No.30783 [Last50 Posts]
Hey, /cyber/.
I'm doing something that uses some board-tans, and it got me thinking on what's the status of board-tans and mascots overall on 8ch. Over the next few days I'll be asking around other boards, to possibly catalogue them somewhere eventually- do you guys have one, a board-tan, a mascot?
Over a year after the board's creation, was the idea ever approached, did you reach some conclusion, do you want one, not want one? What's your shpiel, basically?
Pic unrelated, I just figure you'd like Bubblegum Crisis.
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No.30790
>>30783
There was a board tan thread here before The Great Deletion.
One of the other users can probably post pics / archive.
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No.30793
This is our /cyber/-tan, the best we got so far.
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No.30935
In the shitty OC thread someone wrote about how we got rid of board-tan due to too many dick pics.
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No.30936
>>30935
>too many dick pics
>A board dedicated to all things cyberpunk (and all other futuristic science fiction) NSFW welcome
>NSFW welcome
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No.30937
>>30935
>too many dick pics
>A board dedicated to all things cyberpunk (and all other futuristic science fiction) NSFW welcome
>NSFW welcome
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No.30946
>>30936
>>30937
What's this from?
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No.30953
>>30793
Kind of like it, its just maybe too complex to insert her into other art.
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No.31013
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No.31016
>>30946
not the guy who posted it, but it's from a live-action version of the Tragedy of Oedipus
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No.31187
Some drawfag anon made this one too
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No.31352
>>31013
weird calf
8/10 would fug
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No.31360
>>31187
Oh God, e-cigs aren't cyber right?
I know the addition of "e" to anything seems futuristic but I swear they're not the future.
They're definitely not "low life".
I'll just wait for the anti-cancer pills from Transmetropolitan.
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No.31367
Vivian James is the mascot of 8chan is she not? Just need to CyberPunk her up a bit.
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No.31375
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No.31376
So it is true that after the purge we got invaded by newshazbots, educate yourselves.
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No.31380
>>31360
Yeah, wait till you're dead.
I don't know if e-cigs are /cyber/, (I don't call them that, because that's cringy as fuck, I just call them vapes) but they are higher tech than lighting a stick of dead organic material on fire and inhaling.
Adding poison to your body is definitely low life, and since vapes and cigarettes share nicotine (first widely used as an insecticide) they are both pretty low-life.
There is an unnecessary amount of arguing around vapes, and I'm not sure why.
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No.31382
>>31360
How are they not cyber? It's an electronic way of satisfying your addiction. Black sticks with glowing blue or red LED's that produce vapor when exhaled. It's Cyber as fuck. It's the definition of low life high tech.
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No.31414
>>31376
>>31187
>>31013
For some reason this chick is the board-tan for cyber from a vote before the wipe, I think she looks like a shazbot tho.
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No.31415
>>31414
I like her.
Plenty of people like her.
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No.31434
Thanks guys, OP here. She looks pretty neat, I'm not a fan of this style of hairdo but that's my own thing. Did she have any lore associated with her, or anything similar? Any fluff?
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No.31435
>>31414
This.
She looks like some fucking early-born tumblr baby
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No.31437
people who bitch about the design being "too tumblr" somehow missed everything that happened with cyberpunk since the fucking eighties
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No.31442
>>30783
you should watch Uirusu shazbot
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No.31479
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>>31435
>early-born tumblr baby
Has to do with the proportion of the upper head to the lower head. Babies heads have a higher ratio of top to bottom head circumference. The proportion of the head produce apparent age. Vid related, just tilting a picture back and forth to change apparent proportions seems to change the age of the subject in the image.
I think the concept is OK, but the execution could be better.
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No.31484
>>31437
>look like a peice of neon sign fell on your head and stayed there
>visible augs
>dress so you couldn't walk through the subway without everyone staring
>row row fight the powa
>instantly recognized & arrested
How un-shway.
>>31434
Not that I remember, /cyber/ was a lot quieter back then.
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No.31485
>>31484
>implying simple policemen can arrest her
>implying she takes the subway like every other wageslave
Also in the concept it was stated that she can attach wigs and other stuff in the head sockets.
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No.31490
>>31414
What, from the poll that had a grand total of 5 votes?
Looks like utter shit.
>>31437
Oh, right, I forgot. Punk now means touching up your pink mohawk on the school bus while trying to keep from getting hair gel on the $300 leather jacket you bought at Hot Topic.
Shut the fuck up, shazbot. Fucking imageboards are infinitely more counterculture than "punk" today.
Educate yourself:
http://project.cyberpunk.ru/idb/cyber_punk.html
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No.31496
>>31490
>implying anything on this board is anything more than light RP
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No.31503
i wouldnt mind sharing a board-tan with lainchan
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No.31513
>everybody bitching about OC
>nobody posts drawings or contributes
>lainfags coming out again
well looks like we're at it again, I'm out
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No.31520
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No.31525
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No.31530
>>31490
>Fucking imageboards are infinitely more counterculture than "punk" today.
I guess you're right. Changing times, changing opinions. Hell, cyberpunk itself is on the same road to bullshit that steampunk already rocketed down.
No point trying to remember things I used to love. Since other people perverted their meaning, their memory must forever be stained beyond recognizance.
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No.31536
>Comeback to see a board-tan thread
>Excited to see it getting some motion
>Read thread
/cyber/ is the most decentralized board.
How about something simple like this:
>Bowl cut hair
>Sleeveless top
>Cargo Pants
>Combat boots
>Arm sleeves
If that doesn't suit you fags then board-tan is never going to happen at this rate.
>>30793
Complex, but fits the board well
>>31013
>>31187
>>31376
The autism over colored hair and other little details makes this impossible to be liked here.
>>31513
This is pretty damn good, are you the one that made the original concepts?
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No.31545
>>31513
That right there is a fantastic concept and you should expand on it. Add some more obvious cybergear to the head, perhaps, and make one of the arms visibly mechanical. Hair is good, because it's unconventional, but isn't faggy. I don't contribute because I am an utter shit artist.
>>31530
Cyberpunk will never drop fully to that level. The closest it got was before cybergoth invented a name for themselves. Steampunk never had an ounce of substance behind it. Cyberpunk had oodles.
I do think, however, that the board would be vastly improved if the mods derezzed everyone who admits to not reading a Gibson book in their lifetime.
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No.31559
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No.31574
>>31536
Where can I get a pair of those cargo pants? Those look fucking schway.
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No.31607
>>31574
Not sure what those exact ones are but TAD does some real HQ gear.
http://store.tripleaughtdesign.com/Apparel/Pants-And-Shorts
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No.31628
>>31559
>All but the hair
Alright, we're getting somewhere.
Let me list the modern approach to hairstyles and if you don't like them and think we're reverting to edgelord we can move to hair with a longer length or keep with short hair but in a different style.
>Shave head/Buzz cut
>Spikey Dykey
>Shaved on one side
>That floppy thing
>Short messy hair
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No.31629
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No.31630
>>31628
Personally, I'm a fan of the Motoko-style bob cut. However, of what you posted there, 5 is my favorite, then 4, then 2. I hate 1, baldness just looks so terrible, and 3 is mediocre.
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No.31633
>>31630
Motoko's style is a good choice of hair
I think the ultimatum is between the Major's hair (depend on which major exactly) and the short messy hair.
Unless someone says otherwise.
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No.31638
>>31628
I prefer the shaved on one side thing
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No.31639
>>31638
It does leave more room for augs or whatever
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No.31642
>>31628
I like 4 (reminds Garza from Continuum) and 5 (that girl from Mirrors Edge)
From practical standpoint, long hair can be grabbed during fight. Something like 10mm buzz cut is better and also easier to wash.
>>31633
I'll be glad if board-tan had Motoko's style.
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No.31652
>>31638
>>31639
What, you aren't worried someone's gonna think you look too SJW for their tastes?
Gotta keep up appearances after all…
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No.31657
>>31652
I doubt it if the rest is explicitly cyberpunk looking. Saying that I prefer the motoko cut best.
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No.31659
>>30793
ugh
I see that guy never updated the haircut, haircolor and clothes.
Generic anime girl with arm-augs and random cyber memes.
This is one was always much more fitting >>31013 >>31376
But for some reason some shazbots couldn't handle hr "haircut and bright colors". Guess she wasn't japanese enough.
To be fair, I don't like her haircut either
>>31484
Also much less contrarian/controversial, with Windows and Linux users calmly socializing. Different times, eh?
>>31633
I prefer either manga or SAC.
>>31639
I never understood the fixation for specific haircuts though. As long as its recognizable as being our board-tan, who cares? Its not like mascot/people don't ever change their styles.
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No.31672
>>31484
>>31490
Fuck off cypherpunks. Cyberpunk is as flashy as it can get. Just look at any cyberpunk RPG books, more specifically Shadowrun 2e's first pages.
>>31638
In Shadowrun, they used a similar haircut (not as exaggerated since the plugs were in the front) to leave some place for the data jacks.
However in Cyberpunk 2020 you could basically put your data plugs anywhere because the whole body was linked with a network of nanomachines. They even had different terms for the person with the implants depending on where they put their data plugs.
>>31659
>I never understood the fixation for specific haircuts though.
It more or less went like this
>We need to design a board tan
>Let's draw her with a Pink Mohawk! People will love the reference!
>Yeah, it looks good!
>NO ITS SJW HAIR YOU FUCKING shazbotS LETS USE SOMETHING PLAIN LIKE A BLACK PEEKABOO CUT OR A BLONDE BOBCUT BECAUSE THOSE ARE THE ONLY NON-DEGENERATE HAIRCUTS OUT THERE
And this is more or less why the brainstorming of /cyber/-tan's design died down. Fucking autists can't keep the dick in their pants.
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No.31679
>>31659
>As long as its recognizable as being our board-tan, who cares?
OP here, just to suggest this might be a smart idea. Maybe you guys should think specifically in terms of what colours you want her to have and what specific accessories (like the animal-ear-shaped augments for the head, or something), leaving freedom to choose hairstyle and some variety in clothing style to the artists so long as through colours and accessories you can recognize it's her.
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No.31682
>leaving freedom to choose…
I got an idea. SUDDENLY make her a nanite-composed robot that can choose any appearance, looking like generic anime waifu, Motoko or that vietnamese brouzoufier girl around the corner. The only clue that it is really her will be a mark on her arm, like this http://8ch.net/cyber/src/1425920263207.png or when you will understand it when it's too late and she shot you. It'll make squatting any *-tan body and using it to our purposes. Welcome to post-modernism! 3D-print your own /cyber/-tan today!
