 Feral cities speculations, What cities could/should be covered in the book? |
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 Apr 2 2008, 06:50 AM
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Moving Target  Group: Members Posts: 438 Joined: 21-September 07 From: Houston Member No.: 13,369  |
i would guess two places I wanted to set games in back during SR1
Antarctica and the moon both I see as failed arcologies or atleast cut off and possibly abandoned I always liked the ideas of settings that had the people living there not even realizing where they were. and as far as dinosaurs in the antarctic... what is this X-men? (IMG:style_emoticons/default/biggrin.gif) |
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Apr 2 2008, 08:55 AM
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Moving Target Group: Members Posts: 129 Joined: 26-July 04 From: Arhus, Denmark & Paris, France Member No.: 6,516 |
Thanks for the tease Synner (IMG:style_emoticons/default/notworthy.gif)
Hmm maybe one in Australia. Anyways lots of great suggestions sofar, but since there wont be room for all our suggestions in Feral Cities, maybe some of them will show up in some of the other location books hinted at in the March chat: Awakened Haunts and Cities of Intrigue. But these will properly not come out before well into next year or the year after that, who knows (IMG:style_emoticons/default/smile.gif) What I personally really really would like to see tbh is a greater focus on one of the Amazonian cities, like Metropole or Manaus, that would really be great!! But that will properly not happen in Feral Cities, heres hoping for it happening in one of the other books!!!! |
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Apr 2 2008, 11:10 AM
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QUOTE (DocTaotsu @ Apr 2 2008, 01:59 AM)  Dr. John Desmon=> The Everglades are already Awakened enough for me, thank you. Just what I need... Blood spirit mosquitoes that are only slightly larger than they are today. Yick. You mean to tell me that awakened plants and insects crawling everywhere, hidden corp research facilities with guards armed to the T, an inbred family of Toxic 'gator shamman crusing the glades in flatbottom boats looking for fun and company, and the delightful possibilites of malaria does not excite you? |
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Apr 2 2008, 11:25 AM
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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 |
In much the same way bleeding out from ebola whilst being violated by a troll in a county prison excites me...
Fuck no. Creepy ass Everglades. |
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Apr 2 2008, 11:30 AM
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The King In Yellow Group: Dumpshocked Posts: 6,922 Joined: 26-February 05 From: JWD Member No.: 7,121 |
Cute place, really. Never seen a 5 meter alligator in it's natural environment before. Pretty dusturbing to have such animals sitting at the roadside though.
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Apr 2 2008, 12:47 PM
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Moving Target Group: Members Posts: 366 Joined: 9-August 06 From: Holiday Florida Member No.: 9,055 |
QUOTE (hermit @ Apr 2 2008, 07:30 AM) Cute place, really. Never seen a 5 meter alligator in it's natural environment before. Pretty dusturbing to have such animals sitting at the roadside though. Never seen one that big, but I did once have to honk and and rev my engine at a 3m one to get him to move out of the roadway so I could continue driving. Gigantic bastard was sunning himself in the middle of a 2-lane road. |
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Apr 2 2008, 01:29 PM
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The King In Yellow Group: Dumpshocked Posts: 6,922 Joined: 26-February 05 From: JWD Member No.: 7,121 |
Asphalt heats up and warms the beast from below too. I guess they love that. The animal was about as long as the car I was driving. Might only have been soem 4 meters, but it was ... huge. Well, compared to what I'm used to seeing at the roadside, anyway. Any large animal in Europa has either been eaten or died out to satisfy the Romans' need for quality entertainment.
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Apr 2 2008, 01:52 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 |
America: We Build Em Big Like That.
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Apr 2 2008, 02:04 PM
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Moving Target Group: Members Posts: 617 Joined: 28-May 03 From: Orlando Member No.: 4,644 |
I would defintely love some more information on the entire Carribean League with some focus on Haiti. I cannot get my hands on a copy of CyberPirates so some updated information would be great.
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Apr 2 2008, 03:27 PM
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Moving Target Group: Members Posts: 976 Joined: 16-September 04 From: Near my daughters, Lansdale PA Member No.: 6,668 |
Newark, New Jersey? It's almost a ferral city now and is cut off from NYC by the Hudson River and the frozen swamps of the Meadow Lands. Imagine the fun in the abandoned sports complex around Giant's Stadium and Ellis Island.
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Apr 2 2008, 03:37 PM
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QUOTE (Daddy's Little Ninja @ Apr 2 2008, 11:27 AM) Newark, New Jersey? It's almost a ferral city now and is cut off from NYC by the Hudson River and the frozen swamps of the Meadow Lands. Imagine the fun in the abandoned sports complex around Giant's Stadium and Ellis Island. I kinda wonder what the astral is like around ellis island, given the incredible amount of emotion so many attatch to that place. |
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Apr 2 2008, 03:43 PM
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Shooting Target Group: Members Posts: 1,851 Joined: 15-February 08 From: Indianapolis Member No.: 15,686 |
QUOTE (nathanross @ Apr 1 2008, 11:18 PM)
I can hear you stomping your foot twice in nerd frustration as you type those last two words. Hee! What I would like to see: - Chicago - The African zombie country from Cyberpirates or maybe the region where the Desert Wars take place. Tripoli? - Kabul or Islamabad - Gaza |
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Apr 2 2008, 04:14 PM
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Running Target Group: Members Posts: 1,183 Joined: 5-December 07 From: Lower UCAS, along the border Member No.: 14,507 |
You know, the more I read around here, the more I realize that I am missing vast spots in my SR history.
