 Fizzy Pop Vending machine Stats, I think I might have a problem with over-geeking |
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 Feb 23 2008, 10:09 PM
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Shooting Target  Group: Members Posts: 1,991 Joined: 1-February 08 From: Off the rock! Back In America! WOOOOO! Member No.: 15,601  |
Wait. Are we talking about a machine that dispenses ballistic drop bears? If that's the case we might need to add another entry to the "Worst way to die" thread.
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Feb 24 2008, 03:01 AM
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Great, I'm a Dragon... Group: Retired Admins Posts: 6,699 Joined: 8-October 03 From: North Germany Member No.: 5,698 |
Of course!
Or they could use the rampaging machines as a decoy and strike from the shadows - you never know until it's too late! (IMG:style_emoticons/default/ninja.gif) |
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Feb 24 2008, 03:30 AM
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Great Dragon Group: Members Posts: 6,640 Joined: 6-June 04 Member No.: 6,383 |
This reminds me of the classic Mad cartoon of the Helium Substitute vending machine where it gave you an automated kick in the nuts.
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Feb 24 2008, 05:37 AM
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Beetle Eater Group: Dumpshocked Posts: 4,797 Joined: 3-June 02 From: Oblivion City Member No.: 2,826 |
QUOTE (Wounded Ronin @ Feb 23 2008, 10:30 PM)  This reminds me of the classic Mad cartoon of the Helium Substitute vending machine where it gave you an automated kick in the nuts. Or they knock you out and steal your kidney. |
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Feb 24 2008, 12:59 PM
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Shooting Target Group: Members Posts: 1,991 Joined: 1-February 08 From: Off the rock! Back In America! WOOOOO! Member No.: 15,601 |
This whole thread is giving me all sorts of ideas for evil uses of common flavor text.
Your character is thirsty, does he get a drink? Sure why not, I flash my commlink at the drink machine an- The drink machine attacks you with a gazebo... |
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Feb 24 2008, 07:51 PM
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Great Dragon Group: Members Posts: 6,640 Joined: 6-June 04 Member No.: 6,383 |
QUOTE (DocTaotsu @ Feb 24 2008, 07:59 AM) This whole thread is giving me all sorts of ideas for evil uses of common flavor text. Your character is thirsty, does he get a drink? Sure why not, I flash my commlink at the drink machine an- The drink machine attacks you with a gazebo... As in, the machine spits out the gazebo you accidentally ordered and the gazebo crushes you. QUOTE ANNA NAVARRE
Are you sure you pressed the right button? GUNTHER HERMANN I do not make mistakes of that kind. ANNA NAVARRE Your hand might have slipped. GUNTHER HERMANN No. I wanted orange. It gave me lemon-lime. ANNA NAVARRE The machine would not make a mistake... GUNTHER HERMANN It's the maintenance man. He knows I like orange. ANNA NAVARRE So you think the staff has some kind of plot... GUNTHER HERMANN Yes. They do it on purpose. |
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Feb 24 2008, 08:01 PM
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Dragon Group: Members Posts: 4,065 Joined: 16-January 03 From: Fayetteville, NC Member No.: 3,916 |
QUOTE (DocTaotsu @ Feb 23 2008, 12:20 AM) Oh god... the idea of semi-sentient drink machines finding ways to off one another is too terrible to even consider. Actually...the Coke/Pepsi debate just got a whole lot funnier... (IMG:style_emoticons/default/grinbig.gif) -Siege |
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Feb 24 2008, 08:04 PM
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Running Target Group: Members Posts: 1,286 Joined: 24-May 05 From: A 10x10 room with an orc and a treasure chest Member No.: 7,409 |
I had a conversation like that the other day but it was about pressing for Mountain Dew Livewire and getting Code Red.
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Feb 24 2008, 08:26 PM
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Shooting Target Group: Members Posts: 1,991 Joined: 1-February 08 From: Off the rock! Back In America! WOOOOO! Member No.: 15,601 |
Drink machines have to be pretty well armored these days. I can only imagine what happens when a ganger can't get that bag of Fruity Oatey Bars he just paid for.
