From:	Timothy P Cooper <tpcooper@***.CSUPOMONA.EDU>
Subject:	Re: Memory F*ck
Date:	Wed, 6 Nov 1996 16:43:40 -0800

Coxon said:

> Just a thought I thought about just now, have you ever thought of how your
> average player would feel if the were going through a campaign and then
> suddenly they die, oh damm they all say (or more explicit version) but then
> across their vision flashes the words, "Game Over" This isn't supposed to
> happen. They all wake up in a small dark room all connected up to a Sim sence
> deck with a multiple hitcher jack and intravenus drip connected to their arms,
> they then find out that the year is 2060 and they are lowly workers who
> volenteered to test Vision Quests New VQ 2060 and the ultimate RP game
> Shadowrun....Nasty twist?....imagine (if rp'ed properly) how character would
> feel to be having the time of there lives and then be brought down to not
> alot, I now for sure one or two members of my current group would be addicted
> to the buzz and either want to get on to the VQ 2060 again or try out SR for
> real...
> Just a thought brought on by total recall and an article in arcane, and an
> episode of Red Dwarf (Did I say I was British?)
> Tim (not the other one)

Let me tell you it works GREAT!! I tried a similar thing in Rifts...PC's tried out a
Virtual Reality arcade in a travelling Kittani Casino and got (supposedly) dumped when
the thing was attacked by Splugorth (they didn't catch the inconsistancy)..they fought
tooth and nail against overwelming odds and went down one by one. They couldn't believe
that some of thier favorite characters just got trashed and that I (the ever forgiving
GM - I like to give everybody every chance they can get) had killed thier characters.

They just about threw stuff at me when I told them that the lights came back on and huge
letters proclaimed "GAME OVER" as the pods opened with a hiss. (but they liked
it)

When done well it has a real cool effect, but don't over do it, it can crash just as
easy.

-Zim ("There can only be one...") [sorry, couldn't resist :) ]