Utopia in Shadowrun, What would it be like? |
Utopia in Shadowrun, What would it be like? |
Jun 1 2006, 07:29 AM
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Dragon Group: Members Posts: 4,589 Joined: 28-November 05 Member No.: 8,019 |
I know all about the gated "This is our paradigm" communities; where everyone pretty much thinks the same things and follows the same ideas. Wicca covens, corporate arcologies, Native American villages, etc. To each ideology its police state. But what would a true utopia that solves all the problems present in Shadowrun, the lack of intra-communal diversity contrasting with inter-communal diversity, the gaps between rich and poor, the prevalence of the black market, the tendency of large groups to assimilate smaller ones?
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Jun 1 2006, 07:31 AM
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Moving Target Group: Members Posts: 684 Joined: 8-April 06 From: My dorm room Member No.: 8,438 |
One word: personafix.
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Jun 1 2006, 07:42 AM
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Target Group: Members Posts: 74 Joined: 28-May 06 Member No.: 8,619 |
I say the Matrix.
Everyone is hooked up to a machine that provides them a simulated VR world. But they're happy. So whose fooling who? ;-) |
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Jun 1 2006, 07:49 AM
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Moving Target Group: Members Posts: 142 Joined: 29-March 06 From: Quebec, Canada Member No.: 8,415 |
The thing is, as they iromised... All good dreams (and they are still a lot), all ideals, all the better world speak, etc... All end up corrupted and fades into a banal, worthless reality, so to speak.
At best, the lesser evil.... |
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Jun 1 2006, 01:53 PM
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Moving Target Group: Members Posts: 204 Joined: 27-October 05 From: Waterloo, ON Member No.: 7,900 |
Also, the matrix as a reality is only available to those who can afford it. Legally, you need a SIN to access the Matrix.
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Jun 1 2006, 02:41 PM
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Running Target Group: Members Posts: 1,095 Joined: 26-February 02 From: Ontari-airee-o Member No.: 1,115 |
Eden:, scientists stumble upon a poweful site which has 4 rivers flowing from it, but cannot penetrate the barrier/gates. for some reason it will not show up on satellite (physical warp or is on a metaplane or Shangrila is discovered within a cave in ireland.
I think that Utopia would be on a metaplane, and accessed through a doorway/gate and based on some kind of mythology. |
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Jun 1 2006, 02:54 PM
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Incertum est quo loco te mors expectet; Group: Dumpshocked Posts: 6,546 Joined: 24-October 03 From: DeeCee, U.S. Member No.: 5,760 |
Hey, I got some beetles you might be interested in. First one's on me, chombatta. Trust me, Thomas More didn't have nothin' on what's on this little baby.
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Jun 1 2006, 03:02 PM
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Manus Celer Dei Group: Dumpshocked Posts: 17,006 Joined: 30-December 02 From: Boston Member No.: 3,802 |
Utopia is nowhere no more. Starting just before the dawn of 2060, it is visible from nearly everywhere in Seattle.
~J |
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Jun 1 2006, 03:25 PM
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Neophyte Runner Group: Members Posts: 2,026 Joined: 23-November 05 From: Seattle (Really!) Member No.: 7,996 |
When the UB went down any chance at utopia was severely set back ;)
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Jun 1 2006, 03:49 PM
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Dragon Group: Members Posts: 4,589 Joined: 28-November 05 Member No.: 8,019 |
If only everyone were a mindless, survivalistic beast, then everyone would be happy.
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