Project Vayne treats the Program skin line like they are viruses/programs

Ralanr·Nov 7, 2017·2 votes·3,485 views

But the program Camille splash art looks more like she’s an actual robot in meatspace (Shadowrun decker slang for not being jacked in, felt appropriate) rather than a program in the digital world.

https://www.mobafire.com/images/champion/skins/landscape/camille-program.jpg

Maybe I’m confused, but I thought that the program skin line were just robots because of this splash, whereas I originally assumed that program skins were actual programs before the release of Camille.

So what are they? Robots in meatspace or actual computer programs?

6 Comments

Chembaron YamadaNov 7, 20173 votes

I think they are robots in meatspace. She is treating them like that, since unlike Project, the Program skin line is indeed AI.

The Projects are human minds in cyborg bodies. Imagine something like Ghost in the Shell. Meanwhile the Programs are more like iRobot, completely artificial in their mind.

She is treating them like computer programs, because just like such programs, all of these have their function they are programmed for and her quotes are related to that.

Lissandra is a big controling system, Soraka's purpose is safety. Meanwhile it seems that Camille is some kind of artificial hacker. She is probably built to infiltrate buildings and then spy and corrupt the software there by hacking. So even an internally closed system is not safe from her hacking attacks.

Long story short: In my opinion, they are actual robots. But you can still treat them as computer programs, since their personalities are actually just that, an AI programmed for a purpose.

ModKnightsKemplarNov 7, 20171 votes

Yes. The way I word word this succinctly is "why not both?" They are programs that have robot bodies.

RalanrNov 7, 20171 votes

IMO that’s kinda lazy since robots by themselves are run by programs.

ModKnightsKemplarNov 7, 20171 votes

Eh. Maybe.

I mean, let's say you build a Robot that has A.I. Do you take the trouble to name the AI and the robot separately? You could, but I can't imagine I would bother. Much like I don't distinguish, in most situations, between my mind and my body. They're both me. You can distinguish between the two when appropriate, but it's rarely necessary.

KawaiiShroomNov 7, 20171 votes

looks like the matrix with the squid in the background

Chembaron YamadaNov 7, 20171 votes

Well, cyberpunk movies ala Matrix and Ghost in the Shell are the biggest inspiration for these skin lines, so no wonder it reminds to that. Battlecast Vel'Koz is basically a squid in the end. ^^