Re: [CONTEST] 1KM1KT CYBERPUNK REVIVAL PROJECT
Posted: Tue Jan 26, 2010 7:24 pmSorry dude, that was me.
I suggested it first in this thread.
And we talked about it some more in this thread where it became clear that different people had different problems getting people to the table for Cyberpunk games.
My problems are that all my friends here in Atlanta are hippies and small business people (or both), so unregulated corporate greed doesn't seem sinister and evil to them. It seems pathetic. They've accepted contracts with Coca Cola, and it's not a menacing megacorporation; it's a crap client who pays late and is too afraid to make any decisions without wasting huge amounts of time covering their butts to protect their illusions of job security.
And customary cyberpunk settings don't address the clash of values that does concern people in Atlanta. In cyberpunk everyone had the same values, consumerism. In Atlanta everyone has different values.
Concerning gay marriage (just as an example):
One groups says it's an issue of public decency. Are you fighting for polygamist marriage rights? No. What makes gays more moral than other deviants?
Another group says it's a civil rights issue. Loving couples should have the same rights of hospital visitation, taxation, child custody, etc. without regard to whether or not they're the same gender.
Another group says it's a religious freedom issue. What right does the government have to come into our churches and tell our preachers who they can and cannot marry? If my church wants to offer the sacrament of marriage to the gay members of our congregation, the government can come into the church and tell us no, it's not really marriage? This is what we do now in America? We oppress religious minorities? Oh, I didn't notice that the terrorists had won.
That is why my setting addresses those things. It's my attempt to get people to the gaming table for a game of cyborg assassins, computer hackers, daring capers, and strange mysteries, etc. Because other aspects of the setting weren't relevant to my pool of prospective gamers.
Other people have been having different problems, and those are reflected in their entries.
I suggested it first in this thread.
And we talked about it some more in this thread where it became clear that different people had different problems getting people to the table for Cyberpunk games.
My problems are that all my friends here in Atlanta are hippies and small business people (or both), so unregulated corporate greed doesn't seem sinister and evil to them. It seems pathetic. They've accepted contracts with Coca Cola, and it's not a menacing megacorporation; it's a crap client who pays late and is too afraid to make any decisions without wasting huge amounts of time covering their butts to protect their illusions of job security.
And customary cyberpunk settings don't address the clash of values that does concern people in Atlanta. In cyberpunk everyone had the same values, consumerism. In Atlanta everyone has different values.
Concerning gay marriage (just as an example):
One groups says it's an issue of public decency. Are you fighting for polygamist marriage rights? No. What makes gays more moral than other deviants?
Another group says it's a civil rights issue. Loving couples should have the same rights of hospital visitation, taxation, child custody, etc. without regard to whether or not they're the same gender.
Another group says it's a religious freedom issue. What right does the government have to come into our churches and tell our preachers who they can and cannot marry? If my church wants to offer the sacrament of marriage to the gay members of our congregation, the government can come into the church and tell us no, it's not really marriage? This is what we do now in America? We oppress religious minorities? Oh, I didn't notice that the terrorists had won.
That is why my setting addresses those things. It's my attempt to get people to the gaming table for a game of cyborg assassins, computer hackers, daring capers, and strange mysteries, etc. Because other aspects of the setting weren't relevant to my pool of prospective gamers.
Other people have been having different problems, and those are reflected in their entries.