From:	Logan Graves <logan1@*****.INTERCOM.NET>
Subject:	Sports in the 2060's!! (was: [OT] Life Sucks)
Date:	Tue, 2 Feb 1999 01:44:50 -0500

In our last episode, Scott Wheelock wrote:
>
> Doesn't ShadowBeat cover this?

Yes it does. And with some degree of detail, too.


> Maybe someone with the book could enlighten
> the rest of us...I seem to remember football is heavily cybered, baseball
> somewhat, basketball not at all, and boxing had different classes, cybered
> and non. Is that close to right?

Yes. Okay, here's the Cliff's Notes of it (but you all oughta be
ashamed for not buying this fine FASA product, when you had the chance!)

*deep breath*

Football: heavily cybered (no completely-cybered limbs, but full,
vat-grown
types are okay, as is "SmartBall" technology & radio implants)

Basketball: limited cyber (Wired 1 or Boosted 2 - Max!, but muscle
implants
& SmartBall-tech are okay)

Baseball: no cyber until 2032, & then only up to 3 Essence worth
(almost no Meta's, either). Japanese teams embraced cyber earlier &
have better
b-ball 'wares. Common types lnclude: wired reflexes, muscle implants,
vision enhancements, & ActiveSofts of Famous players (aka StatSofts)
in certain years, like "Ruth in '16" )

Boxing: Uses same weight cat's as today, plus a Superheavyweight class
to
accommodate very-cybered folks & meta's. There are also two,
across-the-board classes, one for cybered & one for non. There's
also "pure" CyberBoxing which has few(er) restrictions.

Freestyle: fighting unarmed till a knockout, where everything's a
target.
Cybered & un-cybered divisions, using boxing's weight classes.

Urban Brawl: heavily cybered (anything you can staple on, short of a
cybergun,
is fair game!) And since Rita is a former star Outrider for the "Ares
Predators" UBT, the complete rules for Urban Brawl can be found on
the BKK's website at: " www.intercom.net/user/logan1/ubl.htm "

Combat Biker: heavily cybered, with few restrictions, but crappier
armor &
weapons than Urban Brawlers <G!>

Amature Sports: NO CYBER! (not even a datajack) and, especially, no
PhysAds,
but pharmaceutical boosts are okay. Meta's are ify everywhere but
the UCAS, where trolls dominate weightlifting & wrestling, and elves
set track & field records.

The Olympics: No cyber, no Pro's, no PhysAds (& often, no Meta's). No
games
were held during EuroWars (2032-2040), but there were 3 simultaneous
un-official or "Outlaw Olympics" held in 2034 (in Beijing, Buenos
Aires, & Johannesburg). In 2044, the games were opened up to Megacorp
teams with the corps' "amatures" taking most of the medals. Games
are still held every four years in the same Winter/Summer pattern.
Most of the events remain unchanged from the 1990's.


That's all for now!

--R³

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