 What If?, you won the lottery |
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 Sep 6 2006, 11:39 PM
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Moving Target  Group: Members Posts: 226 Joined: 5-April 03 Member No.: 4,388  |
Imagine you won a lottery. Say $50 million after taxes.
How would it affect your gaming? Any gaming related dreams like buying or starting a game company or spin-off like comic book, movie, etc.? |
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Sep 7 2006, 12:23 AM
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Great Dragon Group: Members Posts: 6,640 Joined: 6-June 04 Member No.: 6,383 |
Heh, I'd pay a person with b00bi3s to pretend to be interested in gaming.
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Sep 7 2006, 12:36 AM
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Immortal Elf Group: Members Posts: 11,410 Joined: 1-October 03 From: Pittsburgh Member No.: 5,670 |
i'd probably produce SR5.
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Sep 7 2006, 01:36 AM
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Prime Runner Group: Members Posts: 3,987 Joined: 1-March 05 From: République Libre du Québec Member No.: 7,129 |
Was it Carlin who said he would buy all the pants in the world and burn them?
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Sep 7 2006, 01:41 AM
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Moving Target Group: Members Posts: 355 Joined: 24-August 02 From: Magna, Ute Nation Member No.: 3,166 |
I'd play SR twice a week, instead of just once.
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Sep 7 2006, 01:45 AM
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Shadowrun Setting Nerd Group: Banned Posts: 3,632 Joined: 28-June 05 From: Pissing on pedestrians from my electronic ivory tower. Member No.: 7,473 |
You're thinking too small. Buy Topps, and they throw in WizKids. Then you're set. |
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Sep 7 2006, 03:08 AM
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Man In The Machine Group: Dumpshocked Posts: 2,264 Joined: 26-February 02 From: I-495 S Member No.: 1,105 |
I think Im going to agree with you on that. Well, that and get a new car big enough to haul my books around in. |
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Sep 7 2006, 03:41 AM
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Manus Celer Dei Group: Dumpshocked Posts: 17,008 Joined: 30-December 02 From: Boston Member No.: 3,802 |
Try and fail to buy the rights to videogame Shadowrun away from Microsoft, then probably sink a bunch of it into developing better ways to play SR over the net.
~J |
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Sep 7 2006, 04:33 AM
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Moving Target Group: Members Posts: 684 Joined: 8-April 06 From: My dorm room Member No.: 8,438 |
If I should ever win the lottery, I plan to tell nobody except for my lawyer and my money managers. I will claim my ticket anonymously, using my banker as a middleman. I will not make any sudden extravagant purchases, but I will use a small portion of my winnings to self-publish a novel. The existence of the published novel will, of course, provide me with a cover story, offering a sufficient explanation as to how I can afford to live so comfortably despite not having a job. I will then live out a quiet life (hopefully with a husband and children) without having to worry about covetous relatives or greedy shysters circling around me, trying to pressure me into giving up my windfall. This will leave me plenty of free time to design highly detailed campaigns.
I may also splurge on some lead figurines and sourcebooks, too. :D |
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Sep 7 2006, 04:40 AM
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Moving Target Group: Members Posts: 777 Joined: 18-February 03 Member No.: 4,110 |
Sounds like something Heinlein would think of. Smart. |
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Sep 7 2006, 04:42 AM
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Moving Target Group: Members Posts: 684 Joined: 8-April 06 From: My dorm room Member No.: 8,438 |
Thank you, Shansu! :)
Hey, there plently of girl gamers out there! I happen to be one of them. |
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Sep 7 2006, 04:49 AM
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Moving Target Group: Members Posts: 803 Joined: 16-March 02 From: The Great White North Member No.: 2,386 |
LIES!!! :grinbig: <Edit: Whoops. :oops: If I won the lottery .. I'd build (or rent, I suppose) 'dream houses' whenever and wherever I wanted, thus allowing me to travel and host massive gaming extravaganzas whenever the mood struck me. I'd settle down eventually, of course, and likely open a gaming store/haven in a city yet to be named.> This post has been edited by Morgannah: Sep 7 2006, 04:56 AM |
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Sep 7 2006, 05:01 AM
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Moving Target Group: Members Posts: 775 Joined: 31-March 05 From: florida Member No.: 7,273 |
pay off all bills in the family, (mine, parents, grandparents, 2 youngest sisters)
put my two youngest sisters through college for whatever they wanted to go to school for buy all the property through a mediary around my house, basically buying the entire town. after that i would invest to where i could earn back all that i had already spent and more and arrange to buy out mediacom and topps |
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Sep 7 2006, 05:09 AM
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Moving Target Group: Members Posts: 745 Joined: 12-August 06 Member No.: 9,097 |
I would buy the Internet, of course.
