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penguinsoutofnowhere2013-07-31 04:33 pm
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Cyberpunk Meme
Welcome to the future.
Unfortunately, it's not all it's cracked up to be.
The very definition of the term cyberpunk is "high tech, low life." These are worlds defined by poverty or absolute control, a dog-eat-dog reality where man's best interest is to cut his or her losses and look out for only number one. The lines between organic and synthetic slowly blurs more and more, until the distinction becomes nigh-impossible to make. Friends become enemies, enemies tentative allies, and above all watches the Big Dog, silently pushing the world to their every whim. Does one wish to bow out and let come what may, capitalize on the tyrants' cruelty, join their cause, or fight back?
Your life is not your own. What you do about it makes all the difference, though.
This, my friend, is what cyberpunk is about.
To get started, you can create a scenario for yourself, or merely go to the Random Number Generator and choose a pre-made one for you and your partner, or you can even leave your comment blank and let respondents pick, I'm not going to tell you how to decide, it's just a meme, calm down.
1. You or your partner (or both) is a hacker who just stumbled across the biggest information leak of your lives. This could make or break the two of you, if you know how to handle the consequences of your following action.
2. In the real world, people wouldn't waste their spit on scum like you. But in the net? You're a god, peddling information and resources better than Wal-Mart. Just be careful who you talk to. Not everyone thinks what you do is a good thing.
3. The corporations, the government, the gangs, the machines. It doesn't matter who it is, but you're tired of their interference in your life. Are the two of you ready to take them on?
4. You're the king or queen of your private enterprise. You have it all: A private army, AIs capable of placating the masses, connections even better than the government, and a demeanor that could charm Satan himself. However, there's still that little nuisance known as the underdog, and they're knocking at your door.
5. You just got that newest drug shipment in, and it promises to be the biggest trip in your life. It promises to make you stronger, faster, smarter, and sexier, all in one hit. The only thing left is to try it.
6. People are disappearing, and no one seems to notice or care, except you and your partner. The only thing? They're also your worst enemy.
7. You've just been kidnapped, and unfortunately, your partner's the kidnapper. What's their motive? Can you escape?
8. Welcome to the lab, o curious traveler. I have a wonderful special running today. Just sit down and we'll begin the body modding! Ever feel like your eyes weren't up to snuff? Or maybe you'd like your brain to run a little faster, or make your entire body into a Swiss Army knife. I can do that for you, buddy. So what'll it be? Become more like a machine, or gain a little enhancement and become a metahuman?
9. Your first memory is waking up to the sound of scientists running off status checks. You're an AI, an android, a clone, or something else entirely that the masses hate or just don't consider human. How does your partner react? Are you sentient? Please, sir. I only ask that if you decide to rampage, please don't sing "Daisy Bell."
10. Sort of related to the above prompt, you or your partner were created, or experimented upon, and have become much more than you once were. You have become this close to attaining godhood, and the Secret Police, La Cosa Nostra, or whoever is pulling the strings have made you their right hand. How does this affect you or your partner?
Anything I forgot, go ahead and play it. Make your own world, your own personalities. Have fun!
Unfortunately, it's not all it's cracked up to be.
The very definition of the term cyberpunk is "high tech, low life." These are worlds defined by poverty or absolute control, a dog-eat-dog reality where man's best interest is to cut his or her losses and look out for only number one. The lines between organic and synthetic slowly blurs more and more, until the distinction becomes nigh-impossible to make. Friends become enemies, enemies tentative allies, and above all watches the Big Dog, silently pushing the world to their every whim. Does one wish to bow out and let come what may, capitalize on the tyrants' cruelty, join their cause, or fight back?
Your life is not your own. What you do about it makes all the difference, though.
The Cyberpunk meme 2.0
This, my friend, is what cyberpunk is about.
To get started, you can create a scenario for yourself, or merely go to the Random Number Generator and choose a pre-made one for you and your partner, or you can even leave your comment blank and let respondents pick, I'm not going to tell you how to decide, it's just a meme, calm down.
1. You or your partner (or both) is a hacker who just stumbled across the biggest information leak of your lives. This could make or break the two of you, if you know how to handle the consequences of your following action.
2. In the real world, people wouldn't waste their spit on scum like you. But in the net? You're a god, peddling information and resources better than Wal-Mart. Just be careful who you talk to. Not everyone thinks what you do is a good thing.
3. The corporations, the government, the gangs, the machines. It doesn't matter who it is, but you're tired of their interference in your life. Are the two of you ready to take them on?
4. You're the king or queen of your private enterprise. You have it all: A private army, AIs capable of placating the masses, connections even better than the government, and a demeanor that could charm Satan himself. However, there's still that little nuisance known as the underdog, and they're knocking at your door.
5. You just got that newest drug shipment in, and it promises to be the biggest trip in your life. It promises to make you stronger, faster, smarter, and sexier, all in one hit. The only thing left is to try it.
6. People are disappearing, and no one seems to notice or care, except you and your partner. The only thing? They're also your worst enemy.
7. You've just been kidnapped, and unfortunately, your partner's the kidnapper. What's their motive? Can you escape?
8. Welcome to the lab, o curious traveler. I have a wonderful special running today. Just sit down and we'll begin the body modding! Ever feel like your eyes weren't up to snuff? Or maybe you'd like your brain to run a little faster, or make your entire body into a Swiss Army knife. I can do that for you, buddy. So what'll it be? Become more like a machine, or gain a little enhancement and become a metahuman?
9. Your first memory is waking up to the sound of scientists running off status checks. You're an AI, an android, a clone, or something else entirely that the masses hate or just don't consider human. How does your partner react? Are you sentient? Please, sir. I only ask that if you decide to rampage, please don't sing "Daisy Bell."
10. Sort of related to the above prompt, you or your partner were created, or experimented upon, and have become much more than you once were. You have become this close to attaining godhood, and the Secret Police, La Cosa Nostra, or whoever is pulling the strings have made you their right hand. How does this affect you or your partner?
Anything I forgot, go ahead and play it. Make your own world, your own personalities. Have fun!
Rosa | Pokemon BW2 | 2
... And then it came under new management. Members who hadn't deleted their accounts woke up to notifications one day that the site had been improved beyond their wildest dreams.
The notification was right.
Join Avenue had been brought up to date with the latest and greatest... well, everything. Join Avenue had gone under a complete overhaul, courtesy of the new owner, who only identified herself (well, they assumed it was a "her", this mysterious new owner used a female avatar) as "W2". Even after the site had been rebooted, W2 had continued making minor alterations, adjustments, improvements. The site had evolved with every new member, and so had the site functions. W2 didn't come off as surprised at all when business deals started turning up on the site and when they started becoming immensely popular, she altered the site to accommodate it. If you wanted it, no matter what it was, you could probably get it.
Of course, sometimes the deals had darker natures and while some of those got shut down for obvious reasons, others had still managed to thrive, or were even encouraged by W2. Deals like weapons, parts, and especially information.
... And unbeknownst to them, W2 got directly involved with this side of Join Avenue herself under a fake name and a different avatar. Nobody knew that the mysterious "Ruse", an informant, and the equally mysterious "W2" were one and the same--a young, brilliant programmer named Rosa, who wasn't even eighteen.
Impressive, how some kid like her was practically a queen online.]