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No.31683
>>31682
>Nanite robots
>Cyberpunk
>Not post-cyberpunk as fuck
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No.31691
>>31679
>>31682
These are good ideas, we should have a distinguishing mark. A tattoo, or aug, placed in some easy to hide area, like the collarbone or inside of forearm. Something like the 8chan logo or brain circuitry thing
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No.31771
>>31659
Yeah I've been pretty lazy, here's the (very rough and shitty) draft with a slightly more cohesive colour scheme and some extra mechanical detail that I'm trying to not fuck up
I'm also attempting a generic animu version that isn't shit, but what do you dudes think of this one with the melty face? Is the flecktarn too busy? Should I change the hair colour/style? Should the moe moe fangs remain?
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No.31774
To tell the truth I reckon concepts or ideas like >>31536, >>31513, >>31633
and >>31659 are a lot better than my stuff (>>31771), so if we come to an agreement on what we're looking for in a board-tan I'm happy to contribute OC that's consistent with what the majority of the board actually wants
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No.31778
I rarely visit this board and it's still not entirely clear for me what cyberpunk really is, but I sketched a thing.
She's called number 8
she can rel8, m8 8/8
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No.31779
>>31672
>shadowrun
>literally science-fantasy
SHADOWRUN: GAG ME WITH A SPOON
No relationship. No permission. Nothing. Nary a word exchanged, ever.
Except that the admixture of cyberspace and, spare me, *elves*, has always been more than I could bear to think about.
I've just been ignoring it for years, and hope to continue to.
-William Gibson
tl;dr you're a shazbot with shit taste, as additionally evidenced by the fact that you're using cypherpunk as an insult
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No.31782
>>31628
I like 1, 3, and 5. 2 and 4 are ok as well. I think short hair fits best with cyberpunk because it's more practical and sort of rebellious and anti-society.
>>31691
This tattoo looks fucking badass. My favorite cyberpunk-tan would be short hair, that tattoo, some augs, and clothing like this. >>31536. Just my two cents.
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No.31785
>>31779
Read again Gibson's words. The words you just posted.
>Nary a word exchanged, ever.
>Except that the admixture of cyberspace and, spare me, *elves*, has always been more than I could bear to think about.
>I've just been ignoring it for years, and hope to continue to.
He is complaining about mixing cyberpunk with fantasy. He is not saying Shadowrun isn't cyberpunk, just that mixing cyberpunk and fantasy is heresy to him. This doesn't mean Shadowrun isn't cyberpunk because Gibson himself said he has been ignoring it for years because he dislikes the concept, but he probably doesn't know what's inside of Shadowrun.
Honestly, Shadowrun minus the magic is cyberpunk as fuck. I prefer Cyberpunk 2020's corporation model, but that doesn't mean Shadowrun isn't cyberpunk.
There is a variant of Shadowrun called Gibsonrun where anything fantasy has been removed and it's basically Cyberpunk 2020 with a different dice system and some minor setting differences.
Furthermore, quoting Gibson as a way to win the argument reminds me of quoting Alan Kay on why any OOP language that isn't Smalltalk is shit. He might have had the idea first, but that doesn't mean it hasn't grown out of him or that he is the best at it.
Anyway, if you don't believe me when I say cyberpunk is flashy, why not fucking read Cyberpunk 2020's sourcebook and check how "Style over Substance" is one of the bases of the game?
>you're using cypherpunk as an insult
Cypherpunk and cyberpunk are just two terms related by the fact that they are both strong in technology themes and sound similar.
When you come to the cyberpunk board and start suggesting a cypherpunk mascot because "it's more cyberpunk than cyberpunk", that means you are unaware f the distinction between cyberpunk and cypherpunk, which means you are a newshazbot and/or retarded and deserve being called out on it.
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No.32051
>>31771
>board-tan is a snatcher with 6 arms
too spooky
Seriously though, I don't understand why you use black to outline darker colors like blue or gray, while using it also for the maize leaves, lighter flames, clothes, belt; but having the skin use a darker brown and the hair turquoise (wut?). Plus the line weight is incongruent and the lack of shading in the skin/hair compared to the rest hurts the piece. the rest is good though, although it still seems like some anime girl pretending to be cyber.
>>31778
Pretty good, looks a little bit retro-cyberpunk if that exists (or are we calling 80s/Cyberpunk 2020 retrocyberpunk now?).
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No.32112
>>31629
I don't care if it's chicks pants, I'm buying it.
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No.32431
>>32051
yeah all of that basically just boils down to me not being that good of an artist, cheers for pointing that stuff out, it needs fixing
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No.32455
Why are -tans always women? Why not just have a cool cyber dude instead of aiming purposefully at chicks?
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No.32489
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No.32529
>>30936
Those look like the masks in Dark Souls.
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No.32536
>>31628
Anon, are you fucking serious? Like, did you honestly consider wtf you posted before posting it? Explain to me why the fuck must my cybertan look like some bulldyke or cancer patient? Were you like raised by feminists or what?
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No.32546
>>32536
what goddamn cyberpunk-related media do you prefer that has you THIS FUCKING UP IN ARMS about this?
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No.32576
>>32546
It has less to do with cyberpunk media and more to do with natural biological preference for girls with long hair.
They way I imagined cyber chicks is girls with pretty much normal hairstyles but somewhat edgier.
But who the fuck said cyberpunk girls have to be bald? Like is there some cyberpunk bible or some shit that says "thine females should be tasteless, styleless skinheads"? Is Ellen De'Genarate also cyberpunk? GTFO fucking 12 year olds and stay in school.
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No.32603
>>32576
>>32536
You are right. /cyber/-tan should be a brown haired woman, with a plain ponytail, fair skin and blue eyes, because anything else is degenerate. Her dress should be a plain green dress, with some white details, a long skirt and virtually no skin shown. Her only augment should be a Faith augment in the form of a golden cross necklace.
>complaining about degeneracy
>in cyberpunk
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No.32607
>>32536
>>32546
this guy gets it
fuck off tumblr dykes
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No.32614
>>32489
So basically everyone here is all about the cyber aesthetic. Nice.
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No.32624
>>31774
I've always thought /cyber/ tan would wear a zipped up hoodie, baggie pants, carrying a cellphone-size piece of glass with a holodisplay, with her thumb hovering over a big red button labeled "activate it" if an eye is showing, it's the Riddick style "I SEE EVERYTHING" type shit.
>>32614
We're not "all about the aesthetic", but there's little else to a *-tan.
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No.32625
>>32614
Style Over Substance, chombatta.
>>32624
Ain't that too cypherpunk? Stealth is pretty cool, but it isn't the first thing you think of when thinking about cyberpunk.
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No.32626
>>32625
Really? It is for me, a bunch of cloak-and-daggar figures conspiring in dark alleys to raid, steal from, and blow up the datacenter down the street.
I know a lot of people get their version of cyberpunk from Gibbson, but it's outdated IMO, it's the 80's version of the future, we've had plenty of new stuff since.
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No.32630
>>32625
>>32626
For me it is both of those things.
Some style and 80's feeling, but also in the shadows conspiring and cruelty.
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No.32632
>>30783
I vote we make Adam Jensen our official cyber-tan.
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No.32633
>>32632
I can agree with this
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No.32640
>>32626
Now that you mention it, I could really get behind Ed as the board-tan.
I know she's been used in other boards' banners, but she's a perfect fit.
I mean, since Lain is taken.
Or, for a more manly stance, Gogol from Cyber City Oedo 808. Only downside would be lack of high quality shots.
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No.32645
>>32640
I think we're all leaning towards jensen as our -tan tbh
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No.32649
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>>32645
But he's so generic … how about batou?
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No.32650
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No.32654
>>32650
Indeed, I vote for Anne Navarre.
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No.32661
>>32640
my favorite anime i just wish they would have made more than 3 episodes.
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No.32662
>>32661
They could have made a hell of a cool universe beyond those three. The 1-character-per-ep format always feels rushed.
Cool guys, cool world, cool tech.
Cool soundtrack (UK releases)
Shame to see it so unfulfilled.
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No.32664
>>32662
tru but at the same time i dont want to see it redone today because it wouldnt be the same from that late 80's early 90's feel. it would probs end up some fucking played out harem tech bullshit with a bunch of weeaboos running around.
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No.32665
>>32664
Oedo is a product of its time. When you'd watch VHS commercials of anime, and they'd be all gory and shit and unapologetic.
Mable that really can't be done today.
90's anime was genius.
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No.32666
>>32665
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yEXh9gPo7MY
This is how I learned of Oedo. On the trailers before Street Fighter II the movie.
Such a great commercial.
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No.32667
>>32665
yeah when i first saw iria it blew my mind i was 7 years old at the time and was like wtf people can die in cartoons, i didnt know how to feel i was amazed, than i saw vampire hunter d and roujin the folwing two saturdays on the sci fi channel and it was gloriuos
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No.32668
I really think cyber-tan should be like, hot, and futuristic, you know? Not 80s-futuristic but future-futuristic.
>>32632
But Jensen isn't a girl and he doesn't have boobs.
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No.32676
>>32668
-tan isn't woman specific
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No.32710
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No.32713
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No.32715
>>32710
I'm also okay with this
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No.32717
>>32710
I'm also also ok with this
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No.32726
>>32710
well, he is pretty schway…
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No.32741
>>32726
Damnit, Johnson you couldn't have said it better.
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No.32766
>>32710
shoot for this one
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No.32771
what if he/she tries really hard to be a cool cat like the laughing man, but every time they fuck up the superimposed logo so it's badly drawn or looks like it was made in ms paint
it hides their head so we don't have to worry about gender or hairstyle if they stick to androgynous clothing
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No.32776
>>32771
just fuck me up ok
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No.32802
>>32771
>>32776
I like how you draw fingers and limp wrists. Legs are awesome too. Can you draw it electronically?
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No.32808
>>32802
sure thing, I'll get to it. Any suggestions for what I should focus on?
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No.32812
>>32710
It's decided. We have our new cyber-tan. Should we give him a specific name? I'm thinking hacker-tan. Simple, effective, and a spin-off from the name "hackerman".
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No.32816
>>32812
too shallow imho
/cyber/-tan is fine
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No.32817
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No.32822
>>32808
>Any suggestions for what I should focus on?
Image size and details. Add some subtle stuff that will make /cyber/ smile.
Also make clean version of him (oh, oxploitable!) for user-defined feels.
