.|Data sells for 1000-2000 nuyen|
+|Nybbles n Bytes  |Nil to Low. |Not connected to the Tacoma LTG. Data sells for 1000-2000 nuyen|
-|Tacoma Junkyard  |Low. You can get IC if you aren't careful.|Data sells for 1000-2000 nuyen|
+|Tacoma Junkyard  |Low. |You can get IC if you aren't careful.  |
 |Tacoma Mall|Low. Plenty of IC, but they won't shred your proggies.|Lots and lots of paydata. Data sells for 1000-2000 Nuyen.|
-This is a work in progress. If you have locations and reviews to submit,
-send Sunny a mail in your pocket secretary, today!
 ===="There and Back Again" (A guide to how to logon to the RTG, the LTG, and any connected hosts!)====
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 In the section about Utility Programs you can see the list of every action you can take in the matrix, that I'm aware of.
-The following is an explaination about what you can do with LOGON.
+The following is an explanation about what you can do with LOGON.
-As you know, you CONNECT to the matrix at a jackpoint (see the travel guide for some hints about jackpoint locations).
+As you know, one **CONNECT**s to the matrix at a Jackpoint (see the travel guide for some hints about Jackpoint locations).
 Once you are in the matrix, you can do so many things. But something you might want to do is travel somewhere else.
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-  - So! Clever smarty pants might try to CONNECT to the matrix at a jackpoint unrelated to where they are going to go to work. And there's nothing wrong with that -- that means you don't have to get into Mitsuhama HQ to get that sweet, sweet corporate paydata.
+  - So! Clever smarty pants might try to CONNECT to the matrix at a Jackpoint unrelated to where they are going to go to work. And there's nothing wrong with that -- that means you don't have to get into Mitsuhama HQ to get that sweet, sweet corporate paydata. There are downsides, of course.
-  - In this example, let's say the decker CONNECTs to a Jackpoint in the Library.
+  - In this example, let's say the decker CONNECTs to one of the jackpoints in the Library.
   - They then use LOGON LTG to connect to the Local Telecommunications Grid. The Library, being in Seattle, is connected to the Seattle LTG.
   - They then could use LOCATE HOST <keyword> to find the telephone number of any host connected to the Seattle LTG.
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 See? Easy, Omae.
-However, you might notice that it is much easier if you jack directly into the terminal in question if you're hitting the orange or red hosts. If that's what you're up to, I really do recommend throwing some nuyen at a street samurai to watch your meat while you're decking.
+As I mentioned earlier, there are some downsides to jacking in from a remote device rather than a legal console.
+You may notice that it is much easier if you jack directly into the terminal in question, especially when dealing with orange and red security hosts. Also, your I/O speed and bandwidth are limited by the Jackpoint you are using. Also, as your icon traverses the matrix, you keep your security tally with you. This means that the further you are from your intended destination, the more actions you have to take to *get* to your destination, and the more chances that the host will be set on alert.
+Whatever you are up to, I do recommend throwing some nuyen at a street samurai to watch your meat while you're decking, especially if you decide you will bypass some of the matrix heat by sneaking into Novatech in meatspace.

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