Shannon's Journal Discussion Thread, Vol. 8

[Shannon]

Yeah, the DRS is the bee's knees.

I always wondered why it was replaced with the grounding shield. I remember the rationale being that it's too energy intensive and detracts from the programs goals by being so, but I used DMSI 3.5 (which is an energy intensive program with its aura projecton and whatnot) with the DRS and I never found the DRS to be a drag on its effectiveness (by which I mean I got obvious results of both DRSing and DMSIng).

The Rationale:

1. DRS is much more energy intensive than GS.  That energy is much better put to use achieving the primary goal of the program, in most cases.
2. The GS should work just as well.
3. DRS tends to trigger certain types of psychologically damaged or immature people, who perceive everyone else as "not me and therefore fit only to be used and manipulated by me".  This group strongly tends to respond to getting back what they gave you by escalating, which typically results in a volley of serves and returns of increasing intensity which continues until the shield fails, or the receiver of the return breaks.  Neither of those two is a good thing.  They do this because they are operating from such a low level of awareness - literally pure, unthinking, irrational instinct - that they will happily self destruct before they stop trying to escalate in most cases.  Their perception is literally... "How DARE you attack me this way!"  Double standards are mandatory for these people to be able to maintain their deeply flawed world view.  Completely oblivious to the fact that all they got back was exactly what they gave/did to you!