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No.32831
>>32822
By "clean version" do you mean plain clothes and a neutral stance? What sort of details would /cyber/ enjoy?
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No.32844
>>32831
>By "clean version" do you mean plain clothes and a neutral stance?
Exactly, with blank face emblem too.
>What sort of details would /cyber/ enjoy?
Dunno. Subtle references to cyberpunk movies and music. Irony and satire is welcomed too!
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No.32849
>>32812
Arnold Shwaynigger
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No.32850
>>32831
Put various references and cameos from other cyberpunk media and silly question but what are you doing exactly, is it like a comic or something? Is there a link to it?
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No.32857
>>32816
/cyber/-tan works. All in favour of /cyber/-tan?
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No.32886
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No.32890
>>32857
How about cyber MAN?
Hmm? Hmmm?
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No.32892
>>32850
nah just drawing bullshit for you guys, I'm open to suggestions though
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No.32920
>>32812
What about /cyber/fuck.
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No.32921
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No.32935
>>32921
George Gibson or maybe just Gibson (Gibson-tan?)
>>32892
You could draw him a cybergf/squeeze so you can please those who wanted a female board-tan, bonus points for an asian cyborg waifu with big boobs
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No.32939
>>32935
>You could draw him a cybergf/squeeze so you can please those who wanted a female board-tan,
this seems like a great plan
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No.32973
>>32935
I think Gibson is a smart choice for the name.
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No.32984
Draw the guy a girlfriend too ffs, he is cool now.
>you may think I am idiot in r9k
>but in cyber world you will never think I am idiot again
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No.32985
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No.32991
>>32973
>>32710
>>32812
>/cyber/'s board-tan is a fucking variation of wojack
Jesus Christ this board is pathetic. No creativity or originality whatsoever, no OC, and so cucked by /pol/ that the original attempts at having a board-tan were stillborn because muh degeneracy and muh SJWs
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No.33008
>>32991
No, they were stillborn because the entire idea was shit, and the artist was even worse shit.
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No.33009
>>32710
We should differentiate him by only using gifs that are glitched, distorted, or have nifty effects like that.
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No.33011
>>32991
But anon, every board tan must be a clone of Christina now!
>>33008
>and the artist was even worse shit
You telling me a crude edit of le ebin feels maymay is good art?
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No.33014
>>33011 (checked)
No, but at the very least, it's amusing.
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No.33194
I'm not a drawfag, so this took me over 2 hours, but i tried to combine all the ideas in this thread. Wadda think?
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No.33195
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No.33202
>>33195
It looks too much like Motoko.
Goddamn, /cyber/, I know you're probably all STEM majors but this is kind of painful to watch.
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No.33203
>>33195
well, I suppose we're at least preserving SOME originality whilst appeasing the shazbots obsessed with only having very predictable hair
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No.33205
>>33202
>m-muh STEM masterrace…
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No.33209
>>33194
Kusanagi? Is that you?
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No.33214
http://voltor.narod.ru/cp2020/contents.html
http://voltor.narod.ru/cp2020/001.htm
This is essence of Cyberpunk � playing your character with the proper disaffected, cynical-yet-idealistic style. Whether you�re a biker with leathered skin and metal claws, or a debutante in satin sporting the latest in designer cyberoptics, you�re going to need a certain panache � a certain flair, in portraying yourself. To achieve the essence of the 2000�s, you need to master three concepts:
1) Style over Substance
It doesn�t matter how well you do something, as long as you look good doing it. If you�re going to blow it, make sure you look like planned it that way. Normally, clothes and looks don�t matter in a adventure � in this world, having a leather armor jacket and mirrorshades is a serious consideration.
2) Attitude is Everything
It�s truth. Think dangerous; be dangerous. Think weak; be weak. Remember, everyone in the 2000�s is carrying lots of lethal hardware and high-tech enhancements. They won�t be impressed by you new H&K smartgun unless you swagger into the club looking like you know how to use it � and are just itching for an excuse.
3) Live on the Edge
The Edge is that nebulous zone where risk takes and highriders go. On the Edge, you�ll risk your brouzouf, your rep, even your life on something as vague as a principle or a big score. As a cyberpunk, you want to be the action, start the rebellion, light the fire. Join great causes and fight for big issues. Never drive slow when you can drive fast. Throw yourself up against danger and take it head on. Never play too safe. Stay committed to the Edge.
BUT OH, NO
COLORED HAIR
MUST BE TUMBLR
and for the cypherpunk assholes with no reality/fiction divide
OH NO, IDENTIFIABLE FEATURES
ALREADY ARRESTED
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No.33216
>>33214
>citing Tryhard 2020: The Game
>instead of core/source cyb lit
Might as well just make cyber-tan a fucking elf. It's from shadowrun after all, rite gaise?
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No.33235
Just fucking give it up already you shazbots. The fact that this board has been around for as long as it has with all these failed attempts at something as simple as making a board-tan and all this bickering over making a board-tan just goes to show that this place is beyond saving. Literally no OC comes out of here.
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No.33239
>>33216
>Implying Cyberpunk 2020 is bad
>Implying Cyberpunk 2020 isn't actually "Cyberpunk Stereotypes: The Game"
Snow Crash was even more "tryhard" than Cyberpunk 2020, if that's what you are saying. Or should we guide ourselves only by muh Neuromancer, which was released only 4 years earlier than Cyberpunk 2020?
I bet you fag want to use the modern DooSex approach of cyberpunk, shazbot. I support >>33214 , kill urself my man.
Also
>Might as well just make cyber-tan a fucking elf. It's from shadowrun after all, rite gaise?
>What are bodymods
shazbot.
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No.33249
Honestly is it that hard to draw a hot cyber chick? Cyber wojack is a cool meme but he won't cut it, we need a separate character and one that goes with the awesome internet tradition of having a female mascot. (esecially a sexy one in our case)
Whoever the artist is, draw some concept art in your own time and we can choose what's shway
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No.33258
>>33249
It doesn't matter what kind of /cyber/-tan we come up with, people will just bitch and moan if it isn't a submissive virgin Christian Aryan girl. Every attempt thus far at creating a /cyber/-tan has been derailed with "MUH DYKE SJW HAIR #TRIGGERED" shitposting. Because, you know, it's cyberpunk and it is to be fucking expected that girls are going to have punkish, challenging hairstyles. Especially in the stereotypical representation of cyberpunk that one would want to go for in representing it with a board mascot.
Or should we just have her be wearing military surplus? Because autists will get triggered about MUH BLENDING IN.
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No.33262
>>33258
>MUH BLENDING IN.
>Needing to blend in when you have implanted yourself Kerenzikov + BOOSTMASTER, Wired Reflexes +2, Corvette cyberlegs and have injected yourself SloMo up the wazoo
>Not wearing light-emitting techhair and light-tattoos to be known as "The Neon Ray" due to all that sanic fast
>Not realizing you can be as flashy as you want when you are practically untouchable
THIS IS WHAT IMPLANTS ARE FOR, YOU IMBECILES.
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No.33268
>>33262
yeah, but all the cypherpunk wankers think that, since they try to dodge watchlists as a hobby, everyone should regardless of fictional status
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No.33270
>>33262
>Case had all of these implants
Case is the gold standard for what makes a cyberpunk protag. The really funny thing is that Molly Millions, the one character that most represents the over-the-top vibe that you shazbots are trying to push, dressed crazy in places like the Sprawl as a way of saying "I'm dangerous, don't mess with me", but blended in as a vacant tourist during the Panther Moderns operation.
>>33258
>whining
If you really think >>31376, >>31187, and >>31013 aren't simply shitty art, you need to reevaluate your tastes.
And amusingly enough, you're the one shitposting right now.
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No.33337
>>33270
I never really liked that specific design, but that's not the point. People will actively shit on ALL dyed hair even though it is something normal in original cyberpunk and neocyberpunk. Fuck, there are even literal neon rainbow hair implants in some settings, and luckily >>31013 knew how to capture that. Fuck, I wouldn't even call those shit art, I just don't like her design in general, but the IDEA behind that design is pretty good. Come to think of it, adding a bit more of hair and changing the jacket or the pants (I can't remember any cyberpunk setting where leopard patterns were a thing, but I guess there is nothing specifically against that) would make her a more than acceptable design.
The problem with all the shitposting arising from this comes from butthurt and misunderstanding from two different groups: the shazbots who don't know this is a work of fiction and automatically associate neon hair and weird hairstyles with muh SJW, and the people who think cypherpunk is synonymous of cyberpunk, respectively.
The first one is a lost case and probably just better to ignore them altogether (have you seen how they shat up the second /cyber/-tan thread? It was amazing). The second one, while I actually like cypherpunk too and think it should be discussed in /cyber/ too -amongst other things because unless we turned this board into a straight up roleplay board, it would be kill if we only talked about pure cyberpunk-, is not what cyberpunk is about. There are vast differences between cyberpunk and cypherpunk aesthetic, one of them based around flashyness and absolutely no sense of shame whatsoever, and the other one based on the complete opposite. And it's a problem because a board tan's design is based all around aesthetic, and given /cyber/ is the CYBERPUNK in allcaps and sci-fi in lowercase board, it would be dumb to focus on anything else than cyberpunk. It would be like /tg/ having a catgirl-tan because they like catgirls and sometimes talk about catgirls despite appearing in very little tabletop RPG settings.
Now that I have explained why it would be dumb for /cyber/-tan to be an edgelord dressed in only black clothing, I want to mention that although there is much more to cyberpunk to this, Cyberpunk 2020's three guidelines are a pretty good starting point to design cyberpunk main characters. Fuck, Cyberpunk 2020's implants list has a lot of cool shit you can use, specially Fashionware, and if you mix it up with Shadowrun's (lel le gag me with a spoon xD) splatted implants lists you can have pretty much everything you would desire for a cyberpunk character.
Now onto hair, which is the hottest topic around hair: pretty much any hairstyle can be cyberpunk given it's flashy, whether it is because it's dyed in unusual colors or because the hairstyle itself is out of the ordinary, or (specially) both. However, a standard black/brown hairstyle is probably more characteristic of the cypherpunk aesthetic, even though it could perfectly appear in a cyberpunk setting just like secondary characters without weird hair colors can appear in muh Chinese cartoons. Back in the 80s, when cyberpunk started being a thing, youngsters (the people who adults thought would eventually become the decadent cyberpunks) used to wear hairstyles with lots of volume, an the even more decadent literal punks (the equivalent of the raddest street gangs in any cyberpunk setting) used to wear short, dyed and specially outrageously flashy hairstyles.
