Hi gang,

I'm pretty new, but have figured out the basics of the game so far. I've made it to the point where I must now choose an org.

Should I go Machine, Zion or Merv? I have some ideas on how and why my character would choose each of the three, so I figured a fun way to go about it would be to do some faction recruitment rp. Based on my interactions with various orgs and factions in-game, I'll choose my org. Anyone wanna give it a shot?

Also, what are Cypherites and EPN all about?

Here's my background if you'd like a read:

Marcus Trevellian was an Olympic snowboarder. Though skilled, he had never had a podium finish.  A bit of a stoner, Marcus was into zen meditation, bushido and most things Japanese. He was also an amateur painter. In the winter of his senior year of college, at the Olympics, everything changed. Spending the night before the Half-Pipe event painting and meditating, Marcus lost track of time while pondering the surreal beauty of the wintery scene from his balcony. When he regained his senses, he realized he had painted a masterpiece, far beyond any talent with a brush he had ever displayed before - a stirring, moon-lit winterscape. With a newfound serenity at the next day's, he pulled off one gravity-defying trick of athletic perfection after another, earning a gold medal. Little did he know, he was actually applying a bit of hyper-jump to each trick. Redpills in the crowd at the event realized he was showing the beginnings of Matrix-awareness, and he was soon recruited and awoken soon after that.