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Feb 24 2008, 09:30 PM
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Bushido Cowgirl Group: Members Posts: 5,782 Joined: 8-July 05 From: On the Double K Ranch a half day's ride out of Phlogiston Flats Member No.: 7,490 |
QUOTE (hyzmarca @ Feb 23 2008, 09:12 AM) Imagine one of those Japanese vending machines that dispenses unwashed used women's underwear accidentally getting lost in the UCAS and restocking itself by breaking into middle-class suburban homes and grabbing undergarments from their laundry hampers, forcing the PCs to give chase cross country following a trail of stolen lingerie. ...you guys gotta stop giving me such twisted hook ideas. My poor players are going totally hate me. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/grinbig.gif) |
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Feb 25 2008, 02:11 AM
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Target Group: Members Posts: 33 Joined: 25-January 08 Member No.: 15,495 |
I just love the idea of the HOLY GRAIL of hacking targets being the humble-yet-nigh-impregnable fizzy pop vending machine.
First, let's face it - flavored water is HUGE - so you should develop this one titan megacorp (um, Coca-Cola, right? really? basically? slightly different name?) and it's only their machines that are like this, and they contain, what flavored water? basically valueless?... but let's face it, no hacker/'mancer can resist going for it. Players bringing trouble down on their heads for no nuyen upside, what's not to love? |
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Feb 25 2008, 02:56 PM
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Moving Target Group: Members Posts: 663 Joined: 30-June 06 From: Memphis, TN Member No.: 8,811 |
QUOTE (Siege @ Feb 24 2008, 03:01 PM) Actually...the Coke/Pepsi debate just got a whole lot funnier... (IMG:style_emoticons/default/grinbig.gif) -Siege Funnier? You do remember that the Street Magic has a story about a mage hiding out during the Cola Wars with a spirit? Personally I think the Cola Wars in Shadowrun is this HUGE story that have tons of people running around doing all sorts of shadow biz... "Your target is a 20 mile grove of genetically modified trees. You are to retrieve one sample tree and burn the rest to the ground." "Yes sir, the operatives are on their way. Soon their Limon trees will be no more and WE will have the most refreshing citrus soda." |
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Feb 25 2008, 05:00 PM
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Target Group: Members Posts: 11 Joined: 8-February 08 From: PA Member No.: 15,663 |
Dude, I just wanted a Coke! And then, like 12 Pepsi machine jumped me. I got soda in places you don't want to know about. On the bright side, Coke paid for the new kidneys.
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Feb 25 2008, 05:06 PM
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Shooting Target Group: Members Posts: 1,991 Joined: 1-February 08 From: Off the rock! Back In America! WOOOOO! Member No.: 15,601 |
God... Free sprites+Coke Machine=Humor.
Could you imagine coming home to find out that your TM roommate found someone to share the rent? "Dude, when did you buy a drink machine? And why is it sitting... in front of the TV?" "Dude! SHHHHHhh! Are you trying to piss him off? There's a massively powerful free sprite in there an I'm letting him hang out here until I can find a more suitable uhm... host." "Wow... okay... erm... free drinks than?" Drink machine: "Yeah yeah whatever, here you go" *Fizzy pop rockest across the room and lays out the non TM roommate* Drink machine: "Nice guy, was wondering when he was going to shut up though." |
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Feb 25 2008, 10:48 PM
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Immoral Elf Group: Members Posts: 15,247 Joined: 29-March 02 From: Grimy Pete's Bar & Laundromat Member No.: 2,486 |
QUOTE (BRodda @ Feb 26 2008, 01:56 AM) Personally I think the Cola Wars in Shadowrun is this HUGE story that have tons of people running around doing all sorts of shadow biz... Hell, the real life Cola Wars are pretty much exactly like that ... with added mercenaries. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/biggrin.gif) |
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Feb 26 2008, 07:40 AM
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Great Dragon Group: Members Posts: 6,640 Joined: 6-June 04 Member No.: 6,383 |
Cola wars and coffee wars both probably belong in my cyberpunk.