Funnily enough, pic related started to be worn by female punks around that era, even though we can see it today in some low life girls and even in some original cyberpunk (old Shadowrun books have something similar for technomancers, and before you start again with the ebin Gibson meme, allow me to remind you Shadowrun is cyberpunk + fantasy, and human technomancers are 100% on the cyberpunk side) and neocyberpunk settings, and it makes lots of sense: the short hair on the left side of the head makes it easier to connect any cables to plugs located there. Cyberpunk 2020 mostly disregarded this logic thanks to being able to put plugs in any part of your body due to the nature of the neural implants, which were actually nanomachines that weaved an information network around your whole body, but if we go with a more "traditional" approach to brain implants, short hair kind of makes sense for any cyberpunk character. Considering the original /cyber/-tan design, I think that's what the author thought when making her half bald, considering she has a heavily augmented head, although there was no need to make her a complete babyhead.
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No.33338
>>33337
Continuing with the hair, what about using a color-shift hair implant? In my opinion they are cyberpunk as fuck, pretty much the embodiment of Style over Substance, and it could appease the autism of muh degenerate hair color Anons by simply turning off the implant or changing its color to something more normal. Of course, another artist might at the same time paint her with literal rainbow-colored hair.
To satisfy cypherpunks, a synthskin implant (transparent yoctoLED array implanted across the user's skin) could be used to avoid facial recognition programs due to its ability to display any pattern and even moving patterns of light tattoos all over the body, including the face. Of course, shining like a beacon is anything but stealthy, but when everything that can be said about you is "well, it's like a walking disco ball" or "it reminds me of that neon-Colbert gif", you can consider the job done, specially if we take into account these can always be disabled.
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No.33340
>>33337
We don't we have two /cyber/-tans so at least we satisfy the people who want a female and male cyber tan? Everybody wins and we get /two/ cool ass characters to represent our board.
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No.33346
>>33270
Just listen to this guy: >>33337
The fact that he took the time to type out this massive post when he clearly knows far more about cyberpunk than anyone in this thread (and most people on this board) is far more than you fucking posers deserve at this point.
It was never about the quality of the original drawings; it was about the constant whining from people about the fact that the proposed mascot had dyed hair and an undercut, and little more. If it weren't for this nonsense, the discussion would have been able to continue in a fairly common thread towards a mascot that actually represents what cyberpunk is and someone who can draw better could have stepped forward.
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No.33348
>>33346
>when he clearly knows far more about cyberpunk than anyone in this thread (and most people on this board) is far more than you fucking posers deserve at this point
ｗｈａｔ ｄｉｄ ｍｙ ｐｏｏｒ ｓｉｄｅｓ ｅｖｅｒ ｄｏ ｔｏ ｄｅｓｅｒｖｅ ｔｈｉｓ
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No.33350
>>33348
It's a logical fallacy, but I dare you to counter >>33337 's argument.
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No.33351
>>33337
>People will actively shit on ALL dyed hair
If that was actually true, you'd see people mad over Motoko. You don't, of course, so you should be able to figure out exactly what that means.
Of course, the fact that people are actually still this mad over cyber-tan says something, when nobody on any other board actually cares about board-tans anymore. It was something fun for building board identity a year ago when people were leaving halfchan. It's irrelevant now.
But don't worry, I'll take the b8. I actually don't have many issues with your pic there, because it's well-done, and an appealing design. >>31013 is neither. There's all kinds of strawmanning going on (¥500 says that the original artist is still asspained) claiming that the only people who hate the design are all /pol/ transplants. That's simply not the case - I only ever see ironic shitposts about "degeneracy" on this board. It looks like shit. It's generic DA-tier art with fake-looking "implants".
And then people like you come along and start talking about how cyberpunk "is just fiction, gaize". Have you only looked at the picture and music threads on this board? How can you possibly be so dense? You slap a cypherpunk label on half the people who disagree with you, yet I don't see many (if any) cryptodorks hanging around here.
But do you know why, exactly, the first cyber-tan thread got shat up? Because lots of people didn't like the design. The sheer amount of butthurt and autism from the few people who did like it is what's fueling this thread.
I don't have time to reply to everything you've posted, but really, you might as well just make the board-tan cybergoth at this rate. You're citing Shadowrun (a fucking FANTASY game and setting) and a single other game meant to be over-the-top, and ignoring any and all other media for the sake of proving a point against a strawman. You've forgotten the genre's noir roots. You're even calling the father of cyberpunk a meme. I suppose Bethke was a meme, too? Do you even know who he is without looking him up?
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No.33352
>>33351
>If that was actually true, you'd see people mad over Motoko
Nobody gets mad over dark-purple-hair-that-might-as-well-be-black in anime. If it wasn't because it was made in Japan way before the SJW craze hit imageboards, I think the situation would be different.
Besides, GitS is post-cyberpunk, not really cyberpunk.
>here's all kinds of strawmanning going on (¥500 says that the original artist is still asspained) claiming that the only people who hate the design are all /pol/ transplants
There are many users who think this, but let's not act like any fucking proposal about oddly dyed neon hair or short hairstyles weren't met with "de-geee-neee-ratttte", "SJW!" or "it's dyke hair" arguments. Hell, even >>33337
's hairstyle was said to be a GNU/dyke/SJW hairstyle.
https://8archive.moe/cyber/thread/7709/#q14376
https://8archive.moe/cyber/thread/7709/#14625
https://8archive.moe/cyber/thread/7709/#q18008 (later the user specified he really meant it looked like a cyberdyke just because of the pink hair)
These are definitely not ironic. The rest of the posts mentioning at least one of the three magic words could be considered funposting even though they really meant that with their complaints.
Not to mention half of the people in that thread don't seem to understand what cyberpunk is about and outright suggested sci-fi shit, but oh well.
>Have you only looked at the picture and music threads on this board? How can you possibly be so dense?
http://cyberpunk.asia/countdown.php?lng=us
I bothered doing the median percentage for you. We're at 34% cyberpunk.
>b-but they are made up percentages!
And pictures and music are anecdotal evidence at best. Your point? Will you demand for Gibson to come out and announce "CYBERPUNK IS NOW!" out of his lungs?
My point when talking about cyberpunk being only a work of fiction is that it doesn't matter if it's degenerate. That's the beauty about fiction, because it just doesn't exist and you can do whatever in it. It doesn't matter if /cyber/-tan is a Black Lace junkie who is a turbodyke that fucks a new playbeing every day because she doesn't exist.
Furthermore, if we go with the whole "cyberpunk is our near future!" thing, then that means SJW trends and aesthetics are part of the future too. If your complaint is about degeneracy of society in cyberpunk then good luck, you found the wrong board and fandom because that's exactly what cyberpunk is about.
Not to mention that if you insist on cyberpunk being about reality, we are more likely to enter into the cypherpunk-only era than into cyberpunk. No augments, no neons; just guys wearing dark trenchcoats meeting in a dark alleyway to exchange encrypted jumpers to avoid being by the all-seeing eye of Sauron the government.
>yet I don't see many (if any) cryptodorks hanging around here.
Because crypto is very complicated and only a few people actually know the ins and outs of it. That said, the sentiment of the cypherpunk community (install Gentoo, shazbot) and the aesthetics of it are very present in /cyber/ if only because most people here learned about cyberpunk because of (probably the new) DooSex, which uses a completely cypherpunk aesthetic.
Cypherpunk is all fine and dandy, but what I want to say with all this text is that it's not cyberpunk.
>But do you know why, exactly, the first cyber-tan thread got shat up?
The first thread didn't got shit, just a few people that weren't convinced about the hair but didn't go full anal about it. It was the second thread where the hair autists came in.
Looking at the first thread, the artist who drew the only fucking semi-decent drawings we have of /cyber/-tan said he chose that hairstyle because it's the most practical for data plugs, but that there were other equally practical (and more fashionable, that said) hairstyles that could be used. Pic very related.
My favourite ones are the two bottom ones. First one is a reminder that Japanese culture is omnipresent in original cyberpunk (in neocyberpunk it would be Chinese if we took the "it's us but in the future!" approach), and the second one is a hairstyle straight outta 80s. First one is also fairly good, specially with the shades.
Cont.
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No.33353
>>33352 (Cont.)
>I don't have time to reply to everything you've posted, but really, you might as well just make the board-tan cybergoth at this rate.
Cybergoth ain't cyberpunk, or at least not what cyberpunk is about. Fuck, your picture would suit more a Mad Max/post-apoc movie if it wasn't because you can't find any other colors than shit brown and yellow piss on those.
>You're citing Shadowrun (a fucking FANTASY game and setting)
You didn't read the spoilers, did you?
If you had bothered reading about Shadowrun, you would have known it is a cyberpunk universe that got fantasy added into the mix. Both elements are mostly separated, reinforced by the fact that you are pretty much forced to either play a fantasy or a cyberpunk character.
It has the megacorps, it has the street gangs, it has the runners, it has the low life districts/cities, it has the implants, the net, the tech, that fucking "everything is going out to kill you" vibe… how the fuck can you say it's not cyberpunk when you can very easily remove all fantasy from it and come up with a variant called Gibsonrun gee, why could it be called like that!? that a lot of people like?
It's dumb to outright mock and ridicule any mention of Shadowrun just because the game contains fantasy elements, specially when I was specifically mentioning the cyberpunk-only elements.
>and a single other game meant to be over-the-top
>1st turn
>Use pretty much any fucking assault rifle against an enemy
>It dies in 90% of the cases unless it's wearing really heavy armor
>"b-but it has stat-boosting implants!"
WELL CYBERPUNK HAS AUGMENTATIONS, BOY! Are you sure you haven't mistaken /cyber/ for another board?
Furthermore, there aren't many other cyberpunk RPG games. Sure, there is GURPS Cyberpunk, but it's more a set of rules than an outright setting. Don't even get me started with Eclipse Phase.
>and ignoring any and all other media for the sake of proving a point against a strawman.
I see you are mentioning Gibson. You mean the same Gibson who described characters with flashy multicolour outfits and loadsa chrome? :^)
Or maybe you mean Snow Crash, which is balls to the wall in terms of craziness and is so over the top only Cyberpunk 2020 can wish to be half as ridiculous as it is?
>You're even calling the father of cyberpunk a meme.
I'm not calling him a meme, I am calling his comments on Shadowrun being posted whenever Shadowrun is mentioned a meme.