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Sep 7 2006, 06:01 AM
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Running Target Group: Members Posts: 1,000 Joined: 17-November 05 From: Halifax, Canada Member No.: 7,975 |
I like FanGirl's way of thinking.. claim the ticket anonymously.
With the cash I would have, I'd buy all the sourcebooks I've been meaning to - but never got around to getting. I'd go to all the gaming conventions that I've missed, and buy a bunch of nice toys. Outside of helping immediate family live as comfortably as I do, I'd open a gaming parlour where people could hang out and play games in semi private/private booths. The thing I found in my years of gaming is the work/hassle of figuring out who's place is large/comfortable enough to hold sessions at. With a gaming parlour, everything is at your finger tips, even books for rent/buy as you need them. Money wouldn't necessarily be made off of booth rentals, but off the pizza and drinks everyone would buy. Couple with an Internet Cafe, and you have the makings of a pretty sustainable business. :) |
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Sep 7 2006, 08:05 AM
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Shadowrun Setting Nerd Group: Banned Posts: 3,632 Joined: 28-June 05 From: Pissing on pedestrians from my electronic ivory tower. Member No.: 7,473 |
That's just really, really boring. |
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Sep 7 2006, 09:03 AM
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Project Terminus: Soul Hunters Group: Members Posts: 1,052 Joined: 6-November 03 From: Casselberry, Florida U.S.A. Member No.: 5,798 |
I would buy a house for my mother and a new car as she needs one pay off her bills as well as mine and take care of her the way she has done for me for the last 30 or so years. (I tried it on my own for a few years I just couldn't make it work not smart enough I guess)
50 Million after taxes as a one time payout or over 30 years? (Yes 30 in Florida) If 50 right now do all I said then open my own hobbie/comic store with rooms for gamers and computer gaming online or networked NO charge for the gaming rooms and a small charge for the computer useage. If over time wait to do all that for about 5 years so I have excess cash flow. |
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Sep 7 2006, 01:06 PM
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Running Target Group: Members Posts: 1,428 Joined: 9-June 02 Member No.: 2,860 |
$20 million is taking me to the International Space Station. $10 million's going to the family. $18 million's going into investments, enough to live decently off interest while allowing the investments to stay ahead of inflation. $2 million's play money. And, yes, I would game more often, because I'd be retired. As for starting games and such, I'd probably help Classic Battletech with some investments there. |
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Sep 7 2006, 01:28 PM
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Neophyte Runner Group: Members Posts: 2,453 Joined: 17-September 04 From: St. Paul Member No.: 6,675 |
Of course I would do everyting FanGirl said, well put m'lady. However, I have the aforementioned spouse and a herd of children, so I would build a bigger house and add a gaming/movie room. Set up colledge/educatioin funds for all of the knee-biters, open a foundation to fund deserving youths through engineering school, and game once a week (still).
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Sep 7 2006, 01:51 PM
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Moving Target Group: Members Posts: 619 Joined: 27-May 03 From: Detroit Member No.: 4,642 |
The standard stuff:
Tithe to my church. Pay off bills. Buy a second car. Have childeren with my wife (who will probably quit her job). Pay off my family's bills. The RPG stuff: Self-publish the the RPG rules set I've been working on for the last 9 months. Play more WoW. Play more SR. Play the above mentioned home-brew RPG. Raise my above mentioned childeren to love RPGs, (they will probably become jocks or something in their rebellious teenage years). |
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Sep 7 2006, 01:52 PM
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Manus Celer Dei Group: Dumpshocked Posts: 17,008 Joined: 30-December 02 From: Boston Member No.: 3,802 |
I'd like it too, but unfortunately it just don't work like that. Most places I'm familiar with, one of the requirements to claim the ticket is to allow your name to be added to a media frenzy. ~J |
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Sep 7 2006, 02:12 PM
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Dragon Group: Members Posts: 4,589 Joined: 28-November 05 Member No.: 8,019 |
I'd sell my soul to the devil in exchange for magic, I'd sell my soul to his younger brother for eternal youth, and I'd sell my soul to his youngest brother for invulnerability. That way, when I die, they'll have to go to war over my soul and cede the war between heaven and hell to heaven, and to prevent this, they will have to make sure I never die. Like in Hellblazer, except I'd be a shitload more powerful than John Constantine.
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Sep 7 2006, 02:16 PM
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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 |
Awesome!
But beware, the devil may read (and post?) here too. |
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Sep 7 2006, 03:12 PM
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Neophyte Runner Group: Members Posts: 2,026 Joined: 23-November 05 From: Seattle (Really!) Member No.: 7,996 |
I would perpetrate a nanosecond buyout :D
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Sep 7 2006, 03:54 PM
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Dragon Group: Members Posts: 4,589 Joined: 28-November 05 Member No.: 8,019 |
My soul is too much of a prize for him to pass up. :evil:
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