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Feb 26 2008, 03:12 PM
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panda! Group: Members Posts: 10,331 Joined: 8-March 02 From: north of central europe Member No.: 2,242 |
makes me think about the scene in demolition man about a franchise war. or for that matter, snow crash...
hmm, food fight, but with sodas, anyone? |
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Feb 26 2008, 10:26 PM
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Great Dragon Group: Members Posts: 6,640 Joined: 6-June 04 Member No.: 6,383 |
QUOTE (hobgoblin @ Feb 26 2008, 11:12 AM) makes me think about the scene in demolition man about a franchise war. or for that matter, snow crash... hmm, food fight, but with sodas, anyone? "Thank you for saving my life. I would like to take you out to dinner at...Taco Bell!" |
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Feb 26 2008, 10:51 PM
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Beetle Eater Group: Dumpshocked Posts: 4,797 Joined: 3-June 02 From: Oblivion City Member No.: 2,826 |
Celebrate your wedding night with a iced bottle of vintage Coca-Cola.
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Feb 26 2008, 10:58 PM
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Neophyte Runner Group: Members Posts: 2,174 Joined: 13-May 04 From: UCAS Member No.: 6,327 |
Might as well dikote the machine parts and/or the cans while you're at it...
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Feb 26 2008, 11:18 PM
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Midnight Toker Group: Members Posts: 7,686 Joined: 4-July 04 From: Zombie Drop Bear Santa's Workshop Member No.: 6,456 |
QUOTE (Kanada Ten @ Feb 26 2008, 05:51 PM) Celebrate your wedding night with a iced bottle of vintage Coca-Cola. Since Coke doesn't use preservatives, that would certainly put the couple in the hospital if not kill them outright. |
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Feb 26 2008, 11:38 PM
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Moving Target Group: Members Posts: 343 Joined: 30-January 06 Member No.: 8,212 |
Does it really need to use preservatives? I mean you can clean the terminals on a car battery with coke.
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Feb 26 2008, 11:46 PM
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Midnight Toker Group: Members Posts: 7,686 Joined: 4-July 04 From: Zombie Drop Bear Santa's Workshop Member No.: 6,456 |
QUOTE (jago668 @ Feb 26 2008, 06:38 PM) Does it really need to use preservatives? I mean you can clean the terminals on a car battery with coke. If you ever smelled one that was several months out of date, you wouldn't be asking that question. It contains organic compounds that decay over time. Wine remains preserved over time by its alcohol content; soft drinks just rot. |
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Feb 26 2008, 11:49 PM
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Moving Target Group: Members Posts: 343 Joined: 30-January 06 Member No.: 8,212 |
QUOTE (hyzmarca @ Feb 26 2008, 07:46 PM) If you ever smelled one that was several months out of date, you wouldn't be asking that question. It contains organic compounds that decay over time. Wine remains preserved over time by its alcohol content; soft drinks just rot. So no putting up a 12 pack for 30 years and pulling it out and having something worth a few hundred. Damn, there goes my retirement plans. |
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Feb 26 2008, 11:52 PM
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Beetle Eater Group: Dumpshocked Posts: 4,797 Joined: 3-June 02 From: Oblivion City Member No.: 2,826 |
QUOTE (hyzmarca @ Feb 26 2008, 05:18 PM) Since Coke doesn't use preservatives, that would certainly put the couple in the hospital if not kill them outright. Trying to pawn off your Pink Pepsi on the wedding crowd, eh? Everybody knows that crap gives you the worst belching. Not like Coca-Cola, whose fragrant burps give even the most frigid girl giggles. Hell, you can hardly say "congradulations" without toasting a cold Coke, and you certainly can't say "honey, take off that dress" with the kind of authority that gives them chills holding a glass of too-sweet pink water.Vintage formula, so'ka? "Characterized by excellence, maturity, and enduring appeal; classic." |
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