Furthermore, all he said about Shadowrun is:
>a) He doesn't like the idea of mixing up fantasy and cyberpunk
>b) For that reason, he hasn't read it
Just because he wrote Neuromancer and popularized the cyberpunk genre doesn't mean he is always right, you know? Even he admits he is speaking from ignorance when commenting about Shadowrun, so if it was already a logical fallacy to take his word as an objective fact, it is only worse to take him seriously when everything he said about it amounts to nothing.
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No.33399
The fun thing about /cyber/ is that every thread seems to (d)evolve into a metaphysical discussion about what cyberpunk is/isn't.
I'm surprised that no one has suggest some post-modern approach like making cyber-tan some online cute chibi avatar representative of an idea (like The Laughing Man) as opposed to a flesh-and-blood representation of /cyber/
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No.33409
>>33399
I agree with this, all these ideas are shit aside from the non-human and gender neutral for you SJWs idea this anon mentioned.
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No.33410
>>33399 (checked)
Good idea. I like it.
>>33352
>>33353
Again, too long to reasonably reply to, but there's so much flawed logic in here that I don't know where to begin.
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No.33416
>>33410
>Again, too long to reasonably reply to, but there's so much flawed logic in here that I don't know where to begin.
>shazbotsavingface.txt
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No.33437
>>33410
>Again, too long to reasonably reply to, but there's so much flawed logic in here that I don't know where to begin.
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No.33438
>>33410
>Again, too long to reasonably reply to, but there's so much flawed logic in here that I don't know where to begin.
Please take a second and ask why you made this post. It contributed nothing, but you still thought other people should read it. You need to reflect back on why you're on an anonymous image board.
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No.33442
>>33438
Because I made it before I went to work, with only about 20 minutes until I had to hit the road, and two posts of that size is a ridiculous length to reply to about a piece of art that has never come to fruition and probably never will, a year after the halfchan exodus, when board-tans themselves are largely deprecated due to the lack of need to build a cohesive board culture.
>>33416
>>33437
All right, cunts. Here you go.
>Nobody gets mad over dark-purple-hair-that-might-as-well-be-black in anime. If it wasn't because it was made in Japan way before the SJW craze hit imageboards, I think the situation would be different.
Think it all you want. You don't see /pol/ elements flipping over animu with dyed hair now, do you? It's because the hairstyle is bad, and the art itself is utter shit. Had the art been even approaching decent, it might have warranted criticism deeper than "lol cyberdyke dollhead".
And then you start citing shitposts about it as actual criticism. Are you actually autistic? You really thought cyber/7709/#18008 wasn't just ironic shitposting by people who disliked the design?
>Not to mention half of the people in that thread don't seem to understand what cyberpunk is about
Says someone who disregards core cyberlit and cites Shadowrun instead.
Let's see, then we have:
>unquantified percentages
>it's ok if it's degenerate because it's fiction, even though I was just whining about people calling it degenerate
>cyberpunk is in the future so it's ok to make our board-tan an SJW even though it totally has nothing to do with SocJus, that was just filthy /pol/ shitposters shitposting unironically
>if we make it too realistic, we're just cypherpunk, even though cypherpunk is just a catch-all term for people that advocate strong crypto everywhere; also let's ignore the board's roots in /g/punk
>crypto is haaaaaaaaard
>here are more dollface pics
>haha, you didn't pay attention to which threads were which
>this atrocious art is ok because it's good for dataplugs, a fictional concept that could be manifested in dozens of ways, but we'll choose this way only because of reasons
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No.33443
cont.
>>33353
>this shitty aesthetic is bad, but my shitty aesthetic is ok
>you don't know anything about shadowrun
All right, back the fuck up nigga. I played a 4e campaign for three months in college as a street samurai elf obsessed with motorcycles. I put about 15 hours into Dragonfall before I got bored with the shit combat, and have probably 7 hours in HK.
It's great for what it does - a mixture of two nerdy things transplanted onto tabletop (or cRPG) in a way that makes for a fantastic, somewhat goofy heist game. It was written to be serious, but that's one of its biggest failings, in my opinion as a grognard. And sure, you can pick-and-choose the cyberpunk elements out of there, and some people even homebrew it into a purely cyberpunk game. But that's not how it was built. Citing it as a basis for a board-tan is a terrible idea.
>cyberpunk 2020
>because these combat mechanics are high-lethality, the game is srs bznss
It's written more seriously than shadowrun, that's for sure, but we're talking about a setting that has a rock star class and a stat for coolness.
>WELL CYBERPUNK HAS AUGMENTATIONS, BOY! Are you sure you haven't mistaken /cyber/ for another board?
When did I say it doesn't? I absolutely think cyber-tan should have augs.
>there aren't many other cyberpunk RPGs
Tabletop RPGs, you mean. So what are you saying, that we can only take inspiration from tabletop?
>Gibson
I already explained why Molly gets a pass. The next flashy character in Neuromancer would probably be Riviera, who's batshit insane, and does all of his flashiness through holographs. Which is actually a damned good idea that we should steal for cyber-tan, maybe even combine it with >>33399. Cyber-tan is a somewhat ugly, over-augmented girl who projects holographs out of one eye that look like an idea, stylized, attractive 2d grill.
So what, is Case flashy and chrome and over-the-top, in his leather jacket, jeans, and t-shirt? Maybe Ratz, with his dirty pink arm?
>Or maybe you mean Snow Crash, which is balls to the wall in terms of craziness and is so over the top only Cyberpunk 2020 can wish to be half as ridiculous as it is?
Glad that you at least stated that Cyberpunk 2020 is over-the-top, although I don't see why you were trying to say otherwise earlier.
>memes
>I don't like this quote, so even though it's only shown up a few times and is relatively obscure, I'll call it a meme!
Of course he doesn't like it. Not only did they pretty much steal ideas directly from him, but he writes serious fiction, not some mashup of Middle Earth + Chiba City.
But it's not even about him being right, it's about where to stand on the scale of aesthetic vs. reality, and that's really what this argument has boiled down to - since you refuse to believe that people might consider the early concepts to simply be shitty art. We're not even talking about cyber-tan anymore, we're talking about the primary thing that divides the board even today.
Look, I get where you're coming from. I like the aesthetic of cyberpunk, or what's generally accepted to be cyberpunk. If I didn't, I'd just stay on /tech/. But cyberpunk has always been grounded in reality, or at the very least, highly believable predictions of the future (another place where Gibson excelled). You can't strip all the substance away. Otherwise you get steampunk - just glue some gears on it and slap the label on before you throw it up on etsy, so some fat chick in a poorly-fitting corset can take selfies at a con holding it up and going "SQUEEEEE" while scrawny betas in Dr. Who costumes or top hats fawn over her. I don't want to have to describe cyberpunk in the same way, just with LEDs instead of gears.
Now, I need to go make some ramen so I have something to eat tonight.
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No.33466
>>33352
>Because crypto is very complicated and only a few people actually know the ins and outs of it.
More like, few people on this board interested in it. Cryptography general thread got washed off pretty quickly by fashion and music threads.
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No.33470
here's my attempt at a low key cyber-tan. Kinda inspired by lepht, I might make another picture without the sweatshirt to show prosthetics/ports/tattoos. sorry for the unconventional style.
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No.33472
>>32776
>>32771
I really diggin your art chummer, getting a solid chuckle from the first one. Def saving that.
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No.33478
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>>33470
one more, kinda fucked it up
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No.33496
>Fembot from the Cyberpunk 2077 trailer
I don't care that the game hasn't actually come out yet, but this is what I thought of when I saw the thread. Seems like a perfect fit to me.
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No.33497
>>33352
>Furthermore, if we go with the whole "cyberpunk is our near future!" thing, then that means SJW trends and aesthetics are part of the future too. If your complaint is about degeneracy of society in cyberpunk then good luck, you found the wrong board and fandom because that's exactly what cyberpunk is about.
You are forgetting that for the SJW, tattoos and pastel hair is a sign of "non-conformity" and "anti-patriarchy." Which means, conforming to their fashion stylings is a moral obligation. No, they are not aware of the irony.
As such, in the near future of cyberpunk, pastel hair and tattoos can be assumed to be the mainstream or thereabouts thing. As such, it can be said that punk has now become a vapid and cultureless consumer product, that may indeed worm it's way into the very halls of the machine it originally raged against.
Chummers, I'm sad to say, but classic punk aesthetic is now kitsch.
So, for sub-cultural signaling to function, there needs to be differentiation. Something that acts as the barrier that divides the sub-culture from the mainstream. One possible route could be to fully embrace the kitsch, but then one does run the risk of becoming a mere hipster. It occurs to me, that hipsters are the result of failing to become a trendsetter.
Perhaps going to the roots of the punk movement could shed some light on this conundrum?
Punk originated from the working classes, so what would a salariman/labourer and part time petty criminal look in 30-40 years time?
>>33496
>Fembot
No, cyberpsycho.
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No.33498
>>30783
Actually, we haven't reached a definitive consensus yet as to what our mascot should look like.
Don't listen to the shazbots claiming there is one.
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No.33501
I personally would prefer something a bit more low key. Maybe something more along the lines of lain mixed with Case, instead of going all out 80's glam rock sigue sigue street samurai. I drew >>33470 as a rough idea, but if other people want their ideas drawn I might be able to help
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No.33502
>>33442
>You don't see /pol/ elements flipping over animu with dyed hair now, do you?
Canonically, they haven't died hair. They were born with it.
Some people in /pol/ may argue that anime is degenerate and all that jack, but for simplicity's sake let's assume they are just ironic shitposters.
I personally think /pol/ simply shrugs off anything about anime because they are already used to it, and because they know "the Jews fear the samurai" and all that jack. In some sense, they are sure cute anime girls aren't supposed to be SJW even though they have SJW hair. However, this changes the moment you apply it to western media.
Vi and Jinx were both slightly affected by this, mainly because they (specially Jinx) look like giant tumblrites and in some way, designed to pander to those demographics. However, one of the most recent examples of this was the female Heavy of Overwatch.
Yes, she is a fat/muscly woman with a modern hair cut (not even full on "degenerate") and neon pink hair. Each one of the pores in her skin screams "dyke" and /v/pol/ rightly called her so, but then some other Anon shooped out the color of her hair from pink to blonde, and everyone almost unanimously agreed it not only looked much better, but also like an actual soldier they could get along with.
It's definitely the hair color.
>Are you actually autistic? You really thought cyber/7709/#18008 wasn't just ironic shitposting by people who disliked the design?