Really enjoying these City books guys, very much looking forward to seeing Chicago post-Bugs. |
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Apr 2 2008, 04:17 PM
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The King In Yellow Group: Dumpshocked Posts: 6,922 Joined: 26-February 05 From: JWD Member No.: 7,121 |
QUOTE (Daddy's Little Ninja @ Apr 2 2008, 05:27 PM) Newark, New Jersey? It's almost a ferral city now and is cut off from NYC by the Hudson River and the frozen swamps of the Meadow Lands. Imagine the fun in the abandoned sports complex around Giant's Stadium and Ellis Island. Uhm ... that was covered in one of the Smyth novels ... Into The Night, I think, it was called. I heven have written down the setting info somewhere ... yeah, according to that, it'd propably qualify. As for Settings I'd like to see: - Metropole - Gaza - [hellhole], Africa - Calcutta - Bankok - Chicago |
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Apr 2 2008, 05:23 PM
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I'd like to see Gaza in an SR book, but I'm not sure I'd like it if they ever included it. It's just one of those things that I think would be almost impossible to pull off well, and if it was pulled off crappily, it could be a disaster. Extrapolating current conflicts into the future can blow up in your face (no pun intended), and a lot of people have really strong feelings on the Israeli/Palestinian conflict (at least in real life, where the players have to live and get along with each other--I have no idea if it's one of those things SR has just hand-waved away with "nobody cares anymore because metahumanity's the only issue anyone gets upset over"). So seeing it handled well would be awesome, but I'd rather see it not handled at all than handled poorly.
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Apr 3 2008, 06:31 AM
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I don't remember the name of either of these places, but I'd like to see them in Feral Cities.
The first was, I believe, briefly covered in SoE. It was a lawless island, used as a training ground for National Aktion and other assorted nasty people. The second was in...ah, hell, I don't know. It was a city in Africa, and was mentioned in shadow chatter as being the ideal place to dissappear, as well as aquire new SINS, plastic surgery, identities, etc. Other items on my wish list would be the "Pirate City" in Madagascar, or the floating markets mentioned in SoA...y'know, the ones where they served seafood soup that most definitely did NOT contain seafood. |
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Apr 3 2008, 03:48 PM
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QUOTE (CircuitBoyBlue @ Apr 2 2008, 01:23 PM) I'd like to see Gaza in an SR book, but I'm not sure I'd like it if they ever included it. It's just one of those things that I think would be almost impossible to pull off well, and if it was pulled off crappily, it could be a disaster. Extrapolating current conflicts into the future can blow up in your face (no pun intended), and a lot of people have really strong feelings on the Israeli/Palestinian conflict (at least in real life, where the players have to live and get along with each other--I have no idea if it's one of those things SR has just hand-waved away with "nobody cares anymore because metahumanity's the only issue anyone gets upset over"). So seeing it handled well would be awesome, but I'd rather see it not handled at all than handled poorly. I thought the brief chapter in Shadows of Asia on Israel was handled pretty well. No reason that it couldn't be updated and developed a little further. I wouldn't want anyone at Catalyst to allow RL events or those who may be sensitive to some subject matters prevented from creating what could be a very cool game setting. |
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Apr 4 2008, 03:18 PM
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Moving Target Group: Members Posts: 129 Joined: 26-July 04 From: Arhus, Denmark & Paris, France Member No.: 6,516 |
Would be great to get more info on the middle east indeed.
The plan is to have Feral cities come out after Unwired and Ghost Cartels right? |
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Apr 4 2008, 04:03 PM
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Moving Target Group: Members Posts: 105 Joined: 28-November 05 Member No.: 8,010 |
I'd love to see more about Egypt and the Middle East in general. I missed a whole mass of stuff from SR3 on all that. I'm thinking of setting up a mummy stealing Shadowrun for a new group (IMG:style_emoticons/default/wink.gif)
Chicago - More bug city is always fun. Ironically, I'd love to see more about the Deep Lacuna. |
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Apr 4 2008, 04:23 PM
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QUOTE (BetaFlame @ Apr 4 2008, 12:03 PM) I'd love to see more about Egypt and the Middle East in general. I missed a whole mass of stuff from SR3 on all that. I'm thinking of setting up a mummy stealing Shadowrun for a new group (IMG:style_emoticons/default/wink.gif) Wow, could a Shedim ever turn that run into a complete nightmare! |
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