02-21-2018, 01:30 PM | #11 | |
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Re: What does a computer really do for you?
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So, the best rule could also be the Complementary Skills rule from Action 2. The player would make a Computer Operation roll to find where to search (what search engine or website to use?) and then, the result would give him a bonus (or a penalty) to his Research roll. |
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02-21-2018, 01:39 PM | #12 |
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Re: What does a computer really do for you?
Internet access isn't [I]that[I] great if your Research skill sucks like mine does.
Paywalls everywhere. Unless of course you only care for things learned/proved over a decade ago. And so much false information that's sometimes hard to separate from the properly researched and verified, especially if you lack a proper grounding in the subject.
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02-21-2018, 01:42 PM | #13 | |
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02-21-2018, 02:23 PM | #14 | |
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02-21-2018, 02:44 PM | #15 |
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Re: What does a computer really do for you?
Not having Research/TL8 is more of a limitation than any other single factor. The tricks of verifying information found online, composing good search queries, etc. probably are prerequisites for the benefits I stated. I'm not sure how linked bonus size is to Research skill level, though. I'd probably just retcon what I said from "Computer Operation as a complimentary skill" to "Research as a complimentary skill" and note that Computer Operation is a prerequisite for Research/TL8+.
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02-21-2018, 04:19 PM | #16 |
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Re: What does a computer really do for you?
I'm a big fan of "Use the lesser of the two" when skills are so very 'overlappy'.
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02-21-2018, 04:21 PM | #17 | |
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Nowadays, even librarians use computers to know where are the books in their library, what they are talking about, who wrote them, and so on. My brother is a librarian; but he was hired because he was a computer operator and programmer. |
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02-21-2018, 05:53 PM | #18 |
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Re: What does a computer really do for you?
I really think that Computer Operation should default to Research at certain TLs. After all, how many academics really know that command prompt diagnostics by heart?
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02-21-2018, 05:56 PM | #19 |
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Re: What does a computer really do for you?
The ones that have computer operation skill? Plenty of heavy computer users still have the reaction of "ITOps, HELP!" when something goes wrong.
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02-21-2018, 07:20 PM | #20 |
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Re: What does a computer really do for you?
Indeed, today you do not need the skill to operate computers in most cases. But if something does not go as planned and there is an error, those without computer operation skill can at best try repeating what they tried after rebooting, more complex problem seeking requires usually actual understanding.
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