Follow the thread two or three replies ahead. It's stated in the parenthesis that he was shitposting, but he really meant so.
>unquantified percentages
I explained why it was bullshit. About as bullshit as claiming cyberpunk is now because of some interesting photos.
>it's ok if it's degenerate because it's fiction, even though I was just whining about people calling it degenerate
>cyberpunk is in the future so it's ok to make our board-tan an SJW even though it totally has nothing to do with SocJus, that was just filthy /pol/ shitposters shitposting unironically
Now let's be clear here. In cyberpunk you can find some characters who may fit nowadays' definition of "normal", but is cyberpunk really about them?
Cyberpunk is degenerate. If I had to say, "technology" would be cyberpunk's main theme, immediately followed by "degeneracy" as the closest secondary theme. Technology without degeneracy will get you a standard sci-fi novel or a run of the mill space opera, but you need to add that "spice" to actually give it the cyberpunk charm.
My point basically was that if you want to portray the embodiment of cyberpunk you can't make Christina with some minor implants because that would be missing the point completely.
Cont.
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No.33505
>>33502 (Cont.)
>if we make it too realistic, we're just cypherpunk, even though cypherpunk is just a catch-all term for people that advocate strong crypto everywhere; also let's ignore the board's roots in /g/punk
>realistic
>realistic means dressing in a black hoodie with black sweat pants and black sneakers to "blend in" even though that would make you stick out like a sore thumb nowadays
I have yet to see a cyberpunk setting where such a look is considered normal, specially considering futuristic literature has always depicted fashion getting progressively weirder over time.
We could always go for the Blando Dullman route I guess, but where's the fun in that? It would be more or less like using Lain as our mascot: not original, not cyberpunk (no really; although I may get why some people consider DooSex or GitS to be cyberpunk, but I can't understand why Lain is considered cyberpunk when it's just technology plus lolis and some philosophical wankery thrown on it) and only easily recognizable because of a specific art style.
Cypherpunk may be a real "philosophy of life" in regards to crypto, but extrapolating its values and teachings to aesthetics, what we get is exactly what people are asking for /cyber/-tan: blending in, not being easily recognizable, etc.
>crypto is haaaaaaaaard
Is wanking about how good your full disk encryption is difficult? Not at all. Is actually talking about crypto and its implementation hard? Yes, which is why not many people know about producing crypto and not just consuming crypto.
Crypto consumer threads are also pretty interesting, but there is just so much you can talk about them. Once someone compiles a guide on how to fully secure your system, discussion is pretty much dead until someone else comes up with another guide on how to share encrypted content, and that's pretty much about it.
/g/punk threads eventually became FUCKO threads, and as you can see they are pretty much a circlejerk to see which Anon has the most paranoid termite-based setup.
>this atrocious art is ok
For fuck's sake, can you look past the drawing style and focus IN THE FUCKING CONCEPT?
>because it's good for dataplugs, a fictional concept that could be manifested in dozens of ways, but we'll choose this way only because of reasons
Glad you agree with Cyberpunk 2020, but brain implants are better put inside the brain due to latency over longer distances.
That is, if you want to use cables and not wireless like a fag.
>>33443
>Shadowrun
I agree that you always get better results when running stupid SR campaigns (the "Pink Mohawk"), but that's not what I meant. However, since it was written seriously and then turned out to look goofy because of two things that maybe shouldn't have been mixed, that also means the cyberpunk part of it is also meant to be serious.
I would say citing the only "valid" part of SR is fair game, considering it is serious and fairly good. Had I been quoting it to argue making /cyber/-tan an adept I would understand your frustration regarding this topic, but I didn't.
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No.33506
>>33505 (Cont.)
>It's written more seriously than shadowrun, that's for sure, but we're talking about a setting that has a rock star class and a stat for coolness.
COOL is often quoted as COOL/WILL by the core book. It is explained kind of vaguely and sometimes even implied to be related to how rad you are, but I have always interpreted it as how easy it is for the character to keep its cool in dangerous situations, which makes them look cooler in consequence.
Rockerboys might be kind of stupid, but I see nothing wrong with them. It was written in the 80s, where music was the big thing and youngsters loved rock. A lot of old cyberpunk fiction has this small "problem" of looking too retro because the authors didn't know how to extrapolate trends well into the future, but in my opinion it adds a special kind of charm.
The only thing I will admit that makes Cyberpunk 2020 over-the-top is how fucked up everything is. As in, way more than other settings: median lifespan is 30 years because most people get murdered before then, corporate wars devolve into full on nuclear warfare, violent street gangs are an everyday thing and there are even gangs dedicated to murder for the sake of murdering, some division of the police are paid to patrol highways and genocide Nomads, etc.
>But cyberpunk has always been grounded in reality
Bueno.
If you want to design /cyber/-tan based on what the future may become based on today's point of view, why the hell are you so against using oddly colored hair? Such a thing is increasingly becoming popular, so it wouldn't be dumb to think having short neon hair would be a way of blending in in the future.
Following modern trends we can also see fashion sense is repeating itself for a while. 80s aeshtetics are becoming more popular nowadays, which is probably caused due to nostalgiafagging boomers trying to resurrect their youth. If we were to resurrect our youth, the future would be more or less like today: people listening to Skrillex, augmented thugs dressing like NBA superstars with ugly baseball caps and loadsa bling bling, lots of rap everywhere, Tokyo-style giant LED displays in every street (which could work as a replacement to neon), flat design fucking everywhere…
Furthermore, since the 20s people have started to become more and more shameless. Following this trend would mean everyone would be dressing in skimpy clothing in a few years.
This means the future will still be fairly flashy unless an unlikely mental wankery scenario happens, which is either /pol/ redpilling all people worldwide and white Christian neatly-dressed /cyber/-tan wouldn't be that unlikely, or people suddenly realising privacy is important, which could mean dressing in black total look would indeed be a way to blend in.
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No.33512
>>33506
not the guy you were responding to, but can you describe what your ideal version of cyber-tan would look like? I'm just interested in seeing everybody's ideas. I'm a bit of an artfag, so I might try drawing the ones that I like.
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No.33519
>>33512
My dream /cyber/-tan would be flashy, with lots of fashionware that could be doubled as practical cyberware with some smart ideas, as well as actually practical cyberware, of course.
Touching the controversial topic of hair colours, although probably any colour would work well given it fits the overall color scheme of the drawing and the hairstyle, I specially think any shade of blue or neon pink would be best, but it's not like these have any justification other than personal taste.
For example, in >>33352 's pic, first one would probably work better with darker shades, second one could work with red or green, I am not even sure about what is the third one trying to represent, fourth one could work with more natural colours such as browns or gingers, and third one would definitely be best with lighter shades of any colour so it can contrast with her makeup.
It all boils down to what kind of character concept you have. A street punk or a rockstar are always going to be flashier than a corporate businessman or a cop, for example. Likewise, netrunners/hackers might choose to dress like edgy fucks because like their desktops they are as dark as their soul, or simply disregard fashion sense and instead get something closer to contemporary urban style, with comfortable clothing.
As I said, it depends on what you want /cyber/-tan to be. If you want to focus a bit more on the social implications of cyberpunk, a good "profession" for her would be street punk/edgerunner/corporate assassin. Likewise, if you think the tech side is more interesting, you might want to portray her as a hacker or as a techhead.
Street punks would likely look the flashiest, just followed by edgerunners/mercenaries that may as well just be elite street punks. Neon colored and/or armored (might be stealth-armored) clothing, possible actual lights in their clothes, weird hairstyles, lots of fashionware for the sake of fashion, combat implants (cyberlimbs, reflex boosters, optical implants for anti-flare or night vision, natural armored skin, NANOMACHINES SON, data jacks for connecting to devices, etc) designed to kick corp ass, a possible druggie/party junkie look with bags under their eyes, weapons (preferably easy to carry ones, unless right before performing a run), maybe more skimpy clothing if a plain street punk, shades…
In comparison, hackers don't really need the same implants as a street punk. They are unlikely to engage in street brawls and therefore being quad cyber amputees doesn't make much sense. They might still need the reflex boosting implants, the data links… but things such as armor and armored skin are completely unnecessary. Instead, brain implants to improve their cognitive capabilities, optical implants to avoid eye strain (specially for techies, since hackers could simply jam it in into the cyberspace and render it directly in their minds), zooming in or projecting HUDs on them and lots of gadgets would probably be the norm.
If I knew how to draw I would probably draw some sort of anti-corp edgerunner, but you should just draw whichever concept seduces you the most. Nothing good can come from drawing out of obligation.
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No.33520
>>32455
Because the default/base human form is women.
They also give birth and thus are "creative" forces.
Most users are male.
Woman bodies flow better, men are more angular.
We can have a woman doing roles from both genders without much complaints, having a non-robot-ish male mascot could lead to complaints from anons.
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No.33524
>>33520
The actual reason is "because they are cuter", though.
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No.33526
>>33519
we could work with that. Maybe set up a poll to decide what kind of profession she should have. That way we can at least figure out how crazy the design should be. I'm much more partial to the netrunner look, but I think most people are more interested in the flashy street samurai/panther modern style.
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No.33536
>>33470
>>33478
Something about this works.
>Pale skin for not going out in the sun
>Messy hair
>Shitty clothes
>Eyes all fucked from not sleeping
>Looks like a person simply getting by, living her own life not conforming with anything
>indulging in her own desires
A -tan embodies a board, the topic, it's general opinion and partly what the Anon's of said board are.
I think we're over doing it with all this color and augs. I think the best way to make a -tan for this board is one that looks dreary, tired, angry and mentally almost at the breaking point. It doesn't have to be this sketch per say but something around this look could seal the deal entirely. Besides, isn't a mega city with tyrannical CEOs ruling over it with a mortality rate bigger than current day Russia suppose to feel depressing? Why should /cyber/-tan have so many colors and over done haircuts with augs everywhere? If any augs should be on her body, they should look homemade because buying from a business (which are already bought by bigger businesses within the city) would still be supporting corporate.
A cyberpunk world is not a colorful one, it's dull, it's overly protected with surveillance for corporate, it has the worse kind of people born out of it's seedy underbelly, and overall it's shit. It only makes sense that /cyber/-tan should look like she has been through that shit. The only thing that should be schway are the little things in cyberspace that keeps her going on a computer in a run down apartment in a abandoned building that she's set up for herself. /cyber/-tan's very appearance should always look like she had a hard life with only few exceptions to smile.
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No.33541
Maybe something like cyborg?
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No.33544
>>33536
thanks, that's definitely what I was going for. I don't want to keep spamming this, but I was thinking of some sort of mix of Case, lain and lepht anonym. drugs, hacking and janky body mods, all on a poverty budget and no sleep. the hair would be short, self cut, and shitty (maybe to keep ports accessible), and she would be extremely thin and pale for obvious reasons. cloths would be cheap and worn. I don't know what kinda mods she would have though. whatever they are, they would probably be cheap but heavily modified.
sorry my style is kinda weird, but at least I got the idea down
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No.33546
>>33470
>>33478
The palette choice and the simplicity of design is pretty solid.
I originally posted >>33399, but I could get behind this design because it's quickly identifiable, but still gives a lot of options for people to throw in their own details for whatever OC they do.
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No.33551
>>33470
>>33544
I like that such tan is all-inclusive. It could be that she is from 80s cyberpunk novel, modern real world person or someone from dystopian future. Keep up the good work, user.
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No.33552
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No.33553
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>>33478
tried to fix the face a bit
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No.33562
>>33536
So a cold morning in Soviet Russia with clunky smartphones and implants is cyberpunk?
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No.33568
>>33562
Basically
>Totalitarian/Oppressive rulers
>Control over media and information
>Secret police
>Constant surveillance and spying on it's citizens
>Most living on the most basic and minimal needs
>The one's in power living good.
May not have the most advance technology for their people during it's duration in power, but the feeling is there.
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No.33571
where do you think you are?
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No.33573
>>33520
>default/base human form is women
God made Adam in his image.
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No.33576
>>33568
B-but where are the megacorps?
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No.33578
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No.33582
>>33553
Eh keep the cold limbs on one side.
Maybe make the portrait facial features European/Japanese mix if you get that far.
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No.33583
>>33553
The good thing about this design is that we can turn Homestuck drawings into /cyber/-tan with some minor edits, so we can quickly expand our gallery.
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No.33588
>>33582
not exactly the change you requested, but do you think this face is better?
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No.33595
>>33583
>Taking from homestuck
No, it shouldn't be anything but OC. Taking from homestuck and doing small details is just lazy and no better than "ORIGINAL THE CHARACTER!" kinds of drawings. From how she looks here it shouldn't be hard to draw new stuff anyway.
>>33588 (Scanned)
Tiny nose is cute
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No.33651
>>32632
he didn't ask for this
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No.33652
I think cyber-tan should be a runner/courier.
Short, practical hair. Loose fitting clothing. Light shoes and fingerless gloves.
I think that not going overboard on the design is key. There's nothing less schway than an aug that has no practical application.
I think she should have subtle augs, perhaps disguised as tattoos. One that serves as a commlink between her fellow runners. One that sharpens her reflexes. Maybe she could have bionic eyes to enhance her eyesight or even project a HUD.
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No.33668
>>33588
She looks kinda sad
Good enough for now.
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No.33669
>>33652
>I think cyber-tan should be a runner/courier.
She does need the brouzouf and she does need to keep away from the corps and other unfriendly types.
>Maybe she could have bionic eyes to enhance her eyesight or even project a HUD.
>commlink between her fellow runners.
I think enhanced eyes are impractical if there's a connection involved, since it gives the person an extreme vulnerability if hacked.
Remember, the greatest security from hackers is not needing the hackable technology for important things or never having it at all.
I'd be alright with enhanced legs.
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No.33676
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>>33668
the future isn't a very happy place.
>>33652
runners/couriers are awesome, but not very identifiable for the majority of /cyber/. There aren't many people here who can do parkour or are proficient skateboarders, but all of us are into computers. Still, i'm open to anything so long as we keep making OC
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No.33710
>>33676
i like this desing the most, the whole -tan too.
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No.33715
>>33676
reminds me of Rachael, for some reason
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No.33719
>>33676
What are those cyberlimbs for? If she is a lonely hikki hacker they surely aren't for looking cool or for combat. The cyberarm might make some sense because she can use it to jack in special tools, but I can't think of a single use you could give to an unpaired cyberleg other than mighty kicks or for showing, but none of these seem to fit her description.
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No.33721
>>33719
maybe she was in an accident or something.
Damn megacorps, laying landmines everywhere
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No.33727
OP here, well, seems I chose a good time to check back on this thread specifically. Of the threads I opened back then, this and the /leftypol/ ones were my favourite. I like seeing discussion and the creative process occur.
I'm liking the sketch being currently made. If I may give some random suggestions…
>focus maybe on the headphones as a graphic element- as I mentioned before, something where she may change her hairdo and outfit as the artist pleases, but if he's got the headphones right, it's recognizably /cyber/-tan
>In the same way, maybe decide on a specific colour palette beyond black-and-white- the first sketch had pale beiges. A bit cliché, but maybe some sort of green accent to go with the board's theme?
>The entire argument of hair colours, in-world-realism vs off-world-realism, if pink hair would fit in or not, etc- consider above that, a touch, branding. Maybe in a future projected from our culture, the board-tan you guys got going right now would stick out for NOT having neon hair, which can be either a good or a bad thing, dunno.
Additionally, some personal aesthetic touches, coming from a shazbot who's spent his life watching cyberpunk stuff but not investing enough into getting entirely into it (IE I've not even read Gibson, something I intend to solve when I start reading novels again soon)
- Technologically, I think the 80's and 90's have the ideal cyberpunk aesthetic. Which is kinda cliché now, the whole vaporwave-whatever "windows 98-macintosh-MSX-mechanical keyboard-crt tvs" look, but I think it could be something to keep in mind somehow as I feel it's become a very ingrained image- I can picture a cyberpunk run-down giant-buildings oppressing-government wet-streets disease-everywhere world without touchscreens, but not without diskettes. Personally, at least.
- >>33715 reminds me, today's culture (and subsequently the near future's) mines the 80's, but the 80's were just mining the 50's and going crazy with it. So maybe some 50's inspiration'd help?
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No.33728
>>33727
I forget what I'm saying mid-sentence.
By branding, I mean in the sense that if some element of her doesn't make sense in-universe, but might help make her recognizable visually to us the users, don't discard it immediately.
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No.33767
>>33721
That's what I was thinking. It would be a good opportunity to make some lore for her ie. how she lost her limbs.
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No.33768
>>33727
It's dangerous to go alone and not read gibson , take this
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No.33797
>>33768
I appreciate it, anon, but I prefer reading books on actual paper. I've recently realised I haven't sat down to read a novel in years, I'm planning to start abusing the local library and solve that.
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No.33801
>>33768
s that the whole neuromancer book?
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No.33816
>>33801
I think so, I got it from Project Cyberpunk. It has a few mistakes here and there, spelling errors or what have you
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No.35482
8chan is celebrating it's second birthday on the 23, and there is a drawing contest that may involve various board-tans. We should just decide on something and get it finalized so it can be included
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No.35484
>>33652
I agree to making faith our board-tan. She was so cool in the game.
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No.35508
Let's get our shit together or else we won't have a solid design before the second anniversary drawings.
DECIDE AN AESTHETIC NOW
>Pink Mohawk (flashy cyberpunk)
>Black Trenchcoat ("stealthy" cyberpunk)
>Tinfoil Jumpsuit (retro sci-fi)
>Apple Goes Megacorp aka This Kills The HDR Shader (modern sci-fi. Think of Aperture Science)
>Successfully Upgraded (full body prosthetic/gynoid, clearly not human but still human-shaped)
My vote goes for Pink Mohawk, but let's decide on this before we move on the next phase.
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No.35509
>>35508
Maybe choosing the last one would avoid muh SJW hairstyle drama.
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No.35510
>>35508
does that mean >>31013 ?
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No.35511
>>35508
>Pink Mohawk (flashy cyberpunk)
do it
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No.35515
>>35510
Pink Mohawk is a term used in Shadowrun to describe non-serious or over-the-top runs. They often have weird characters, like a guy covered in penile implants or an old lady in a wheelchair that has been modified with rocket launchers and the likes. It's the counterpart to Black Trenchcoat, which is all about serious characters doing serious things.
However, I wrote it thinking about a style that is not averse to using colors other than black and characters that don't mind making a scene.
I don't like the original /cyber/-tan design, but things like the color-shifting hair and clothing or jazzy hairstyles could be considered part of the "flashy cyberpunk" aesthetic.
In contrast, Black Trenchcoat would be about blending in and "looking normal", which in the future it seems to mean "dressing like a character taken straight out of The Matrix".
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No.35611
>>35508
huh, pink mohawk seems like the best choice. I still think a hacker makes more sense for the community though
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No.35758
>>35611
>>35511
Pink Mohawk then, it is. I agree that she should be a hacker, but being a teachhead doesn't mean you can't enjoy being fabulous. Hacker often meet up at hacker spaces after all, so they do get some kind of social contact and ricing has always been part of hacker culture so I can't see why they wouldn't care about looking cool.
Now, for the next question, retro or modern? Retro will probably rely more on black leather jackets, pilot shades, chrome paint, outrageous hairstyles taken straight out of Jem and the Holograms… while more modern cyberpunk would rely on hoodies, different kind of glasses/shades, metallized color or carbon fibre/graphene patterns, and straight short haircuts or even, yes, why not, "degenerate" hair.
To speed up things a bit, what about implants and gadgets? What does a hacker need to do her job? And what does she need to look cool among her comrades?
I personally don't mind about either retro or modern, but I think she does need some cyberglasses like Edward's, neuralware to jack in straight into cyberspace with a data plug and a cool deck. The rest is optional, but maybe some cool cyberears to listen to music, light tattoos, neon fashion and color-shifting contact lenses or hair would be pretty cool.
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No.35759
>>35758
>pink mohawk it is
>she
You're deciding everything for us, so no.
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No.35761
>>35759
>Post from 2015/10/18 asking for aesthetic
>2015/10/22
>Only two people reply saying they like Pink Mohawk
>A single vote for a different option
>Deadline is 2015/10/31
>Gets mad anyway when someone is trying to get shit done
No wonder why /cyber/-tan never got done.
Furthermore, almost all (not to say all of them) of the /cyber/-tan designs so far are women and a huge portion of board tans are women, and while all designs got questioned for one thing or another, nobody seemed to dislike the idea of /cyber/-tan being a woman.
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No.35771
>>35759
>Doesn't even submit a vote
Shazbot.
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No.35778
>>35761
vague female silhouette in matrix like code.
no, i didn't read the thread.
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No.35780
>>35759
Im not a huge proponent of the pink mohawk look either, but at least this is progress. I'm fine with the current direction.
>>35758
black leather is timeless anon, I say we give her a short jacket, maybe gloves too. Really, I think our board tan could just be Molly Millions, as her and the panther moderns were probably the biggest inspiration for cyberpunk fashion. Maybe she doesnt actually need the claws, but mirror eyes could be pretty cool. Other then that, very thin, and maybe with the behind the ear port
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No.35785
>>35780
>I say we give her a short jacket
I can see this working. We could also add some green and purple details to make /cyber/-tan reminiscent of the board's CSS.
>maybe gloves too
If she's a hacker, they would make sense, but only if they are fingerless.
>mirror eyes could be pretty cool.
Chrome is schway as hell, but I would rather have her have it in other implants. Chromed cyberarms look pretty cool too, but I don't know.
What about the pants? I thought about tight, somewhat short black jeans (below knee, above thighs) with some green and purple details too. I also wonder if she should wear a shirt at all, or just show her midriff and also her infinity bra whenever the jacket is unbuttoned. I always thought nets looked pretty sexy but I don't know if cyberpunk is the time and place for them.
As for shoes, boots seem like they would look best, but I would try to stay away from combat boots if the rest of her outfit makes her show some skin.
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No.35786
>>35759
To be fair, the "pink mohawk" users have created a lot of good OC before for cyber-tan, while nearly everyone else just complaints, with some not-so-good OC (based on a single anon's view) around. The big exception being the six-armed tan that has everything thrown on it without making much sense/being coherent to cyberpunk in general.
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No.35787
>>35761
I don't mind if they're women though. I was the one saying faith would be a good cyber tan. However just picking women just because they're women and not because they hold significance is just a stupid idea.
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No.35825
It's not gonna happen, but still. Deadline is in a few hours. You guys think you can reach any sort of conclusion, or is /cyber/ gonna be absent? If not a tan, then something that'll somehow reference you guys, how's that?
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No.35831
Generally speaking, the key to making a successful board-tan design is usually to find a good balance between reflecting the interests and idiosyncrasies of the board and making the design simple enough that artists at a wide variety of skill levels can draw the character easily. To that end, the designs in >>30793 and >>31013 aren't likely to work out that well due to having too many little details, though the latter option could work if the design was simplified. >>33195 is a simpler design, but isn't that good from an aesthetic standpoint, and >>33470 got an initial positive reaction, but people seem to have lost interest in it.
It looks like a lot of the pieces are already in place for creating a good board-tan for /cyber/, it's just a matter of fitting them together in a way that everyone can agree with.
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No.35834
>>33470
If we're voting, I pick this one. Reminds me of Molly from Neuromancer.
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No.35836
I thought that the focus of cyberpunk was a high level of technology and low life.
Get a simple design that focuses on the low life. A hoodie, ragged jeans, cheap sneakers, maybe a leather jacket for cheap protection. She should be pale, but the skin color is not really relevant.
Then, add the cyber details. The staple things are good, like a faux mohawk with port holes on the bald spot, laser eyes, maybe a respirator. Add one extra cybernetic part, like an arm or a leg for the sake of simplicity, and an electronic gadget, preferibly wired into her.
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No.35839
>>35825
We don't have a fucking deadline, this board isn't going anywhere.
>>33470
I also pick this one if there is in fact a deadline.
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No.38541
>>31360
E-cigs are totes cyber.
TOTES.
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No.39766
>>35839
You miss the context that post was made on- it was the deadline to submit images celebrating the 2nd birthday of the site. That's obviously come and gone.
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No.44258
Bumping this. I'm making something that I'd like /cyber/ to be represented in, and I'd rather have a complete interpretation of /cyber/-tan from the board itself, rather than building one from the pieces here on my own, being a relative outsider.
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No.44264
>>44258
It's been two years and /cyber/ still doesn't have a board-tan. Not even sure how many of users from the old days are still around. The post before yours is actually replying to someone from exactly a year ago.
This might sound greedy, but I don't think it makes sense for /cyber/ to have a single board-tan. You're looking for a "complete interpretation of /cyber/-tan" but if there's anything the past two years have shown it's that nobody can agree on what a /cyber/-tan would be, and that's probably for the best.
In any case, I think you have a lot of material from this thread to work with, eager to see what you can come up with. From my perspective, it's better to just stick to your own guns and throw out a design you think is cool; everybody else can just argue about why they think it's shit after the fact.
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No.44277
>>38541
Jesus H Christ, TRON furfaggotry!
brb sending Wittgenstein WittgenTT5/Rstein the Supercomputer into cyberspace on a cyber-assination mission.
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No.46485
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No.46489
>>31503
let's All love lain
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No.46490
>>46485
Did you draw this? It's cute.
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No.46491
>>46485
That resolves every single possible issue that the community had with board-tans, just a few years late.
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No.46492
Not choosing Ritsu (律, Ritsu)
>full name Autonomously Thinking Fixed Artillery
>(自律思考固定砲台, Jiritsu shikō kotei hōdai)
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No.46493
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No.46502
Two Lainchans is enough.
I propose Cyberella for mascot.
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No.51164
>>30783
bumping this thread from the dead.
I really like Bubblegum Crisis.
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No.51174
>>51164
It should be laughing man, you can shoop it on to anyone, any pic, easy to meme it, in the spirit of cyberpunk, cyberpunk doesn't need a fixed construct for a tan.
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No.51396
I'm compiling a board-tan roster for research purposes. Should I just use the older /cyber/-tan, or is there a different design that I should use?
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No.53377
lol @ people bumping this ancient dead thread. lol @ the ancient drama over /cyber/-tan being an SJW because half of this board is retarded /pol/lacks who like Blade Runner and shitwave. just lol
never change /cyber/
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No.53387
>>53377
>being an SJW
>half of this board is retarded /pol/lacks
You must go back and kill yourself.
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No.53388
>>53387
We're anarcho-nazis
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No.53399
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No.53401
>>53387
>>53399
like clockwork
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No.53402
>>53401
>I've been found out!
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No.53417
>>53401
>hurr durr anyone who's not a communist like me is an ebil nahtzee!
Where do you tublr disgraces come from?
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No.53458
>>51396
Use the older design.
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No.53504
>>53402
>>53417
<hurr durr le jidf tumblr happy merchant pepe
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No.53511
>>53504
Nothing to say, i see.
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No.53514
>>53377
Heard you are kind are on arisu know after being kicked off lainchan too.
>>51396
The older design is fine.
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No.53527
>>53417
Anyone who isn't a classical-Anarchist (socially liberal anti-capitalist) is going to be very out of place on a board dedicated to /cyber/punk, a genre basically centered around being socially liberal and anti-capitalist. Why don't you just stick to your own board? You guys hate immigration yet you're the quickest to emigrate to more liberal boards once your retarded right-wing boards get shit up by low-IQ posters.
>>53402
The /pol/tard is immunized against all dangers: one my call him a racist, misogynist, nazi, stormfag, it all runs off him like water off a raincoat; but call him a /pol/tard and you will be astonished at how he recoils, how he posts meme pictures, how he suddenly shrinks back: "I've been found out."
>>53504
Stormfags should be globally derezzed since they always end up plotting to silence other people and their main hobby is being mendacious.
Your image is pissing me off though. You use bleach to make your hair blonde, not dye.
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No.53561
>>53527
>a genre basically centered around being socially liberal and anti-capitalist
Lol, how oblivious and arrogant does one have to be to come to such conclusions? Truly, leftists are the only scum that can autofellate itself with ideology creating it out of thin air.
>more liberal boards
Facebook and reddit are your liberal boards, faggot. Choke on a tranny dick.
>Stormfags should be globally derezzed since they always end up plotting to silence other people and their main hobby is being mendacious.
Just like yours, huh, leftist shill. What a coincidence.
Cry me some more, tranny cunt. You furry menace infest anything and ruin it forever. Fuck off, you nigger street shitter.
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No.53563
I almost forgot how shit some of these were. That first one was alright, but all those half-bald toothpaste hair abominations never really inspired confidence. I guess some could be salvageable if drawn by better artists perhaps.
>>53527
Nah, it's centered around the future being an absolute shithole ruled by technocratic authoritarians from all ideologies- whether it be the desire for profit, communism, fascism, theocracy or the like. Being against that doesn't mean you're constrained into some shitty ideology that keeps failing, and making the /pol/acks and stormfags look sane in comparison.
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No.53566
>>46485
I actually am loving this one. Her edgerunner attire is great.
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No.53567
>>53527
Cyberpunk has always been fairly nihilistic, in that sense. A "cyberpunk" (that is, a main character in some sort of cyberpunk media) rarely is a political activist. More often than not, it's someone who is too busy trying to survive in an apathetic world to even think about changing stuff for the better for everyone else. Cyberpunk usually also deals with desensitization and detachment of society or humanity, so expecting a "cyberpunk" to give a fuck about anyone but himself is stupid. Fuck, if this were D&D, your average citizen (and most "heroes") in a cyberpunk society would range between true neutral and chaotic neutral; good characters would be rare as hell and generally being fucked from all sides, and evil characters would make the majority of the elite population, as well as many low life punks. Reminds me of /v/ surprising themselves of everyone in the Cyberpunk 2077 trailer being so mean to each other for no reason at all. Yeah well, it's always been like that.
No, nobody gives a fuck about being an anarchist who will change the world to be honest, that reeks of optimist dystopian young adult fiction, which can actually be cyberpunk, but far from a representative of the genre, because they are too busy trying not to die. Besides, there is no point in trying when the roots of power are so big and sturdy. A bunch of guys with shitty weapons overthrowing a whole system (not just a government, a whole system) is a nice power fantasy, but this cyberpunk is generally no power fantasy.
Sucks? Fuck yes it does. Welcome to cyberpunk, baby. Learn to love it or get the fuck out.
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No.53568
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No.53661
>>33470
>>33478
+1 for this qt
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No.53663
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No.53682
>>53663
idk i feel like we should be distancing ourselves from lainchan
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No.53687
Faith Connors,Celeste,Duenan
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No.53724
>>53687
>Faith Connors
Yes, please.
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No.53729
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No.53731
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No.57441
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No.57848
FFS, I can't belive neither Trinity nor Lisbeth have been suggested yet
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No.57849
Just leaving my contribution here.
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No.57853
>>57849
Pretty damn schway, i'm saving it
>>32710
What a throwback
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